Chapter 154: One Win and One Loss
The rhythm on the court became more and more bizarre, and Fan Ju stared at Nadal's movements, not letting go of any subtle changes.
Nadal made a seemingly light gesture of picking up the racket, and Fan Ju almost rushed to the net in an instant, but as soon as the front foot stepped out, it was retracted.
Nadal saw that Fan Jucai had shifted a little and immediately resumed his center of gravity, but it was too late to change it, but the racket had already been swung, and it was too late to change it.
A diagonal cut, but the speed is faster than an ordinary cut, as if trying to trick Fan Ju to rush to the net did not succeed, Nadal also felt a little regretful.
Fan Ju is very shrewd, after being fooled once, it is difficult for him to be deceived a second time, as if he can see through the changes in his movements.
Nadal saw that Fan Ju wanted to change the line quickly after receiving the ball, and he kept chasing the ball under his feet, as soon as he accelerated, Fan Ju intensified, Nadal had to spend effort to press down the speed again, even if he wanted to exert his own strength, but he knew that now was not the time.
The ball once again became a see-saw between the two people's bottom line, and the hearts of the audience were sent down again, and the kind of momentary change made them all follow the heartbeat faster, but the high-quality return of the ball became light and tasteless at this time.
"No, I can't get it back."
Fan Ju really wants to break because he has already been broken, and Nadal grasps the rhythm as if he has grasped his own weakness, even if he has gradually adapted, but the game that has been broken can no longer be saved.
If he wants to maintain a high level of service all the time, Fan Ju doesn't have the ability, even if he wants to. But the slightest distraction of Sue Sรน's serve will be completely different.
Nadal's second service game still tortured Fan Ju to death. But I finally found some feeling, figured out some switching habits before cutting the ball net, and finally didn't lose this game in vain.
But in the next service game, Fan Ju was only depressed, and he had a complete idea of the first service game, and he directly lost 6 in one serve, and only 2 goals were scored in one serve. The quality is not the best.
Eight balls, Nadal snatched 5 points, and Fan Ju only barely played a draw. This made him very depressed, but he was helpless.
It didn't matter if he lost the serve, Fan Ju wanted to take it back in the first set, but Nadal grabbed the serve. The fight is even more cunning.
All sorts of tricks with deception. It also appears frequently on the field, Fan Ju wants to exert his strength, but he can't find a chance, many balls are like seducing himself, but once he is impulsive, it will become a deadly trap.
Fan Ju helplessly watched Nadal turn from slow to fast again, and his backhand, which had more advantages than Fan Ju, seized the opportunity to strike a surprise blow.
The score of 6:4 was helpless. But he was helpless, Fan Ju felt that he had lost the first set in the rhythm. And not a real technology gap.
"In the second set, I'll give him a good look!" Fan Ju will not let go of the second set, he has found his rhythm, and he is also ready to open the horn of the counterattack.
In the second set, Nadal broke his serve and it didn't have much of an impact on his serve, although he slowed down his key serve at the right time to make sure he didn't lose his advantage.
"It's a good shot!" The opening set was very strong, and after a return ball was called OUT by the linesman, he immediately approached the referee to ask for confirmation.
The referee walked down and looked at the ball print, it was close, but it was out of bounds.
Fan Ju was slightly dissatisfied after shaking his head, but he didn't say much, he had already expressed his attitude, even if this inconsequential goal was really out of bounds, it didn't matter.
Nadal's form in the second set was a bit up and down, especially when Fan Ju caught some of his slow tempo, which reminded Fan Ju of the match he watched two days ago, also in the second set, Nadal's tempo suddenly slowed down, allowing his opponent to find a chance to fight back.
Fan Ju knew that this was a break before Nadal's engine was released, and he established the lead in this set as soon as possible, in case this engine started early, relying on the leading game points, Fan Ju could also get the opportunity to close the gap between the two sides and enter the third set to start all over again.
"The backhand is too strong, and it's too stable!" Nadal's forehand returned the ball out of bounds again, but Fan Ju did not smile, Nadal's backhand made him feel the pressure, ostensibly a backhand, but in fact it was a stronger and more stable weapon than a forehand.
Fan Ju's backhand and Nadal will inevitably suffer once they match up, which is rarely seen in Fan Ju's matches.
Although his backhand lacks lethal power, it has always been a powerful counter-attacking weapon, but when Fan's backhand is compared to Nadal's on the same court, Fan's shortcomings are exposed.
Nadal didn't even deliberately attack, and Fan Ju sensed some bad omens when he hit the racket.
Now Nadal did not break out, Fan Ju accelerated the suppression of his own forehand position, and was disturbed by the slow pace of the first set for the whole set, Fan Ju held back too much firepower and wanted to explode.
