tennis giant

Chapter 336 First Score

As an athlete, the most important thing is always his results.

After An Sheng defeated the French genius Perret and the Belgian star Goffin in a row, he couldn't help but attract everyone's attention.

Let's put it this way, as long as the Barcelona Open is mentioned in media reports, then they have to mention An Sheng.

In China, Ansheng's attention has reached a new high. Whether it is on TV, in various media, or on the Internet, there is news about him everywhere.

However, the reason why An Sheng attracted the attention of so many people is naturally an important reason for his outstanding performance, but it is not the most critical.

The most critical reason is that in the upcoming semi-finals, his opponent is the "King of Clay", currently ranked No. 3 in the world, Nadal.

There is no doubt that in today's professional tennis world, Nadal is the "top god". Except for Federer, other players are unmatched in terms of performance and reputation.

Even Djokovic in the Mesozoic era, or Murray, who is currently ranked number one in the world, still feels inferior to Nadal.

As for the new generation of players, there is no way to compare.

By the way, as the new generation of tennis players, they are lucky to be able to play against top masters like Federer and Nadal, but they are also unlucky, because so far, Federer and Nadal have still maintained Quite a high level, and has a strong dominance over the Grand Slam.

For example, the Australian Open, which has ended this season, was won by Federer.

Under the shadow of their two mountains, it is not easy for young players to stand out.

The encounter between An Sheng and Nadal this time is also regarded as the impact of the young players of the new generation on the top masters of the old generation.

However, as far as the outcome of this game is concerned, it is actually one-sided. The vast majority of people, even Anson fans, think that Nadal's victory is much greater.

Regarding this, An Sheng, as the person involved, actually didn't know about it, but if he knew, he probably wouldn't deny it.

Because he believes that Nadal's strength should have reached the 90th stage, otherwise, it would be impossible for him to show such a strong dominance.

So, as long as Nadal can perform normally, then the victory of the game will naturally belong to him.

Of course, this is Ansheng's guess, and he also has a very important purpose in this game, which is to test whether Nadal has really reached the 90 stage.

In addition, he also really wanted to experience for himself how strong the opponents who reached the 90th stage were, and what was special about them compared to the top players at the 80th stage.

At 4 pm local time on April 28, the confrontation between Anson and Nadal officially began.

By the way, during the warm-up, the audience was already very enthusiastic, but most of their applause and encouragement were dedicated to Nadal.

Because he is a local player, and with his reputation in the world, even foreign audiences, as long as they have no preference in advance, they will definitely choose to support him.

Fortunately, An Sheng didn't care about any of this and maintained a good mentality.

"Oh!"

Anson served first.

Facing Nadal, there is no doubt that An Sheng's mental state is very tense, and he will do his best from the beginning without any reservations, otherwise, he estimates, he may collapse directly.

But even so, Nadal still completed the return relatively easily, and his route was very characteristic of him, with a high arc and a deep landing point.

Before he could think about it, An Sheng hit Nadal's forehand with a forehand.

The offensive quality of this shot is still good, the ball is fast, the landing point and the line are well controlled, and it basically hits the upper limit of An Sheng's ability.

However, after completing the attack, An Sheng did not relax at all. Instead, he focused on Nadal on the opposite side, ready to start at any time.

This is not because An Sheng underestimated himself, but because everyone in the world knows that Nadal's strongest point is his running ability and his spirit of never giving up on the court.

Sure enough, in the face of An Sheng's strong attack, Nadal still relied on his fast running and sliding to catch up, and in a hurry, he responded with a topspin.

Here, I have to say that another unique feature of Nadal is his hitting action.

Generally speaking, we can divide the batting action into open stance and closed stance, both of which have their own advantages.

Relatively speaking, the open stance with a faster batting rhythm is the mainstream stance in today's tennis.

But even with an open stance, when a player swings and hits the ball, he still has to use his waist and abdomen strength, and to a large extent, it can determine the player's strength.

After all, from the perspective of the overall hitting action, this is a process of twisting, and whether the waist and abdomen are fully exerted plays a key role.

However, in Nadal's hitting action, his waist and abdomen basically do not move, that is, there is no waist and abdominal twisting process.

To put it more simply and clearly, Nadal's hitting almost depends on the strength of his arm, which is his peculiarity.

In this way, the disadvantage is obvious. It is very difficult to exert sufficient strength only by the strength of the arm and wrist. Moreover, if it is used for a long time, it will obviously cause certain damage to the arm and wrist. , also increases the chance of injury.

Correspondingly, Nadal also has his advantages in doing so, that is, after reducing the process of waist and abdomen twisting, it makes his swing speed much faster.

In addition, in the case of only using the arms to exert force, it can be said that the activities of his upper and lower limbs are separated.

In other words, this greatly enhances his hitting ability while running or sliding. The upper and lower limbs move at the same time without interfering with each other.

Just like the ball just now, if the ball is hit in a normal way, then Nadal's swing will definitely appear to be in a hurry.

But in fact, he was running while performing a swing and hitting the ball at the same time. When his footsteps were in place, the swing had already been completed.

There is no doubt that on the whole, this greatly reduces the time he spends hitting the ball, allowing him time to do more things.

And we all know that in today's tennis world, when it comes to the use of spin, Nadal says that he is second, and no one dares to say that he is number one.

Therefore, An Sheng was prepared for Nadal's topspin, and he had already positioned him in advance and took two steps back.

However, he still underestimated the degree of spin on the topspin ball, as well as the speed and height at which the ball bounced off the ground.

As I said before, An Sheng, who uses the "half eastern grip", has a relatively low hitting point, so he is quite awkward when facing a high-spin topspin ball.

In addition, his stance was not suitable enough. By the time he reacted, it was too late to adjust. As a last resort, he twisted his body to hit the ball this time.

As a result, he made a mistake and lost the first point of the game.

(End of this chapter)