Chapter 359: The Meaning of Victory and Defeat
Coria felt the pressure from Fan Ju, but he didn't back down, after all, this is his "home field", even if it hurts his self-esteem to come here from time to time, but the game is not won by dodging.
"It looks like we're going to have to grind for a while, but I can't let you continue to win now, it's time for me to fight back." Fan Ju realized this from the attitude of his opponent to deal with his raid in front of the net, and he is also not a person who will give up at will.
What's more, this psychological tactic is not the only trick he has to deal with this game, and all the foundation still needs to rely on the advantages he finds in the comparison with Coria.
"There's a chance!" The score of 2:2 saw that the two sides were going to continue to see, but this time it was Fan Ju who took the lead in making changes.
Now it was a mistake, and Fan Ju received a point on the serve, Coria was not surprised, there were too many such pictures in the game, Fan Ju's serve did not produce much threat, and his serve was also caught by Fan Ju many times in the deceleration.
In this kind of attack between the two sides, it cannot be said who has the advantage, only who can adapt better to judge the advantages and disadvantages, and Coria itself is a clay-based technique, which naturally makes him more accustomed to the rhythm of the serve being destroyed by the opponent.
However, Fan Ju's destruction was only the beginning, and after the next Fan Ju hit the net and another raid, Coria was not only able to calm down again.
In the service game, he was beaten 30:0 by his opponent, and Coria is not the type who can eat his opponent hard with his serve, and his score has always been aspiring to accumulate point by point, and now he will lose two points first. That's really troublesome.
In a panic, his emotions began to fluctuate, and he lost the ball again. At this time, Fan Ju really made the decision to make a move.
Coria's second serve was shallow, obviously afraid of making a double fault, and made a great compromise in speed and power, but Fan Ju did not give up, and then reacted quickly enough to hit the serve from the middle position and flash a forehand angle.
"It's so heavy!" Fan Ju is a dead force with this ball. The fight is to make Coria feel uncomfortable, this is not an ordinary return ball, and the ability of clay to absorb power is strong. It's still like a shot put.
Coria finally pushed the ball back, but felt that his feet were shaking, and he cursed "monster" in his heart, and Fan Ju's full force was beyond his normal tolerance.
The ball floated slightly. There is no rotation and no speed. Fan Ju smiled, is there anything better than going online at this time, the body that came to the half court has already squatted sideways, and the racket is gently sent, and the ball that has fallen but has not yet landed is scooped up again.
It's like picking up a feather, afraid of the heavy air currents blowing it down to the ground, and the gentle movements are more like dancing, but this seems to be a non-threatening return ball. But it made Koria reel.
rushed to the net like crazy from the bottom line, just hoping to hit the ball back to Fan Ju's court again. No matter what the landing point is, as long as the ball is saved, it is a success.
Couldn't care too much, even his hair was stuck to his face with sweat because of the sudden acceleration, Koria stretched out her racket to save, but after all, it was still a step too slow.
Bounce? No, the ball didn't bounce at all, and when it landed, it was as if it had lost all its strength and slowly rolled forward.
"Oh, I'm afraid this is a small ball in front of the net that can only be seen on red clay, like on a hard ground, and it can bounce up at least about 10 centimeters, we can't see how much the ball bounced just now, but I bet, it's definitely not more than 5 centimeters, not even 3 centimeters."
This distance is definitely not enough for Coria to put the racket under the ball, how could Fan Ju's fatal blow in front of the net give him this opportunity, and he had to put the ball gently and softly enough, like playing Tai Chi, unloading all the power on the racket.
Fan Ju can't do four or two thousand pounds, but he still has the ability to return the ball to Koria with little power to collect the power.
40:0 Coria really couldn't calm down this time, 2:2 was still early from the end of this set, but the advantage he gained in the first set in the second set was not reflected.
On the contrary, Fan Ju is more flexible, but he is still the same old-fashioned, which makes him confused, whether to change with Fan Ju's style of play?
He's a top player on clay, not one of those low-ranked players, so he has to keep his profile down, and when he can't outdo his opponent in terms of technique, he has to find a way to find a better way.
However, for the low-level players, this may allow them to accumulate enough experience and find a path to the top, but for the mature Coria, any change will cause a complete change in the pace of their play.
This is not a casual use, the gains and losses of two goals can be determined with one ball, a game, even a set, a game is still unknown.
