Dominic Thiem is a player with a special style. Tennis is obviously synonymous with elegance and game, but he can forcefully interpret the burning and releasing feeling of triathlon.
The most typical match that proves Thiem’s playing style is not on clay, but the 2020 US Open final——
"Tim VS Zverev Jr.".
For that matchup, the expectations were rising steadily before the game.
People are looking forward to a "contradictory battle". Tim's offense encounters Zverev's defense. It should be able to create a classic, just like the legendary showdown of "Federer VS Nadal", and witness the first ever
The "post-90s" generation is gearing up to reach the top of the Grand Slam singles championship.
No matter how you look at it, no matter how you think about it, this should be a powerful collision that will go down in history, and may even open a new chapter in men's tennis.
However……
Tim's honesty and little Zverev's conservatism caused all the sharpness to disappear. The collision between the needle and the head turned into an endless fight. The conflict turned into a bottom-line fight, and there was no
Any exciting round is purely a tug-of-war.
Even the narrator is drowsy, which is a torture and a torture.
"2:6", "4:6", "6:4", "6:3", "7:6(9)".
In the end, the two players dedicated a five-set battle. Thiem lost the first two sets and went back two sets. When he was the first to suffer a break in the final set, he broke Zverev's serve to win the championship.
Game, dragged all the way to the tiebreaker, and successfully won the championship after continuously saving match points.
Judging purely from the score, people must think that this should be an epic showdown; however, this is not the case.
After the game, major professional media all believed that this suffocating tug-of-war was a torment for the players, the audience, and the commentators; but no matter what, Tim still relied on his strong physique and tenacity.
Will had the last laugh, fighting its way through the struggle for the new generation——
Obviously, no one expected that in the end, Thiem would become the first Grand Slam champion among players born in the 1990s; what is even more surprising is that it was not the French Open?
But...this is competitive sports, anything is possible.
Perhaps, from the perspective of watching the game and from a competitive perspective, the U.S. Open final between Tim and Zverev was not exciting, and there were many complaints; however, from the perspective of a professional player, Tim’s performance in physics
The tenacity shown on the spiritual level was completely worthy of the final victory.
Any player, at any time, has no room to relax his vigilance when facing Tim.
My eyes return to the present, which is 2015.
At present, Tim has not completely transformed. His explosive progress should be in 2016. Whether it is the Grand Slam Masters or facing the top ten players in the world, he can feel the transformation; but taking a step back,
Thiem advanced to the top 16 at the US Open last year and reached the top 40 in the world rankings. This proves that——
In terms of ability, Tim is very, very close to breaking through the critical point. The current troubles are more psychological, so his performance fluctuates.
This year, Tim will compete in the French Open for the second time in his career.
Last year, in his first trip, Thiem made it to the second round, but it was a pity that he stopped there; this year, to witness his progress and growth, Thiem also hopes to break through last year's results and go one step further, carrying the momentum of winning the Nice championship last week.
Thiem came to Roland Garros with confidence.
What's more, this second round game has more significance——
The opponent is Gao Wen, who is not only a good friend of Tim, but also a leader of the new generation and a well-deserved leader among the "post-90s" players.
After experiencing the defeat in Miami and coming to the clay court where he is best, Tim believes that he has the ability to defeat the top 20 in the world, and even the top 10 in the world, and now is the time to prove this through practice.
If he goes all out, can he defeat Gawain; if he burns energy, can he go one step further?
For victory, Tim is full of desire; for battle, Tim's blood is boiling.
In fact, Tim thinks and does this -
nothing left.
Give it your all.
In the first set of the game, Gao Wen showed his sophistication and maturity. Although he was younger than Tim and had less experience in the professional arena than Tim, in the big scenes, big games and big battles, Gao Wen's
However, his handling was far better than Tim's. In the opening stage, he quickly widened the gap.
At the beginning, Gao Wen seized the gap when Tim failed to gain a firm foothold. In the first ten minutes, he scored eight points, broke and secured, and took the lead.
"2:0".
Tim was indeed not fully prepared and fell behind at the start. However, at this time, Tim also showed his tenacity and determination, quickly gathered his mind, and gained a firm foothold in his second serve. Although Gawain
The score was evenly matched, but Tim failed to deliver a break point and successfully held serve.
Afterwards, Tim did not panic, devoted himself to the game, slowly adapted, and continued to look for opportunities to use his own strength to collide head-on and decide the outcome.
Thiem's unreasonable playing style of all-attacking and all-defending, and exerting great force with the racket, has indeed brought a lot of trouble to Gawain. If there is a slight gap in the quality of the return ball, it will be hit by the strong wind and rain, and the ball will be heavy and spinning.
Jin is even more troublesome, to some extent, even more troublesome than Nadal——
After all, Nadal has been on the tour for more than ten years. Although he still fights for every ball, he will not be so tight on every ball:
Against Thiem, there was no room to breathe and adjust. The confrontation and confrontation throughout the game caused the nerves to be tense all the way to the end.
The mental drain is even more severe than the physical exertion.
However!
Gawain stood still.
In the first set, we faced six break points throughout the game, and successfully recovered all of them, showing the style of a Grand Slam champion and maintaining a break advantage until the end.
"6:4".
Gawain plays the next game first.
But will Tim surrender?
of course not.
From the beginning, Tim has been a conscientious player. No matter what difficulties he encounters, he will not give up easily. Even if his body protests, as long as his feet are still on the court, he will burn himself without reservation, and
Fight hard until the last moment.
What's more, this is a Grand Slam arena, this is the French Open, the holy place that Thiem dreams of. Even if he loses, he will try his best to show himself and then turn around and leave with his head held high.
The game entered the second set. This set alone took a full eighty-three minutes, which was almost as long as a whole game on hard courts.
"6:7(5)".
This time, Tim had the last laugh.
In the whole game, Tim got a total of eight break points, and Gao Wen got a total of seven break points. Both players missed them all, and the break success rate was 0%——
Or to put it another way, the two players had a 100% success rate in saving break points. From this, we can see the intensity of the game.
Among them, Gao Wen saved three set points in the service game when he was "4:5" behind, and dragged the game into a tie-break with an unparalleled performance.
However, Thiem still showed his "little prince of clay" style at the critical moment and won the tiebreaker with a better and more exciting performance.
The big score, "1:1", the best-of-five-set match has entered the best-of-three-set mode. The suspense of the outcome is still a huge mystery.