In sporting events, the athletes who participate in the competition are the protagonists. Even if there are big-name acting stars or social celebrities in the audience, it just adds a special scenery to the game, and it is impossible to steal the limelight of the contestants, so Xiao Yao came to watch the game this time, but he was relatively low-key in his actions, and he did not do any pretense.

Except for a baseball cap that shades the sun, Xiao Yao neither wore sunglasses or black-framed glasses nor a mask, so when he appeared on the big screen at the scene, he was immediately recognized by many audiences at the scene, which caused a cry from the audience. Xiao Yao came to stand for Li Ai as a star this time, and there was no need to hide it, seeing his appearance on the big screen at the scene, he also waved his hand generously in the direction of the camera lens, which also caused a louder cheer from the audience.

With the start of the game, both the audience and the commentators in the commentary seat all paid attention to the two players in the competition venue, and the large screen at the scene also switched to the lens of the main camera shooting the competition venue, and put up the picture of the game, Xiao Yao, like ordinary spectators, paid attention to the game in the venue below.

Li Ai was in good shape at the beginning. Although he failed to complete the break on the opponent's serve in the first game, Li Ai and his opponent played twice to 40 draws, and gave the opponent a lot of pressure in the opening game. In the second sentence, Li Ai only allowed his opponent to win one ball, and then got four points, including an ace, and kept his serve very smoothly, showing quite strong.

Seeing Li Ai's performance so well, the audience at the scene was also very excited. Whenever Li Ai scored, the audience gave an extremely loud round of applause and cheers.

In the cheers of the audience, Li Ai also became more and more courageous, and while retaining all his service games, he broke serve in the fifth and ninth games respectively, and won the first set with a score of 6-3.

Successfully won the first set, and the audience was a little more confident that Li Ai won the championship of this competition, and many people have begun to look forward to seeing Li Ai lifting the championship trophy at the door of their own homes. What everyone didn't expect was that in the second set of the game, the situation on the court changed abruptly.

In women's non-Grand Slam matches, coaches are allowed to come in to coach. This tournament is not a Grand Slam tournament, so during the break at the end of the first set, Li Ai's opponent, Russia's Natasha Kapnova, applied for coaching in the court. Although this break was only one and a half minutes like the ordinary break, and Kapnova's coach did not even enter the court for less than 90 seconds, this time the guidance was very effective.

After the start of the second set, Kapnova's tactics changed a little, her mentality was much more positive, and her performance was much better than the first set.

It doesn't matter if the score is behind in the number of games, but the audience and the commentators can see that Li Ai has been suppressed by the opponent in terms of momentum. Li Ai's active mistakes began to increase, especially when the second set was not even halfway through, and the double service errors in the second set were already more than the first set combined, which made the audience and the commentators in Huaxia sweat for Li Ai, and their hearts began to get nervous.

Just when the trend of the game was not in favor of Li Ai, and all the people who supported Li Ai were nervous, there was a very surprising scene on the field.

It was in the seventh game of the second set, Li Ai's serve. Kapnova led 40-15 on the small score of the game, and she only needed one more point to break her second break of the set. The score in the first six games was 4-2, and Li Ai was behind. If she can break serve in this game, Kapunova will be able to make the game 5-2, so once she gets such a set point, the next game will be Kapnova's serve, and the second set will basically be the victory. And if Li Ai can hold serve and turn the game score into 3-4, then there is still hope for a reversal in this set.

On the key ball at such a critical juncture, Li Ai's one shot out of bounds.

In tennis, you can serve twice per serve. After the first service error, the opponent will not score, and can serve a second time, if the second serve is wrong, the opponent will score directly. Therefore, tennis players often choose a way with great power and awkward angles. If you make a mistake in the first shot, you will most likely choose a more secure way in the second shot. For players who receive serves, it is relatively easier and more relaxed to receive a second serve than a first serve, and there are more opportunities to counterattack directly by taking advantage of the serve.

Seeing Li Ai's mistake, Kapnova's face showed a hint of joy, but she soon became serious again, and her hands holding the racket tightened, obviously planning to take advantage of Li Ai's second serve to be inferior to the high quality of the first serve to attack and take advantage of the situation to win the game.

Li Ai made a lot of double service errors in this set, so on the second serve of this key ball, Li Ai took a rather conservative approach, and sent a serve with a relatively average speed and landing point more stable.

