In this position, Gao Wen grabbed an outside corner serve and used a diagonal line to the outside corner to suppress the ball.
On the other side, with his steps disordered and his body passive, Tim used a one-handed backhand to forcefully change the line——
Not to be outdone.
For ordinary players, Gao Wen's return is heavy and deep enough. If he chooses to return the ball backhand in a straight line, it is often easy to go out of bounds.
Because the swing space is limited, and the wrist strength is insufficient, the racket head speed cannot be increased, resulting in an insufficient swing, encountering the force impact of the incoming ball, and finally unable to suppress the parabola of the return ball. The result is:
Out of bounds.
And often the side line and bottom line come out together.
This is also an advanced technical movement that requires not only solid basic skills, but also sufficient wrist strength, as well as courage and courage.
Even the Big Four cannot guarantee the success rate; if it is a one-handed backhand, the difficulty will continue to double.
However!
At this moment, Tim was really going crazy. His mental state was highly concentrated, his body and will were perfectly integrated, and he "broke" back with his wrist.
The racket head speed has been comprehensively improved——
Buzz.
You can even feel the strong friction of the tennis ball hitting the racket string, causing little sparks from the collision.
straight line!
fly!
The entire audience was silent and dumbfounded.
Opposite the stadium, a figure was running wildly, running at full speed, sprinting 100 meters, leaving a majestic afterimage——
It seems that one second the figure was still at the left endpoint of the baseline, but the next second it was close to the right endpoint of the baseline, and two tall figures appeared on the court.
Wait, what?
I was stunned for a moment, blinked, and then I realized that the left image was an afterimage. Those afterimages gradually dissipated along with the strong wind, and finally overlapped with the figure on the right——
In place!
Actually!
Amidst the stunned exclamations of the audience, they saw that Gawain's sprint did not slow down, but kept running at high speed and collided head-on.
"ah!"
A moment of astonishment.
Could it be that Gawain sprinted too hard and couldn't stop the car?
of course not!
I saw——
Sprint! Jump! Swing!
Done in one go.
Because Gao Wen realized that the quality of Tim's return was heavy, heavy, fast and deep. With such quality and tail strength, even if his steps were in place, he would still feel strong pressure, making his return very difficult.
Ensure the quality and return the ball reluctantly, which will also be an opportunity for Tim to continue attacking.
In the technical statistics of tennis matches, "unforced errors" are a very important item, which can be understood as "players making voluntary errors without feeling pressure."
But as time goes by, people gradually realize that tennis itself is a confrontational sport. The impact and pressure from the opponent are always part of the batting, not only the power and speed, but also the rotation, ball quality, etc., see
A seemingly simple shot may not be without pressure.
Correspondingly, the item "forced errors" later appeared in technical statistics. Although it was a mistake made by oneself, the root cause of the error came from the pressure of the opponent's bat, forcing the player to make a batting error. This data also
You can see the strength and passivity of players in the confrontation.
Tim's violent hitting was an attempt to create forced errors from Gawain.
Therefore, in order to deal with such a dilemma, during the process of rapid movement, Gawain's brain was already working quickly, thinking about his own return.
Inertia, gravity, acceleration.
The superposition of speed and power finally resulted in a forehand hammer shot——
Gawain, there is no avoiding it.
Not only does it not happen, but it is also a head-on collision between strength and power. From turning to swinging, the entire batting movement completes the combined force smoothly.
boom.
There was a muffled sound, solid and crisp.
boom!
Hit the ball and explode.
The tennis ball turned into a meteor, followed a straight line, and hit back again.
From straight line to straight line, hitting between two points, releasing all the collision force, the sound of hitting the ball echoed throughout the Philippe-Chatier Stadium.
There was silence.
Hold your breath and stare.
"Uh-huh!"
Tim, let out a roar——
Emergency stop and turn.
Second start.
Obviously, Tim did not expect Gawain's return. After completing the shot, he was already moving towards his forehand gap. He thought Gawain would choose a diagonal line. After all, the entire court had been cleared, and his backhand pace was also slow.
It has been thrown out, and it becomes more difficult to adjust the center of gravity.
but!
Gawain didn't.
Straight line, return the ball, repeat the landing point.
The perfect combination of strength and technology, the strong collision of courage and wisdom, Gawain showed the energy of a Grand Slam champion in a crisis situation.
Tim, very, very, very embarrassed.
With a rush of steps, the body flew towards the left again, but the center of gravity finally adjusted, and in a flash of lightning, the direction changed for the third time——
Disaster.
Tim's footsteps were left behind, but his body had already flown out. His upper body and lower body were misaligned, and finally he simply made a leaping gesture and soared into the air.
"ah!"
"Ahhh!"
The roar that erupted from the depths of his Dantian could deeply feel Tim's energy release at this moment.
While stuck in the air, he hurriedly blocked a shot with one-handed backhand——
There is no control, no arc, no friction. It is purely an interception of instinct.
Buzz.
A powerful force hit the racket. Before Tim could be happy that he had intercepted it, he could feel the strong aftertaste surging on his wrist. Immediately afterwards, the tennis ball had bounced back. His wrist was shaking violently, and the powerful tail force was flowing along the racket.
The arms extend all the way to the heart.
Whoosh, the tennis ball slipped into a golden halo and disappeared.
All eyes in the audience followed the tennis ball, but after seeing the dazzling sunlight, they subconsciously closed their eyes. The eyelids were so hot that they almost scalded the pupils.
In a hurry, everyone lowered their heads, opened their eyes, wiped the tears from their eyes due to stimulation, and looked for the shadow of the tennis ball in their dim vision——
Gawain, online!
Huh!
Surprises surged!
No one knows how Gawain did it, but one second Gawain was still sprinting sideways at full speed, like a bullet train without brakes. He was about to crash and kill everyone, and he couldn't stop at all; the next second
Gawain has already charged forward vertically, preparing to hit the net at lightning speed?
what happened?
The answer was not given until the slow motion playback——
Right angle drift..
Gawain's lateral sprint speed has reached the extreme, and he made full use of centrifugal force to throw himself out. After completing the shot just now, his center of gravity can no longer stop. Don't forget, this is clay soil. If you brake suddenly at this time,
, the outcome is likely to be at the expense of the ankle:
There is no winner.
But how could Gawain not make an alternative plan?
He has never been the reckless type.
After hitting the ball, continue forward along with the inertia, and then complete a ninety-degree right-angle drift, making full use of speed and inertia to complete the turn.
The original intention is to prepare to continue hitting the ball. No matter what position or direction the ball is returned, the steps must return to the court before the subsequent hit can be completed.
Therefore, Gao Wen showed off the Olympic 200-meter ninth turn technique, circled a small half circle, and came back.