Match Point: Chapter 1420 evenly matched

Chapter 1421 Evenly Matched

Rhythm, line, landing point, instantly broken—

In this shot, Nadal's two-handed backhand once again demonstrated the ability to break the balance of confrontation at critical moments.

In the previous rounds, Gao Wen has been trying to hit and even limit Nadal's return through the pressure ball in the deep area of ​​the bottom line, forcing Nadal to use topspin continuously.

Because in extreme difficulties, Nadal often uses topspin to relieve the opponent’s impact and buy himself time to defend, but this year Nadal’s forehand topspin spin and pressure are slightly insufficient, and the quality of the shot is obvious. The decline can instead become an opportunity for Gao Wen to continue to attack.

At this time, some people may question, Nadal is also in poor form this year, so why can't Gao Wen do this in Madrid?

First, it was the first time in Madrid that Gawain played against Nadal in an official game in his career, and he was indeed uncomfortable in all aspects.

Second, the game environment in Madrid and Roland Garros is different. Madrid’s shots, on the whole, have lower bounce, faster speed and less spin. As the king of clay, Nadal’s weapon is not just spin. It's more about his understanding of clay. His tactical allocation and layout have also been adjusted to suit Madrid. He relied on different tactical combinations to build advantages in the case of insufficient rotation. Today is different.

Third, even at Roland Garros, Gao Wen was still learning and improving, and he was still constantly adjusting his tactical combination at the end of the second set.

It is no exaggeration to say that Madrid and Roland Garros are two completely different games, even though the opponents are still the two players in front of them.

In the last game, Gao Wen sought a breakthrough from Nadal's forehand at the critical moment in his serve game, and achieved good results; in this game, he changed his tactics slightly, but in essence, he still tried to find a loophole from Nadal's forehand. However, Nadal immediately showed his golf intelligence-

Backhand with both hands, facing the suppression of the deep area of ​​the bottom line, relying on the lifting and whipping of the wrist and forearm, hit a skateboard ball, directly tearing the angle.

This is not only to mobilize Gao Wen, but also to change the rhythm of the round and the rotation routine with the flat backhand, which destroys the balance of the confrontation.

This is typical tennis, and it is also the tennis of masters. Countless judgments, analyzes and choices need to be made between flashes and flints. Keep making adjustments.

From the last round to this round, in fact, it was only about fifteen minutes, and the confrontation between Gao Wen and Nadal was always tugging and turbulent.

Then-

With this skateboard shot, all the advantages that Gao Wen had accumulated so hard were disintegrated, and he fell into a passive position instead.

Although Gao Wen reacted quickly and moved quickly laterally, but considering the coveted Nadal and his follow-up layout, Gao Wen gave up the fighting strategy, but used a big stride to complete the forehand cut, cutting a deep diagonal line The ball was returned, aiming at Nadal's backhand bottom line big triangle.

Unfortunately, the effect is not as good as expected, the forehand cutting superimposed rotation is not enough, and the return ball cannot enter the bottom line triangle on Nadal's side.

With a keen sense of smell, Nadal cut to the bottom line at the first time, entered a position one step away from the bottom line, launched an attack from the midfielder, and hammered in a straight line with his forehand.

Turn defense into offense!

Everything came from the backhand with both hands just now, and then Nadal had the upper hand.

but!

Gao Wen accurately predicted.

At this moment, it can be seen that Gao Wen and Nadal have met three times, and this is the fourth time. The readiness predictions of the two players provide a set of databases.

In this room, Nadal turned sideways with his forehand and made a straight line, but Gao Wen accurately predicted that he had already controlled his footsteps when he cut the ball with his forehand before, and started the second time non-stop. Backhand with both hands to start a frontal force confrontation and forcefully attack.

On that side, Nadal also accurately predicted Gao Wen's choice of hitting the ball in the deep area of ​​the diagonal line, so he did not rush to the net, but continuously adjusted his feet across the court. With a slight lag, the forehand completed the slash attack again.

As soon as he looked up, Nadal saw that Gao Wen was standing at the original position on the diagonal line, he didn't move at all, he was waiting there early, his backhand was drawn into a full moon like a bowstring, and then Nadal's footsteps had come to an emergency stop With a sharp start, he crossed the field again and returned to the backhand position—

Backhand, straight line.

Gao Wen's famous stunt, especially when facing Djokovic, whether it is breaking the deadlock, overturning the balance, or seizing opportunities, this shot and this line can be said to be fully displayed, no doubt , This is the best weapon for Gao Wen to reach the top of the US Open.

One second before, Nadal had just reversed the disadvantage, but before the audience had time to breathe, Gao Wen, who was burning with youth and vigor, had already given a strong counterattack, and the balance of confrontation was only slightly tilted to Nadal's side, and then returned to the balance of power. The figures of the two players galloped across the court at high speed.

Come and go.

Needle tip, wheatgrass.

The whole rhythm and intensity rose to such a level that the Philippe Chartier court forgot to breathe.

Then, Gao Wen used his trump card, seized the opportunity, and tried to overturn the balance again, and the turbulent waves tilted past like this.

Prejudgment plays an important role again.

In fact, Nadal ran back and forth at both ends of the bottom line continuously, and his footsteps were a little behind. The "chasing boy" who used to wear pirate pants and a sleeveless shirt, because of his age, injury and condition, he still couldn't get back his youthful and frivolous appearance. That flamboyance was wanton, and there were flaws in his movement.

But it was precisely by virtue of accurate prediction that Nadal blocked a backhand with both hands when his footsteps were not in place.

The so-called blocking means that there is almost no swing, just at the moment of touching the ball, the wrist makes a guillotine-like sinking movement, using strength to hit~www.mtlnovel.com~ In the fleeting moment, relying on the feel to complete the package , In the absence of friction and force, control the return line as much as possible.

Slash, moon ball.

Nadal's emergency block still succeeded in winning him breathing space—

Although Gao Wen quickly crossed the audience and returned from the backhand position to the forehand position with the fastest speed, Nadal quickly adjusted his footsteps in the gap between the baseline movement and regained the defensive space for himself. Have time to observe Gao Wen's batting action and complete the prediction.

Gao Wen rose into the air, using the inertia of the sprint to complete the force, swept the diagonal attack with a forehand shot, and aimed at Nadal's backhand bottom line triangle again.

This time, Gao Wen found it!

Hitting the ball accurately entered the big triangle area of ​​the bottom line, heavy and deep, fast and turning, like a huge wave, hitting Nadal head-on and face-to-face.

Hurry up, everything happened too fast, it seems that he has not recovered, Gao Wen regained the offensive initiative, but Nadal is also ready to defend.

Suspense, still swinging left and right on the wire rope.

(end of this chapter)