Mayer jumped into the air, his movements were a little awkward, and he flicked his forehand towards the outside, completing the high-pressure shot with skill.
boom!
The tennis ball landed in the service area of Gowan's half, which was shallow, high, thin and biased. Then the tennis ball flew towards the spectator stands.
"Set, Mayer."
ah!
Mayer clenched his fists, jumped up high, turned around after landing, clenched his hands into fists, looked at the audience in the stands and roared.
Ahhhh!
The outpouring of emotions exploded like this, as if he was using body language to vent his depression and frustration:
Playing away from home is never easy.
The entire audience overwhelmingly supported the home players. In an instant, it felt like the whole world was standing against them, and they were the only ones fighting alone; moreover, their opponents continued to exert pressure, and it was clear that they had broken serve twice to take the lead, and the results were two-fold.
He was defeated quickly every time, and the overwhelming pressure kept his nerves tense all the time, as if they might break at any time.
until now.
ah!
Mayer roared with red eyes, over and over again, and the veins that popped out due to clenching his fists showed the endless outflow of energy in his body.
Then, he turned around again and looked at Gawain on the other side of the court, his eyes shining with the belief of victory——
Grand Slam champion?
He made a special trip today to upset him!
At this time, Gawain didn't notice Mayer's eyes at all. He was looking up at the sky. He needed to be quiet.
In the tiebreaker of the first set, Mayer easily won with a small score of "7:2".
In the tie-break, the error tolerance rate was low, mistakes and fluctuations were amplified, and Gao Wen's unstable state was fully exposed. Mayer's steady and solid performance quickly widened the point difference, presenting a completely different situation from the stalemate in the first set.
Without encountering too many disturbances, I had already won the first set.
The situation is not good.
"...Overall, the shortcomings of the long-term sparseness and lack of training can be easily seen."
In the studio, Zhan Jun and Hu Litao are still giving commentary together. This is also the conscious continuation of CCTV's five sets of partnerships to awaken the audience's memory of the US Open.
Precisely because they witnessed history with their own eyes, and that history is not that far away from now, the two professional commentators were able to tell Gawain's state at a glance.
"After winning the US Open, Gao Wen was exposed to the spotlight overnight. He has been lacking systematic training. From the batter to the physical reserve, etc., he needs to slowly adjust and regain his familiarity bit by bit.
feeling, so the first round of returning to the court is always particularly difficult.”
This is fair to everyone, including the "Big Four". Systematic training and gradual adaptation to the feeling of the game. Everyone needs such a process. It is precisely because of this that returning from injury
The road is always more bumpy.
The only difference is that veterans with rich game experience are naturally better at adjusting; young players who are just starting out lack control ability, and their ups and downs are more obvious.
"Judging from the process of the first set, Gao Wen is still adjusting and adapting. He came back from behind twice, proving his strength; but the error control in the tie-break was not very effective and unforced.
The mistake ruined the efforts in the first set, which is obviously not the game state that Gao Wen is accustomed to."
"However, we should still see the positive side. Gao Wen has been thinking of ways and his mind is always spinning. This means that even if he is away from the training ground for such a long time, the fighting spirit in his bones is still there. So, let's take a look next Let’s look at Gao Wen’s performance in the second set.”
To be honest, although Gao Wen lost the first set first, Zhan Jun was not worried. To be more precise, what they focused on was not the outcome of a game, but the state of Gao Wen shown in this game. For the follow-up The impact of the Asian season——
After reaching the Grand Slam title and losing his dark horse halo, does Gao Wen still have the energy to win and win the championship? Especially now that he has become an obvious target for everyone, how to get back into the game? It is the key to a continuous career.
Before and after winning a Grand Slam, the game state and competitive state are actually two different things.
The most obvious case does not need to be recalled too far away, Djokovic is a ready-made example.
In 2008, at the Australian Open, Djokovic won the championship with an absolutely strong performance, becoming the fourth youngest Australian Open champion in history. His future is bright, and the praise from industry insiders is overwhelming. Countless people think that he Possibly breaking the dominance of Federer and Nadal.
However, after that, Djokovic's career encountered a bottleneck——
From the 2008 French Open to the 2010 US Open, Djokovic failed to achieve further breakthroughs in eleven consecutive Grand Slams.
Although Djokovic has firmly occupied a place in the top group in terms of world rankings, Masters record, performance throughout the year, etc.; however, at the most critical and difficult moments of the game, Djokovic has repeatedly been seen falling. Chain, due to diarrhea and injuries, he has withdrawn early from more than one hand, so that the keyword "weakness at critical moments" has become Djokovic's label.
More than once, people in the industry have accused Djokovic of lacking tenacity and will, and "maybe he will never be able to win a Grand Slam." This is people's conclusion.
No one expected that the Davis Cup at the end of 2010 would become a turning point in Djokovic's career. In this declining national team competition, Djokovic led the team to defeat the powerful French team and win the championship. The championship and the sense of honor from the country allowed this young player to reborn and complete his transformation.
Even Djokovic himself did not expect it.
Subsequently, in the following 2011 season, Djokovic won three Grand Slam championships at the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and US Open, officially completing his transformation.
Looking at the "Grand Slam players" from Djokovic, Del Potro in 2009, and Wawrinka in 2014, they all encountered some downturns and ups and downs, just because of the "Grand Slam champion" "Halo" has become a weapon to attract hatred, and competition has become another matter.
Now, it's Gawain's turn.
For Zhan Jun, he takes a longer-term view.
He wanted to see through his performance in two games or two games in one game to see if Gao Wen still maintains a normal mind, whether he is still as high-spirited as the US Open, and whether he can still remain calm and composed when facing difficulties. Far more important than one or two wins.
Obviously, Gawain also realized this——
Unforced errors become the protagonist. This is definitely not Gawain's way of playing, because errors flying all over the sky means that Gawain has lost control of the game.
If you are facing a player like Kyrgios who dominates the offense, then unforced errors are a necessary process to start a confrontation; but when facing a player with stable performance like Mayer, unforced errors may make you passive.
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Losing the tiebreaker in the first set by a huge margin was the most intuitive result.