"Gao Wen's performance in the face of the break point was really not stage frightened at all. He was calm and varied in his tactical combination, and his professionalism could even be seen."
Sofar was not stingy with his praise and sent out kind words without hesitation. They probably didn't expect that Gawain would resolve the break point in such an unexpected way, and I'm afraid Harris didn't expect it either.
Perhaps, some people will question, what if Harris receives the serve and grabs the point?
Then... Gawain can only admit defeat.
Because tennis, like chess, is a game of calculation and counter-calculation. If someone launches a trap, someone will naturally be able to break it. Between winning and losing, it is all a collision of brainstorming; but the difference between tennis and chess is that
It's because you can't hit the ball just by relying on your mind. Therefore, whether you are soft-handed at the critical moment will also determine your success.
The result of this score is that Gawain was right.
But Gawain's crisis is still not over. A tie means that the next point is still the key, either the second break point or the game point.
Immediately after the next point, Gao Wen sent out a close inswinging serve. After landing, it went towards Harris's chest and squeezed Harris's return ball.
Although Harris reacted quickly, he still got out of the way and successfully returned the tennis ball to Gao Wen's court, but the quality was average. Then Gao Wen took the lead in attacking——
It is also a shot that cannot be leveraged. The exquisiteness of Gaowen's technique can be seen in Gao Wen's handling. He did not fully exert his force, but aimed at the sideline, hit a remote landing point, and used the tail force of external spin to open up the angle.
The opponent continued to attack Harris' backhand, entangling Harris's fighting firepower.
One shot!
Two shots!
Gawain nailed Harris's steps to the backhand position. Harris's one-handed backhand faced huge pressure. The quality of the return fluctuated significantly, and he could hardly control the spin. Then a slightly higher parabolic return appeared.
It's not an absolute chance, but flaws have already appeared.
Three shots!
Gao Wen immediately seized the opportunity and struck hard, hitting Harris' backhand for the third time in a row, and rushed forward to the net. His tall body and long arms covered the front court, compressing Harris' return space and creating further pressure.
Facing layers of pressure, Harris was obviously soft-handed at the last moment. The timing and position of the ball were wrong, and the tennis ball was directly knocked away.
Gawain takes the lead!
Gawain, who was standing in front of the net, roared out again. His passionate roar severely suppressed Harris's counterattack. He once again improved his condition at the critical moment and controlled the situation with his tough performance.
Then, Gao Wen served again from the inside corner and suppressed Harris' backhand again——
Last time in the second area, to save the break point, Gao Wen served from the outside corner; now in the second area, facing the game point, Gao Wen served from the inside corner.
Harris had been hit hard with his one-handed backhand before, and it was obvious that he could not hold down the ball. Then he served to the inside corner again, and it was a flat serve with both speed and power. Harris's hitting rhythm was obviously not fast enough.
Then the tennis ball hit the racket frame and flew into space.
Then, Gao Wen successfully won his serve.
In the situation of falling behind at "30:40", Gao Wen scored three points in a row, scored directly with two serves, and suppressed a continuous attack. He regained the advantage with the sound of ping bells, causing Harris's counterattack to end without any problem, which consumed a lot of energy.
and energy, but still failed to break Gawain's serve.
Compared with the overwhelming momentum at the beginning of the first set, when the second set started with a test and then controlled the situation, it was another blow to Harris' morale. Gawain once again seized the opportunity!
In fact, in the three-pointer, Gao Wen did not have an absolute advantage in the ball. He suppressed Harris's counterattack through various tactical combinations. His intelligent handling method consumed a lot of energy and brain power.
But in the eyes of outsiders, it was an understatement, and they couldn't tell a reason. It seemed that the winner had been decided in just three and two shots. They even thought that Harris's consecutive mistakes at critical moments ruined such a good situation.
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However, it was precisely this "unknown feeling of severity" that caused the momentum to change invisibly.
Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.
The courage Harris gained through resting between sets was disrupted by Gawain, especially the performance of missing the break point, which made him very upset.
As a result, Harris' performance fluctuated again in the next serving game.
Although Harris's fighting offense was still able to score, at the critical moment, first his backhand was suppressed again, then his own fighting error, and then his forehand failed to return the ball in place, but Gao Wen seized the opportunity and made another two-handed backhand.
The shooting quickly connected and tore apart the angle——
It’s broken!
Harris stared blankly at the landing point of Gawain's last backhand winner, his eyes filled with confusion, but his brain could not move, and only one confusion continued to swirl:
Things shouldn't be like this. Why have things become like this? Could it be that even fighting tactics don't work anymore? So what should he do? Is the strength gap between him and Gawain really that obvious?
Until the whole game, Harris didn't understand how he lost this game.
First holding serve, then breaking serve, and then holding serve again. In the second set, Gao Wen once again started with "3:0".
But the difference this time was that Gawain experienced a small trough in his physical strength; at the same time, Harris held on tightly and did not slump again. He held serve early, not only holding one serve, but also holding serve for two consecutive games.
After serving in the game, the score was not opened.
The score came to "5:2" calmly. The home fans still did not give up hope. They were looking forward to Harris being able to hold serve again and then create some waves when Gao Wen's serve won the game. Who knows? Maybe?
Harris's small universe broke out and broke serve directly?
However……
"Ah! Backhand straight line!"
"Gao Wen really went crazy on this line today. No matter how he played, he could get it. As far as I remember, there were at least five direct winning points on the backhand straight line."
"In the last point, Gao Wen once again won the straight backhand with an outstanding performance in the game, successfully broke Harris' serve for the second time in the second set, and won the entire game in one go."
"The final scores are, 6:1 and 6:2."
"The whole score was very disparate. In the whole match, Gao Wen broke Harris' serve five times, but he only faced two break points in his own serve, and successfully recovered all of them. It was a perfect game.
His performance easily defeated Harris, won the victory, and won the entire game for UCLA, continuing to maintain its undefeated status."
"Such a situation is probably something that no one had expected before."
"It is conceivable that after today, people should finally have heard the name of the Bruins' No. 6 single for the first time."