Match Point: Chapter 1038 davis cup
Chapter 1039 Davis Cup
Snapped! Snapped!
The dull sound of hitting the ball hovered and echoed in the sky above the ASB tennis court. The audience was completely silent, and the air was almost on fire.
Zhang Ze, who was about to serve, raised his head and glanced at Jose-Statham on the opposite side of the court, took a little breath, and then—
Throw the ball! Kick off! hit the ball!
Second District.
One shot, in.
Outside corner, suppressing Statham's backhand.
Sure enough, Statham's return ball did not suppress the arc, the parabola was completely pulled up, and the control of the landing point was not good, Zhang Ze quickly followed up.
Standing on the bottom line, Zhang Ze swept across with his forehand, aimed at the gap in the straight line, and exerted all his strength.
but!
At the critical moment, Zhang Ze was still a little conservative, his line and landing point were not pushed to the extreme, coupled with the lack of strength and explosiveness, so the speed and quality of the ball did not improve. He originally wanted to score a winning point, but unfortunately—
lacking a little.
Statham, still sprinting horizontally, took a forehand shot, actually completed the touch, barely defended, and the hearts of the audience hung high again.
Sight, watching the tennis ball pull a full parabola, fly, fly, fly again, and finally…
Fly off the bottom line.
Defense, after all, failed to control it!
Out of bounds!
Zhang Ze managed to score the point without any risk. After saving three break points, he secured his serve on his second game point.
boom!
The audience is boiling.
The local audience in Oakland all hugged their heads and couldn't believe their eyes. Annoyance and amazement collided and burned.
On the sidelines of the court, Gao Wen couldn't hold back his emotions anymore, raised his arms and shouted, roaring and cheering, and waved his fists to cheer for Zhang Ze.
The others, no exception, clenched their fists and roared towards the field, completely igniting the air.
"8:7".
Zhang Ze, in the final set, continued to maintain the lead and put the pressure on his opponent, followed by Statham's unavoidable serve.
Zhang Ze turned around, secretly clenched his fists, and cheered for himself:
"you can!"
"Believe in yourself, you can do it! You can win!"
In a daze, Zhang Ze seemed to return to Melbourne Park again, facing the host amidst the overwhelming cheers from the audience, the pressure made his blood boil.
The atmosphere of the team competition is different after all. There is more pressure but also more motivation, because they are a whole, working hard for the same goal. Naturally, the air is more tense, the emotions are more turbulent, and the fighting spirit is more high-spirited. Everything becomes different.
Zhang Ze turned back and saw Gao Wen and Wu Di waving their fists on the edge of the court at a glance. They were the strongest, thickest and most reliable backing with a steady stream of passion and enthusiasm.
He is not fighting alone.
Heavy, Zhang Ze clenched his fist again, clenched his teeth, and jumped around lightly on the spot to stimulate his vitality.
After three hours of fierce fighting, the game was still not over, but entered the most difficult and tense moment. He needed to continue to mobilize the remaining energy in his body, and the small universe broke out.
The first round of the Davis Cup, Asia-Pacific group, "China VS New Zealand", officially kicked off.
The Davis Cup competition system is not complicated. It is not the same as the NCAA. It weakens the home field advantage and also weakens the game between captains. It is relatively simple:
Overall, the Davis Cup is played in five games, and the first team to win three games, including four singles and one doubles, wins.
On the first day, there will be two singles and one doubles.
The next day, two singles.
Before each round, the captain selects four players and decides which positions they will be in charge of. The order of matches on the first day of the game is not determined by the home court, but by drawing lots.
In the past, players could only be substituted after being injured or ill and verified by an official doctor, but now the rules have been slightly changed to allow captains to re-select players for the two singles matches on the next day after the first day of competition. The first day does not overlap.
The Davis Cup lineup has no restrictions on the types of players. Generally speaking, it is often two singles and two doubles configurations. The two singles players are ranked first in singles and second in singles; and doubles experts They focus on doubles.
However, in some countries and regions, there are not many professional tennis players, or their strength is not strong. Doubles experts play guest singles, and singles players guest play doubles. , and more often than expected.
Moreover, the Davis Cup does not have any hard and fast rules for the ranking of the first seed and the second seed, that is to say, the strategy of "Tian Ji horse racing" is completely feasible.
In other words, like the NCAA, captains are also particular about the order of appearance, but the complexity of the overall game is slightly less.
However, the "game" mainly occurs between teams with similar strengths, otherwise the strength gap is too large, and any game strategy will not work.
The two teams of China and New Zealand are in the same situation in the Davis Cup, and their overall strength is evenly matched:
World group? Too much effort, almost no chance, even the world group play-offs are enough.
Asia-Pacific group? It is more than enough, and occasionally falls into the second group due to abnormal performance, and will soon be able to return to the second group the following year.
To put it simply, more than enough is more than enough.
Currently, among the New Zealand team, the highest ranked player in the world is Statham, who is currently standing on the field, at 319; while the other singles player is Michael-Venus, currently ranked 399 in the world.
actually-
Both players are stronger in doubles than singles. Statham is currently ranked 179 in the world in doubles, and Venus is ranked 62 in doubles.
New Zealand's tennis development has been far behind Australia. It was not until the rise of Venus in the doubles arena that their names were left on the world map. Venus not only won the French Open men's doubles championship in 2017, The Olympic Games won the men's doubles bronze medal;
On the whole, the ranking of Huaxia players is one level higher:
Zhang Ze, 180; Wu Di, 298; Wang Chuhan, 365.
But the key point is here, despite the huge difference in ranking numbers, in fact, the strength gap is not so obvious.
As mentioned before ~www.mtlnovel.com~ the huge gap in the world rankings cannot be regarded as a gap in strength.
The top 100 in the world rankings are basically the first echelon of the pyramid, and everyone has strength; similarly, the gap between the world rankings of 100 to 300 or even 400 is very small—
The difference in points may be 50 or 100 points. In the Tournament, the Challenger League, and the 250-level tournament, that is the gap between winning a few games and winning a few games. Not good, the ups and downs in the ranking are basically a roller coaster level.
Therefore, against New Zealand, China has an advantage, but it is not obvious. In the end, it depends on the performance on the spot—
Until Gao Wen's appearance.
Ranked third in the world.
Winner of two Grand Slam titles.
Consecutively defeated the Big Three to reach the top of the Australian Open.
All kinds of records are really too brilliant. In this Davis Cup, it is an existence that breaks the balance. Therefore, for the two teams, Gao Wen is a key.
"Tian Ji's horse race" depends on whose layout can be superior.
(end of this chapter)