Chapter 685 Vigorous

On the fifth day of the 2014 Paris Masters, the quarterfinals officially kicked off.

With the continuation of the game, all the main competitors of the year-end finals are still in the draw, which also means that the contenders leading to London have been further upgraded, and every matchup is worthy of attention.

Just looking at the game schedule, I can't help but get excited.

Center Court, the first matchup, "Gowin VS Anderson".

Although Gao Wen is still the topic of discussion, Kei Nishikori's entry into the quarter-finals extinguished Gao Wen's hope of hitting the year-end finals. Naturally, in front of the other three major games, the excitement and suspense of this matchup is slightly less It was the best, so it was arranged in the first game.

Competing with Gao Wen for the semi-finals is Kevin Anderson, a player from South Africa, a vivid interpreter of "late bloomer".

In 2003, he turned to the professional arena at the age of seventeen, but it was not until 2011 that he won his first ATP championship in his career.

Then, in 2013, he achieved a breakthrough at the French Open and reached the fourth round of the Grand Slam for the first time in his career. At this time, Anderson was already 27 years old.

However, with this as a starting point, Anderson finally ushered in the golden peak of his tennis career and climbed step by step.

First reached the US Open final in 2017 and lost to Nadal; then reached the Wimbledon final in 2018 and lost to Djokovic.

Among them, Wimbledon in 2018 can be called the masterpiece of Anderson's career.

First of all, the quarter-finals will face the "King of Grass" Federer.

After losing the first two sets and sending out the match point in the third set, Federer was about to sweep and advance; but Anderson, standing on the edge of the cliff, launched a jedi counterattack, saved the match point, and dragged the game into the final set, and with "13: With a score of 11", he won the long game and won the eighth championship in the knockout round.

Secondly, the semi-finals will face Isner.

The first three sets were all entangled in a tie-break, and the fourth set was "6:4". 24", Anderson won in this epic showdown of six hours and thirty-six minutes.

In this semi-final, countless records were written:

It was the longest Grand Slam semifinal ever, the second-longest in a major and the third-longest in men's professional history.

recorded in history!

From Flushing in 2017 to Wimbledon in 2018, these are the highlight moments of Anderson's career.

Sight, back to 2014.

At this time, Anderson is still in the stage of continuous rise, and it seems that he still lacks a little inspiration, and he has not been able to break through the barriers and touch the threshold of the top ten in the world.

But it is undeniable that Anderson has shown his ability and has firmly found his place in the top 20 ranks. All the top three Grand Slams have entered the fourth round, and the US Open has also entered the third round; When dealing with top players, he gradually found his own characteristics.

This year, Anderson killed Wawrinka three times, and all of them happened on the stage of the Masters:

Indian Wells at the beginning of the year, Montreal in the summer, Paris this week.

Especially in the face of Wawrinka, who went crazy in the first quarter of the year, Anderson's upset in Indian Wells is definitely a breakthrough. This is also the first time in his career that he has defeated a top five player in the world.

Overall, Anderson and Berdych have too many similarities.

One-to-one batting action, solid basic skills, balanced offensive and defensive capabilities, excellent serving weapons, regular return lines, etc., etc.

Can't say "very similar", only "exactly the same"—

Of course, this is a joke.

Berdych and Anderson still have their own styles.

In comparison, Berdych's offense is better, and Anderson's defense is more solid, so Berdych's upper limit is higher, and Anderson's lower limit is higher.

how to say?

When the game is in a stalemate, or when the top players are dueling, the two players are naturally more inclined to rely on their strongest weapons:

Berdych relies more on offense. If he is in good form, he can break the game and is not timid in the face of the Big Four;

Anderson relies more on defense. Even if he is in a bad state, he can always hold on for a while, or a little longer; but in a good state, it is difficult to quickly open the situation, and it will take some time to win or lose.

In Wimbledon in 2018, the two games against Federer and Isner were so long that they collapsed, which is the most intuitive example.

However, this is not to say that Anderson is a defensive player.

Anderson is still a typical offensive player, but the key is that his offense is slightly inferior to Berdych, and his defense is slightly stronger than Berdych.

Therefore, the venue with the best performance in the four Grand Slams is Wimbledon, followed by Australia.

A very interesting statistic is that Anderson and Berdych have played against each other twelve times in their careers, and it is hard to find a victory.

In the last round, Gawain had just played against Berdych, and then he played against Anderson with a similar style. The entire batting style and game mode were seamlessly connected.

At the beginning of the game, Gao Wen showed a good competitive state.

In fact, Anderson is not a slow player. At least his serving state is very stable, and he rarely makes consecutive mistakes in the opening game.

But Anderson and Gao Wen are meeting for the first time, and it always takes some time to explore and adapt to the style, so the entire batting line is relatively conservative.

On the other hand, Gao Wen adapted to Anderson's batting much faster, and the entire tactical routine in the opening stage was very clear:

Control the game by grabbing the rising point, returning the ball, backspin, topspin in the deep area, etc., constantly disrupting Anderson's shots.

The most important thing is to attack decisively. The choice of return route can always break the frame and seize the advantage, and the whole game looks crisp and neat.

Once Anderson's serve fails to play its full role, he will soon fall into a passive position~lightnovelpub.net~ In just eight minutes, Gao Wen, who took the lead to serve in this game, has already played three games in a row, quickly opening up the score.

Sampras, who was sitting in the player's box, nodded slightly, with a look of satisfaction in his eyes.

"Is it my illusion? I think Gao Wen's state in this game seems to be better than before."

Tobias whispered in a low voice, Sampras turned his head and looked over, and also replied in a low voice.

"It's a good thing."

In fact, their entire team, including Pelt, was very worried. The news of missing the year-end finals might be a heavy blow. Even though Gao Wen said he didn't care, those negative emotions existed objectively. Might affect the dynamics of today's game.

But now it seems that the "escape" that Gawain and Dimitrov slightly deviated from the daily track last night not only did not affect Gawain's concentration, but also aroused Gawain's high fighting spirit.

This also means that Gao Wen has withstood another severe test and once again ushered in a psychological transformation.

(end of this chapter)