Chapter 37: Strengths and Weaknesses Intersection
Haas was in a very unhappy mood, and two consecutive aces were successfully challenged by Zhang Guan, which was a big blow to Haas's morale. However, the referee gave a decision to re-serve, so Haas still had two service chances.
"What's the matter, such a slight gap, even the Hawkeye system needs to be magnified to see clearly that it is an out-of-bounds ball, Zhang Guan actually challenged it directly, and the performance is so certain, does he really see clearly that this is an out-of-bounds ball, or is he completely blind?" Haas shook his head inexplicably, looked at the court in front of him, and began to hesitate to serve again at the same point.
"One more ball! I don't believe it's out of bounds! Haas threw the ball and swung his racket, snorted coldly, and the tennis ball flew out immediately, but it was stopped by the net, and Haas made a mistake on his serve this time and did not cross the net.
"It's a little bit weaker." Haas shook his shoulders in annoyance, feeling that he had been somewhat affected by the previous two challenges, which had caused a deviation in his control of strength.
A mistake, Haas started his second serve, compared to the first serve, Haas's second serve must be much more conservative, the ball speed is about 20 kilometers slower than the first serve, and the landing point is not very extreme, but it strengthens the spin of the ball.
"Drink!" Haas yelled to boost his morale, and Zhang Guan, who was on the opposite side, also relied on his ability to move and ran to a more suitable receiving position and accurately received the ball with his forehand.
"Zhang Guan's forehand! Is it upspin or sidespin? Haas was immediately wary when he saw Zhang Guan using his forehand to catch the ball, and he had also learned about Zhang's forehand before the game, and knew that he could hit a ball with high spin similar to Nadal's.
However, Zhang Guan did not choose either topspin or sidespin, but hit a diagonal with a straight forehand, and the position of the landing point was chosen at the sideline.
"What? Zhang Guan received the ball and went straight back to the diagonal sideline, how could he make such a choice! Zhang Guan's return was a big surprise to Haas. He was caught off guard and hurriedly ran to the receiving point.
Zhang Guan's choice is definitely a very unreasonable behavior in professional tennis, in the face of the second serve that is not very powerful, the best choice for the receiver must be to seek stability, first stabilize the situation, and then wait for the opportunity to counterattack. Receiving the ball directly to the diagonal sideline, firstly, it is very difficult, and secondly, the error rate is extremely high, and it has always been regarded as a very hard way to play. Players often use this style of play because the disadvantage is already very large, and they give up on themselves and fight for the ball. And now the game is only in the second game. Zhang Guan also saved his own serve, so Haas would never have expected Zhang Guan to receive the ball and hit the diagonal sideline directly.
Haas missed the ball and the ball landed in bounds, bringing the score to 30-15.
"was attacked by Zhang Guan, his luck was not bad for this ball, he didn't go out of bounds, and he still had to strengthen the spin for the next ball!"
Haas thought as he continued to serve, and the quality of the ball was still very good. But Zhang Guan still successfully received the ball, but the quality of the catch was relatively average, and there was an opportunity to go to the net.
Haas didn't choose to go to the net, he's a baseline-oriented player. And he is also a very well-rounded player, and the style of play in front of the net is still a bit too risky for Haas, far less than insurance at the bottom line, which Haas is very similar to Federer. If you are not very sure of the opportunity in front of the Internet, you will not easily try to surf the Internet.
Haas hit back with a strong forehand and went straight to Zhang's backhand. And Zhang Guan also responded with a backhand, still strong and heavy.
"Sure enough, as expected before the game, although Zhang Guan is a one-handed backhand, but the strength is close to the two-handed backhand of ordinary players, it seems that it is still a very correct choice to fight against him for a backhand!" Haas returned the ball, only to find that Zhang Guan on the opposite side was a return ball at the limit of the landing point.
The ball hit the inside edge of the touchline, and Haas saved it in a thrilling way, but gave Zhang Guan a chance to net. Zhang Guan was not as cautious as Haas, he did not hesitate to choose the net, and scored another point, and the score came to 30-30.
In the next ball, Zhang Guan still chose a return point in a marginal position, and the return ball went out of bounds, and the score came to 45-30.
On the next goal, Zhang Guan made the same choice, the referee awarded the ball in bounds, and Haas failed the challenge, and the two sides were evenly divided.
Haas then served and scored, and Haas took the lead.
Zhang then returned the ball out of bounds and Haas also held his serve.
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After two games, the score of the first set between the two sides came to a 1-1 draw, and the match entered a short break.
Haas wiped the sweat from his head, drank some water, and began to recall the two games he had played.
"Whether it's serving or receiving, the choice of landing point is very hard, and Zhang Guan's choice of this extreme style of play is really a bit unexpected to me. But his luck was really good, especially in the first game, he succeeded in all three attempts, and if he hadn't succeeded in those three attempts, I would have been leading 2-0 by now! ”
"It's a lot of luck to play this way, and it's impossible to get every ball on the line! And also to consider the referee's factors, always play this kind of limit ball, the referee's probability of misjudgment will increase a lot, although there is an Eagle Eye challenge, but the Eagle Eye is not infinitely used, a failure will be one less chance, even if it is dragged to the tie-break, it is just one more opportunity to challenge. I really don't understand, Zhang Guan's skills are obviously very good, but why do you choose such a hard way to play. If he continues to fight like this, I'll win!" ”
On the other side, Zhang Guan was also recalling the situation of the two games just now, summarizing his gains and losses.
"The probability of the referee's misjudgment today is still quite high, thanks to the Hawkeye system, otherwise the first game may have been judged to lose, I think even the referee may be a little uncomfortable with the Hawkeye system. The limit of the number of times I can challenge Hawkeye doesn't matter to me, I'm 100% successful, but it's not the same for Haasko. ”
Zhang Guan glanced at Haas secretly, and then thought: "For Haas, every time you fail the challenge, there is one less chance, and now the first set of the game is only two games, and the time is still very long." It's still evenly matched for both of us now, and we can all challenge the referee's misjudgment by challenging Hawkeye, but once one of the challenges runs out, the balance of power is broken. ”
"So, keep playing like this until you run out of Haas's challenges! At that time, it is the 'intersection' of our strengths and weaknesses! (To be continued.) )
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