Chapter 132: Downwind Ball
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The stadium, both the players and the spectators, are very quiet at this time, and their eyes involuntarily follow the ball and jump quickly on both sides of the court.
The wind is getting stronger and stronger, and the ball speed on the court is getting faster and faster, and when serving in Zone 1, the serve in the outer corner is blown into the inside of the serve, and the serve without side spin is weirdly drawn in the air in an arc, which has gradually surpassed the stability brought by the spin, making the game as unpredictable as the flight line.
"The most important news we have received is that a strong convective air is forming in the southern seas of Sardinia, which is expected to bring strong winds of force 4 and gusts of force 6 to Sardinia, which is very rare in spring, oh...... Another return ball went out of bounds, and it depends on the situation that the referee will not stop the game because of this sudden gale. "The streamers in the ESPN live broadcast room have the latest information explaining the origin of the gale.
It is becoming more and more difficult to serve, whether it is for Fan Ju or Albert, whether it is a high-speed serve or a side-spin serve, the original tricky landing points have all disappeared, especially the gusts of wind in the raid, which will blow a beautiful serve directly out of bounds, and the shouting of the division line is almost hoarse.
For a while, the number of unforced errors by the two men increased dramatically, but this did not reduce their ball speed, but instead prompted them to constantly play the ball faster and more spinning, only the high-speed ball could land faster before being affected by the wind, and only the high speed could tear through the strong wind and stabilize the landing of the ball.
Fan Ju has a faster starting speed, so he has a more stable landing than Albert. The opponent is more dependent on experience, but this kind of temporary and delicate adjustment is made on the field. Let him be more passive the bigger he gets.
Fan was broken twice at 5:4 and Albert twice...... These were the breaks, except at the beginning of the initial third set. There are also some factors that change the opponent's tactics, and later on, almost all of them are caused by their own constant service errors and returns out of bounds.
Almost all of this match went from a tight battle to a battle that would have won whoever was more consistent, and Albert had experience and perhaps had such bad weather a few times in his career.
But don't forget that Fan Ju has double speed ability, and he has an advantage over opponents with 10 years of professional tennis experience in terms of instantaneous judgment control and stability.
On his opponent's serve, Albert was always at a disadvantage after the wind picked up, and he was a clay player after all. The spin was there, but it wasn't the speed, and the gale limited his cutting and small-ball play, and he was forced to compete with his young opponent for a non-dominant topspin power, which simply forced him to give up his advantage.
Fan's constant pressure caused him to make too many mistakes, and the weather was getting worse and worse like a joke, and Albert even preferred that it would rain and stop the game. But the wind grew stronger, but there was not a single drop of rain to be seen.
Standing in the service position, it was another one-zone serve, and Albert settled down slightly. This position can be served with a high-speed ball on the outside, because the outside angle is exactly facing the headwind area, and even if there is a gust of wind, it will only blow into the bounds.
Tennis balls thrown into the air are more difficult to control than ever. However, after a couple of poor service games, Albert has made some minor adjustments. The tennis ball that reaches the apex finally stays in the position where the serve is hit. After throwing the racket without stopping, he hurriedly looked in the direction of the serve to make sure that his serve was up to expectations.
The movement of the ball is far more important than the movement of the opponent, and nature suddenly dominates the game.
The wind was very fast, the ball drifted slightly inward in the air, and Fan Ju, who received the ball, wanted to catch the ball with a backhand, but after the ball passed the net, he gave way to the side and back, flashing a very small forehand position.
The arm is clamped, and the power is not complete, but in front of the forehand position, Fan Ju is very satisfied with this ball, which is not high-quality, but it is enough to bring some pressure to the opponent.
The ball was fast, but Albert didn't have to rush, and after taking a quick step, the racket could barely hit the ball, but because of the speed of the ball, it was difficult to get the ball into power.
"How the hell did this kid get this ball topspin! It's a monster...... "It's not very strong, but I still feel the spin on the ball, and I can hit the topspin ball with an incomplete power shot, which is really unbelievable."
However, Fan Ju did it, and he was able to add a force at twice the speed at the moment of swinging, even if this force was small, it could still have enough impact on the key stability of the next return in a strong wind.
A return ball with little strength was blown off the fairway again, but there were more and more such returns on the court, Fan Ju moved quickly and small strides to the field, not obvious, but it made Albert on the opposite side aware of a hint of danger!
