Chapter 522: On-the-spot response
Coming to the second area again, ready to receive Zheng Sai's sixth serve in the first game, Du Xinghe deliberately stood half a step behind the bottom line, nearly two meters away from the bottom line. In official matches, it is usually only the service of the player who receives the ball that is too strong that the receiver will stand so far from the baseline.
Zheng Sai is not a violent serve-type player, but Du Xinghe really has no way to chase Zheng Saifa's body-chasing ball, so he can only sacrifice distance and strive to change more preparation time to turn sideways.
Zhang Yifan on the sidelines saw Du Xinghe standing so far away to receive the ball, his little eyebrows frowned slightly, obviously showing a look of worrying about Du Xinghe, because Du Xinghe's position at this time was very bad, he stood directly behind the middle of the bottom line of the left area, exposing a large area of the field in the left-hand direction, if Zheng Sai sent a straight line to smash the side ball, no matter how fast Du Xinghe was, it would be impossible to save it!
Zheng Sai was in the upper right field of the virtual TV broadcast, slapping the ball, and also found Du Xinghe's amateur position, originally he wanted to continue to send a chasing ball to suppress Du Xinghe, the most important and ruthless kind of professional master is that he must use the opponent's weakness to suppress Du Xinghe repeatedly, until the other party collapses, although this approach is very cruel, but there is no way, the professional arena is like a battlefield, only the first, not the second. In order to win the championship, without violating the rules, the pro must do everything he can, and among them, taking advantage of the opponent's weakness to deliver a fatal blow is one of them.
Although this was a practice match, there was no need for both sides to compete so hard, focusing on practice, but when they came up, Du Xinghe scored three points in a row, and Zheng Sai's mood was stimulated. He's already playing this match as if it's official. Therefore, we must maximize Du Xinghe's weaknesses, and Du Xinghe can't raise his head.
But at this moment, seeing Du Xinghe's position, Zheng Sai couldn't help but glance at Du Xinghe's large open space on the left side of Du Xinghe's vacancy, there was a big hole in defense, as long as he hit the ball to the sideline service area on the left side of Du Xinghe, the ball speed didn't need to be too fast, and Du Xinghe couldn't save it.
"Could this be a trap set by Du Xinghe?"
Zheng Sai had doubts in his heart, Du Xinghe's super fast movement speed had left a deep impression on Zheng Sai, and at the same time, he was a little taboo.
Now Du Xinghe has left a wide open area on the left tee. Could it be set aside on purpose? He'll run over to defend later, right?
Unconsciously. Zheng Sai had already begun to fight with Du Xinghe, and at first he didn't take Du Xinghe in his eyes at all, he didn't think about these problems at all. But now, Du Xinghe has asked Zheng Sai to face this game squarely. Zheng Sai began to ponder some of Du Xinghe's skills, tactics and cleverness.
However, Zheng Sai's thoughts are actually redundant. Du Xinghe is the laziest character to shake those little cleverness. Du Xinghe's current position is purely out of desperation, he is just to defend against Zheng Sai's chasing ball. did not say that he deliberately leaked defensive weaknesses to Zheng Sai. He's not at the level where he's willing to show his weaknesses to his opponents.
Zheng Sai weighed the pros and cons in his heart, now Du Xinghe's position, and then send the chasing ball, the effect may not be good, because the distance has been widened, and chasing Du Xinghe so far will leave Du Xinghe more time to prepare.
Looking at it this way, it is the best choice to hit the open land exposed by Du Xinghe, but this thing feels a little too cheap, and Zheng Sai thinks it's not simple.
But no matter how simple it is, he has to try, Du Xinghe is seven or eight meters away from the outside defensive area, and the serve is only a matter of a moment, he doesn't believe that Du Xinghe can rush to the outfield to save the ball in an instant! If that's the case, he's not a fucking human, he's a monster!
It's decided, just hit a straight outside corner!
Zheng Sai decided to challenge the loopholes left by Du Xinghe, his eyes deliberately aimed at the outside line, and then threw the ball, gathered all his strength, and violently swung his racket towards the sideline of Du Xinghe's defensive second area-
Bang!
This ball does not add any spin, it is a positive shot, Zheng Sai pursues power and speed, and the sound of the serve has obviously become more powerful.
At the moment when Zheng Sai aimed at the outside corner, Du Xinghe already realized that Zheng Sai's ball was likely not to chase after him, but to hit a straight ball in the outside corner.
