When people mention Federer, they will definitely think of sharp serve and smooth attack; when people mention Nadal, they will definitely think of super topspin forehand and never give up defense.

And when people mention Djokovic and Murray, the biggest impression that comes to mind is the balance of all items but the lack of outstanding weapons. Relatively speaking, Djokovic's ability to change lines and Murray's layout Ability is the most powerful existence among their various skills, and the different styles of players can be seen from the side.

Even after 2017, Djokovic adjusted his training focus, and his serving ability improved significantly, but because Djokovic's baseline ability is so good that people always ignore his serving ability, just like Serena Williams Si's serving ability is so good that people always ignore that her baseline ability is also the top of the pyramid.

Then, returning to the semi-finals, why did Gao Wen choose to receive the serve?

Part of the reason is indeed because Djokovic's serving ability was not top-notch during this period, but the main reason is because of Djokovic's slow heat.

Djokovic is a very, very slow player. Because of his playing style, he needs a lot of time to find the feeling of hitting the ball in the bottom line, and also needs a lot of time to adapt to the opponent's serving style. This makes him even slower than the "clay king" Nadal, and he often faces many challenges at the beginning of the first set.

Gao Wen chose to receive the serve first to prevent Djokovic from gaining more time to adapt to the round. After all, Djokovic’s ability to receive and serve is really strong. If Gao Wen served first, he would Give Djokovic more time to find his form.

So, this is a strategic choice.

Moreover, this is only part of Gawain's tactics.

Snapped. Snapped. Snapped.

Djokovic is hitting the ball.

Professional players have their own habits from childhood. Djokovic’s is to shoot the ball. He is used to adjusting his breathing and rhythm by shooting the ball. At the same time, he also determines the serving tactics in his mind. more.

Usually, it is normal to shoot the ball more than a dozen times, but at a critical moment, Djokovic even took the ball more than 30 times, so that the opponent had to wait until it was cold.

Later, tennis revised the serving rules. After a ball is over, players are only allowed 25 seconds to adjust before they must serve. Otherwise, they will be penalized for a first serve after two warnings.

The biggest influencers of the service interval timing rules are Djokovic, who likes to shoot the ball, and Nadal, who has obsessive-compulsive disorder routines.

However, in order to shorten the game time and facilitate the live TV broadcast, this rule is still implemented, but according to the specific situation of the game, the referee can adjust the scale—

For example, two players have just gone through a 36-beat long round of tug-of-war, so the 25-second timing rule should of course be relaxed, at least to allow the two players to breathe.

Now, the serve timing rule has not been introduced yet, so Djokovic can still take the ball slowly.

Gawain's attention remained highly concentrated, even though Djokovic kept hitting the ball, he was not impatient, his body kept shaking slightly, waiting for the signal from Djokovic to throw the ball.

Then-

Toss the ball!

His eyes followed the tennis ball, but Gao Wen's knowledge of Djokovic was all from TV videos. He had no real match and naturally had no way of predicting it. He could only stay focused and observe Djokovic's serving habits.

Press the forehand close!

Gao Wen's brain immediately sounded the alarm, and he took a half step towards his left side, and at the same time, his upper body continued to retreat to make room for his swing.

Djokovic's serving speed is not fast, at least after experiencing Isner and Kyrgios, he is much calmer when facing such a serve.

But Djokovic's serve is often placed very accurately, limiting the opponent's return line, and then preparing for his next attack.

At this moment, Gao Wen's position was squeezed, but his dodge was very timely, and the whole conditioned reflex gave way in an instant.

When the forehand is squeezed, he swings it quickly, touches the ball as soon as possible in his own hitting space, and then completes a rotation of the upper body, and the speed of the racket head is immediately added.

boom! valley

In the whole hitting action, you can clearly see a detail of the wrist swinging outwards. At the last moment, the speed and angle of the ball return are brought up by the speed of the racket head.

Although there is no room for active force, the improvement of the overall rhythm can still be clearly seen.

Whoosh!

In the next second, you can see the tennis ball flying back along the diagonal line.

Because there is not enough room to swing the racket, it is almost impossible to change the line. Just as Djokovic calculated, Gawain returned a diagonal line.

But the moment Gao Wen took the shot, Djokovic immediately realized the slight speed-up of the rhythm, and his footsteps immediately kicked towards his forehand.

pedal.

Djokovic's upper body was completely stretched out. Even though Gao Wen put in some effort on his wrist, and the tennis ball jumped out after it hit the ground, Djokovic still caught up. With a swing of the forearm, the tennis ball was hit back.

Rely on the backhand in the middle.

In a hurry, Djokovic still cleverly completed the package and control. From the line to the landing point, it can be seen that he has a strong control of the bottom line.

It's just that the opening stage didn't feel hot, so the depth was not well controlled.

From the point of view of tactical intentions, Djokovic chose the center, and he needs to use a backhand to catch the ball on the road where Gawain is moving laterally. If he suppresses it deep enough, the backhand swing cannot be fully deployed, and he returns a ball along the inertia of running. Backslash or middle lane should be the biggest possibility.

Then Djokovic can wait for the next shot in his forehand half to turn things around.

Unfortunately, the depth is not enough.

When Gao Wen was moving quickly laterally, he noticed the landing point immediately, and took a small half step forward without hesitation, almost stepping on the inner edge of the baseline, and the backhand with both hands had already been set up-

kick! Grab it!

Grab the rising point.

One push! Swipe!

Full force~lightnovelpub.net~ Gao Wen's two-handed backhand attack was strong, he directly grabbed a rising point, and then suppressed Djokovic's return with speed and strength, hitting a low and flat slash.

Whoosh!

Djokovic realized that his return was too shallow, but he didn't realize that Gao Wen's connection awareness was so outstanding, so he grabbed it at the first time, and then the ball was gone.

Djokovic watched helplessly as the tennis ball turned into a streamline and jumped out of his backhand gap, landed, bounced, and hit the rear billboard.

boom.

With a muffled sound, Djokovic didn't even have time to step forward to defend, and the point was over.

"0:15", Gao Wen took the lead to grab the first point!

Obviously, facing the world number one, Gao Wen didn't have any baggage or nervousness, and he was fully prepared at the beginning.

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