Chapter 648 Deadlock

Valencia, final, "Murray VS Gawain".

Murray serves first.

Apparently, Murray watched Gawain beat Djokovic in the US Open semi-final.

In that match, Gao Wen took advantage of Djokovic's sluggishness and dared to strike at the beginning. He broke serve in the first game and maintained his advantage steadily to win the first set.

Of course, in a Grand Slam, winning the first set in five sets is not enough to ensure that Gawain beats Djokovic. Subsequent performances are equally important, but it is undeniable that the opening is very important.

Valencia is a three-set two-win system, which means that there is less room for maneuver, and the importance of the opening is further enhanced.

The beginning should be a trial, and during the trial, Murray has already begun to consciously lay out—

Suppress Gao Wen's backhand.

In fact, Gao Wen was born in just three months. Whether it is long or short, his technical characteristics have been repeatedly studied by countless players and coaches. How many people are eager to defeat Gao Wen to prove themselves, but the relatively unstable The forehand is often the breakthrough point.

However, Murray did not follow the usual path.

In fact, in the first half of the first point, Murray was also suppressing Gao Wen's forehand:

The serve in the first zone chose a large outside corner, pulling Gao Wen's position out of the field.

At a speed of 181 kilometers per hour, Gao Wen used his forehand to hit back with force, and adjusted his footsteps in small steps to return to defend his backhand; as a result, Murray hit a diagonal backhand with his forehand again , and pulled Gao Wen back to the forehand position.

So far, Murray's tactical intention to suppress Gao Wen's forehand is very clear, but then, Murray's hitting line is all on Gao Wen's backhand, and continues to exert pressure.

Moreover, Murray's shots are very purposeful. The landing point is basically between one footprint and two footprints within the bottom line. He does not pursue the depth of the line. Spin restricts Gawain's shots.

At the same time, the angle was not completely torn apart, and it was always spinning around the area near the center line. It was not to form a winning point, but to restrain Gao Wen's footsteps in the backhand position. Standing up, it seemed that he was about to break through from Gao Wen's backhand position.

In a duel between masters, you can't look at the surface, take one step, you have to look at three steps—

According to Gao Wen's judgment, Murray should be preparing to use the tactic of "press the backhand and hit the forehand".

Everyone says that Djokovic has the world's best two-handed backhand, but in fact, Murray's two-handed backhand is definitely not inferior to Djokovic:

Can resist and fight, super stable, and changeable.

Compared with Djokovic, Murray's backhand is capable of cutting in addition to whipping, putting small balls, lobbing high balls, changing rhythm, controlling the landing point, and is proficient in everything. Maybe the attack power is slightly less, but the change is more outstanding.

Against Gao Wen, with a backhand to suppress the backhand, Murray has absolute confidence.

In Gao Wen's game, the starting point of many defensive counterattacks is the backhand. If Murray can suppress Gao Wen's backhand, the layout of the game will be much easier, but the final score still needs to break through Gao Wen's forehand. Destroy Gao Wen's forehand stability.

Such a tactic is a bit similar to Djokovic's "forehand and backhand" against Nadal, seeking a breakthrough from the opponent's strongest technical link.

This duel is an encounter between the two players. The beginning of the game is a necessary stage to adapt to the opponent's style. Murray is testing, and Gao Wen is also adjusting—

"Backhand VS Backhand"?

Gao Wen didn't hesitate at all, and Gao Wen was also testing Murray's backhand coping ability, what kind of changes would the changes in speed and strength bring?

The slight difference from Murray is that Gao Wen is a little..."random", and the rhythm and frequency of the entire batting are constantly being adjusted.

Drop point, suddenly deep and shallow.

Spin, fast and slow.

What Gao Wen was testing was Murray's handling of different situations:

Because he also knows that facing Murray, if he cannot make sufficient preparations on the backhand side, the game will be very, very difficult.

Moreover, Gao Wen also carried out his tactics against Djokovic and took the lead.

Objectively speaking, at present, Gao Wen does not have the state of continuous impact and continuous attack like the US Open semi-finals. The risk is too high. On the contrary, he may ruin the game by himself because of the high turnover rate; The result of the game could have been worse.

From Djokovic to Nadal to Murray, Gao Wen has always insisted on this point, and he did the same in this game.

Although Gao Wen was not afraid of facing Murray with a backhand at all, Gao Wen was still the first to change the line, daring to break the deadlock with the straight backhand.

However, Murray had already taken precautions. He was always vigilant about Gao Wen's line-changing ability, especially the straight backhand shot.

Therefore, Murray also predicted Gao Wen's line change in advance, defended in place at the first time, and sent a straight line again to continue to suppress Gao Wen's backhand.

Back and forth.

The round ball was stalemate like this, most of the time it was a backhand duel, even if Gao Wen changed the line to the forehand, after the two sides hit the forehand for two rounds, Murray again suppressed the ball to Gao Wen's backhand In place, the entire tactical layout is very clear, and the execution is very good.

Fifteen beats.

Twenty beats.

Murray, as expected of Murray, the bottom line does not concede the ball

Accurate anticipation and flexible footwork, excellent defensive touch and soft wrapping ability also give Murray the ability to continue the round in the bottom line tug-of-war.

In a trance, I dreamed back to Flushing and played against Djokovic again.

The problem is that there is no sign of the end of the round in sight.

Twenty-six beats.

Then, Gao Wen was the first to attack.

On the twenty-seventh shot, facing Murray's backhand again, Gao Wen completed the prediction ahead of time, and instead of moving towards his forehand, he took a step forward.

Grab the rising point!

Backhand straight!

The whole rhythm instantly increased, and Gao Wen had planned it long ago. At the moment the ball was thrown, he flicked his wrist outwards, aiming at the dead corner of the big triangle on the bottom line to launch an attack.

The tennis ball~lightnovelpub.net~ shot out like an arrow, light and soundless, Gao Wen did not take the initiative to exert force, but emphasized control and pursued the landing point.

boom!

The tennis ball accurately presses the corner of the bottom line! The entire center court let out exclamations, almost thinking that Gao Wen would definitely score.

Murray did not agree.

Murray was still guarding against Gao Wen's shot. Although his footsteps were a little bit awkward, he started very quickly and managed to get there. He leaned out his entire upper body and used his forehand to cut the ball to complete the save.

Backspin.

Even in an extremely passive defensive state, Murray is still laying out the layout. The tennis ball presses the lowest position in the center of the net, and enters Gawain's forehand gap along the diagonal line.

Thumb up!

A dark blue figure was chasing towards him like a gust of wind. It could be seen from the fast and steady footsteps that Gao Wen calculated this. Score and get ready for Murray to hit the slash.

"Calculations VS Calculations".

So, this time, who is right?

(end of this chapter)