Chapter 266: A Priceless Future
"This is just a decent game...... Fan Ju waved his racket, and the confrontation in front of the net instantly reached the peak.
No. 1 seed Novak, who was ranked No. 5 in the world last year and No. 7 at the end of the year, is good at forehand and serve, and is able to play more advantageous tactics on the use court, and is also very good on hard courts.
He has five titles so far in his career, and winning the Madrid Masters in '02 was the pinnacle of the player's career.
With a height of 190 centimeters and a weight of 86 kilograms, Fan Ju's first impression is that this player is a Gonzalez who has weakened his forehand but strengthened his height and tactics!
Is it weak? Of course it's not weak, is it strong? In Fan Ju's view, Novak, which has passed its prime, is not without loopholes.
In terms of movement and ball sense, Novak is not as good as Gonzalez's type of instinctive attack, and Fan Ju found that his opponent was very strategic in changing lines against his own bottom.
In the first game, Fan Ju followed up with 2 good serves, and won them smoothly, but in the process, several straight lines of the stool line made Fan Ju almost lose his hitting position, obviously the opponent had already prepared for this, unlike those opponents who were pressed by Fan Ju to play the whole court as passive.
It seems that there is some sluggish movement, but it can always get to the position, the other party's reaction and prediction speed is not fast, and there will always be some hesitation in the face of sudden line changes and transfers.
But experience has allowed Novak to make the right choice after hesitation, and 10 years of experience in professional tennis has given him his own approach to dealing with all kinds of opponents.
It's not just a brute attack. Novak would suddenly press a forehand with a powerful spin, which caught people off guard under the surprise attack, and he misjudged a few times in non-double speed. Directly hit the opponent's attack into the sky.
However, the more troublesome the opponent, the more excited Fan Ju became, after playing so many easy games, he finally found the feeling of the big tournament in the semi-finals, each opponent has enough ability to eliminate himself, and each opponent has to calculate the speed and deal with it carefully, and fully enjoy the fun of the game. That's why Fan Ju enjoys tennis.
Novak has been to Shanghai once, but when he came to Shanghai last year, the country was a tennis desert. Not to mention that he can win over himself, he doesn't even have the skills to see it.
But less than a year later, the model that came out of nowhere was like jumping out of a stone. Maybe he didn't know the story of the Monkey King. But for the Chinese tennis world, Fan Ju is a natural Monkey King who doesn't know his origin, and before he even has time to toss the domestic mortal world, he went to these heavenly palaces abroad to stir up trouble.
Novak, who has missed a face once, has an ordinary face and technology, I am afraid it is difficult to leave much impact on the people in China, and those young boys and girls who have watched football in China in recent years are either handsome or look at their appearance. With the lazy image of a half-old man like Novak, it may not be easy to find a fan who remembers him.
28-year-old man. Obviously still at the age of his prime, Novak's style of play made Fan Ju feel dull, it was indeed very exquisite, and those seemingly slow line changes were interspersed, often tearing Fan Ju's defense line out of a huge gap.
But Fan Ju didn't want to learn his style of play, the pace was too slow, or the aggression was too low.
With a strong serve, Novak burst out with a wide angle serve that he was proud of, and many opponents fell under his serve, not counting the strong hard courts, he relied on the advantage of serve and possession to win the match.
"Huh! Don't you give up? Flashed a good swing position and pulled Novak's serve back with a backhand.
Challenge Fan Ju's reaction speed, but for Fan Ju who intends to continue to maintain his own record of no ace ball, this kind of ball is obviously not strong enough, not fast enough!
"Damn it!" Each country has its own description of the word, and Fan Ju doesn't know how to say it in Czech, but he's sure Novak curses it every time he gets his opponent's confident serve back.
Then a good extension, Fan Ju saw the angle, half-rushed to the net, put pressure on the opponent, he didn't want to be on the baseline and the opponent slowly rubbed whose forehand was more prepared.
It was pointless, and it was clear that Fan Ju was still at a loss, but his goal was to win the first set before half of the speed was consumed.
"Sure enough, in ordinary competitions, the efficiency of his double speed is the highest......" Fan Ju is actually quite depressed, the Grand Slam is not good, in the Masters series, the final of the European competition also uses a best-of-five system, which is a great test for Fan Ju.
In fact, if you are not picky, you will choose those high-ranked players who do not have a high ranking, or who are not strong in suppressing the fan, to participate in the tour, and the chances of winning the championship at double speed are not low.
