Chapter 180: Victory or Defeat in the First Game
With a quick step and a straight forehand extension, Schalken breathed a sigh of relief instantly, and finally let the opponent return to the normal extension position.
The ball was a bit fast, but it didn't matter, what Schalken was afraid of was Fan Ju's sudden attack that turned directly into the corner, and his foot movements could not keep up with the sudden turn of the spur, and he barely made too big a movement, which would have left him in a chaotic situation that was difficult to adjust.
A backhand force, Schalken felt that his return rhythm was good, the backhand play of the standard closed position, the power and angle were very good, and he had already imagined the picture of Fan Ju being directly attacked into the dead corner by himself after two or three beats of the contest with Fan Ju.
"No......" But when the ball touched the racket, the sand pit was stunned, because the feeling on the ball was different, and the feeling was completely different from before.
The arm suddenly withstood more force than the control, which usually only occurs on the serve, and was so heavy that it could be judged to have a strong spin in it.
"Why? Just a normal return ball with topspin? The ball was so caught in the net that he didn't understand why the spin on the ball was so much stronger all of a sudden until it was returned.
Without warning, Fan Ju's movements didn't seem to change, just a quick forehand swing back to the ball, why did it make such a big difference?
Scharken was troubled, but Fan Ju let out a sigh of relief, and the moment the opponent touched the ball, he felt that his breath was about to freeze.
For his own shots, Fan Ju is very clear, head-to-head duel. Even if it is twice the speed, it is difficult to guarantee that the opponent will score 100% under the precise power raid.
And the seemingly ordinary hair extensions, Fan Ju used all his strength. The strong topspin, the super spin at double speed, inadvertently, completely changed the rhythm of his own shots.
There was nothing wrong with Scharken's swing, it was just wrong to see the wrong rhythm of Fanju's attack, and the entire 10th game was in another rhythm of the game, the same attack. With the same approach, both strength and speed have risen by a notch.
Especially with the strong pressure of the spin, Schalken has developed more lean muscles. When the return force is misjudged, this ball can also have the same effect!
"It's not time yet, we still have to win two sets!"
0:40 to see the score change again. Fan Ju couldn't even help but clench his fists and scream. The opponent was strong, so powerful that he almost felt suffocated, and in terms of striking technique, it was tougher than any opponent he had faced in the past.
Unlike Nadal's natural sense of clay and the skills honed by veterans on clay, if Schalken were a clay player, I am afraid that the current Fan Ju would not even have the opportunity to calculate his opponent.
Because the opponent is not used to clay, even stiff movement and clay is inherently foul. Fan Ju has a chance to seize the fleeting opportunity. Find every possible way to score.
With 3 break points in hand, Fan Ju didn't dare to relax, he didn't know what kind of counterattack the opponent could make, he could only wait, wait for the opponent to choose to continue, or choose to give up, and put his energy into the next game.
There were indeed big reversals in the game, but such situations were more often the case, and the match had come to the final set of the unstoppable.
Fan Ju and Schalken have just begun, will the opponent try to reverse it? Fan Ju thinks that there is not much chance, under his strict hair extension prevention, Scharken not only has to take the initiative to attack, but also can not make a little mistake, this is not such a simple thing!
Schalken's action of slapping the ball was a little irritable, not as relaxed as before, and the action of preparing the serve was still so stiff, and the lower body did not move, and he only relied on the body above the waist to lean back and tilt to serve.
“OUT!” The first ball went out of bounds, Fan Ju looked at the ball mark and nodded slightly, the second shot had a better chance of him, slowly circled, and walked back to the position of the receiver.
Medial...... Fan Ju instantly caught the position of the second serve, and it was too late to flash the forehand, but Fan Ju did not hesitate, and used his backhand to hit the ball back to the direction of the opponent's service position, the position was not deep, and the landing point was not large, he estimated that the opponent would definitely be able to receive it, and he had already done the preparation for the second shot.
But Scharken didn't move, or he did, but he just jumped up gently, but didn't swing the racket.
At first glance, I thought it was Fan Ju who played a beautiful return ball, but Fan Ju saw it very clearly, the opponent's center of gravity did not shift, if you swing the racket, even if you can't hit a beautiful ball, but you can still hit it back!