He lifted it to the outside line and leaned over, but because the distance was too far, Zheng Sai's serve was extremely fast, so he took a step to the left, Zheng Sai's ball had already blasted over, and the ball speed was so fast, reaching a speed of nearly 200 kilometers per hour!
Not to mention that he is standing two meters behind the bottom line, he is stepping on the bottom line to defend, and it is almost difficult to defend. The right-handed men's player has always been a weak point in the backhand position when defending in the second zone, especially when the left-handed racket player sends an out-of-the-box ball, which is almost defenseless. Even if the opponent is not a left-hander, if the right-handed paddle hits the outside corner of the backhand in a straight line, it will be very difficult for the defender to deal with.
Zheng Sai's ball hit the most uncomfortable backhand position of the right-handed player, and after the heavy bombardment of the ball, he tabooed Du Xinghe's speed, immediately served and followed, pressed to the net, and prepared to intercept Du Xinghe's return ball.
“――OUT!”
Just when Du Xinghe reluctantly subconsciously raised his racket to reach the ball, but he couldn't even touch the frame of the ball, the lineman of the bottom line shouted "out of bounds".
Du Xinghe was stunned, because from the angle of his vision, the ball seemed to be bounced on the sideline, and he couldn't see the ball haunting out of bounds, and it was precisely because Zheng Sai's angle of the ball was too far and too tricky that he couldn't reach the ball even if he predicted it in advance.
"Out of bounds?!"
Zheng Sai was very dissatisfied with the lineman's penalty, because from his own point of view, he played the ball quite awkwardly, it should be pressed the line, and it was impossible to go out of bounds.
If it is a non-professional lineman, he must not be able to judge the ball in the end of the flash, but the sideline referee behind Du Xinghe's defensive second area is a professional lineman working in the Blue Moon Bay Tennis Center, and he is also one of the full-time linemen of this Fu Championship, he has a very accurate vision, and has a lot of experience in judging penalties on the plastic court.
In fact, Zheng Sai's ball just hit at a speed of nearly 200 kilometers per hour, at the moment of landing. The lineman couldn't tell exactly if the ball had hit the edge of the line.
However, through the reaction of the ball after bouncing to the ground, the lineman realized with his veteran experience that the ball should not have hit the edge of the line, otherwise the ball might have another bounce rule, so he shouted out of bounds.
Liu Wangsong, who was watching from the high chair, couldn't tell whether the ball was out of bounds because he was sitting on the side far away from the outside sideline, so he could only get down from the high chair and walk to the court to check it for himself.
A hard court is different from a dirt court, and there will be obvious ball marks after the ball hits the ground on the dirt court. You can use the mark of the guò ball to determine whether you are out of bounds or not. The ball marks on hard courts are not noticeable. But in fact, there are still imprints, especially on the soft rubber court with particles like the Fu Championship, which is hit by a strong serve, and there will be faint ball marks on the ground.
Zheng Sai was not convinced. also came to the net. Stretch your neck to look at the ball mark just now. The results can be clearly seen. The powerful ball he sent just now hit the edge of the touchline, which should be a good shot.
Liu Wangsong made an OK gesture to Zheng Sai, indicating that this was a good ball. misjudged, because Du Xinghe had just stretched out his racket to save the ball, but he didn't save it, so Zheng Sai had to be punished for scoring.
Du Xinghe has no objection to this, if this ball is a good ball, it should have been scored, he can't save it at all, and the referee's voice "out" did not affect his hitting.
However, the professional lineman was a little depressed after being told by Liu Wangsong that the ball smashed the line, because of the few full-time linemen who were invited by Zhang Yifan present, he was the only one who was professional, but he didn't expect the first misjudgment to shout out of his mouth, which was too embarrassing in front of a group of colleagues.
Concentrate on it, which made Liu Biwei's male lineman more focused on the punishment of the game.
40:40――
In the case of losing three points in a row, Zheng Sai fought to catch up, and with a superior serve, he chased three points in a row, completely turning the situation around.
Looking at the aura on the court, Zheng Sai is obviously more and more confident in playing, while Du Xinghe seems to be in trouble with receiving serves, and there is no sign of re-eruption.
Liu Wangsong climbed back into the high chair and the game continued.
Zheng Sai prepares to serve his seventh serve of the game.
Before the start of the game, he didn't expect the game to be so anxious, his own service game, was hit by Du Xinghe three break points, Zheng Sai felt faceless when he thought about it. In the later games, he didn't want Du Xinghe to score a single point! I want to give Du Xinghe a direct retirement, and I don't want to finish the game, so that it is enough to relieve my anger!
