Match point

"Wow!"

Macdonald's eyes widened completely, unable to believe what was happening before his eyes——

Wonderful, really wonderful.

In the previous shot, Gao Wen's forehand slashed "inside-out" to find the sideline landing point, tore the field apart, and pushed Jilong to the limit of the cliff boundary.

In the last shot, Jilong relied on unparalleled movement across the court, and unexpectedly used his strength to hit a straight line that shocked everyone, launched a counterattack, and finally forced Gao Wen to return the ball to the net with a backhand, saving the break point and counting, and re-opened. The suspense of the outcome of the first set was brought back to the same level.

Nervous, irritated, sweaty palms.

"Roar!"

In this box, Jilong relied on the inner corner serve at the T point to create enough advantages, tearing open the court space at large angles from the left and right sides to launch a continuous attack, and the forehand and backhand in the high-speed lateral movement quickly tore and hit the tennis ball abruptly. The effect of table tennis, the rhythm is completely improved.

On that side, Gao Wen, who had been passive since receiving the serve, relied on accurate prediction and continued to deal with it. After resisting Jilong's attack for a few shots in a row, he extended the split very suddenly in the extremely passive predicament, and backhanded with both hands at the low point. Boldly shoot in a straight line, breaking the offensive and defensive confrontation strongly.

With a straight backhand, he got into the gap behind Jilong and formed the winning point.

At the third break point and inventory, Gao Wen fought hard again for another chance, and——

Hold on tight!

With a forehand hitting the bottom line in a straight line and a sneak attack with the ball on the net, Gao Wen suddenly and unexpectedly overturned the rhythm of the bottom line confrontation.

Giron, was caught off guard so that the backhand returned the ball into the net.

"6:4".

Gao Wen won the first set.

"Wow!"

After all, Macdonald couldn't control himself, clenched his fists, raised his arms and shouted, stood up abruptly, and let out a roar.

Perhaps, judging from the score, there seems to be nothing special, but in fact, the entire first set took 53 minutes, and the intensity and stalemate can be seen from the side. Giron, who won three games in a row for the first time in his career at the ATP level, It caused a lot of trouble for Gao Wen who was looking for status.

Until the end of the set, Gao Wen still relied on his tenacity to win the first set in a very, very close situation.

Not only Macdonald, but also the audience applauded and cheered for Jilong——

Before the game, I didn't have any expectations. Everyone believed that there was no suspense in this game, and that Gao Wen would win easily; as for the so-called civil war between the Bruins, it had no meaning at all in the professional circuit, and college tennis had no weight in the professional arena. , not even a gimmick.

However!but!did not think of!
Geelong's game style of daring to fight and all-out defense is really eye-catching. The two players fought on the bottom line and contributed a series of wonderful strikes.

beyond expectation!

Jilong was a little depressed, and at the same time a little angry with himself. In the serve just now, he was still too impatient. When he was eager for success, he obviously lacked consideration in the handling of some returns, and he didn't even have time to savor it. Losing serve ruins a set.

"what!"

Jiron roared at himself——

Rolling around on the professional circuit for a full year, but still lacking experience, especially at the ATP level.

call.

After venting his emotions fiercely, Jiron sat in the players' rest area and let out a long breath, gathering those messy thoughts little by little, and regaining his focus.

The Gao Wen in front of him was different from those opponents in the Challenger League. He was a top player even in the ATP level, ranking second in the world.

He should adjust his mentality, don't hold the mentality of proving himself to surprise his opponents, but re-examine himself with the mentality of breaking through his own challenges and taking this game as a test as well as a summary. Looking at his past year, How much has grown and how much has been precipitated.

After all, they're not brown bears anymore, right?
Besides, he had nothing to lose—

Coming to Toronto was an impulsive and adventurous experience, but in the end, he had an unexpected breakthrough and gained confidence. Even if he lost to Gao Wen, he would not be ashamed, and he could turn around and leave with his head held high.

Moreover, he is not sure when he will be on the main stage of the Masters next time, it may be soon, and he may need to wait for some time; but at least, he is still standing here, still has time, still has a chance, Feel free to show your style in this venue.

If it wasn't for Gao Wen, it would take some time for him to set foot on the center court. Now that he is here, let's make a good performance.

Therefore, there is no need to think about winning or losing, and there is no need to act too hastily, just focus on the game.

"Fight, Marcos, fight!"

It's like the first game of your career, it's like the last game of your career.

By the time the second set began, Giron had regained his thoughts and stepped onto the court with his head held high, fully focused on the game.

Then--

Geelong did it.

In the first game, Jilong covered the whole court with his tireless movement, forcing Gao Wen's forehand to grow diagonally out of the bottom line, breaking Gao Wen's serve for the first time in the game.

In the second game, Jilong relied on the forehand to continuously press the attack and scored the winning point. After experiencing the test of the tie, he won at the second game point to realize the break advantage.

In a blink of an eye, "2:0".

At the beginning of the second set, Giron broke first and then secured, taking the lead for the first time in the game.

And, it's still not over.

"0:30".

In the third game, on Gao Wen's second serve, Ji Long scored two points first, pushing Gao Wen to the edge of the cliff again, completely reversing the situation of the game.

Gao Wen was a little annoyed, not only because of this point and these two points, but also because of the decline in his batting quality——

Tennis is like a seesaw. One side’s outstanding performance is bound to be accompanied by the other’s performance. Geelong’s scoring momentum is still rising strongly. The most important reason is that the quality of Gao Wen’s returns has declined, which did not bring enough impact and suppression. Geelong’s The defense unfolded its hands and feet.

Gao Wen admitted that he was a little distracted.

On the one hand, it’s because I returned to the game after a whole month. In the high-intensity confrontation, the concentration time to keep my attention tight is limited, and it is difficult to run through it. I still haven’t really entered the tour mode.

This is even more obvious when physical fitness fluctuates.

On the other hand, it was because of my own slack. After the tight and tense first set, I relaxed a little during the inter-set break, and my judgment on Jilong was somewhat biased, and my concentration declined a little.

In the final analysis, it is still the aftereffect of being away from the tour for a month.

From this point of view, even if you have been on the tour for a whole year, you still need to continue to accumulate game experience, and you need to slowly form your own biological clock to adjust your state during the season. It is normal to feel the impact in Toronto now. There is no need to panic.

The point now is that the crisis is coming again, so how should Gao Wen deal with it?

In the situation of "0:30", how to gather attention and refocus on the game?

Geelong, has his campaign.

Gawain also had his battles.