With a break in hand, Fan Ju is always the most calm, of course, he has missed before, but the type of opponent he faces is different, Coria is not a strong attacking player, which means that he has more initiative in attack.
With three balls in hand, it was not a mistake to lose again, but to make a fool, Fan Ju launched a wave of onslaught at the right time, and Coria obviously didn't care, once or twice to the racket, the ball was returned out of bounds under the pressure of the topspin weight.
This is not good news for Coria, but it is a moment of applause for Fan Ju and the audience.
"Fan Ju has finally regained his form, and I was very worried about whether this match would be a stage for Coria alone, but now it seems that Fan Ju has come prepared and successfully avenged on the clay of the French Open, which is probably more exciting than a place in a Masters final."
The voice of the commentary can't be heard on the field, otherwise Fan Ju will definitely applaud him, of course he came prepared, especially after fighting this opponent three times recently, how can he not be prepared?
Coria is not Federer, and Fan Ju can admit that he is indeed slightly inferior to Federer, but Coria is an opponent who can stand on the same level and face each other.
In particular, after several Masters, Fan Ju has completed the adjustment of clay tactics, which will be an important test of whether he can successfully establish his clay tactical system on the court.
"If I can beat Coria on clay, at least in this world, I will be considered the best player, and even Nadal will not be so easy to beat myself, right?" Yes, Fan Ju hopes that his little brother can recover from his injury, but he is also worried about the challenges that Nadal will face in the future.
Fan Ju may not know how strong Nadal will be on clay in the future, but he is sure that if he can't beat Coria and the top clay players, he may not be qualified to sit on the same court as Nadal.
The people who can leave their names must be extraordinary, Federer, Nadal, Fan Ju must be ready to challenge and accept the challenge.
Coria's lack of resilience also means falling behind, especially when the lead is behind and the opponent does not show too many flaws, with his defensive style of play, it is extremely difficult to break the serve game.
Similarly, if Fan Ju made a mistake, the steady Koria would definitely not give up this opportunity, but Fan Ju would not dig his own grave at this critical moment, so when the score was locked at 4:6, Fan Ju successfully equalized the score of the two with a decisive game.
During the break, Fan Ju is noisier than ever, probably because of the sun, the heat of which makes people not only excited, but also anxious and irritable.
After a few minutes of waiting, the crowd began to fluctuate, and they probably didn't plan to leave the arena, but just wanted to take advantage of this time to go to the bathroom, smoke a cigarette, and buy a cold drink to relieve the heat.
Fan Ju enjoyed a moment of shade, but he thought that the shadows that were cheap and gradually slanted by the sun could cover the arena as much as possible.
However, thinking that the opponent was in the same state as him, Fan Ju had a contradictory hope that he could consume the opponent's body more, and the hotter weather and the sun could always make people tired faster, and now is obviously not the time to enjoy it.
Coria was born in Argentina, a passionate South America, a place where excellent clay players are born, but what makes Fan Ju a little puzzled is why these higher-ranked clay players can calmly maintain the bottom line of defense.
"Whether it's Nalbandian or Coria, why don't you have the slightest South American impulse? Seeing that Gonzalez looks like South America, he shoots and hits, and never thinks about it. Fan thought that his opponents were like Gonzalez who had world-class skills and only professional advanced tactics, but he knew that there were so many good things in the world.
Even Gonzalez, you can't expect this artillery to know straight all his life, the tennis world will eventually wake up one day, especially if the ranking is not up or down, the opponent is obviously weaker than himself, as long as the IQ is okay, when you meet a good coach on demand, there will always be a time to wake up.
Counting on others to be impulsive, it is better to think about being calm, Fan Ju walked to the court, the third set was about to start, and the game returned to the starting point, but went in another direction.
Now this match is no longer a best-of-five match, but a best-of-three match, which is how Fan Ju defines it in his heart, and the match has just begun for him.
Coria didn't know what Fan Ju thought, he also thought about it for a long time during the break, and finally decided to stick to his own style of play, after all, Fan Ju's break has its own problems, and the serve gives the opponent a chance, otherwise there will be no follow-up attacks.
He didn't realize that Fan Ju had set him up, or that these were not a problem on clay in his opinion, but there was a price to pay for contempt, this is the game, this is the meaning of winning and losing! (To be continued......)