In the fourth game, it was still the Bryan brothers who served, this time it was Mike's serve.
In the anxious situation of "30:15", Mike improved his condition, cleverly used his serve to seize the advantage, and almost scored.
In the blink of an eye, the advantages established by the Bryan brothers through serving continued to expand, and they had firmly grasped the advantage in front of the net.
Moreover, unlike the count in the first set, this time, the Bryan brothers launched a wild bombardment of high-pressure balls in front of the net.
Not a volley, but a high pressure.
The entire pressure and impact were raised by two levels, leaving no breathing room for the opponent at all, and the strong wind and rain hit him imperceptibly.
Gawain and Dimitrov were in an extremely embarrassed state. They could only parry but had no power to fight back.
However, the two players showed the baseline hitting ability of top singles players, frequently completed saves, and kept sending tennis balls back to the opponent.
The Bryan brothers fired eight consecutive high-pressure shots, but surprisingly no winning points were achieved.
Such a situation looks like a table tennis ball being sliced. One side is attacking and the other is defending. Seeing that the chipping side is in danger and may lose completely at any time, it uses different defensive methods to continuously send the table tennis ball back to the opposite table.
Force the opponent to continue attacking.
The whole audience exclaimed again and again——
High voltage, ah!
High voltage, He!
High voltage, oh!
The heart continued to burst as the high-pressure balls of the Bryan brothers continued to explode, and even the exclamations were twisted into a rope, pushing the momentum of the entire audience to the extreme.
The characteristics of clay are also fully revealed at this point. It is obvious that the Bryan brothers have devoted all their strength to it, but it is still absorbed and disintegrated after landing. Even if it is a high-pressure ball, it still gives Gawain and Dimitro
The husband controls the space where he hits the ball and cannot score directly.
If it's a hard court, not to mention eight shots of high-pressure balls, I'm afraid two consecutive shots of high-pressure balls are enough.
However, the advantages of the Bryan brothers are becoming more and more obvious. The opponent's rescue line is getting shorter and shorter, so their positions are getting further and further forward.
The attack power is becoming more and more fierce and aggressive.
Finally, Bob took a step forward, stood in front of the net, and fired a heavy, high-pressure shot from deep into the baseline.
Across the court, Gawain and Dimitrov were at their wits' end. Because they were too passive, they had no way to predict or defend. The two of them basically just stood there and accepted the outcome——
This point should be gone.
But he didn't expect that Bob's smash flew towards Gawain and hit Gawain's position accurately.
Gawain, reach out and stop me.
There is no skill, no control, or even consciousness. It is purely a muscle reaction and a conditioned reflex to stretch the racket.
result!
This stop, actually! Stopped!
The tennis ball flew back again.
ah.
The breath of the whole audience was cut off in an instant, and all the heads were raised in unison, looking up to watch the tennis ball fly across the court, jump over the heads of the Bryan brothers, and fall towards the deep area.
Like a shooting star.
Mike realized something was wrong immediately, quickly retreated, chased to the baseline, and turned 180 degrees on the spot, trying to complete the shot.
However, during the turning process, the judgment of the space and position was biased, and finally the ball hit the ball directly into the net.
boom!
The whole place exploded.
"30:30".
Unexpected, absolutely unexpected -
The Bryan brothers have taken the absolute initiative. Gawain and Dimitrov have basically given up hitting the ball, but this point belongs to Gawain and his team.
A little bit of luck, a little bit of accident.
The four players on both sides of the court were stunned. None of them expected such a situation, and finally they all laughed.
Wonderful, indeed one wave after another.
Although the Gao Wen combination relied on a little bit of luck to chase one point, this round may even be an unreplicable one in Monte Carlo this year; but then, the Bryan brothers still played well and scored two points in a row without any danger.
Quickly secure serve and avoid facing the dilemma of break points.
In the second set, the situation was stalemate, from "1:1" to "4:4".
The most important thing is that neither team gave up a break point, and at most it was a tie, showing strong control in their own service games.
Then——
The Gao Wen combination once again successfully maintained serve, relying on the advantage of serving first to once again exceed the score, "5:4", occupying a slight psychological advantage and pushing the pressure to the Bryan brothers.
Next is the service game where the Bryan brothers have no retreat. Once something goes wrong, they will have to face the test of match point.
This time, it was Bob who was in charge of serving.
"30:0", Bob, set off smoothly.
"30:30", the opponent is in hot pursuit.
The situation immediately became delicate. The next point might be game point or match point.
Bob, responded with an ACE.
"40:30".
ah!
Bob roared, and it was obvious that pressure existed objectively. It was very important for Bob to issue an ACE under pressure.
However, in the very next point, Mike made a fatal mistake in grabbing the net——
Gao Wen sensed Mike's intention to grab the net, and pulled out a strong topspin with his forehand. It was a typical clay court shot, using the top spin to destroy the stability of the opponent's racket surface. In the end, Mike's volley in front of the net was pressed too hard, directly hitting the ball.
After getting off the net and missing the game point, the two sides came to a tie, but the crisis was still not resolved.
The game has come to a critical moment.
In fact, it can be noticed at this time that the Bryan brothers are hard court players trained in traditional North America, but the combination on the other side of the net is not.
Dimitrov was trained in Paris, and Gao Wen's adaption to clay court is obviously better than that of ordinary North American players. Throughout the game's attempts and layout, you can deeply feel that Gao Wen is switching from hard courts to hard courts.
Clay court, it just needs more time and more games.
It is precisely because of this that the strength gap between the two teams has further narrowed, and the game has become anxious.
"40:40".
Bob serves and Dimitrov receives.
a district.
This time, Gawain and Dimitrov adopted another positioning method:
Double bottom line.
Although in doubles matches, the positioning method of one baseline and one in front of the net is becoming more and more common. Most of the time, players will adopt this position, especially on hard courts, because the advantage in front of the net is often the key to scoring. In this regard,
It is inextricably similar to volleyball.
However, the frequency of double baseline tactics is not low. When two partners are confident in their baseline hitting skills, they can use such positions to confuse the audience and destroy the opponent's coverage of the net, making it easier to find
The gap breaks the balance.
Obviously, the two players in Gao Wen's combination are among the best in the world in terms of baseline ability.
The Bryan brothers also realized that the game at the tactical level was getting more and more tense, especially at the end of the first set. Gawain used the tactical layout to seize the opportunity, causing the Bryan brothers to hand over the victory. Now they come to the third game.
At the end of the second set, they refused to make the same mistake again.
This time, it was Bob who was in charge of serving.
Bob's serve is even better, but Bob also knows that on clay courts, it is not easy to suppress by relying solely on power and speed.
Therefore, Bob also made adjustments to his serve——
Area 1, inner corner.
The one-handed backhand that suppressed Dimitrov reached a speed of 178 kilometers per hour, which was not very fast. The result of sacrificing speed was that Bob hit the landing point accurately.