"It's the right side!"
Standing at the receiving line, Fan Ju saw Nadal's serve, which was still evident in purpose.
In an instant, Fan moved, took a big step quickly, and the racket was stretched out, Nadal's serve did not make a mistake at the critical moment, but what he encountered was Fan Ju, a high-quality serve that was forcibly rescued, not to mention that he had already guessed the right direction in advance?
After receiving the ball in the forehand position, Fan Ju tried to exert force, although it was only a short time to catch the ball, but because he judged the position, Fan Ju's racket had actually completed the lead action one step earlier.
The ball originally had a strong spin, but after flying over the whole court, the spin was no longer so powerful, followed by the Fan Ju racket with a strong kinetic energy, hitting the ball, the net line and the ball quickly brushed, and the short distance gave the ball a new and completely opposite power!
Flying over the net, the ball instantly falls downward, a special effect after a standard topspin hit, the air is torn apart by the strong spin, and the ball speed becomes faster and heavier in the fall.
It's not that Nadal doesn't want to catch the ball, but the poor service action allows him to complete the serve, and the center of gravity of his body has shifted significantly.
If it's after hitting the ball, this habit will definitely allow the opponent to catch the hole, but the serve is not so obvious.
But the opponent he met today was Fan Ju, a strange man who dared to stand on the same court as the world's top serve players!
The stronger the opponent's serve, the more powerful Fan Ju's return is, and when the serve player loses the suppressive effect brought by the serve, the feeling that one plus one is less than one will instantly collapse their self-confidence in the serve.
However, Fan Ju was unlucky, his career was too short, too short to meet the high-ranking people who used serve as a means to establish themselves in professional tennis.
Nadal unfortunately became the target of Fan Ju, but his serve was too poor, and he also understood his shortcomings, in the face of Fan Ju, he gave up all topspin and fastballs, and changed all to side spin with a larger angle, wanting to use his advantage of "being a handy" to suppress Fan Ju's ability to extend serve.
There are indeed troubles, but where is it so easy to really suppress Fan Ju's hair extensions.
Without the quick reaction of double speed, the bonus of double speed, coupled with Nadal's too obvious serving action, to give himself early judgment, Fan Ju can guess the right way of the ball lightly.
The left-handed and wide-angled sidespin did give him problems, as the ball flew too far to the outside and even if he caught the direction, he had to make a bigger move to catch the ball.
Once the return is too shallow, Nadal will not be polite enough to continue to use slow slices and fan moves, and a split second forehand or backhand will follow, and Chen will deliver a fatal blow before he has regained his balance.
However, this ball was not of such high quality, Fan Ju instantly regained his balance and returned to the receiving position, but the person who lost his position became Nadal on the serve.
The racket was stretched out, but it didn't hook the ball, Nadal's face instantly became ugly, and the score on the scoreboard had been cleared at some point, and the game score became 6:4, and on his other side was a corresponding score of 4:6.
Fan Ju kept trying to break serve in the second set, but Nadal defended very tenaciously, and it was clear that the decline in form was not completely sluggish, as if the match with Fan Ju also stimulated his form, allowing him to still play well in the second set.
But in the end, Fan Ju still succeeded, and he didn't have to face the tie-break, Fan Ju was also relieved, he was very worried that his tie-break serve would have problems again, which was difficult to control 100% of the time.
"This kid actually laughed......"
Fan Ju walked to the net and staggered Nadal, he vaguely saw a smile on the corner of Nadal's mouth, the meaning of the smile Fan Ju can't guess, it is very important to observe the opponent, but it is so meticulous that even the opponent's every move has to be observed, which will delay his performance in the game.
However, Fan Ju sat in his seat while wiping his sweat and replenishing his water, and couldn't help laughing in his heart, in fact, the game between the two could not be said to be exciting, it was more like playing hide and seek.
In the first set, Nadal took advantage of the rhythm advantage to catch himself, and in the second set, he took advantage of the opponent's state and familiarized himself with the rhythm, and turned around to catch Nadal.
The two sets of hide-and-seek are not happy at all, even if there is occasional force, Fan Ju always wants to improve his speed, but they are both shaving their heads and picking their heads, and the two of them are playing alone, lacking the passion and collision of the racket to the racket.
"Maybe the third set will change, if it weren't for that, the kid wouldn't be able to help but laugh, right?" Fan Ju knows very well that Nadal is looking forward to this hearty battle as much as he does, the first two sets are more for tactics, in order to keep the victory, the third set is the beginning of the real battle, and it is also the key to the final victory or defeat of this match! (To be continued......)