Chapter 114: Injuries

The venue for Li Cai and Kei Nishikori was arranged on Court 2 of Wimbledon.

The No. 2 court at Wimbledon is known as the "Graveyard of Champions" and "Seeded Graveyard" because the seeded players who play there are usually eliminated by lower-ranked opponents.

At Wimbledon, the athletes are dressed in white, and most of the spectators are dressed in white, as if they are holding a funeral.

Because it is an Asian duel, it is not very attractive for many British audiences, and from time to time you can see some European and American faces yawning.

However, the audience from Asia, especially the Chinese and Japanese, seemed very excited, of course, there must be more Chinese Americans in Paris than Japanese, and Li Cai's fame is far greater than that of Nishikori Kei, so when Li Cai appeared, there was a very warm applause at the scene; and when Li Hengze appeared, the applause on the scene was much sparse, and only a few people were scattered, and they couldn't even hear the applause.

The first round of the Wimbledon Men's Singles will begin with 27th seed Li Cai taking on unseeded Kei Nishikori. Both of them are from Asia, and I think the Asian audience will be looking forward to this match. The commentator gushed about it, and the two people on the field also completed the warm-up.

"At the beginning of the match, first of all, Li Cai's serve game! Li Cai showed a strong serving ability in the French Open, his serve is very threatening, and he is also the player who has sent the most aces in this year's French Open! I don't know if Li Cai can continue his good feel to today's Wimbledon match!"

At this time, Nishikori Kei looked at Li Cai intently, wanting to defeat Li Cai and become famous in a fight.

"Wimbledon is not the French Open, this is a grass court, and your topspin serve is not so good here! Nishikori Kei was thinking about it in pieces, only to see that Li Cai had already thrown the ball and swung the racket.

Li Cai used his outspin serve, and the next moment, the tennis ball flew directly over and smashed on the sideline.

Although Kei Nishikori reacted, he didn't expect that Li Cai's topspin serve would bounce at such a big angle, which was completely opposite to the direction he thought.

“ace!15-0。 The referee's voice rang out.

Although Kei Nishikori had long known that Li Cai's topspin serve was powerful, he didn't expect it to be so powerful, so he could only shake his head helplessly, ready to take the next ball.

Under Li Cai's stormy offensive, Kei Nishikori was directly beaten by Li Cai in a "love-game".

The score became 1:0.

When it was Nishikori Kei's turn to serve, Li Cai was still adapting to the grass court and failed to break serve.

The score became 1:1.

In this way, back and forth, the score came to 4:3.

Li Cai's serve game in Nishikori Kei has already reached 40-15, and as long as he wins a ball, he will be able to break serve.

It's a pity that Li Cai thought about breaking the serve, forgetting that the grass court is different from the red clay court and the hard court. Because of the grass, the friction on the field is small, and it is easier to slip.

And when Li Cai hit back Nishikori Kei's serve, he accidentally slipped on his foot, although Li Cai controlled his body, hit the ball back and scored, broke the serve, and turned the score into 5:3.

But Li Cai knew in his heart that he had strained his thigh when he received the ball just now, although it was not very serious, it would also affect his running ability!

There is no way, the longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to himself, Li Cai can only make a quick decision, finish the game quickly, and go to the hospital for treatment.

Fortunately, the game on grass court focuses on offense, and it is the world of offensive players, and there are few rounds in the game, and there is basically no tug-of-war, and there is no battle on the baseline.

When it was Li Cai's turn to serve, Li Cai naturally would not be soft, using his own external rotation serve, and basically didn't run much to get this point.

In this way, Li won the first game 6:3 and got off to a good start.

The match between Li Cai and Kei Nishikori was scheduled for the second game, also to take care of the viewing time in Asia, and the neon country at this time happened to be around half past six in the evening, which was the time to eat and watch TV.

In the sushi restaurant in the neon country, the match between Li Cai and Kei Nishikori is playing.

For his country's Nishiki Kei, the people of the Neon Country naturally have high hopes, expecting him to win Li Cai and win glory for the motherland.

After seeing Kei Nishikori lose the first game, although there was silence in the restaurant for a while, the commentator of the Neon Country just made an excuse for Kei Nishikori to fail in the first game.

"In the first set that just ended, Kei Nishikori probably hadn't fully played his strength, and unfortunately lost the match. However, Wimbledon is a best-of-five match, and it has only just finished one set, so you don't have to worry about Kei Nishikori and believe that the next match is coming. Kei Nishikori will definitely be able to catch up bravely and turn defeat into victory!"

The narrator's words rekindled the confidence of many neon viewers in front of the TV.

"Soga, it turns out that Kei Nishikori has not yet shown his strength. ”

The diners at the sushi restaurant looked at the TV expectantly, and then the match came to the second game, and it was Kei Nishikori's turn to serve.

"Drink!" Nishikori shouted, this time he was very lucky, the ball was almost pressed on the sideline, and Li Cai made a mistake in receiving the ball this time. Because of the thigh injury, he moved much slower than usual, causing the force to be used a little more, and the ball flew out of bounds.

15-0, Kei Nishikori took the lead.

Seeing that Kei Nishikori scored as soon as he served, the commentator who commented the game in the neon country hurriedly praised: "Good ball, good ball, Kei Nishikori seems to have found his form, at the beginning of the second game, he scored directly on the serve, which can be said to be great, this is the tennis player of our neon country, even if Li is the Grand Slam champion, he is not the opponent of Kei Nishikori in a tennis match that has not played on a grass court." ”

Because it's Wimbledon, every round is fast, and you will score in two or three rounds.

Li Cai was injured because of his thigh, although he made a simple adjustment when he was resting just now, it still affected Li Cai's running, and Li Cai was also adapting to this pain.

The score of the second game became 2:4, and Li Cai was two points behind Kei Nishikori.

And Li Cai also felt that the pain in his thigh was bearable after a period of adaptation, so he was ready to start fighting back.

And the neon country audience in front of the TV was very happy to see that Nishikori Kei was leading the score and pressing Li Cai, and felt that Nishikori Kei was really powerful, worthy of their Yamato nation.

But then, after Li got used to the pain, he broke out.

Li Cai, who was originally an offensive player, perfected the use of skills in front of the net, directly scored four points in a row, and won the second game 6:4.

Seeing Li Cai's sudden outburst, he scored four points in a row and won the second game.

The audience watching the game in the Neon Country was dumbfounded, they didn't expect Li to be so fierce, like a drug, extremely brave.

In the third game, Li Cai didn't give Kei Nishikori a chance, and won the third game 6:1.

It also disappointed the audience in the neon country, and the Nishikori Kei player they were expecting failed to make two chase three and reverse the game.

After winning the first round, Li Cai shook hands with the dejected Nishikori Kei, and then left in a hurry, ready to go to the hospital to see if the thigh strain was serious.