Chapter 197: Throne Change
"What a quick interception!" Hewitt saw Fan Ju scurrying in front of the net, and there was no trick to confuse him, just waiting.
In the blink of an eye, like a beast pounced on its prey, precise and ferocious, this is Fan Ju's interception in front of the net, in the face of world-class masters, Fan Ju's interception rate still maintains a very high success rate.
Interception is not necessarily a score, and the fan moves at double speed need to be selected as well, and his own skills in front of the net are not as casual as Sampras's, nor do they have the delicate handling techniques of those masters in front of the net.
What he's doing now is just blocking the ball and then pounce!
Hewitt is a fast horse, with excellent prediction ability and extraordinary first-time explosiveness on the field, so that he still has the strength to fight in the face of Fan Ju's volley in front of the net!
"Good fast leg ......" was intercepted in front of the net diagonally, and the inevitable scoring attack was chased back by the opponent again.
Fan Ju saw Hewitt running on the baseline, but he also had to sigh at the toughness of the world No. 1, how sharp his attack in front of the net was, and when he practiced with Nadal on grass, basically, as long as he used something that he didn't dare to say invincible, but when he had the right to serve, he could always win the game smoothly.
Hewitt, on the other hand, was able to catch up with his interceptions again and again, as if he knew where he was going to volley his next shot.
Running fast, and running a lot, it's not just Hewitt on the baseline, but also in front of the net.
Every time Fan moves to the net, there will be a process of advancement, rushing from the bottom line to the middle line. Breaking into the net from the middle line, and facing Hewitt's counterattack in front of the net, it was necessary to make a lot of running interceptions.
At this time, the arena was like a race between Fan Ju and Hewitt. However, the difference is that Hewitt runs on the baseline, while Fan Ju moves back and forth in front of the net.
"The tactics are too monotonous, if you add a little more variation, you shouldn't be so tired to win this set, right?" Fan Ju wiped the hot sweat flowing down his head, the weather in Britain in June was not hot, but under a lot of exercise, he couldn't stop flowing down.
Sweating a lot but not hydrating properly. Only drink two small sips of a sports drink containing salt and sugar between rounds.
If you drink too much water, you will put your body in a condition where you are overburdened, and the victory or defeat will become an obstacle to victory in a game that is only for a moment.
Disc breaks. Hewitt knew more about Fan Ju at this time, but he couldn't find a way to win.
That's right, the world number one is having a headache about how to win, drop a set first. In this Queen's Cup third round match. Fan Ju relied on an interception in front of the net to snatch a set victory from Hewitt.
"It's fast at the net, it's resilient at the bottom line, and it's not just about having to go online, but once it's in front of the net, it's more lethal than any opponent, maybe not as much as Sampras, but it's even more troublesome than Henman." Hewitt frowned. He was violently swung in front of the net by Fan Ju.
After the amazing goal, Fan Ju never played the kind of bottom-line attack that could make him applaud, not that Fan Ju couldn't play. But since that ball, Fan Ju has never had a multi-shot battle with Hewitt on the baseline.
Contrary to the posture of sticking to the bottom line at the beginning, once Fan Ju got on the net, Hewitt seemed to see another opponent, with a super fast reaction speed in front of the net, and in the same game of the smash, he took advantage of Hewitt's not yet adapted to the new rhythm and completed the break.
The strong defense in front of the net and the sudden burst in front of the net saved three break points, which were all after that goal, a new paradigm appeared on the court.
Hewitt tried his best to catch up on the bottom line after the score fell behind 3:1, but he frequently suffered losses under Fan Ju's baseline defense, whether it was unusual or beyond ordinary people, Fan Ju used his own table to let Hewitt know his true self on the field.
During the break, Hewitt was thinking about how to break Fan Ju's tactics in front of the net, but Fan Ju was lamenting that the gap between himself and the world No. 1 was even bigger than he thought.
Except for the initial break, it was basically difficult for Fan Ju to threaten Hewitt's serve, but he was forced to break three times, and if it weren't for the use of double speed, I am afraid that Fan Ju would have said goodbye to the victory in the first set.
The harder Fan Ju attacked, the more Hewitt surprised him, and he saw how a top baseline defender could save his volleys by running around, and how he could break down his seemingly impregnable net front line with high-quality crossing.
"Interception in front of the net is not a panacea, and without the assistance of other technologies, the seemingly invulnerable front of the net will become full of loopholes." Fan Ju is very aware of this, and will continue to make up for other techniques in future training.
