Kick off the ground, step forward, take a step forward, and attack with a strong forehand——
In the previous shot, the forehand quickly rolled up a diagonal shot and landed repeatedly, forcing Kei Nishikori to barely control the parabola with his forehand.
With this shot, Gao Wen no longer waited, took a big step into the baseline, increased his hitting rhythm, and hit the ball with strong topspin for his forehand.
straight line!
The tennis ball had just been released. Gao Wen did not wait for anything. Following the inertia of the batting action, he rushed forward and quickly hit the net to continue to exert pressure.
The tall body of 193 cm is like a wall, tightly blocking the hitting line. On the surface, it seems to be blocking the diagonal line, but judging from the stability of the center of gravity, it should be blocking the straight line. Pay attention.
He concentrated all his efforts on the opposite side and watched Kei Nishikori's defensive moves.
On the opposite side of the court, Kei Nishikori's second start was very quick and timely. He ran with all his strength. His flexible and light footsteps completely inherited Hewitt's hare mantle. However, in the blink of an eye, he had already galloped from one end of the baseline to the other end of the court, and his speed increased.
To the extreme, the body also extends to the extreme.
However--
slow.
It was still slow after all.
The kicking power of the calf is insufficient, and the starting speed of sudden stops and turns cannot be kept up, even if a super sliding step is made at the last moment in an attempt to cut the ball.
Unfortunately, it was still a little lacking. I watched the tennis ball escape from the front of my racket head, missed it, and witnessed the winning point being achieved.
it's over.
The game ended like this.
The final scores of the whole game were "6:2", "5:7", "6:3".
As the score showed, the decisive set ushered in a turning point after Kei Nishikori's "3:0"——
In the fourth game, Gao Wen’s serve game.
In this game, Kei Nishikori had two break points and had the opportunity to further expand the score and take a double-break lead in the deciding set.
However, at the critical moment, Gawain showed the big heart of a Grand Slam champion, not only the improvement in strength and speed, but also the suddenness of layout, and the improvement of the entire baseline hitting state once again broke the balance and broke Nishikori
Kei's inertia caught Nishikori Kei off guard.
So, you come and I go, one ebbs and the other ebbs, and the situation of strong confrontation changes again.
After Gao Wen seized the second game point opportunity and successfully kept serve, the trend of the deciding set tilted in another direction——
Comparable to a landslide.
Kei Nishikori's physical strength was extremely high. After procrastinating and procrastinating, he finally drained the last bit of energy from his body and suffered physical and mental backlash.
The entire batting feel and game state are about to collapse.
Moreover, it did not collapse slowly bit by bit, but collapsed violently. Kei Nishikori didn't even have much strength to walk. When he moved the receiving position between each point, he almost had to
He is unsteady on his feet and needs to rest once before he can walk a short distance.
Everything happened too fast, just like a car with brake failure. Once it entered downhill mode, it could no longer be controlled.
Until the end of the game, Kei Nishikori finally regained some strength and tried to start a confrontation, but Gawain, who was speeding up in an all-round way, left no chance.
The first match point of the deciding set was also the third match point of the entire match. Gao Wen cashed in the winning point neatly——
At this time, thirty-three minutes had passed since the last match point occurred, but in the end, Gao Wen still won the victory without any danger.
The second half of the game was full of ups and downs and twists and turns——
First, Kei Nishikori stood on the edge of the cliff and turned the tide. He reversed the situation in six consecutive games, delivered an invisible egg, and established a lead in the final set. It seemed that he had a chance to win.
Then it was Gawain's performance time, once again showing his calmness and wisdom as a leader of the younger generation, regaining control of the rhythm of the game, resisting the opponent's counterattack at the end of the game and playing six consecutive games, and also sent an invisible egg, winning in one go.
Take it into your pocket and become the one who laughs last and the sweetest.
With ups and downs, big gains and losses, such a roller-coaster-like game is not common in men's events, and it really made the Barcelona audience hooked.
Bizarre plot, standard ending——
This sounds really familiar, just like the entire event in Barcelona this year. The process was filled with upsets and surprises one after another. However, the ending returned to the routine. If you didn't watch the event, you might still think that this was the case.
It’s another boring week.
In the end, Gao Wen, the top seed in the tournament, withstood the impact and test of consecutive upsets and won the championship, once again igniting heated discussions.
After winning the doubles championship in Monte Carlo last week, Gao Wen immediately won the singles championship in Barcelona, winning the clay court championship for the first time in his career. He not only continued his upward momentum, but also extended his good form on hard courts to clay courts;
And shut up all the controversy.
Of course, those black men, as long as they are willing, can always find reasons to attack, and they will never stop——
For example, Nadal was unexpectedly eliminated, for example, Djokovic and Federer did not come to Barcelona, for example, when Gao Wen won the championship, he encountered Kei Nishikori, a top ten player in the world...
And so on and so on.
but!
A champion is a champion! That trophy, those experiences, those memories, and those games are all real.
Entering the clay court season, after a short period of adjustment and adaptation, and facing challenges and impacts, Gao Wen continued his good momentum this season, continued to improve, continued to rise, and continued to fight; then, he proved it with a doubles championship and a singles championship:
Even on clay, he is still competitive.
Those controversies, those attacks, and those chaos can finally calm down for a while, and the chattering of a small number of sunspots can be completely ignored.
After all the Barcelona games were over, Gao Wen set off for Madrid to rest and adjust for a week.
Although he still trains on clay every day, the intensity has been slightly reduced to a level to recuperate for the next two consecutive Masters tournaments.
For top players, just the right amount of rest and energy storage is very important——
At the beginning of the year, Murray gave up the warm-up matches of the Australian season, landed in Melbourne, and finally made it all the way to the semi-finals. This is direct proof.
No coincidence.
This time, Djokovic also announced his withdrawal from the Madrid Masters.
It was not because of injuries, but after winning the championship in Monte Carlo, he felt that his physical and mental levels needed some time to adjust, so he chose to stay in Monte Carlo to relax and rest and accumulate strength for the subsequent clay court season.
This is a very necessary rhythm adjustment.
At the same time, Djokovic said that the schedule of the Rome Masters remains unchanged and the French Open is still his biggest goal this season.
After finishing runner-up at Roland Garros for two consecutive years, the world's No. 1 is still enthusiastically looking forward to completing an important missing piece of his career and pursuing the Grand Slam. To do this, he needs to be at 100%.
Only then did we temporarily adjust the schedule.
Undoubtedly, this was a small accident, which triggered a heated discussion——
The clay court season is indeed an extraordinary test of physical and mental strength.