Chapter 1472 Endless

Stuck, tense, deadlocked, entangled—

That's the state of the final set.

In the nearly four-hour fierce battle, whether it is Gao Wen or Wawrinka, the physical condition of the two players is undergoing severe tests:

Unlike the weather in Melbourne, Paris is not humid, but it is a bit sweltering, sweating is still very serious, and the speed of physical consumption is also significantly accelerated. Both players are using bananas and energy bars to fuel their battery life, but at this stage, the two The players are already gritted their teeth and persisted.

The most obvious thing is that due to the impact of physical fitness, the two players are more focused on their own serve, and strive to keep the serve first; coupled with the decline in physical fitness, the accuracy of the attack has fluctuated, and the number of mistakes has also increased significantly. The number of rounds is reduced.

You have one game, I have one game, the two players take turns to keep serve, and the progress is fast, the number of equal points is not many, and the balance of force is always maintained, and the game time is even faster than the second set.

Then, Gao Wen, who took the lead in serving in the final set, had a slight advantage. As long as he can keep serving, he can continue to exert pressure—

Unfortunately, Gao Wen was the first to be broken in the final set.

When the game entered the second half, both players had exhausted their physical strength and regained their offensive touch, and the confrontation round became fierce again.

I have to say that today's Wawrinka has indeed entered a super **** state, daring to fight, and feeling hot. Once he enters his focus area, his sturdy and tough offense will be difficult to stop.

In the ninth game, Gao Wen served.

Wawrinka broke out suddenly and broke the balance with two unreasonable backhand attacks. A backhand with a tricky angle made Gawain never touch the ball. The ball went out of bounds, and the sharp and powerful offense once again entered a state of no solution, tearing through Gao Wen's impenetrable and steady defense, and took the lead in breaking serve.

In this way, Wawrinka not only ushered in the lead for the first time in the final set, but also took the lead in winning five games, and the next game was to serve to win the game—

After the ninth game of the fourth set, it was the second chance to serve towards victory.

In the tenth game, Wawrinka served.

Gao Wen fought back vigorously, seizing the opportunity when Wawrinka's hand was slightly tight, and his vigorous attack raised his state to a higher level, and he refused to surrender.

"0:40".

After scoring four points in a row, Gao Wen gave Wawrinka a "love-game" to break serve strongly. He evened the score again without letting Wawrinka see the match point. This is also one of the advantages of serving first:

Even if you fall off a cliff, there is still a chance of life.

Wawrinka was very, very dissatisfied with his performance, and yelled directly at the coaching team in the player box, unable to believe his performance.

Even the narrator expressed amazement,

"We should not forget that Gao Wen is continuing the strong performance of the 19-game winning streak in the Grand Slam. His belief, will, and determination are firm enough."

"He refuses to bow his head and refuses to surrender. He is still fighting for victory."

The game has returned to the balance of power, but the situation is completely different.

The score, "5:5".

This also means that the pressure of any next serve will multiply exponentially, and will continue to accumulate as the game continues. Any slack will lead to losing the whole game.

The concentration of both players is at its peak.

First of all, Gao Wen is guaranteed; Wawrinka is also guaranteed.

Secondly, Gao Wen was guaranteed again, and Wawrinka was also guaranteed.

"7:7".

The stalemate is still going on, but at this time there is no tie-breaker, and it will officially enter the long game. Either side must win two games in a row to win. Philippe - Chatier stadium is boiling—

A great game must have a great ending.

After Melbourne Park at the beginning of the year, Gao Wen also contributed a strong substitute for the best game of the year at Roland Garros, and the audience fell into a carnival.

This is the first time in Gao Wen's career that he won a long game, and everything is brand new; and Wawrinka defeated Djokovic in Melbourne last year to advance to the semi-finals and finally won the championship. Everything is familiar.

Now, this is a battle of wills.

In the fifteenth game, Gao Wen served.

At "30:30", Wawrinka and Gao Wen once again joined hands to dedicate an unparalleled ultra-long round of tug-of-war. Both players showed their ability to switch offense and defense, and confronted each other on the wire rope.

This time, Wawrinka had the last laugh, breaking through Gao Wen's net blockade with a backhand with a small diagonal line, scoring the point in an incredible way and getting a break point.

Immediately afterwards, Wawrinka once again showed his violent offensive fighting. After three consecutive strong forehand attacks, he ended the point with a straight backhand.

Break, success!

Wawrinka got the third chance to end the game with his own serve; but this time, people were not too excited, because at this stage, the players' physical fitness gradually reached the limit, and the serve may become a weak link—

As the receiver of the serve, he often dares to take shots and dare to fight, but he can seize the upper hand. From the two players exchanging a serve at the end of the game to Wawrinka's break in the game just now, everything is like this.

The game has really entered the stage of gritted teeth, and the suspense of victory and defeat is getting bigger and bigger.

In the sixteenth inning, Wawrinka served.

Sure enough, Gao Wen saved a match point, which was also the sixth match point in the match, and relied on a forehand straight return ACE to get a break point.

Then, at a critical moment, Wawrinka actually made a fatal double fault, handing over his third serve to win the game.

Some people may say, double fault? Is this some kind of international joke?

However, in the actual game, my own physical troubles and the impact of receiving the serve from the opponent, including the uncertainty brought about by the round tug-of-war, led to the oppressive feeling that I hoped to establish the advantage of the first three shots by serving. The pressure is indeed easy to lead to consecutive serve mistakes.

It is precisely because of this that players like Isner who can still maintain the power of serving even at this stage are the real masters of serving.

Both Gao Wen and Wawrinka's first-serve success rate in the final stage of the long game is declining, and the average speed of the second serve is also dropping. This is an objective existence.

What's more~lightnovelpub.net~Gao Wen's feat of grabbing a break point through the return ACE also made the pressure continue to rise, which led to Wawrinka's threatening second serve, which resulted in a terrible mistake of getting off the net—

Getting off the net is trying to use force to try to press down and try to flatten the attack, but the force is too strong and out of control.

Then-

"8:8".

The final set pushed the tension of the duel to the extreme in another form.

However, Gao Wen also failed to overcome the shackles brought about by physical strength.

In his next serving game, none of the first serves entered the zone, which also put him in the predicament of encountering continuous impact on the second serve.

After struggling to save three break points and missed a game point, he still failed to save the fourth. This time it was Gao Wen's own mistake—

Straight forehand out of bounds.

Gao Wen stood there, looking up at the sky, very disappointed with his mistake, very very disappointed, this should have been an opportunity to attack.

However, he missed it.

(end of this chapter)