This year's US Open, as a wild card player ranked outside 150 in the world, today is the third time that Gao Wen has landed at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Such treatment can already be compared with Djokovic and Federer -
-Although everything is a mistake, logically speaking, Gawain should be more adaptable to the court than Kei Nishikori.
After all, this is Kei Nishikori's first time entering Arthur Ashe Stadium.
However, the lack of competition experience is still Gao Wen's shortcoming. Compared with the influence of the venue itself, the real difference in the quarter-finals of the Grand Slam tournament is the atmosphere of the scene, the eye-catching sight, the weight of the competition, etc. These cannot be seen.
Invisible pressure swarmed from all directions and fell on my shoulders.
The sunshine at three o'clock in the afternoon is particularly dazzling and hot. Every time you throw the ball, you can feel a golden halo covering your eyes. Moreover, because of the structure of Arthur Ashe Stadium, the light above your head is uneven, and your vision is in the light and shadow.
There is also a slight blur between the staggers, and the entire serving action is always not smooth.
The most important thing is that Kei Nishikori's performance was very positive in the opening stage, putting tremendous pressure on Gawain.
Why is Kei Nishikori said to be particularly strong in breaking serve?
In addition to attacking points and controlling rhythm, Kei Nishikori's hand and ball feel are actually very outstanding. His forehand and backhand lack the instant explosive power of a sudden attack, but he is very soft and light when it comes to wrapping and pushing tennis balls.
The force performance is outstanding, and the line-changing ability is top-notch.
Watching Kei Nishikori's game, it seems that every shot is not particularly powerful, or even if he takes the initiative, it is difficult to see the penetration. At least it feels like the instant burst of shots like Wawrinka and Kyrgios.
There is a clear difference; but his ability to change lines and control the ball is very good, which also lays the foundation for his batting line layout.
Moreover, Kei Nishikori’s style of hitting the ball is also full of changes:
Sometimes it wraps up the top spin and draws up the arc, deepens the bottom line, and controls the opponent's position; sometimes it grabs a flat shot to compress the rhythm of the round ball and limit the opponent's hitting space; sometimes the skateboard changes the line and does not pursue it.
Score directly from a wide angle, but disrupt the opponent's prediction through unexpected line changes.
In other words, Kei Nishikori does not need to use his own strength, nor is he afraid of his opponent's strength. Instead, he can skillfully control the rhythm and form an advantage through layout.
Therefore, Kei Nishikori's game rhythm is often very special. It is not the kind that is fast and slow, with big ups and downs, but changes slightly and then calms down. The changes in details are always causing interference; moreover, Kei Nishikori's feet are very light and agile.
The placement rate on both offense and defense is very high.
Therefore, in the return game, Kei Nishikori is very competitive. From the moment he receives the serve, he will try to make a layout.
On the other hand, due to the softness of the serve and the cumbersome and slow return movements after the serve, the initiative in hitting the first and second shots will often be in the hands of the opponent, and Kei Nishikori will naturally fall into passivity.
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There is no doubt that this is a player with rare talent.
Don’t forget that according to the original historical trajectory, Nishikori Kei defeated Wawrinka all the way and Djokovic reached the final. Although the mentality was unbalanced on the final stage and the entire performance was completely abnormal, so that the game was one-sided, and almost everyone in the game was
There was no confrontation, but Kei Nishikori still proved himself through his wonderful performance.
In the first game, Kei Nishikori showed his complete preparation——
Obviously, after the upset victory over Wawrinka, Gao Wen has been completely exposed to everyone. No one will rely on "luck" to see Gao Wen's promotion. I am afraid that Zhang Depei has also conducted in-depth research on Gao Wen's technical style.
Kei Ori showed his determination to win from the very beginning.
First of all, Kei Nishikori grabbed the serve very fiercely.
Affected by the sun and a little slow to enter the state at the beginning, Gawain's first serve was indeed not able to reach its optimal state.
Secondly, Kei Nishikori consciously grabbed the rhythm.
His batting is not like Kyrgios, who always likes to exert force and follow the ball; instead, he consciously takes half a step or one step forward when hitting the ball, and in this way improves the rhythm of the batting.
, compressing the reaction time of the round ball and forming pressure.
Finally, Kei Nishikori's tactical intention of suppressing Takafumi's forehand in the opening stage was obvious.
As for Kei Nishikori himself, he has a balanced forehand and backhand. Although neither side has the ability to actively exert force to hit a beat, both sides are very even and very stable, and Kei Nishikori's batting movements are very clean and concise. This is also
This means that the opponent has relatively less time to predict.
Apparently Zhang Depei formulated a strategy for Nishikori Kei, destroying the stability of Gawain's forehand through fast-playing rhythm suppression——
Compared with his backhand, Gao Wen's forehand is indeed more unstable.
A winning point from Kei Nishikori, two mistakes from Gawain, and then he faced three break points——
In the technical statistics of tennis matches, there is such a data:
Unforced-Error (UE).
Literally explained, it is an active error without pressure, that is, the player's own active error leads to the return of the ball into the net or out of bounds, and has nothing to do with the opponent's pressure.
The reason why this statistic appears is because tennis is a sport of confrontation between two sides. Pressure and confrontation are the main contents throughout the game, so errors can be divided into "forced errors" and "unforced errors."
The former represents the opponent's outstanding performance, and the latter represents his own mistakes and points.
But the problem is that the confrontation in tennis is not that simple.
Usually, it is difficult to accurately judge which shots are "forced" and which are not, because every shot is a process of exerting pressure on the opponent, regardless of the quality of the ball, hidden in the shot.
The invisible details such as rotation, tail power, change of direction, assault, speed increase, calculation, etc. are all important components of the round ball.
From the perspective of technical statistics, the two mistakes in the opening game were officially counted as "unforced errors" by Gawain, because both times were mistakes by Gawain who took the initiative to attack, but Kei Nishikori was passively beaten.
But Gawain's own feelings are different. No matter Nishikori Kei is attacking or defending, the rhythm changes of Matsuri are interfering with Gawain's batting. To a certain extent, the pressure brought by Kei Nishikori's return is always there.
, his mistakes were also caused by his failure to adapt to the pressure that was coming at him. This is an ability that Sarkisian does not possess.
When facing Sargeson, Gawain used endless changes to easily defeat his opponent, but facing Kei Nishikori, it was not that simple.
Just like the last game against Wawrinka, everyone knows that Wawrinka's backhand attack should be restricted, but not everyone can do it. Changes must break the rules and ensure quality, and at the same time, perseverance is required.
Sure enough, this is an interesting game.
Two minutes later, although Gawain saved two break points in a row, at the third break point, Kei Nishikori still used a miraculous backhand one-handed shot to rebound the ball and hit a straight line to form the winning point.