In tennis, there is no permanent offense and no eternal defense, whether you increase your attack or strengthen your defense, you will encounter a bottleneck, and that is mistakes!
The better the player's condition and concentration, the fewer mistakes there will be in the game, and on the contrary, if the player is not in good form, or is plagued by injuries, even if he can reach a certain level technically, the mistakes will continue to increase, and a lot of points will be lost in vain.
Fan Ju made full preparations to challenge Hewitt, and arrived in London early for Wimbledon and Queen's Cup matches, and did a lot of adjustment and adaptation training.
Hewitt, on the other hand, just arrived in London a few days ago, and the Queen's Cup match itself was an adjustment event before Wimbledon, and the whole competitive condition was not in the best condition, and even worsened.
As soon as the second set was played, Fan Ju felt Hewitt's problem, and unlike the logarithm of the first set that was deadlocked with him on the baseline, that kind of extreme agility seemed to have completely disappeared from the No. 1 seed!
With a dignified face, Hewitt made more mistakes, and even Fan Ju couldn't understand what was wrong with his opponent.
"Is it hurt?" Fan Ju wondered a little in his heart, although the result was more favorable to him, but if he won the match because of his opponent's injury, he would always feel a little regretful.
However, Hewitt on the court did not see any signs of injury from running or swinging the racket, but his reaction was a little slower than the first set.
Shooting in front of Fan Ju's high-speed net requires extremely high concentration, and those crossing balls played from the bottom line require a soft feel and decisive judgment.
But when Hewitt feels completely devoid and sleepwalks on the court, how can he withstand the attacking rhythm of Fan Ju who does not weaken, but plays faster and faster?
While the crowd was expecting a comeback of the No. 1 seed, Hewitt completely turned off the fire......
"Are you alright?" Fan Ju looked at his frowning opponent and couldn't help but ask when he shook hands.
Hewitt had no expression on his face, having won the Queen's Cup for three years in a row, and even became the fifth player to win both the Queen's Cup and Wimbledon last year.
But at this time, he left the court with failure, 6:4, 6:3, and was beaten twice by Fan Ju in the second set, and he didn't even complete a break in the whole game, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a defeat.
"I don't think I slept well, congratulations on your victory, and hopefully you can win the championship with this victory." Regardless, there was nothing wrong with his opponent, on the contrary, Hewitt praised Fan Ju's strength and felt that he was a very promising fighter who pressed him very strongly on the grass.
Hewitt lost, and the world's No. 1 Hewitt actually lost in the hands of Fan Ju, which is not only a win or loss of a game, but also means that the throne is alternated again!
Hewitt won the Queen's Cup last year, but this year he was eliminated in the third round, and the sharp drop in points means that Agassi will once again overtake Hewitt to take the world No. 1 ranking.
Fan Ju didn't know about this situation, in his opinion, his victory was the biggest trouble, the media, before he left the arena, he had already seen a group of media blocking the door ready to visit him.
"Damn, what am I going to do?" Fan Ju hid in the players' lounge, most of which had been there to prepare for an interview with Hewitt.
Fan Ju was upset this time, but he helped Hewitt attract most of the firepower, and indirectly helped the Australian hare.
For Hewitt, the media attention is not as high as it used to be, after all, professional players inevitably have times when their form is sluggish, and it is not surprising to lose a match, even if the ranking is temporarily reduced, but the gap is not too big.
In the eyes of the media, this will make Wimbledon even more dramatic and interesting, and how last year's Wimbledon champions will come back from behind to regain the throne is more interesting than a regular Grand Slam.
But they didn't know that this would be Hewitt's last ascent to the top, and that there would be more strong opponents on the court in the future to compete for the highest throne, making it more and more difficult to climb.
The alternation of the times happened inadvertently, and you don't know what happened when you are confused in it, but when time passes and you look back, you will find that a qiē has long been doomed.
Fan Ju didn't know what he was pushing, and with the help of Honoré, Fan Ju finally got out of the media and left the tennis court, but he knew that this was just the beginning, and Rembrandt in the United States was already preparing to leave for England with his team to play him a round.
Yiqiē changed too quickly, so fast that the team that was originally planned to arrive in a week, but at this time it had to start early, and Yiqiē only because of a victory in Fan Ju, a victory that broke the balance in the tennis world. (To be continued......)