The O2 Stadium is completely silent, and everyone is staring with bated breath——
In the whole place, only the sound of Djokovic shooting the ball was muffled. The surge of adrenaline was burning in the blood vessels. He subconsciously clenched his fists and felt the hotness and slipperiness on his fingertips.
Then I realized that my palms were soaked with sweat, but I was still out of breath.
The situation is as anxious as ever, and just like every previous "high moral battle", the outcome will never be known until the last moment.
Especially when one realizes the importance of this point, which not only carries the outcome of a game, but also carries a watershed role in the era of giants, that kind of mixture of tension and excitement, uneasiness and excitement makes the mouth dry.
His heartbeat accelerated, and there was a roar above his eardrums.
Djokovic needs to seize this opportunity to serve, otherwise...
After a full eighteen shots, Djokovic finally served.
Second District.
interior angle.
Gawain, not surprised.
Like him, Djokovic also consciously broke through from Gawain's forehand. Although Djokovic's return distribution points were still more even, Djokovic hit the ball at the critical moment.
Often tending to build advantage through forehand pressure, the two players' tactics collided head-on.
The key is that even if Gao Wen is mentally prepared, Djokovic's serving quality is good enough to suppress him.
Everything depends on on-the-spot reaction.
Gawain kicked off the ground and flew out, hitting the ball with his forehand.
Fortunately, the forehand position has withstood continuous hammering, and now the feel of the return of serve has been found. The tennis ball is wrapped in lightning and pushed into the deep area along a straight line. Although the quality of Djokovic's serve is so good that Gao Wen
There is no way to exert force, but the depth is maintained well.
Bang. Bang.
After two solid hitting sounds, one after the other, the tennis ball has returned to Djokovic, with less than half a step of space and a very fast speed.
Djokovic has not fully recovered his standing posture, cannot adjust his steps, and naturally cannot develop his swing, so he must take action subconsciously.
The upper body was slightly tilted back, and with a forehand skate, Djokovic made the right choice in the flash of lightning, and struck a diagonal forehand.
In the middle, with a small diagonal line, aim at the sideline, continue to suppress the forehand, continue to open up the angle, and do not give Gawain time to breathe at all, he must move quickly——
Run after the ball.
For Gawain, it is not a problem to have the right footwork, but the connection between these three shots is very close and smooth, and Gawain has no way to adjust.
Naturally, swing movements tend to fall into inertia.
To put it simply, if Gawain wanted to change the line, there would not be enough room to swing the racket. There is a high probability that he would habitually choose to hit the diagonal line.
Sound the alarm.
Before Gao Wen even finished the shot, his concentration was already tense, and he glanced at Djokovic from the corner of his eye——
No internet access.
Originally, Gao Wen thought that at the critical moment of the score, Djokovic might go out of his way, so he needed to stay alert when returning the ball.
But now it seems that Djokovic did not act according to Gawain's prediction, which means that Gawain has not been able to grasp the context of the situation for the time being.
Kick on the ground, swing, hit.
Slash, naturally it was a slash. Gawain did not take the risk and forcefully change the line. Changing the line at such a weak opportunity was basically tantamount to acting recklessly with his eyes closed. This is not Gawain's style; he chose to use Djokovic's skateboard to hit the ball.
The power of the ball, cleverly leveraging the force of the ball, was also knocked back with a skateboard.
However, this skateboarding forehand did not widen the angle, but made a fuss at the depth level, aiming at the blind spot of the big triangle on the bottom line.
Adjusting while hitting the ball, Gao Wen's footsteps suddenly stopped and turned, and then he was already pulling to the left, quickly returning to his position, looking for a defensive position.
At this moment, Gawain noticed a detail——
Djokovic's position.
Players like Djokovic and Nadal don't mind retreating to open up space for defense, because their defensive abilities are indeed outstanding. Even if they lose their position and fall into the dilemma of passive defense, they can still use their defense to contain their opponents.
And find the gap to turn defense into offense.
Therefore, from the tenth game onwards, Gauvin has been using deep shots to push Djokovic back.
But this time, Djokovic did not do that.
What does this mean?
The alarm sounded further.
Gao Wen's attention was highly concentrated, and he was observing while moving. He took in all the movements of the entire court and captured Djokovic's hitting action immediately.
One step forward, one grab for points.
Forehand attack.
The speed of the racket head is increased instantly.
straight line!
Djokovic launched a surprise attack without hesitation. Compared with the lightness and looseness of the skateboard shot, the power, speed and rhythm of this shot were comprehensively improved.
Moreover, it is not a wrap ball, but a flat hit, a powerful flat hit with full power released, and continuous attacks with hard bridges and hard horses, showing the world's number one ability.
boom!
Along with the sound of hitting the ball, Gawain's footsteps moving towards the backhand position also accelerated.
This is not all.
Here, Gawain is moving quickly laterally.
On the other side, Djokovic is also making rapid progress.
At the first moment, Gao Wen caught the figure of Djokovic stepping up to apply pressure along with the hitting action——
Go online.
Sure enough, Djokovic still went online.
Now, all doubts have been explained, the alarm has been sounded and the situation has been turned upside down.
The situation is completely different.
Fortunately, Gawain sounded the alarm early and was fully focused. As he moved across the field on Hot Wheels, he had a panoramic view of the situation in front of him.
Tread, tap, tap.
——Tennis is straight, fast, heavy and flat.
——Djokovic was already approaching the net, his anger was sinking in his Dantian, and he immediately blocked all the crossing routes in front of the net.
Although Gawain was on full alert, and although Gawain responded promptly, everything happened too fast. The turbulent changes and surging pressure were all compressed in less than a second, and the layers of impact and oppression were already spreading.
Gawain was swallowed up, and overwhelming darkness descended.
……what to do?
Kick on the ground, sprint, run wildly.
However, it's still not enough.
There is a hidden secret in Djokovic's straight shot. There is almost no rebound height after landing. He makes full use of the characteristics of the indoor hard court to bring the flat shot to the extreme. The pressure after layer after layer completely traps the high player.
Wen didn't even leave much breathing room for Gawain.
To stumble, to stumble.
Gawain realized that his options were very limited and there was not much room left to swing the racket. More importantly, he could not hesitate now.
then.
Backhand with both hands, one block, one pick, one rub.
That is, in the blink of an eye, Gawain cuts the racket into the gap between the tennis ball and the ground. His forearm and wrist spin in the narrow space, creating as much time and space for friction as possible, feeling the stumbling friction between the tennis ball and the racket string.
The sparks and rotation have already started.
Lob shot.
The tennis ball flew high, high, like a rainbow-like parabola, thrillingly piercing into the lights all over the sky.