Match point

Chapter 885 Entering the state

"Oh……"

Exclamations of annoyance erupted from the entire Rod Laver Stadium. Looking around, you can clearly see the faces covering their faces and heads, regretful and regretful.

Although the five-star red flag was waving vigorously and excitedly, the emptiness and vastness of the Rod Laver Stadium drowned out the redness in a blink of an eye, and was immersed in the sighs and sorrows of the audience.

On the court, Gawain's eyes were bright, he clenched his fists, his whole body revealed a firmness, and he simply and briefly celebrated the point.

Just now, Nadal has created opportunities through continuous attack and pressure, but the last forehand slashed to attack and was about to score the winning point, but the result was slightly longer than the bottom line and out of bounds. Not only did he lose the point, but he also sent The third break point of his first serve game.

"40: AD".

As we all know, Nadal is slow to heat up, and he is often slow to enter the game state; moreover, he likes outdoors, sunshine, sweating under the scorching sun, feeling the temperature, humidity, temperature, and sky. He can mobilize more fully. own state.

Because of this, Nadal's performance on the indoor court has always been mediocre, even when the roof has to be closed due to weather conditions.

At the same time, Nadal's embarrassing defeats at Melbourne Park also occurred in the night game.

Of course, this is not inevitable, but for top players, the difference in details does play an important role that cannot be ignored, and this is also a fact.

After today's competition started, Gao Wen was the first to get started.

Even though it was Gawain's first time on Center Court and his first night on stage at Melbourne Park, it was never a problem for Gawain.

Gao Wen did it once in Flushing back then; now that he has come to Melbourne Park, the more mature Gao Wen still has the heart of a newborn calf.

After his debut, Gao Wen played very proactively, showing his confidence from the first point.

The difference between the night game and the day game is very obvious. Objective and natural factors such as low temperature and strong wind directly lead to a heavier texture of tennis balls, and at the same time, the bounce will be slightly lower; moreover, the lighting of the court is no longer natural light, but Artificial lighting, the whole sense of space is also different.

For Nadal's favored style of play, it is indeed slightly different. He is still more inclined to hit the tennis ball with a higher bounce and a longer flight time.

Coupled with Nadal's habitual slowness, he is a typical "playable player", not only in the style of defensive counterattack, but also in the game that needs time to adapt, deepen, and adjust, accompanied by the confrontation and pressure. Accumulated, Nadal's state can often be mobilized.

Therefore, in the opening stage, Gao Wen, who is young, vigorous and full of fighting spirit, seized the upper hand.

Gao Wen, who won the coin guessing session, chose to serve first.

In the first serve game, Gawain lost a point with a forehand error. Nadal was oppressed and the forehand error returned to the net for a point. In addition, Gawain attacked and scored three winning points.

Simply neat, fast hair protection.

Immediately afterwards, Nadal's serve, when Nadal took the lead to get the game point, Gao Wen continued to exert pressure and played well, which caused trouble instead.

After four equal breaks, Gao Wen got a break point for the third time.

The game has only started 5 minutes, no nonsense, already entered a state of anxiety.

Obviously, this is not the situation that the home audience and the Spanish fans want to see. Everyone is very upset, but Nadal is very calm.

No regrets, no embarrassment, or even too many expressions, just focus on yourself, follow the steps, and prepare for the next serve.

On schedule.

Thunder can't move.

On this side of the court, Gao Wen knew that Nadal's serving process was relatively cumbersome, so he took it easy, sorted out his thoughts, and determined his tactics.

In fact, after Djokovic turned out to win seven consecutive victories against Nadal, it is not a secret to face Nadal's technical and tactical layout.

In short, it's all about the forehand.

Nadal's strongest point is the forehand, but at the same time, the breakthrough is also the forehand-this is Djokovic's tactic.

However, on paper, it is easy to say, Gao Wen has also played against Nadal himself, and he understands that it is not easy to break through Nadal's forehand.

Moreover, not all players have Djokovic's baseline ability.

Of course, Gao Wen also has his own characteristics.

For this game, Sampras and Agassi formulated tactics against Nadal. The first one that bears the brunt is:
Be mentally prepared for the backhand to be continuously suppressed and hammered.

At least on the strategic level, not only can't be timid, but also need to be tough and decisive, and even force Nadal to change his tactics.

This point is somewhat similar to the match against Djokovic. The difference is that Gao Wen's backhand is also a backhand against Djokovic, and it is currently the top first backhand in the tour; Wen's backhand is against Nadal's forehand, the strongest weapon of the Spanish king.

Gao Wen was ready to break through from his own backhand, focusing on himself.

Snapped.Snapped.

Nadal is hitting the ball.

Second District.

It has been mentioned more than once before that Nadal gives full play to his left-handed advantage and serves from the outside corner of the second zone to suppress the opponent's backhand. This is the most mature, perfect and handy set of tactics.

It doesn't matter even if it is seen through by the opponent, Nadal still has a clear advantage, even against the other Big Three.

The only weakness of this tactic is Nadal's own serving state. If Nadal's first serve has a low success rate, or the quality of the outer corner serve is mediocre, it will be more difficult to execute the tactic.

Therefore, there are two keys to measure Nadal's competitive state, one is the forehand, and the other is the serve from the outer corner of the second zone.

Kick off!Throw the ball!
really.

outer corner.

On the break point, Nadal still chose his most mature tactical routine, however——

"Out of bounds!"

The first serve failed to enter the zone, which once again proved Nadal's slow start in the opening stage.

However, Nadal is not panicking.

Taking the coach as a benchmark, Nadal's career atmosphere will be compared to the Uncle Tony period and the Moya period.

During Moya's period, Nadal's hard court strength improved significantly, and the importance of the first serve also increased; but during Uncle Tony's period, Nadal's game was basically based on the second serve.

In other words, to watch Nadal's game state, you should look at the scoring rate of the second serve, while other male players need to look at the scoring rate of the first serve.

This is very special.

For the second serve, Nadal is used to it, and Nadal's second serve tactics are also very rich.

The most basic and intuitive point is that Nadal has strong confidence in his defensive ability, so he is not afraid that the quality of the second serve will be weak and he will not be able to attack like the first serve. He is very willing to calm down and play patiently. Long rounds of multi-shot seesaw, dealing with the bottom line.

It is precisely because of this that Nadal's second serve insurance factor is often relatively high, and he will not take risks. Instead, he uses rotation and placement to suppress the opponent to avoid the opponent's direct attack. Among them, the proportion of close serve is relatively high Some.

During the Moya period, Nadal's second-serve tactics were more aggressive, and occasionally he would try a surprise attack on the serve.

But this kind of tactical awareness does not exist in 2015.

For example, this second shot.

As expected, the close body presses the forehand!
(End of this chapter)