Chapter 151: The first tie-break
Haas is back in peak form, and the characteristics of his style of play have begun to change, and he is no longer similar to Federer's style of play.
Li Cai once played with Federer, knowing that he was holding a right-handed racket, and it was a one-handed backhand, when Li Cai played Haas to 4:0, Haas's style of play was very similar to Federer's tactical play, it was like a system, but it was just not as smooth as Federer.
High-level tennis players have their own distinctive technical characteristics, and in the level of Grand Slam seeded players, each person's technical characteristics can be accurate to the way the ball is handled and the details of the shot.
If Haas just copied Federer's words just now, now it is completely changed according to Li Cai's way of handling the ball, unlike just now, which was very rigid and completely played by Li Cai.
On the field, both sides ran very actively, almost running around in their own half, even if it seemed that they couldn't catch the ball, they tried their best to save the ball and hit it back.
Li Cai and Haas are both using reverse thinking to play, standing in the opponent's position to consider how to receive the ball, that is, they can recognize the opponent's tactical intentions, which makes many of the two tactics interrupted by the opponent halfway through, and they have to change to new tactics, so the two of them run very frequently.
It's a pity that Haas lost too many points in front of him, and even if he chased three games in a row, Li Cai easily held a service game and won the first game 6:3.
After the start of the second game, Haas continued the form of the previous game, and was extremely brave, so that Li Cai was not sure that he could break serve easily, and could only stabilize his serve.
Soon, the score went from 1:1, 2:2, 3:3, 4:4, 5:5, and after ten games, neither of them could complete the break and was about to enter the tie-break.
During the live broadcast of the Australian Open, only the commentator said: "Haas's running is becoming more and more active, in recent years, it is rare to see Haas running so actively, it seems that he is very eager to win! Not at all like a veteran who has suffered a lot of injuries, this is a bit like Haas ten years ago, the world's attention to the German golden boy!"
The commentator next to him nodded: "That's right, it's not like Haas who is already old, is it possible that Haas has come back this year and has found the state he was in at his peak." And as far as the current situation on the field is concerned, Li Cai has not taken the initiative, and the two sides are still in an equilibrium. ”
"Why is this happening?" the narrator asked.
"Both Li Cai and Haas are very good serves, and both of them looked very good today, and although there were occasional mistakes or two, they were not fatal, so it should be no problem to hold their serve. I think in this game, there should be a tie-break. As soon as the guest finished speaking, Haas won the eleventh game with a serve at the net, and the score came to 6-5, and Haas temporarily took the lead.
"Oh my God! It seems that Haas has indeed regained his former form, the former German golden boy is back, worthy of being the most determined player in the tennis ATP, it seems that Haas has hope to beat Li Cai to compete for the Australian Open Grand Slam title!"
The twelfth game is Li Cai's serve, which is an extremely critical game for both sides, if Li Cai can successfully hold serve, the game will enter a tie-break, and if he is broken by Haas, Li Cai will lose the second set of the game, and the score of the two sides will become 1:1.
Li Cai stood on the court, without distractions, and after the tennis ability value reached 99 points, Li Cai's key ball handling can be said to be the world's first.
In this game, Li Cai's charged serve was also used, although the pressure on the wrist of the ordinary charged serve is not very great, but the maximum pressure on the wrist is very great, Li Cai's total use of a game, the hand is estimated to be abolished, but now at the critical moment, Li Cai naturally used the largest charged serve, in order to keep the serve.
In this game, Li Cai used two of the largest charged serves, one serve and one ace, and he had an advantage at the beginning of the game, so he was no longer in use, and then the subsequent serve became an ordinary serve, and then the continuous forehand pressure directly shattered Haas's hope of breaking, and Li Cai also successfully held serve and tied the score at 6-6.
"6-6 draw, the two sides will have a tie-break contest next! I think the audience must be like me, very much looking forward to the tie-break between the two sides!" the narrator said as he flipped through the materials in his hand.
"Let's take a look at the previous records of both players in the tie-break. First of all, let's look at Haas, wow! He is a veteran, there are a lot of games in the tie-break, almost hundreds of times, and most of the tie-breaks have been won, and even won over Federer and other big-name players!"
"Let's take a look at Li Cai again...... Oh, Li Cai has never played a tie-break! It's unbelievable! Li Cai has been a professional tennis player for almost three years, and he hasn't played a tie-break, which is incredible. This also shows that Li Cai can complete at least one break in each of the previous sets, or be penetrated by his opponent, but with Li Cai's record, he has mostly penetrated his opponent. All the next games will be the first tie-break in Li Cai's career!" After the commentator finished speaking, he took a deep breath and said with some embarrassment: "I have to say that this situation is very unfavorable to Li Cai, he has no experience in stealing seven games at all, and his opponent Haas is a veteran who has played many tie-breaks, a veritable big heart!"
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In the stands, many Chinese spectators looked at Li Cai with a worried face, but not including Li Cai's former coach Carlos.
Because Sister Na didn't have a game today, Carlos naturally planned to take a look at his proud disciple, Li Cai's state, even if Li Cai hadn't experienced a tie-break, but Carlos believed that it must be Li Cai who won.
And Li Cai's current coach Coach Zhang is very nervous, he can be said to be completely famous, just to help Li Cai ease the relationship between the domestic and the Internet Association, he doesn't care about Li Cai's training at all, naturally he doesn't know Li Cai's strength state, after listening to the commentator's explanation, he is very worried about Li Cai, afraid that Li Cai will lose, so he can only start praying in his heart.
"Li Shao, you must win! If you lose in an upset, it doesn't matter to you, you want to have a backstage, you want money and money, you don't lack anything, when you return to China, your fans probably won't say anything about you, you should blame me, the nominal coach, I'm the one who is scolded and blamed, I don't want to lose such an easy job! I have an eighty-year-old mother, a three-year-old child to raise, and the mortgage and car loan have not been repaid, so I can't lose this high-money job, Li Shao, you must be angry! Don't lose the game!"
"Finally dragged the game to a tie-break, this game is really difficult enough, Li Cai is far more powerful than I imagined, even better than his friend Federer, I really don't know how to practice. Haas smiled bitterly and wiped the sweat on his head: "Fortunately, Li Cai has no experience in the tie-break game, and this set can be won." However, playing a tie-break with a player who has no experience in stealing seven games at all, I, a veteran, are really a bit of a winner. ”