Tsonga was ready to continue the game, but when he raised his head, he saw that Gawain was not in place yet, so he had to relax his preparation posture.
Just now, in a small accident, both players were pushed to the extreme and both fell to the ground, their bodies covered with red soil.
Tsonga is a casual person, he simply slapped twice and was done, and then he was ready to continue serving; but Gao Wen felt uncomfortable, the red clay stuck to his calves, palms, and arms, and the whole feeling was not good, so he
I walked to the sidelines and wiped my sweat briefly with a towel.
At the same time, Gawain also took advantage of this opportunity to take a breather——
At this point, Gawain's running distance was far greater than that of Tsonga, and he ran two long distances without oxygen, which obviously deviated slightly from the planned plan.
But tennis is such a sport that changes all the time. Players must constantly make adjustments according to the situation on the court. Once the adjustments cannot keep up with the changes, they may get into trouble or even lose the game.
In the original plan, Gawain was not prepared to expend so much energy on this point and desperately save the ball; now, he has tried his best to win this point, so should he follow the trend in this round and try to see if he can get it?
Opportunities to even build a lead?
Thoughts are spinning rapidly in my mind.
Gawain made full use of the short adjustment time, and his entire brain was reorganized and clear——
At least, he can fight hard for the next point.
On the one hand, it further suppresses Tsonga’s small universe burning.
On the other hand, now that the first point has been won, the whole situation should be continued to see.
If you can't win, then adjust again; but if you can win, you really have a chance in this round.
call……
Gawain let out a long breath, turned back to the baseline, and raised his racket to express his apology to Tsonga.
Then, bend down, bend your knees, and prepare to receive the serve.
Pah. Pah.
Tsonga is still Tsonga. Even if Gawain was delayed a little bit, he didn't care at all and continued to move forward at his own pace.
As soon as Gawain was in place, Tsonga started serving without any hesitation or adjustment.
Zone 2, outer corner——
Suppressing Gawain's backhand.
It can be seen from the choice of placement of the first serve that Tsonga was not affected by the previous point and remained firm in his strategy——
His physical fitness did fluctuate.
Tsonga's explosive power is very, very good, but his endurance is relatively short, so his ups and downs during the game are also relatively obvious.
Compared to others, Tsonga is most familiar with his own body and his own condition, and he realizes that he needs to burn.
First of all, this is his serve game and he needs to hold serve.
Secondly, he needs to mobilize energy, and after holding serve, prepare for fighting in Gao Wen's service game in the next game, and strive to break serve as quickly as possible.
Otherwise, in the deciding set, as the party serving later, his situation will become increasingly unfavorable.
In other words, the next two games are very, very important. They are likely to determine the outcome of the entire game. Tsonga needs to win.
So, Tsonga started to serve hard.
Throughout the game, Tsonga still mainly suppressed Gawain's forehand. Here we can also see Tsonga's confidence in his forehand attack power; in comparison, when serving, he chose to suppress Gawain's backhand.
There are times, but not many.
At this time, Tsonga chose the outside corner of the second area, which was both suppression and surprise attack.
This time, Tsonga calculated Gawain——
Gao Wen's footwork was obviously not timely enough, which affected the capture of the hitting point, and the closing movement of the two-handed backhand was still a little slow.
Although the two-handed backhand still successfully touched the ball, the entire parabola and flight line were not suppressed, and it just flew all the way towards the bottom line.
What's worse is the lack of rotation, which means there is almost no way to limit Tsonga's offense except for the depth of the ball.
really!
Tsonga did not show any mercy. He took the racket early, set up the artillery, and prepared for a ruthless attack. The power of the hit could be felt from the posture of swinging the racket.
It is conceivable that Tsonga is determined to win this shot——
However!
Tsonga's swing was comparable to Thor's hammer, and he hit it hard, but... nothing happened, and he didn't even hear the sound of hitting the ball.
Wave!
There was only one empty swing sound, just like a blank shot.
Huh!
The whole audience was shocked!
Gao Wen was crossing the court, preparing to go to his forehand position to defend and save the ball. In his opinion, it is a high probability that Tsonga chose the forehand diagonal; but if he runs and loses the trace of the tennis ball, is it possible?
Was he not keeping track of the ball? So Tsonga chose a diagonal line or a straight line?
Gawain:???
While running wildly, Gawain slowed down, and at a glance he saw that Tsonga was also full of question marks. His bat swing was frozen in place, and he was looking around with his head down, as if honey had been stolen by a fox.
He looked like a bear, confused, and his eyes showed a trace of sadness.
A little slower than half a beat, Gawain reacted, and Tsonga also reacted——
It seems that it must have encountered a landmine.
As mentioned before, in clay courts, the field is covered with soil, and players move back and forth on it, which will inevitably lead to uneven soil distribution. Even if the staff will re-pave the soil evenly during the break, it is hidden in the ground.
Under the sand, there may often be hidden mines.
That is, a small bag of soil, or a small piece of soil that is less dense and therefore stronger and more condensed. This is also called a "landmine".
When the tennis ball lands on the mine, its flight trajectory is disrupted, changing its trajectory at the last moment, breaking the players' judgment on the trajectory of the return ball.
Sometimes, with better luck, players can still touch the ball if they have time to change, but the quality of the return depends purely on luck.
Sometimes, it doesn't work.
Just like Tsonga, he swung his racket. As a result, after the tennis ball hit the landmine, the entire arc was lower than expected, showing a vertical cliff-like falling trajectory. All the laws of force and rotation were broken, and finally from
Tsonga's racket passed through the bottom line——
Straight away.
Similar unexpected situations are common and common in clay courts. This is a part of clay, and there is no way to predict those hidden mines.
It's just pure luck, just like cleaning the net.
Gawain, his head is filled with questions.
Tsonga's head is filled with questions.
The audience at the scene were all filled with questions.
It wasn't until the referee announced the score that everyone started to react one after another.
Tsonga showed a helpless smile.
Although it was not Gawain's fault, Gawain still raised his hands to apologize. This was obviously not the way he wanted to score.
Tsonga raised his eyebrows and glanced at Gawain, then raised the corners of his mouth.
Tsonga is an informal person and is very calm about these accidents. He walked forward with his head shaking and smoothed the spot where the tennis ball landed with the sole of his foot, trying to offset the landmine and avoid the same situation happening again.
Buzz, buzz buzz.
The Philippe-Chatier Stadium was slightly agitated. No one expected that the second crisis turn in the final set would occur just like this.
Last time it was Gawain, but this time it is Tsonga who needs to face the crisis.