"Facing Australia's last hope Kyrgios, Gao Wen played the most perfect match since the start of the new season in the first set today."
"76% first serve scoring rate, 83% first serve scoring rate, 71% second serve scoring rate, one ACE, one double fault, did not send any break point in his own service game, thirteen
The winning points, three unforced errors, and it took thirty-six minutes to seal the victory.”
"There is no doubt that Gao Wen knows the importance and difficulty of this game. No player can relax when facing Kyrgios. What's more, this is Kyrgios' home court. Currently, in the men's and women's singles draws,
The last host player, the difficulty of this game is foreseeable."
"It is precisely because of this that Gao Wen was fully prepared. His forehand and backhand performance was perfect, without any loopholes, and he won the set very simply."
In the commentary booth, Zhang Sheng was a little emotional. As his commentary partner, Wu Wensheng could also feel the excitement.
"This year's offseason, Agassi joined Gao Wen's coaching team. It can be seen that the wisdom of Agassi and Sampras collided with Gao Wen."
"Now, Gao Wen has initially shown his master's temperament, which is indeed in line with the style of the top eight seeds."
"However, Kyrgios is a dangerous opponent. He is such a player. Even if you beat him, you may be injured. The game is never easy."
On this point, there is a consensus in the professional tennis community, and countless professionals have expressed similar views.
The most intuitive proof is that Kyrgios faced Djokovic and won both games without losing a set. Both games took place in 2017.
It is precisely because of this that Kyrgios has always been very disdainful of Djokovic, "He has never defeated me, so what qualifications do he have to say he is the best in history?"
"The point is whether Kyrgios wants to do it, not whether he can do it. As long as he wants to, he can win a Grand Slam."
This has also become the best footnote for professionals' evaluation of Kyrgios. The attitude of the game is the biggest obstacle that limits Kyrgios from creating better results.
Obviously, in today’s game, Kyrgios’s attitude was very, very correct——
He wants to win this game.
He wants to win in front of the cheers of the home crowd at Melbourne Park, he wants to avenge Kogkinakis and Tomic, he wants to defeat the arrogant and disgusting guy opposite him and put his
His face was pressed to the ground and rubbed hard.
He wanted to see the look on that guy's face when he hated him but lost the game.
After adjustments and self-motivation during the break, Kyrgios' concentration reached an unprecedented level.
In the second set, Kyrgios played very well, very, very well.
Objectively speaking, Gao Wen's performance declined slightly. The scorching heat and suffocating air in Melbourne Park caused the peak of physical strength to come earlier.
But overall, Gao Wen still maintained at a high level, performed well, and did not have too many flaws.
However, Kyrgios still seized the opportunity.
In Gauvin's second service game, Kyrgios missed three break points, but still created the fourth one and finally caught it.
An iconic forehand slash, a powerful attack that almost exploded the tennis ball, tore a hole in Gao Wen's defense, and cashed in on the fourth break point with an impeccable winning point.
, a perfect and strong performance that sent the entire Margaret Court Stadium into a frenzy.
Breaking serve for the first time in the whole match, and relying on the advantage of serving first in the second set, the score was directly extended to "4:1".
Immediately afterwards, the two players successfully maintained their serve, and the score reached "5:2". Kyrgios was only one game away from winning the second set.
"5:2" is known as the "magic score" in women's tennis. It is like a curse and has a special effect.
The reason is very simple. It seems that every time this score is reached, the leading team seems to be unable to play, while the lagging team's small universe explodes, and then the situation is reversed.
In the following score, the lagging team counterattacked continuously and won four games in a row. In the end, it defeated the previous leader with a score of "7:5".
Although this is not the case every time, the frequency is so high that it makes people laugh or cry.
But why is this happening?
The core reason is the domino effect caused by the unstable serve of female players.
The score of "5:2" seems to be very different, but in fact, the lagging side only has one service game broken. The leading side is far ahead because it served first in this set, widening the score gap; next, as long as the lagging side stands still
Keep your footing, keep the serve, and launch an attack on your opponent's weak serve. Once the break is successful, the momentum will be reversed, and the entire situation will be completely reversed.
It is precisely because of this that every time we come to this score, it is like a magic spell. Suddenly, the situation is completely reversed.
In the final analysis, the female players' serve is not powerful enough and they have unstable control over their own serve.
If you are a serving master like Serena Williams, then when you are in the lead, the possibility of being overturned is much smaller.
In the men's competition, it is even less, "5:2", the gap is indeed obvious.
Although Gawain remained unmoved and steadily defended his next serve, bringing the score to "5:3", Kyrgios still performed very calmly in his service victory.
"40:15".
Kyrgios leads the score and has two consecutive set points. Judging from Kyrgios's serving state in this set, there seems to be no suspense.
However, an unexpected surprise occurred.
On the first count, Kyrgios's two-handed backhand was straight, changing from a diagonal to a straight line. As a result, the return ball hit the net belt, once brushed the net, jumped high, and then fell back to Kyrgios' own court.
, there is no way to cross the net.
"40:30".
Kyrgios was obviously very dissatisfied with such a "lucky ball" and lost his temper at the net belt. He was obviously very disappointed that he could not get the help of the net belt in the home game.
This also affects Kyrgios' concentration to a greater or lesser extent.
Second inventory.
The first serve was inside the corner, but the speed and power were slightly lacking. Gawain successfully hit a return ball in the middle area with his forehand, and used the landing point to suppress Kyrgios, curbing Kyrgios's tactical intention to serve and attack, and then,
The round ball has been formed.
After Kyrgios withstood Gawain's two backhand suppressions in a row, he boldly and decisively seized the rhythm, moved from the backhand position to the sideways forehand position, and directly hammered the diagonal line from top to bottom at the hitting point above the shoulder.
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Gawain was very embarrassed.
The two-handed backhand was barely enough for one beat, relying on the strength of the wrist to roll out a diagonal line, trying to limit Kyrgios's continuous attacks by controlling the landing point in the deep zone.
The landing point was very, very deep, hitting the baseline directly. There was some suspicion that it was out of bounds, but Kyrgios no longer cared about it. He continuously turned sideways forehands and directly attacked from the high point, launching an unreasonable attack with high pressure from the baseline.
Attack, follow a straight line, aim at the bottom line and hit the dead end.
boom!
"Out!"
Along with the sound of Kyrgios hitting the ball, the linesman shouted, indicating that Gawain's return ball was out of bounds.
Going out of bounds meant that Kyrgios fulfilled his second set point and won the second set.
However, on the other side of the court, Gao Wen raised his right hand high and gestured in the direction of the referee: