Match point

Chapter 242

"Competition, high."

With Kokinakis hitting the ball out of bounds, a very, very outrageous out of bounds, Gao Wen simply scored four straight points and won his own serve.

"5:5", the big score has formed a tie.

Kokinakis didn't understand what happened, his mind was full of question marks, and the depression and irritability in his chest almost exploded, and the live broadcast room also didn't understand what happened.

Because the commentator responsible for the live broadcast of the Binghamton Challenge today is not Sofar, but two strange commentators who watched the Gawain game for the first time. The game at the stadium was really exciting, so the broadcast signal was switched.

"The game is getting out of hand."

"Obviously, Kokinakis still hasn't been able to get rid of the impact of being broken after losing the match point in the last serve, his thoughts are confused, his batting also deviates, his swing movements are somewhat deformed, and his hitting point and batting rhythm are inconsistent. It's been disrupted, and it's definitely not a situation Kokkinakis is familiar with."

"At the same time, Gao's side is getting better and better. He has been recovering the rhythm of the confrontation since the second set. Although he lost a serve game due to the decline in physical strength, he immediately gained a firm foothold and launched a strong impact. , and now the scores of the two sides have returned to the same starting line."

"Korkinakis urgently needs to get back his feel and state, otherwise, the end of the second set may be further in trouble."

dilemma?

The narrator's words are relatively conservative and polite, but the truth is much crueler.

The reality is that at the end of the second set, Kokinakis's physical strength and energy both collapsed. After trying to win the game in one breath in his serve game but failed, this breath immediately came to an end. Let go, and then the attention collapses all over the place.

shortage!Cavity!Walk!plate!
This is the best adjective!
Starting from the point when Gawain miraculously saved the match point, Gawain won [-] consecutive points in one go, including Gawain's serve winning three points, batting winning three points, and Kokinakis' mistakes sending out eight. point.

In less than 7 minutes, Gao Wen had come back and won four games in a row, winning the second set with a big score of "7:5".

The slumping situation caused the audience to boo, not because they supported Gao Wen, but because they complained about Kokinakis. They really wanted to watch the final set, but it should be a final set with sparks and bayonets. It's not a final set in which the flower falls and the autumn wind sweeps the leaves.

Kokinakis was furious and roared at the audience.

Suppose, if Kokinakis was more oppressive and active at the match point, taking advantage of his momentum and crushing Gao Wen, the game would have ended, and naturally there would be no follow-up.

However, no if.

After easily conceding the second set with a bang, Kokinakis was still unable to make it through the final set, and Gao Wen won another six points in a row——

First broke Kokinakis's serve, and then took a "30:0" lead in his own serve. Only then did Gao Wen lose a point because of his own forehand error, ending the [-]-point winning streak. Strong performance.

In a tennis match, there are four points in a game and six games in a set, that is to say, if you win the next set with a score of "6:0", and if each game is a "love-game", you only need to win consecutively 24 points, which is also known as the "perfect set", nicknamed "golden set" in the industry.

In the professional tennis arena, this is very, very rare. In the era of the Open, only two players have ever achieved such a feat, one male player and one female player.

In 1983, in the low-level Delray Beach match, the men's player Bill-Scanlon (Bill-Scanlon) defeated Marcos-Hocevar (Marcos-Hocevar) in the second set. Once completed the "golden set" feat.

In 2012, at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, the women's player Yaroslava-Shvedova faced Sara-Errani, who had just won the French Open last month. ), the first set also sent out a "golden plate".

Winning 24 points in a row requires not only strength, but also a little bit of luck.

Gao Wen won [-] points in a row just now, the "golden plate" is impossible, but he almost defeated Kokinakis.

In the first set, I couldn't even hit the ball in the final set, and I didn't even have time to worry about Gao Wen, so I was immersed in my irritability and anger, annoyance and regret, and babbled about the whole game. It's completely out of control.

In fact, this is often the case with young players. After encountering a blow or turning point, their attention is distracted and they cannot keep their eyes on the ball. Naturally, the hitting point and rhythm of the ball are all in chaos, as if they suddenly don’t know how to play. Going through such a dramatic game with ups and downs is a severe test.

In other words, the mental state is always a link that cannot be ignored in competitive sports, just like overtime or penalty shootouts in football games, the test is definitely not skill.

In the final set, it took only 23 minutes before and after, and Gao Wen was already "5:0" ahead. After breaking Kokinakis's serve again, he ushered in his own serve to win the game.

Who can imagine that just half an hour ago, Kokinakis got his first match point?

Unlike Kokinakis, Gao Wen played very solidly and meticulously in his serve. He didn't relax at all because of the big lead. In the blink of an eye, he won three consecutive points and won three consecutive match points.

hoo hoo hoo!
Ahhhhh!
oooooooo!
The audience was boiling again. Although there was no duel at all in the final set, and there was no fun because of the collapse of Kokinakis, such a roller coaster game still made the audience excited. Whistling, booing boisterously.

Because the noise on the scene lingered for a long time, Gao Wen failed to serve twice, until the referee once again controlled the atmosphere of the scene, signaled everyone to be quiet, and regained the quiet, then Gao Wen started to hit the ball for the third time, ready to meet his first serve A match point.

Snapped.Snapped.Snapped.

Gao Wen was concentrating on shooting the ball. Out of the corner of his eye, he sneaked a glance at Kokinakis' position. It was obvious that Kokinakis was a little loose, as if he had given up the game.

But Gao Wen will not take it lightly.

Kick off!Bend your knees!Throw the ball!Turn!swing!

boom!
Gao Wen's racket quickly picked up the tennis ball, and the power exploded instantly. He unleashed all the accumulated power without reservation, hit the serve vigorously, and the speed broke through 180 kilometers per hour again——

Key weapons need to appear at critical moments.

Whoosh!
It was a hit!
At the same time, Gao Wen took advantage of the serve to step up to the bottom line, changed his usual tactics at the last moment, and used the advantage of his body to press forward to form visual pressure, rolling towards Kokinakis layer by layer.

Kokinakis stretched the racket just pretending, but his calf had no strength, and he couldn't kick it out at all, and watched the tennis ball go out.

ACE ball!
competition is over.

(End of this chapter)