In a low-level competition like Shanghai, Fan Ju can easily reach the semi-finals, and as long as he wins the match in front of him, it is at least a runner-up result.
Burst at double speed! After 4 rounds, Fan Ju felt a trace of slackness from his opponent, not intentionally, and in the previous game, there were several inexplicable out-of-bounds.
At the beginning, Fan Ju thought that it was a mistake caused by the pressure of his topspin ball, but after appearing continuously, an idea popped up in Fan Ju's mind.
"Ups and downs? This is just the beginning! The opponent is a well-known player, Fan Ju is not sure of his judgment, but it doesn't matter if he is not sure, Fan Ju decided to throw his own bait to see how his opponent reacts.
Tennis singles is a two-player sport, but it's also full of tactics and strategy, and players like David Nalbandian don't even know why they're losing.
Of course, there are also some players who rely on their strong skills on the field and play ruthlessly and unreasonably, often strategic players will have a headache when they encounter such opponents, like a beast-like style of play, I am afraid that even they don't know what the tactics of the next goal are.
Novak is clearly not the latter, he has some strong skills, but they are not enough to make him a place in the top tennis, just look at his table in previous years.
Except for the sudden explosion at his peak in '02, he spent most of his career hovering around the top 50, which determined that his skills were not at the top level, and only at the golden age of physical condition and competition experience did he get a brief period of promotion.
This year, Novak's form has declined again, and at the same time, because he wants to focus more on singles, he has even put down the doubles that he was good at, and he has not won a doubles championship in a year, although there are reasons for the retirement of his partner after 7 or 8 years of cooperation, but more because he has focused on doubles.
Novak's prime turned out to be only temporary, at least for now, and his opponent is not the kind of player who is difficult to defeat or tactically incapable of coping.
The pace increased in vain, leaving Novak at a loss, and his own game was not fast-paced, and it was even more hurried under Fan Ju's rampage.
Under the storm, the play of receiving the serve to the net appeared on the court again, and what is amazing is that this style of play is more efficient than before, Fan Ju used to serve and play on the net.
According to the characteristics of the opponent today, Fan Ju implemented the core of his net from the beginning, playing short and long, so that the opponent's slow long legs became a weapon that slowed down his pace.
As for the opponent's ability in front of the net, it is not at all in Fan Ju's consideration of Fan Ju, because he has no intention of putting the opponent in front of the net, and if he wants to deduct it, he will be detained, which is Fan Ju's consistent style.
"It's broken!" The audience exclaimed at this moment, of course, Fan Ju's real coaching team's expression was very calm, they knew very well that under such a rhythm, once Fan Ju entered the concentrated rhythm, the opponent would inevitably be broken.
"Fan Ju played very well, and he was able to break serve first against such a strong opponent, which is really a prestige of my country!" Who can talk like this, of course, it is Director Jiang from the General Administration of Sports.
The last negotiation wanted to use the fact that Fan Ju was actually still very young as a bargaining chip, but who would have thought that a group of IMG negotiation teams would stubbornly bite Fan Ju and make adjustments just for the tactical considerations of the afternoon doubles match.
The two sides were at a stalemate, which made the game come to a stalemate, but Director Jiang was not in a hurry, anyway, he was going to meet the No. 1 seed tomorrow, which was a player in last year's Masters, and Fan Ju had to lose after all, right?
But who knows that a few games on the court are not up or down, Fan Ju's side, especially in the service game, obviously did not suffer any losses, the game is not exciting, even they who don't understand tennis can see that Fan Ju's strength is obviously not lost to that one.
When Fan Ju broke his hair, Director Jiang beat a drum in his heart, and even the officials of the organizing committee of the event on the side frequently wiped their sweat, you must know that the money spent by these people, although some of them are cheaper because of the Tokyo competition, but it adds up to enough to cover the total prize money of the entire competition.
It is good for their family to win, but the money they did not make a difference was spent in vain, even if some of it was paid by the sponsor Heineken, but the sponsorship of the municipal government was also a lot.
"This is natural, Fan Ju's strength on hard courts and fast courts has been recognized by the world, if it is on grass, even if there are few people in the world who can safely say that they can beat Fan Ju, and he is only 18 years old now, what the future holds, it's hard to say!"
After the translation, the official understood Raschet's words, in a word, if you want results, don't care about interests, the future of Fan Ju, no one can define it at this moment, no matter how much money it is! (To be continued......)