Seeing that the quality of Li Ai's serve this time was really not high, Kapnova, who had already prepared for the extension, also quickly made a lead action, and at the moment when the ball came, she swung out the racket in her hand with all her might.

However, it is not known whether Kapnova's overuse of force caused the distortion of the batting action. The tennis ball that was knocked out by Kapnova did not fall on the court on the opposite side of Li Ai, but flew straight to the audience.

Seeing the trajectory of the tennis ball, everyone knew that Kapnova's return ball must be out of bounds, and some of the spectators who supported Li Ai at the scene couldn't wait to cheer, but before this cheer could not fully sound, it was replaced by the exclamations of more spectators who were looking for the tennis ball flying in the air.

Coincidentally, the tennis ball that was knocked out by Kapnova actually flew to Li Ai's player's box. The players' box on the tennis court is also open-air, and there is no flap in front, and the tennis ball that was hit by Kapnova flew to Li Ai's players' box, and if nothing else, it should hit the audience in the box.

This Kapnova is a power-type female player, who is known for her fast ball speed, and this time she hit with all her strength, the ball speed is naturally very fast, and the player's box is generally arranged in a relatively low position close to the field. So seeing the tennis ball flying straight to Li Ai's player box in the audience very quickly, many spectators at the scene also exclaimed.

The tennis ball that was knocked out by Kapnova quickly flew into Li Ai's player's box, flew towards the face of a foreign middle-aged man, but was suddenly bounced back, and in front of the foreign middle-aged man, a raised fist appeared very suddenly.

"Wow~" Many viewers at the scene immediately understood what was going on, so after the exclamation, there was a huge burst of cheers and applause at the scene.

Due to the relationship between the broadcast cameras, the TV audience basically didn't know what was going on, and only heard cheers, exclamations, and then a huge burst of applause and cheers, so CCTV's commentator Xin Tong also began to explain to the audience watching the game in front of the TV: "Just now Kapnova received the serve out of bounds, and the tennis ball that she hit flew directly to the audience at the scene. Coincidentally, the ball flew to Li Ai's player box. If I'm not mistaken, this very fast ball should have been hit directly by someone and did not hurt anyone. This is an unexpected situation, and we will see if there is a live replay in a moment. ”

In addition to the TV audience, there were also some viewers at the scene who did not see what happened clearly because of the angle, and there were cameras shooting at the audience, and several of them were still fixed to shoot the player team members in the players' box, so the big screen at the scene immediately replayed the accident just now.

It is the high-speed camera that shoots the game in the venue, and the ordinary camera that shoots the spectator is just an ordinary camera, but the ordinary camera also has a slow-down function, although it is not as good as the slow-motion effect of the high-speed camera, but it is enough for the audience to see what is going on.

In the player box, Li Ai's coaches Rodriguez and Xiao Yao were very attentive to the game on the field. After Kapunova received the serve, both of them immediately saw that Kapnova's return ball must be out of bounds, and both of them had smiles on their faces. But before the smile could fully bloom, both of them noticed that the tennis ball that Kapnova had struck flew in their direction.

Coach Rodriguez's eyes widened in surprise and he was about to bend down and duck his head to dodge. But the speed of tennis is very fast, and judging from his movements, most of them will still be hit by tennis. But Xiao Yao, who was beside him, threw a punch very quickly at this critical moment, accurately hit the flying tennis ball, and hit the flying tennis ball back with his fist.

"Oh~" Seeing the slow-motion playback on the big screen, all the audience at the scene knew what was going on. Seeing that Xiao Yao actually hit the tennis ball with a fast ball with his fist, all the audience at the scene collectively gave Xiao Yao a round of applause.

"We can see it clearly with slow-motion playback. Xin Tong also looked at the slow-motion replay on the broadcast screen and explained, "Capnova just now The ball went directly to Li Ai's coach Rodriguez's face, which is a very dangerous situation, but Xiao Yao next to him reacted very quickly, before the tennis hit him, Xiao Yao actually punched the tennis ball with his fist to avoid Rodriguez being hit by the tennis ball and injured." The applause of the audience should be given to Xiao Yao, of course, he also deserves the audience's applause for him. ”

"Well, it's not just the quick reaction, the young man's movements are also very fast, and the shots are quite accurate. Ding Sheng also said, "You must know that the area of the fist is much smaller than that of a tennis racket, Kapunova is a power player, and the speed of hitting the ball is very fast, and it is not easy to accurately hit the tennis ball in such a short time." ”

"I heard that he learned martial arts when he was a child, and it seems that his skills are really good!" Xin Tong continued.