The fourth time he came to the first area to serve, Zheng Sai slapped the ball and went to aim at the position of Du Xinghe Station.
Just been beaten to the outer corner, Du Xinghe leaned out this time, still far from the bottom line, about two meters below the bottom corner, this position stands, it looks more amateurish, because this kind of position selection professional players will never choose, this kind of position not only failed to completely cover the large open space of the forehand, but also left a large space for the backhand position in the middle of the field.
In Zheng Sai's eyes, Du Xinghe's position is simply amazing! - Full of loopholes! Whether it's the direction of hitting the center line or the direction of hitting the sideline, there is a large open field!
"What the hell is this guy thinking? Is he going to give up? Zheng Sai really couldn't understand why Du Xinghe was standing so far below the bottom corner.
Most of the spectators on the sidelines are tennis practitioners, either professional players or professional coaches, and they have never seen anyone receiving the ball and standing in Du Xinghe's position. They all felt very inexplicable about Du Xinghe's choice.
Zhang Yiyang, one of the people who are most familiar with Du Xinghe, can't understand why Du Xinghe is standing so far away, if Zheng Saifa has the shortest line and the fastest midline ball at this time, it will be difficult for Du Xinghe to save!
Zhang Yiyang couldn't help but chatter with Zhang Yifan, another person who is most familiar with Du Xinghe's tennis skills: "Xiao Du has never been abused, and he lost three points in a row, was he beaten by Zheng Sai, how could he stand so far away to catch the ball?" ”
Zhang Yifan frowned with cute little eyebrows, and was also thinking about why Du Xinghe stood like this.
As far as she knows about Du Xinghe, although Du Xinghe's basic tennis skills are very poor, Du Xinghe's brain is never bad. Du Xinghe has a strong body that is perverted, but he is not the kind of person who completely relies on his body to play, he is very good at thinking about problems and finding ways to solve them, rather than blindly playing randomly.
Now Du Xinghe stands in the corner area that deviates from the receiving position to receive the ball, there must be a reason, standing so biased, he must focus on defending Zheng Sai's outside corner serve, when the right-handed player serves in the first area (right-hand area), if he sends the spinning ball in the outer corner, it is more threatening than the outside corner kick in the second area, because in the first area of the outside corner, you can bring a strong external rotation to the ball, so that the ball is difficult to reach.
Zhang Yifan knows that Du Xinghe is very aware of this, because the best and most lethal serve that Du Xinghe has mastered so far is the outside corner of the first area.
Du Xinghe sent an outside corner spinning ball in the first area, dealing with her and Zhang Yiyang, almost all of them were aces, and she and Zhang Yiyang couldn't receive Du Xinghe's serve at all.
Du Xinghe has just received Zheng Sai's outside corner serve in the second zone, and now that he is back in the first zone, he must be more taboo about Zheng Sai's outside corner serve, so he will stand in a position that is very far from the court, mainly to prevent Zheng Sai's outside corner serve.
At the same time, standing so far away, Du Xinghe is still guarding against Zheng Saifa chasing the ball, as long as he stands far away from the bottom line and lengthens the distance of the ball, the power of the chasing ball will be greatly reduced.
However, this kind of standing method has vacated a large amount of space in the field, if Zheng Sai sends a short-distance midline ball, then Du Xinghe has to use his backhand to catch it, and he must predict and move in advance to be able to receive it.
This requires a great test of Du Xinghe's reflexes and movement ability, if Zheng Sai recognizes the middle line to serve, and the ball speed and angle tend to be perfect, Du Xinghe has no possibility of saving it at all.
Zhang Yifan thought about some of the drawbacks of Du Xinghe's position, and thought about it again, if Du Xinghe didn't stand like this, he would still stand in the middle of the bottom line like just now, and there would still be a large open space in the outer corner for Zheng Sai, instead of revealing a loophole that could not be saved, he might as well leak a loophole that could be saved, even if this loophole looked very unwise, it was better than not being able to save it.
Zhang Yifan smiled when she thought about it, she had already guessed the starting point of Du Xinghe's position, and she couldn't help but admire Du Xinghe even more in her heart.
On the basis of the existing technology, Du Xinghe's current position minimizes the risk of defense, even if it seems that his position is very funny.
The best adjustment was made in such a short period of time, and such a sharp on-the-spot response made Zhang Yifan more sure that if Du Xinghe embarked on the road of professional tennis, he would definitely break out of the world! (To be continued......)