Chapter 1062 Special Environment

"...Grigor, are you all right?"

After talking and laughing, Raonic paused for a while, and asked with concern.

In fact, Raonic did not know the specific situation of Dimitrov, but as young partners who rose at the same time, they also paid attention to some news from each other, so it can be seen that in the past two months, Dimitrov The performance was a bit of a struggle, and things clearly fluctuated a bit.

Gao Wen let out a long breath.

"No, I don't think so, despite his repeated insistence that he's fine and just needs to adjust."

"But there are some things that you need to solve on your own, so I just play the role of a friend and show my support, and that's all."

Up to the point, Gawain didn't elaborate on Dimitrov's situation, but Raonic quickly understood—

They are all professional players, and they all know the intricacies of "competitive state" clearly.

Nodding slightly, Raonic didn't say anything more, "I'll ask Ivan to confirm the training schedule and see if we can train together."

As Gao Wen said, as friends, the help they can give is to accompany Dimitrov and show their support.

Gao Wen nodded affirmatively, patted Raonic on the shoulder, and then Raonic took another step and left with Ljubicic.

Gao Wen also opened his equipment bag and started training day after day.

From Doha to Auckland and then to Indian Wells, the jet lag is an unavoidable problem, and so are the climate and weather conditions.

In addition, losing to Federer and defeating Venus, the confrontation intensity of the two games is also completely different, which also means that Gao Wen needs to adjust his touch, otherwise, it will be difficult to achieve good results in Indian Wells.

From such a perspective, doubles attempts are indeed very necessary.

The first hour of training in Indian Wells was very windy.

The second hour of training in Indian Wells was very windy.

Third hour of training in Indian Wells...still windy.

Gao Wen was already mentally prepared, he thought, after experiencing Doha and then Dubai, the two desert races were really impressive, so Indian Wells should be similar, but the cruel In reality, I still taught him a good lesson:

Never underestimate nature.

In Doha and Dubai, high winds do play an important role, but heat and dryness play a larger role, which also changes the spin and bounce of tennis balls.

Indian Wells was different.

First of all, the texture of the court here is even more special. Although it is hard, like Flushing, it is poured with cement, but the texture of gravel is more obvious.

It should be due to the relationship between the desert area. When the court is watered, the proportion of gravel increases, which also leads to a slightly different bouncing of the tennis ball when it touches the ground.

First, the ball speed is slower; second, the bounce is higher.

Although from a physical point of view, the possible error is only 0.01 seconds, but you can feel that the ball speed has slowed down significantly during the actual hitting process.

Even slower than Melbourne Park.

Secondly, the strong wind here is completely unpredictable, going left and right, up and down, just like a child who loves to hide and seek, very naughty.

irregular! There are no rules at all!

Moreover, there was a gust of wind, flying sand and rocks. Even though the training ground was surrounded by green belts, the wind and sand still blurred the vision; what was even more frightening was that, unlike the fine sand and dust on the red clay field, you could really feel the granular sand in these gusts. , Comparable to the level of a shotgun.

Strictly speaking, the Indian Wells venue should be a special venue between hard court and clay court. Some players even complained that it is a "sandy ground".

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The speed of the ball on the court is inherently slow, coupled with the interference of the strong wind, there will often be slight deviations in the flight trajectory of the tennis ball, which will increase the difficulty of control.

Does this mean that power players can have a slight upper hand here?

Not necessarily.

Slow speed venues tend to "absorb" strength, and it is difficult for pure strength players to fully play here, which requires more comprehensive abilities.

Since 2004, among the previous men's singles champions in Indian Wells, Federer has four times, Nadal and Djokovic three times each;

In addition, a piece of data that is worth referring to is that Zhang Depei won three championships here, and the number of championships is consistent with Nadal, Djokovic, and Connors, tied for the second most in history, while Sampras, Courier The number of championship trophies is only two, slightly behind.

From here, it can be seen that there are potential uncertain factors in the test of the players' comprehensive ability in the field of Indian Wells.

If you don’t adapt well to the court, you really don’t know how to play here, and you doubt your life every time you hit the ball.

"Should it be like this?"

"Is this the ball I hit?"

"What happened to the flight path?"

Errors, deviations, and accidents run through every shot in a very subtle and trivial way. This also means that footstep adjustments need to be very alert; at the same time, you need to be more focused and devoted when hitting the ball. For control, it is more potential. unexpected situation.

After a training session, Gao Wen was full of question marks.

Looking at Gao Wen, Sampras couldn't help laughing, "I thought you were half a player from the host country. The wind here is somewhat similar to that in Los Angeles, right?"

"Yes, I think so too." Gao Wen's eyes widened, and he wrote in astonishment, "After experiencing Doha and Dubai, and I have played in Los Angeles for so many years, I thought that I should have a little advantage, and I would not be able to adapt here. Question, but look? What's up with those shots?"

The lively complaints jumped between the lines lightly, which made Sampras laugh happily.

Sampras gloated and turned to look at Agassi, "Maybe, you can have a good exchange with Andre."

Before the training started~lightnovelpub.net~Agassi arrived at the venue, returned to Gao Wen's team, and started the "Sunshine Double Crown" campaign journey. This time he will accompany him throughout the process.

Agassi's batting style is mainly based on fast connection, control of rhythm, and grabbing rising points. He was able to reach the top four times at the Australian Open on slow and hard courts, but he was affected by strong winds when he came to Indian Wells. Poor performance, only one career win in 2001—

He was also the last native American player to win a championship at Indian Wells.

Agassi didn't intend to pay attention to Sampras at all, and he didn't even look at him. He looked at Gawain, "With more training, you will be able to find the feeling."

"Signing up for doubles is the right decision." Agassi gave an affirmation.

Just as Gao Wen was about to respond, he could see Dimitrov and his group passing by outside the training ground. He raised his racket and waved it around.

"I haven't signed up for the doubles yet, and I'm waiting for the gentleman's response."

He replied to Agassi with a smile, and then Gao Wen raised his voice.

"Grigor, Andre just asked about doubles registration, what do you say?"

(end of this chapter)