Since the tennis ball flew to his box, Li Ai did not start the next ball, but looked up at the big screen like the audience. The referee knew that Li Ai's team members were involved, and she would inevitably be more concerned, so she didn't urge Li Ai, but also followed and looked at the big screen at the scene. As for Kapnova, the initiator of the whole incident, the ball she hit just now, she knew how hard she used, she could feel how fast the ball was, and if it hit the audience directly, it could really cause injury, and she looked at the big screen with a nervous face.

When she saw the tennis ball flying towards Li Ai's coach, Kapnova's eyes widened in surprise, and at the same time, she subconsciously covered her mouth. It wasn't until later, when it seemed that a punch knocked the tennis ball away, and no one seemed to be injured in Li Ai's player box, that she was greatly relieved, and waved her hand directly in the direction of Li Ai's box, making an apologetic gesture. Then, she gestured to Li Ai on the other side, indicating that she didn't mean it.

After the playback, the on-site director noticed Kapnova's movements, so he directly switched the big screen to the lens of one of Kapnova's cameras.

"We saw Kapnova make an apologetic gesture to Li Ai's box. Ding Sheng helped interpret, "We all know that she definitely didn't mean it, because even the top men's players probably don't have such accurate head, and they can deliberately use tennis to attack the coach in the opponent's box by receiving the serve, which must be just an accident, but she still apologized to the people who might be hurt by her." This is still very positive, and it also reflects the quality of this top international tennis player. ”

"Yes," Xin Tong continued, "we saw Kapnova also gesture to Li Ai, and Li Ai also smiled generously and waved her hand to indicate that it was okay. Although the competition was fierce, the demeanor of the two players was still very good. Of course, this is an accident, and there is no need to worry too much about it. Now that the match was back in play, the score was 30-40, Li Ai held a break point, and then Li Ai served. Wait, it seems that there is still a situation, Li Ai suddenly stopped again..."

It turned out that after Li Ai and Kapnova signaled, they were ready to move on to the next goal. Li Ai, who looked down and walked towards the sideline, found a tennis ball lying on the court. This should be the tennis ball that was played by Xiao Yao, and after rebounding, it fell into the court again, maybe everyone watched the big screen just now, and the caddie on the scene didn't pay attention, so he didn't run in and pick it up at the first time. Seeing that the tennis ball was relatively close to him, Li Ai did not signal to the caddie in the court, and picked up the tennis ball from the ground.

But after picking up the tennis ball, Li Ai stopped a little strangely, looked down at the tennis ball in her hand, and then her face changed, she stood in the middle of the court, raised the tennis ball with her left hand, and stretched out her index finger with the right hand holding the racket, pointing to the tennis ball she was holding in her left hand.

The on-site director immediately commanded a camera filming the venue to zoom the lens, gave a close-up of the tennis ball in Li Ai's hand, and cut it to the big screen on the scene and released it.

On the big screen, Li Ai pinched the left hand of the tennis ball hard, and then everyone could see from the close-up that a large crack was in the middle of the tennis ball, and the rubber inner wall inside could be seen.

"Wow~" Seeing this shot, the audience at the scene let out a burst of exclamation.

"Li Ai picked up a tennis ball from the center of the court," Xin Tong introduced to the TV audience, "It stands to reason that there shouldn't be a tennis ball in that position, it should be the one that Kapnova hit just now and was knocked away by Xiao Yao with her fist, and it seems that it has fallen back to the playing field." Li Ai seems to be motioning to the cameraman at the scene to give a close-up of the tennis ball, let's see what is going on. ”

"Wow!" After the screen in front of him showing the broadcast screen and the big screen on the scene showed a close-up of Li Ai's tennis ball, Xin Tong also exclaimed, "The tennis ball in Li Ai's hand has cracked a big hole." Xiao Yao's punch just now actually blew up a tennis ball, what a lot of power this must be!"

"It's not just the power of his punch," Ding Sheng also said with an incredulous expression, "If there is no external force, no matter how strong a person is, it is impossible to blow up a tennis ball with his fist! This also shows from the side how fast Kapnova's ball was just now, I hope his wrists and fingers are not injured." ”