Latest URL: London, Foggy City?

No, the "Foggy City" has already been a stereotype of London in the last century, and it has long been a thing of the past. Now London has successfully got rid of the troubles of industrial smoke and dust.

However, winter in London is still gray.

The drizzle shrouded the city like smoke, and large areas of gray in different shades spread in the field of vision. Even the red telephone booths and red double-decker buses were covered with a layer of misty light gray, and the whole world was filled with There is a lingering damp and cold, as if the sound of water can be heard in the bones.

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The revolving door of the hotel lobby was pushed open, and a gust of wind rushed in, mixed with water vapor and stumbled into the warm air in the room. Inadvertently, passers-by in windbreakers could be seen outside the door, their faces wet by the rain. It is also difficult to tell whether the windbreaker is blue or black.

But in a blink of an eye, the revolving door continued to move forward, blocking the storm again, and the hotel lobby regained its tranquility, covered with a layer of light lemon yellow.

Because of the turbulent waves outdoors, people can't help but yearn for the calm indoors even more.

Looking around, you can see the turbulent crowd gathered in twos and threes in the hotel lobby. With a rough sweep, you can see at least 30 people. This is in stark contrast to the scattered crowds on the street, so that just entering His footsteps couldn't help but paused.

This figure is carrying a big tennis equipment bag, wearing simple casual sports attire, and a dark blue T-shirt with the hat directly on his head. He can't see the facial features clearly, but he can vaguely feel the beauty of his slender and strong body. A sense of oppression on the visual level.

He didn't stay too long, he paused for a while, walked towards the front desk of the hotel, waited patiently in line for a while, and it was his turn to take the order.

"Room 1414, high."

"Yes, I have twelve rackets that need to be stringed. Please make an appointment for me. Can I come and pick them up before 8:00 tomorrow morning?"

For professional players' rackets, the strings need to be replaced every day.

Because the racket line has pounds, in simple terms, it is an elastic radian, forming a trampoline effect.

The higher the poundage, the less deformation of the thread bed, less force is produced and more control is achieved.

The lower the poundage, the greater the shape change of the thread bed, the greater the power generation, and the weaker the control force.

At the same time, if the string is pulled tighter, the internal molecular structure will change faster, and the performance will be poorer, which means that the string will break faster, and the frequency of racket replacement will naturally increase during training and competition.

Some players prefer a higher weight, and some players prefer a lower weight, which has an impact on the control and adjustment of the hitting feel.

Strictly speaking, it is not only based on the player's personal style and preferences, even the same player himself will adjust the line weight on different venues—

For example, the clay court needs to reduce some pounds, because the tennis ball will be stained with clay and become heavier; moreover, the clay court has more slow rounds, and reducing the weight can increase the power of the ball.

At the same time, in different periods of career, the weight of the string may be adjusted according to one's physical condition and playing style. The most important thing is that with the decline of physical function, players may reduce the weight of the string. Strength, on the other hand, reduces physical damage.

The most famous is Federer, who not only adjusted the weight of the racket line, but also adjusted the size of the racket surface.

Overall, the average poundage of men's professional tennis rackets is 54, and the distribution ranges from 40 to 62:

Federer is 48 pounds vertically and 45 pounds horizontally, Raonic is 44 pounds vertically and 46 pounds horizontally, Kei Nishikori is 49 pounds vertically and 51 pounds horizontally, and so on.

Among them, it is very worth mentioning that the new generation of American player Jack Sock, his racket weight is 40 pounds, which is very rare among all male and female players; as a reference, he adjusted his racket because of weak strength. Radwanska's line weight is 51 pounds.

It can be seen from this that the weight of the line is very important for professional players.

Naturally, the poundage may change when a racket is hit a little more times, so in a game, generally speaking, professional players will also change their rackets when they change a new set of balls—

According to tennis rules, in order to ensure the flexibility of tennis, a new set of **** needs to be replaced every nine rounds; at the beginning of the game, because the first set of tennis **** has gone through the practice session, the first set of **** is replaced after seven rounds.

This is the same as badminton and even table tennis.

Because of this, each player often needs to carry multiple rackets when they enter the game, ranging from five to as many as eight or nine; moreover, when the game is in progress, the players will also entrust the ball boy Return your used racquet to the player lounge and have it restringed on the spot.

Stringing a racket is a technical task.

Both ATP and WTA have officially registered stringers, just like the medical team, massage team, etc., they must be equipped for every event, and they will be responsible for helping players string their rackets.

Objectively speaking, each stringer has a slightly different feel. For players who require a delicate feel, these details are more sensitive. Therefore, generally speaking, each player has his own familiar stringer in different competitions. The stringer is then responsible for stringing his rackets.

At this time, Gao Wen, who had just finished adapting to the field training, was making an appointment to restring his racket—

The year-end finals are, after all, slightly different.

First of all, there is only one venue, the O2 Stadium, where all the games between the eight players will be played for a whole week.

It is conceivable that the timing of adapting to the venue is even more troublesome.

Secondly, there are eight players in the competition, and everything needs to revolve around the eight players. As a substitute, Gao Wen may not be able to play at all. It is not surprising that there is no priority in the arrangement of related situations.

But not having priority does not mean that arrangements cannot be made. Even if it is a substitute, all the things that should be arranged are still arranged.

Just like today.

The eight players participating in the year-end finals put on suits and went to take promotional photos to promote the upcoming Huashan Lunjian.

So ~lightnovelpub.net~ the court was temporarily emptied, so Gao Wen got precious time to adapt to the court.

In addition, in order to ensure that the time for stringing the racket will not delay the eight participating players, Gao Wen also needs to make an appointment in advance, instead of asking for stringing at any time suddenly, or threading the racket when it is needed, to ensure his own time. Put the plan there and avoid disrupting other players' plans.

Arrangement, everything can be arranged, it just needs to spend more thought.

"Of course, no problem. It is my honor to serve you, Mr. Gao."

The attitude of the front desk staff of the hotel is very kind. The Gao Wen in front of him is completely free from the wantonness and publicity of the spring breeze, and the spring breeze smile is always pleasing.

"Also, Mr. Pelt's scheduled massage therapy for you..."

He was only halfway through his speech when he was interrupted by an enthusiastic voice, "Gao Wen! You're here too, wow, I can't believe the weather..."