Match Point

Chapter 1756: Overcoming rigidity with softness

"15:0".

ACEs start.

Tsonga also showed his big heart. Aware of Gao Wen's recovery and the key to the situation, he also improved his competitive state.

Easily and freely, relying on the serve to score the first point.

"15:15".

However, while positive, Tsonga is also slightly impatient.

After relying on serving to establish an advantage, Tsonga can't wait to rely on offense to score the winning point and play momentum, but the first attack has strength and speed, but no angle. Absolute power creates enough advantages.

Of course, in the third set, Tsonga's power did indeed have the upper hand.

But this time, Gao Wen hit a straight line with his forehand, borrowed his strength, and although the quality was still not as good as when he was in his best state, he finally pushed back.

Tsonga was a little eager and tried to continue to press on the second consecutive attack. As a result, he attacked with a backhand with both hands. A wave of white nets stirred up, and ended the point with his own mistake.

Disappointed himself, Tsonga dropped his racket to the ground, only to catch it as it hit the ground and rebounded.

"30:15", Tsonga's forehand winner.

"30:30", the strong backspin of Gawain's backhand slice forced Tsonga's backhand back to the net.

Come and go.

One plus, one minus.

It all happened so quickly that four points were gone before Tsonga lost two points on his second consecutive serve.

Moreover, this time it was entirely Tsonga's one-man show—

Tsonga's score, Tsonga's turnover, Tsonga's score, Tsonga's turnover.

To put it simply, Gao Wen is to cooperate with the performance. He is responsible for hitting the tennis ball back, and Tsonga is responsible for leading the performance. Both scoring and losing points are in his hands.

Now you can feel the pressure.

Obviously, the whole situation of the key game is undergoing subtle changes little by little, even for a player like Tsonga who has experienced many battles.

What's more, don't forget that before the start of the Rogers Cup, Tsonga suffered a series of bitter defeats, and his return from injury did not meet expectations.

After coming to Toronto, he won three games in a row and finally found some touch in his blessed land, but for the defending champion, this is still far from enough.

In the match against Gao Wen, in the first set and the first half of the second set, the strong collisions between you and me were really exciting, but on the whole, Gao Wen had the upper hand; until the accidental injury turned the whole situation upside down.

Now at the critical moment, the familiar feeling of the familiar scene has returned, and Tsonga's shots will inevitably have some fluctuations.

At the end of the day, they are just normal people.

The next point, the pressure continued to rise, either game point or match point.

Everyone, hold your breath.

Including Tsonga.

In the first area, before preparing to serve, Tsonga adjusted his breathing a little. The sweat on the front of his forehead slowly slid off, and it was a little itchy. He raised his hand to wipe it off, looked at Gao Wen again, and then prepared to serve.

Snapped. Snapped.

Tsonga was shooting the ball, and the entire stadium was silent. There were not many spectators in the first place, but now the few remaining spectators all held their breath, so that the stadium became more and more quiet.

One shot, outside corner.

The speed is 203 kilometers per hour.

It can be seen from the line and landing point that Tsonga tried to destroy Gao Wen's body center of gravity, but he was not ready to hit the net. The angle of the outer corner was not completely torn apart. A strong attack can apply further pressure.

Gao Wen was a little embarrassed.

Because of such an outer corner, the line is a bit awkward, neither far nor close, so that he cannot make predictions about his moving steps, and can only adapt to the situation. Sometimes his body may be closer to the tennis ball, and sometimes his body may be too far away from the tennis ball. The point is difficult to control, and it all depends on manual adjustment.

And the important point is that Tsonga's serve is very heavy, rushing and heavy, and full of tail strength. Even in normal times, it is not so easy to catch the ball; now that he is injured, Gao Wen's ability to resist frontal collisions has declined significantly. I often can't bear the strength, so that I get off the net.

Tsonga also calculated and laid out this serve—

He didn't encounter any break points in the six serve games before and after. Tsonga also summed up some experience. Although he is a relatively honest player and has no tricks, it doesn't mean he can't think.

For Gao Wen, there was no time to hesitate, the conditioned reflex kicked off the ground, and his right hand was fully extended.

I didn't even have time to rejoice that the stretch of the forehand was not affected, and I already felt the power and speed of the tennis ball, hitting my face layer by layer.

what to do?

In the blink of an eye, Gao Wen didn't have time to think carefully, and with a flash of inspiration, his forearm moved forward, relying on the strength of his wrist to gently roll up and rub.

Very soft and extra delicate package, all depends on the feel.

It's not contradicting, not borrowing strength, not pushing and blocking, but a slight gesture.

To be precise, unloading, friction...and, the ball.

Because Gao Wen knew that even if he successfully hit the tennis ball across the court with this shot, the quality would be mediocre. Next, he would inevitably face Tsonga's violent attack, and then he would fall into a passive position.

If it was a good time, Gao Wen would also be willing to start a tug-of-war, he had confidence in his bottom line ability~lightnovelpub.net~, but not now.

Once in a defensive state, it is difficult to launch a defensive counterattack.

Therefore, Gao Wen simply pushed the boat along. Since the quality of the ball returned was average, he should be bolder and choose to cut the ball directly when receiving the serve.

This trick is learned from Federer and cannot be used frequently because it is very dangerous, but occasionally as a tactical surprise attack, it has miraculous effects.

Gao Wen just caught an inspiration, which he didn't even expect, and then he finished hitting the ball.

Gao Wen was not sure about the effect of returning the ball. After hitting the ball, he adjusted his footsteps in small steps and returned to the defense, ready to defend.

Then, all eyes were on—

Tennis **** lightly raise a parabola; moreover, the route to the highest point of the parabola is a bit short.

what happened?

In the eyes of astonishment and confusion, the tennis ball has already entered a downward trajectory.

So, is this off the grid?

etc!

Tsonga's heart contracted suddenly, his footsteps stopped, and the next second he panicked, and he sprinted at full speed clumsily and slowly.

Tap, tap, tap...

Run all the way.

Immediately afterwards, the audience noticed that Gao Wen also started, instead of staying at the bottom line, he stepped forward at full speed along a vertical line. Even though the start was a little slower, the speed was even faster than Songga.

After a full beat, the audience watched the tennis ball before realizing:

this! Actually! yes! small ball!

Stunned and stunned, the audience couldn't help but open their mouths, their faces full of astonishment. They didn't expect that Gao Wen would choose to catch the serve and drop the ball.

Moreover, Gao Wen and Tsonga both went online, from the fencing competition to the hand-to-hand combat, the entire situation on the court was instantly overturned, and the tense sparks spread mightily.