tennis giant

Chapter 337

Just the first ball confrontation made An Sheng see a lot.

Nadal is also worthy of being the king of clay. His powerful running ability, unique hitting skills, and spin skills that are difficult for others to match, can be said to be unique and naturally suitable for playing on clay courts.

It is no wonder that he can have such a strong dominance on the clay court.

Of course, the competition has just begun, and An Sheng will naturally not give up easily.

"Oh!"

This was a regular serve from the outside corner, but An Sheng obviously increased his strength and played harder.

In the face of a serve with a speed of more than 180 kilometers per hour, even if it is Nadal, it is impossible for him to complete high-quality returns every time.

For example, this ball, because the angle is too large, Nadal can only barely return a rebound ball. Although under his intentional control, the landing point is still relatively deep, but the speed of the ball is relatively slow.

Without hesitation, Ansheng immediately launched an attack, attacking the opponent's backhand position, and consciously increased its angle to increase its threat.

But this still did not allow Anson to win with one hit. Nadal once again used his fast movement ability and unique hitting method to save the ball.

Fortunately, it can be seen that compared to his forehand, Nadal's backhand hitting ability is limited by his two-handed backhand technique, and his flexibility is slightly worse.

In addition, the quality of An Sheng's attack was indeed very high, forcing Nadal to fail to exert his full strength, but just safely hit a diagonal.

Seeing this, An Sheng felt that this was his chance, so he was extremely decisive and used his backhand to hit another direct ball with the intention of scoring directly.

But Nadal is really tenacious. In addition, he seems to have predicted An Sheng's intentions. This is to make him react faster and save the ball again.

Moreover, when his time was very short and his movements were very reluctant, he still used his forehand to hit a high-quality topspin ball.

In the face of Nadal's topspin, An Sheng had to stand back by nearly one meter, which weakened his offensiveness to a large extent.

As expected, Ansheng's next attack was much worse than before.

Afterwards, the two sides entered a stalemate at the bottom line, but it was only on the third shot that Ansheng couldn't hold on and made a mistake in returning the ball.

Of course, it wasn't because An Sheng didn't work hard enough. In fact, he had already tried his best.

The real reason for his mistakes is that Nadal's shot quality is better than his.

This makes An Sheng feel more and more pressure during the stalemate. If he does not want to continue to be pinned down by Nadal, then he must maintain the quality of his shots.

But the problem is that as the number of stalemate shots increases, it becomes more difficult for An Sheng to maintain the quality of his shots, which leads to his mistakes.

After all, in terms of hard power, Ansheng is one level behind Nadal. Regardless of running ability, forehand and backhand skills, or physical attributes, he is at a disadvantage.

At this time, An Sheng was already aware of this problem, but he was very unwilling to give up his hope of winning now, and even, this aroused his fighting spirit.

Therefore, in the next few games, An Sheng emphasized confrontation again and again. He tried to find some weaknesses of the opponent in the confrontation with Nadal, and then targeted them.

But in the end, Ansheng was disappointed, because after trying for a while, he could not find a weakness in Nadal that was enough for him to target.

Even if it was the backhand that he felt before, it might become Nadal's weakness. In his subsequent games, he also found that this was simply his illusion.

Nadal, who uses the two-handed backhand technique, is indeed a little less flexible, but this is not Nadal's shortcoming, but a defect inherent in the two-handed backhand technique itself.

Correspondingly, its stability is its advantage.

What's more, Anson later discovered that Nadal's backhand technique was not as simple as he thought.

To put it simply, Nadal's two-handed backhand technique, like his forehand technique, has been specially improved. In addition to maintaining its stability, it also reduces the process of his swing to a certain extent. , making it more concise and effective, and the swing time is relatively shorter.

So, this is not Nadal's weakness at all, and his other skills are almost perfect, at least on clay.

In addition, with the increase of age, Nadal does have some injuries, but for now, this has not affected his performance.

As for the problem of physical strength, Nadal also basically solved it through a more reasonable schedule, which will not affect his performance in the game.

By the way, top players like Nadal, after entering a certain age group, will reduce the number of his participation in order to extend his sports career and ensure his competitiveness after participating as much as possible.

To put it more clearly, good steel is to be used wisely. They no longer pursue the number of entries, but as long as they participate in a certain event, they must do their best to win the championship.

There is no doubt that An Sheng lost the first game, and he lost badly, but even at this time, he did not choose to give up.

"I can lose, but I have to work hard!" This is An Sheng's true thoughts at the moment.

What's more, as I said before, for this game, apart from winning or losing, An Shengke still has other tasks, which is to "test" Nadal.

And to complete this task, An Sheng must do his best, even desperately, so that it is possible to force out Nadal's full strength.

In the end, after three hours of resistance, An Sheng lost the game.

It is worth mentioning that in the second set, An Sheng changed his thinking and no longer fought hard, but instead adopted a tenacious defensive strategy.

In this way, it really caused a lot of trouble for Nadal. It was not until the seventh game of the game that he broke serve in one game, thus establishing the victory.

As for An Sheng, it was through his tenacious resistance that he had a clearer understanding of Nadal's true strength.

What's more important is that he has given his best and feels very at ease. Although he lost the game, he still has a clear conscience.

(End of this chapter)