tennis giant

Chapter 412 Semifinals

"I have to admit that An Sheng is an extremely powerful opponent."

"He has enviable physical fitness, great strength, but his body is extremely flexible, and his running ability is very strong. In terms of technology, he has unimaginable comprehensiveness. Whether it is serving, receiving, Whether it is forehand or backhand, including spin, he can use it extremely skillfully."

"In addition, since his comeback, his competitive state has been extremely hot."

"The combination of those factors is the main reason why I lost to him four times in a row."

Facing the reporter's question, Djokovic unexpectedly gave his answer, and when he said this, it was obvious that his expression was a little frustrated.

This is also very understandable. After losing to An Sheng four times in a row, even Djokovic will inevitably have some negative emotions.

In fact, what he said was the truth. He even felt that if An Sheng could maintain such a competitive state, then he would be almost invincible.

"Next time?"

"Of course, I am very confident that in the next encounter, I will definitely perform better!"

Turning around, Djokovic will naturally not admit defeat, at least verbally, he will definitely not admit it.

As for how to defeat An Sheng, he has no idea now. In his opinion, maybe he will have a chance only when An Sheng's state is at a low point.

Fortunately, even though Djokovic lost this game, he still emerged from the group stage and entered the semifinals with his two previous victories over Kei Nishikori and Anderson.

The other group also had a winner that day, with Federer and Zverev advancing.

However, it is a little surprising that the player who won the first place is actually Zverev, and Federer can only be second.

In other words, Anson will meet Federer again in the next semi-final.

This somewhat made An Sheng feel uncomfortable.

Of course, this is not because he feels unhappy after meeting Federer. In fact, An Sheng is now eager to play against Federer.

But if possible, An Sheng is more willing to meet Federer in the final, rather than in the semi-final, because in this way, when he wins Federer, the influence he can exert will be greater , the better for him.

However, looking back, if we can defeat Federer first and then "double" Djokovic in the final, it would be a good choice.

Don't think that An Sheng is a little arrogant now, even Federer and Djokovic are not in his eyes?

Of course he won't be like this, it's just that he is very aware of his strength and his current competitive state, plus, Federer, Djokovic and others have not fully studied him yet.

Therefore, he is indeed very strong now, even in the face of Federer, he is very sure that he can win.

What's more, this is just a thought in his heart, and he will not tell outsiders, so there is no need to be so humble.

On November 11th, still in the O15 Arena, the match between Anson and Federer, the semi-final of the 2 ATP year-end finals, officially began.

"Oh!"

Anson served first.

According to their previous experience in fighting, An Sheng deliberately increased the variation of his serve. At the beginning, he sent out a sneak attack from the inside corner.

But Federer's attention is obviously very concentrated, and he may even have anticipated Anson's "little action", and therefore, he did not let Anson succeed.

But even so, it was difficult for Federer to deal with Anson's super-high-quality serve. Although he barely completed the serve return, in terms of quality, it was very average, and the impact was shallow.

Seeing this, An Sheng immediately rushed into the field, but when he reached the hitting position, he deliberately paused for a while, which was not only convenient for him to observe Federer's position, but also a psychological warfare. Will not take action in advance, or shift the focus.

As far as Federer's game experience is concerned, of course he will not be easily fooled. His eyes have been fixed on An Sheng, but he stands firmly on his feet and does not move ahead of time.

That being the case, An Sheng didn't hesitate anymore, he was already ready to lead the racket, and at this moment, he completed the rest of the swing in an instant, and hit the ball to the opponent's forehand sideline.

Its ball speed is extremely fast, and the angle of the line is extremely large, and the landing point is extremely sideways.

In addition, Anson completed the shot in the midfield position, resulting in a very short flight path, which shortened Federer's reaction time.

In fact, although Federer reacted very quickly, he could not catch up because the time was too short.

Anson thus scored the first point.

"Oh!"

On the next ball, An Sheng even "made an inch", or in other words, he took advantage of the victory to pursue, and actually chose a rather risky serve and net tactic.

But Federer obviously did not expect this. At the critical moment, he could only rely on his hand feeling, temporarily change the route of receiving and serving, and try to complete a pass through the ball.

What I have to say is that Federer's hand feeling and his many years of competition experience allowed him to find the most suitable crossing route in a very short period of time.

However, Ansheng's quick reaction and flexible steps were beyond Federer's expectations.

In an instant, An Sheng had already rushed two steps to his right, twisted his waist at the same time, and stretched his arm along with the racket.

At the same time, the tennis ball flying in the air hit An Sheng's racket accurately, as if hitting a wall, and then bounced back, flying to the other side of the court very quickly.

This time was too short, and by the time Federer reacted, the tennis ball had already landed, obviously unable to catch up.

"Nice!"

An Sheng clenched his fist and waved it hard, feeling very excited.

In fact, from the confrontation between these two goals, it can be seen that An Sheng, who has the right to serve, has completely controlled the situation on the field.

Even if Federer wanted to cause some trouble for him, An Sheng's changeable serve and strong offense made him unable to adapt.

Of course, even so, Federer also has a lot of highlights.

Take this ball for example. While Anson had completely controlled the situation, Federer hit a super high-quality flat forehand and completed a counterattack, which was fatal.

It's just that, relatively speaking, these scattered points can't pose any threat to An Sheng's serve. It is very difficult to break serve.

And when the game came to Federer's serve, the situation improved slightly, but it still couldn't let him get rid of Anson's suppression.

The key point, in fact, was clearly stated when they played against each other last time, that is, the quality of Federer's serve is relatively average.

Especially the ball speed, on average, is less than 185 kilometers per hour, which is quite slow for An Sheng.

And once Federer was unable to effectively suppress Ansheng in the serving session, and even allowed Ansheng to reverse the situation and turn defense into offense, then the subsequent games would obviously be very unfavorable to him.

In addition, it must be said that Federer's competitive state in this game was not very good, and he seemed not excited enough. Perhaps it was also because he was a little tired after this season. After all, his age was at that level.

In the end, after one hour and 35 minutes, Ansheng defeated Federer with a score of 2-0 and advanced to the final.

(End of this chapter)