In a tennis match, what should you do if your opponent enters a super state? What should you do if the "drag trick" doesn't work?
At this time, Nadal was quoted as answering, "In the world of tennis, sometimes you have to accept the fact that your opponent is the one who plays better."
So, what to do, give up? Show your hands? Raise the white flag?
In this regard, Nadal said, "The only thing we can do is to fight hard, fight until the end, and then accept it calmly and return to the training ground to continue training."
This is what Gawain is preparing to do.
Although Djokovic has entered a super state, unstoppable, aggressive, sharp and powerful offense is different from any of their encounters, this kind of Djokovic is unfamiliar, as if he is meeting a completely different player.
The whole rhythm is different.
But Gawain is not ready to give up.
Not only is he not going to do it, but Gao Wen is not going to follow Djokovic's plan. He is not going to use the "drag trick" to wait for Djokovic's condition to drop. He is going to start a head-on confrontation in the second set.
, destroy Djokovic's plan and regain control of the game.
This is faith and confidence.
Gawain believed he could do it.
So, what to do?
Is the bottom line a see-saw? Increase the Internet access? Take risks and fight?
No, not all.
——Djokovic also has a weakness, a weakness that everyone knows, but not everyone can grasp.
Not a forehand, not a backhand, not at the net, not high pressure.
But exert force.
Djokovic is known as the most balanced and even among the giants. There are almost no loopholes in various techniques. The degree of difficulty naturally increases with the tide. His only weakness is his instantaneous power.
This is a limitation of his own physical condition. Djokovic has many talents, such as the flexibility of his body, the softness of his hand, etc., but they do not include absolute strength. Therefore, even in a super state, even if he attacks with force, Djokovic
Qi's strength is still not pure muscle explosive power.
From a technical perspective, Djokovic's power is often the inertial impact created by increasing the speed of the racket head, while pure self-resultant force always lacks some running-in.
Therefore, it is not that Djokovic does not want to attack continuously and likes to see the bottom line, but that his own conditions gradually formed his playing style.
Similarly, Djokovic's high pressure in front of the net has always been unstable, and there has been no significant improvement in years of training. This is also the reason.
Of course, the "shortcomings" mentioned here are only relative.
In fact, Djokovic is very aware of his "shortcomings". If his opponent wants to seize this shortcoming, he also has a way to deal with it.
Over time, Djokovic used his shortcomings to develop a different response strategy, which became the focus of his rise to legend.
So, how should we take advantage of this shortcoming?
Lob shot.
The answer is actually very simple, moon ball, rainbow ball, banana ball, no matter what you call it, in short, it is to completely pull up the parabola of the return ball.
A full and smooth high parabolic return forces Djokovic to try to hit the ball from the shoulder or even above the head. The awkward hitting point prevents the arm from fully swinging, and the racket head speed cannot be increased.
Rely on your own strength to forcefully press down and attack.
For Djokovic, it is difficult, very difficult, and the offensive rhythm will be interrupted.
However, this does not mean that Djokovic will just surrender.
In fact, lobbing is a very risky return, because it is equivalent to giving up the right to attack to the opponent. Even if Djokovic has difficulty in exerting force, it does not mean that he cannot exert force. Pushing and blocking taps and impacts can still be used.
Create threats; and Djokovic also has other means.
Cut and release the ball, control the landing point, return the ball high to hit the baseline, flick the skateboard, follow the ball to the net, etc. In addition, there is also Djokovic's best trick of wrapping the ball.
The responses are all bizarre. Djokovic's baseline hitting ability is hailed as the ATP leader, and it is not just a matter of bragging and admiration.
Choosing to lob the ball and interrupt Djokovic's offensive connection also means putting yourself in a defensive state, which requires taking risks.
Therefore, the shortcomings are there, but not everyone can grasp them.
When to lob the ball, how to lob the ball, what is the quality of the lob, how to arrange the offensive and defensive response in the next shot after the lob, etc., etc., are all difficult problems that require keen observation and calm judgment.
The most important thing is to be fully vigilant.
Now, Gawain is ready to make full use of his shortcomings——
Create distractions.
Djokovic feels hot and has a firm will. His belief in winning completely dominates his brain and he is in peak condition. All Gao Wen needs to do is to constantly interfere, interrupt Djokovic's smooth offensive line, and stumble after stumbling.
Find the gaps for your own counterattack and take the initiative.
This kind of game is exactly Gawain's strength.
Everything requires patience and care.
It just so happened that Gao Wen won the first set, and even if he lost the second set, there was still a deciding set. Therefore, he could make full use of the time in the second set to complete the layout. It was not a "drag trick" but he still had enough
The time and space to develop and deal with is also an advantage that Gawain will not miss.
Basically, start by keeping your own serve. After all, mastering the serve means mastering the initiative, and the entire tactical layout will be easier.
And in the service game, I slowly started to try some lobs. When to choose lobs, and the placement of lobs are all a science. The lobs in the deep area and the lobs in the shallow area, the lobs on both sides and
For lobs in the middle, the layout effects of these returns are different.
Gawain is not in a hurry.
In the blink of an eye, four games passed.
"5:2".
Gao Wen held his own two serve games, and Djokovic also held two serve games without breaking serve, pushing all the way to the end of the second set.
The classic score appeared again. The gap looked obvious, but in fact there was only one break of serve.
"5:3", Gao Wen still maintained his serve steadily. Besides, in this game, Djokovic did not exert too much pressure.
It can be seen from the tactics that Djokovic is saving energy and physical strength to prepare for the decisive set. After having a break lead, he plays relatively simple games in Gawain's serve game and often chooses some risky routes to fight.
, if you have a good fortune, you will have a good fortune. If you don’t have it, you won’t have it.
The real focus is on Djokovic's service to win the set.
As a result, the entire second set was relatively calm in the middle without too many waves, but the turbulent undercurrent was slowly unfolding and the tension never disappeared.
Djokovic's calculation is correct, but he still needs to ask Gawain for his opinion. There is another important point -
Djokovic's own serving state in the service-winning game.
If the quality of Djokovic's first serve is always stable, then Gawain really has nothing to do; but as long as there are fluctuations, Gawain will never be polite.