With a quick press volley, Albert saw his most common shot, swinging his racket quickly before the ball hit the ground, which was very effective in controlling the rhythm, but also required a high degree of skill to turn this shot into a lethal weapon in the game.
Albert's semi-volleys were precise, and it was this precise half-volleys and chipping balls that allowed him to break down Fanju's well-established defensive system and allow him to dominate the rhythm for most of the game, even when Fan Ju stood in front of the net to intercept.
Fan Ju's bottom line can not be afraid of any opponent, but this is limited to slapping, technical strikes against his position, unless he can grow two Flash's fast legs, otherwise in the rhythm of the transfer, there will inevitably be loopholes.
The tactics of clay players are not the kind of straight play that Fan Ju is familiar with, more cutting balls, but also make rhythm control more important, double speed can effectively control the rhythm, but reaching 2 times the speed is already the limit, and the downward speed is indeed a method, but the weakened hitting ability and reaction ability make him lack the ability to resist when facing the master.
"Good chance!" A quick half-volley made Albert's next ball a slight misjudgment, which could buy Fan Ju an extra 0.5 seconds, which also allowed him to get one step closer to the front of the net again!
Seeing Fan Ju in front of the half-net, Albert knew the origin of his premonition of danger, this is it, the opponent discovered the real advantage that the wind could bring him, he was very worried that Fan Ju would realize this, but in the first few games, Fan Ju did not show it at all.
He originally thought that his young opponent was inexperienced and flexible, but now he knows that it is not that his opponent does not see this, but that he wants to use it at a critical moment!
Intercept in front of the net! Fan Ju's fatal move, the second set has been seen by the opponent to see the weakness, with the backcourt half drop ball restrained, but when the wind hits, the slow drop ball has lost the ability to hit accurately, this will be the best time for Fan Ju to advance to the net again.
Fan Ju endured the whole half, even if the opponent's service error was broken, he still did not act rashly, he was waiting for the last chance, when the wind was getting stronger and the game was getting closer and closer to the end, he finally used the fatal move that hid the whole game!
Soon, Fan Ju intercepted very quickly in front of the net, and those topspin balls that originally needed to be hit with force only needed to use short and fast cushions and interceptions in front of the net to play with enough power.
The shorter the ball is in the air, the less time it is affected by the wind, Albert has a bitter self-knowledge in the backcourt, the serve can not be suppressed, can not play the baseline accurate lob, in the face of the net has more than 90% interception ability, this is almost equivalent to declaring the winner of this game......
"6:4, Match Winner Fan Ju"
A break, a crucial break, the last set of the two sides staged a "wonderful" break battle, many mistakes and out of bounds did not affect the wonderful Cheng dù of the match, can still play accurate returns in the wind, such strength is enough to amaze tennis lovers.
Fan Ju happily held the racket, today's game can be described as a hard battle for him, without the help of the wind, he doesn't know if he can find a chance to counterattack in the end, the strength of the opponent also impresses him, on clay, he is indeed too inexperienced, maybe the strength is stronger, he can use the bottom line to suppress, so that the opponent does not have the opportunity to play a chipping ball and a half-volley.
But strength is strength, the gap in front of you can not be erased, only by relying on the accumulation of the future, with time to improve yourself, in order to have a chance to really compete with such an opponent "fairly".
"There is one more game, you can reach the final, I don't know how Nadal's game is......" Fan Ju is very worried about his friend's results, this terrifying gale is not a joke, if it weren't for the increased stability after opening the double speed, with his return ball control zhì force, I'm afraid that he won't survive in the end and be broken by the opponent again and win the game.
"6:2, Nadal has already won the first set, but the second set is more windy." Raschet needed to keep an eye on the game, and Fan got the news of the score from him as soon as he came out of the players' locker room.
Nadal's match started a little later in the game, and the wind almost blew at the beginning of the match, but he seemed to be lucky, and his opponent was not young, but he did not have so much "weather experience", and his adaptability to the wind was far less strong than that of Nadal, who grew up on the island, and he lost the first set very quickly, and he had little ability to resist.
However, when Fan Ju returned to the hotel and turned on the broadcast, Nadal also fell into a hard battle, after all, he was also a player who had been close to the TOP50, and a set of time was enough to find a rhythm, although Nadal was not pressed, but he was broken a service game, although he was immediately recovered, but it still made the game stalemate. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to M. to read. (To be continued......)