Chapter 124: The Serve That Can't See the Ball
At the beginning of the first set between the two sides, because the two had played each other many times, and they were all in the quarterfinals, they knew each other very well.
So at the beginning of the game, the two did not test each other, and the opening game was very hot.
Because it was Murray's serve first, Lee was in a state of receiving the serve and could only follow Murray's rhythm.
Murray implemented what he said before the game very much, and played the bottom-line play very thoroughly, completely trying to suppress Li Cai with physical strength, and ate that Li Cai's physical strength was not as good as him.
Although this makes Li Cai feel disgusting, there is no way, among the three defensive counter-attacking (baseline type) players of Djokovic, Nadal and Murray, Murray is the most conservative, every point is a multi-shot round battle, and then most of it is caused by the opponent's mistakes, he has few mistakes in the game but very few winning points on the contrary. And although Nadal is also a defensive counter-attacking player, watching his game he seems to be able to convert passive shots into winning points, and listening to his hitting sound, it feels very heavy and powerful. Djokovic is similar to Nadal, but he has been developing a little bit in the offensive direction recently, and he has developed as an all-round type like Federer, but his attack is not as sharp as Federer and Nadal is as heavy, and it belongs to mobilizing opponents.
Murray gave full play to his advantages, backshot with both hands, fast speed (almost unable to run), unique high ball stunts, and physical fitness to the fullest.
The so-called "long hold must lose", this is also the reason why Murray has not been able to win the Grand Slam.
And Li Cai advocates the phrase "offense is the best defense".
As soon as you get the chance, go online and fight back.
Although he was also seized by Murray and scored a lot of points, in the first round, he did not follow Murray's idea to play against him on the bottom line, and consumed his physical strength in vain.
Murray saved serve with a defensive counter-attack to make it 0-1.
Seeing that Murray scored a point with his baseline skills, the commentator of this game immediately said: "Sure enough, Murray found the way to deal with Li Cai, and played the baseline skills very well, so that Li Cai had no choice." Looks like it's going to be easy to win!"
Commentating on the game, of course, was white, and of course spoke like Murray.
When it came to Li Cai's serve, Li learned that Murray's receiving skills were good, and his out-rotation serve must have been thoroughly studied by Murray, and he was already very accustomed to it and very familiar with it.
However, in this competition, Li is ready to use his newly acquired service skills - the charged serve.
After upgrading to the orange grade, the charged serve will never be charged, and the ball speed will reach 240 when charging, and the cannonball speed will reach 300 when charging.
You must know that the highest tennis speed record is only 245 kilometers per hour, and Li Cai can reach a speed of 300 kilometers per hour after charging, which is a full increase of 55 kilometers.
If you drive at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour, your vision can only see one point of gaze, and the surrounding area becomes blurred faster than an airplane takes off, and if you move the steering wheel slightly, you may overturn.
Many players didn't even have time to react, and the ball couldn't be seen, so they were scored by Li Cai.
If Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic might still receive such a fast serve, but in Li Cai's opinion, Murray is still a step behind.
"Ha", Li Cai also shouted while swinging the racket, and then the tennis ball fell directly on Murray's half court and popped out of bounds.
Murray stood still, not moving, completely unresponsive.
This made Murray, who had been preparing to receive Li Cai's out-of-the-box serve, stunned.
Murray looked at the ball speed display, which gave the number 240, just five kilometres off the record.
You must know that in Wimbledon, Li Cai was still an "artistic" player who served to the net, how did he suddenly become a "strong" player who served to the net.
This also made Murray, who had spent a lot of effort dealing with Li Cai's out-of-the-box serve, feel caught off guard and felt like he had been tricked.
However, Murray is not worried, such a fast serve is also prone to mistakes, and Li Cai can't always serve like this.
This time the serve made Li find some feeling, and the next ball, he still chose the charged serve, but this time with the addition of charging, the speed reached 280 kilometers per hour, and Murray was still standing in place, as if there was no reaction.
There was silence in the stadium, and there was no doubt about the score, the key was the speed of the serve. And when the ball speed indicator showed the speed, the audience suddenly resounded with a scream of excitement.
"280 kilometers per hour, 280 kilometers per hour, breaking the world record. The narrator exclaimed like a chicken.
The commentator then explained: "On March 5, 2010, in a doubles match against Germany in the Davis Cup, Karlovic hit a serve of 251 km/h in the fourth set, breaking the previous record of 245 km/h for American Andy Roddick. Today, Li has improved that record to 280 km/h. You must know that Li Cai has improved this record by almost 30 kilometers, not only by 3 kilometers, it can be said that basically no one has been able to break this record, except for Li Cai himself. ”
Murray, who was standing opposite, looked at the number, and his face had changed significantly.
Murray already regretted it in his heart, feeling that he was going to lose this game, and the big words he said before the game would be slapped in the face, and he would probably not be able to raise his head in front of Li Cai in the future.
After all, Murray's receiving skills are amazing, and he also needs to see the ball, and now, he can't even see the ball, how to catch the ball.
Murray can now only pray that Lee will make a mistake on his serve or play an outspin serve that will allow him to receive the serve.
Li Cai began to serve the third ball, which was still a conservative serve, but it was still a charged serve, and it was the largest accumulation, and the speed was extremely fast.
The referee announces the score of "40-0". The next moment, the commentator shouted loudly: "Oh my God, the speed is 300 kilometers per hour! I read that right, there is no problem with our machine! At a speed of 300 kilometers per hour, how did Li do it! He broke the world record of 280 kilometers per hour that he had just set, and now he has increased the speed of the ball by 20 kilometers!"
Then the commentator received the instructions from above, although he was reluctant, but he still reported honestly: "Ladies and gentlemen, if you missed today's game, it would be a pity! You missed the fastest tennis serve in history! And if you buy a ticket to come to the scene, then your ticket is definitely worth the money, because here, we have witnessed a moment in history! The first tennis ball in human history with a speed of more than 300 kilometers per hour was born today, here!"
Driven by the commentator, the audience was already boiling, and even those who originally supported Murray were cheering for Li Cai.
Li Cai also opened his arms and enjoyed the cheers of the audience.