"Just give up? I wonder if he will regret making this choice later. Looking at the change in the score on the score board, Fan Ju enjoyed the applause from the field while retracting the ability to double the speed.
Schalken did give up this ball, his heart in the moment of receiving the ball, there was a trace of timidity, he even felt that the ball just now, even if it was hit, Fan Ju would definitely be able to flash a forehand and give himself a large angle to attack.
And he'll hit back again, hitting a great return from a wide angle, maybe he can get a point with this ball, but what about after that?
Fan Ju still held 2 break points, waited for himself easily, and once again sent a serve that could play an easy counterattack in front of him, this feeling made him choose to take a break for a while, use the rest time between a set of matches, let himself completely calm down, analyze the opponent, decide how to play in the second set and the rest of the game, and regain his advantage.
The three-set winning system of the Grand Slam not only tests the player's body, but also tests the player's tennis IQ.
Fan Ju will not and cannot give up the game lightly, he is on the underdog side at this point, and he needs to take every opportunity to attack the opponent's weakness and get the victory he wants.
But Scharken was different, even though the opponent put all kinds of pressure on him, and even used some shots that he didn't know until now, and let himself make mistakes.
But he understands very well that even so, he still has the upper hand, not to mention losing one game, even if he loses another game, why not? As long as Fan Ju is suppressed, he is fully capable of winning three sets in a row.
He's a mature player who has played in many Grand Slams and he knows that in a Grand Slam tournament it's not just a momentary win, it's when the match gets to the fourth set that really wins.
An inexperienced player will often run out of body before four sets, but an experienced player like him will continue the game at his own pace, and when his opponent runs out, he can easily defeat his opponent and win the final victory.
The stiffness and the scarcity of movement that Fan Ju saw were all part of Scharken's tactics, and instead of following Fan Ju's wide range of movements, and not wasting meaningless physical energy, he wanted to drag down the body of his young opponent and win easily.
"It feels so relaxed, is it because the round is over too quickly?" Fan Ju took two sips of water, looked at the chocolate bar beside him to replenish energy, and thought about it but still didn't eat it.
In the game just now, almost all of my own serve games were completed within 3 beats, which was very fast, and the opponent's serve game rarely had multiple rounds of duels.
It's not that Fan Ju doesn't want to, it's that the opponent's direct and effective attack doesn't give him this opportunity at all, and this match is more like playing on hard or grass courts than on clay.
Although Fan Ju's clay is familiar, it is far from the ability to pull the opponent into the rhythm of the clay, and the characteristics of the opponent do not require him to slow down the ball, which will give the opponent a chance to suppress his own opportunities with a strong baseline confrontation ability.
If the game continues like this, it will be difficult to consume Fan Ju's body even if it is 7 sets, especially after the body training, after strengthening the strength of the lower limbs, Fan Ju can better reduce consumption in some runs and increase the time to exert his full strength in the game.
Scharken probably didn't expect that although the guy opposite was a rookie in a Grand Slam, he didn't even know the format of the game.
But this rookie is a rookie who can't die, compared to the body, let alone Scharken, even those guys who are good at the body may not be much better than Fan Ju.
The use of double speed has been reduced, and what is left of Fan Ju is not only ability, but also the consumption of body lì caused by sudden bursts.
Even Fan Ju himself didn't realize that his opponent had misjudged the body factor, but he unknowingly helped him.
The 5-minute break passed very quickly, and Schalken had been thinking about how to deal with Fanju's online play, and at the same time thinking about guarding against the sudden change of opponent's surprise attack, he remembered some reports about demons, and also recalled the last set, and suddenly his opponent's expression became richer.
"Is it really demonic? Can a change in expression be so magical? God bless me for defeating this demon. "Except for fanatics, there are very few modern people who are 100 percent religious, even in Europe.
Scharken hadn't begged for God's blessing for an unknown amount of time, but in the face of the strange example, he couldn't help but pray in his heart.
It's a pity that this demon was not released by God, maybe it would be more effective than God's old man, Fan Ju still walked onto the court with a racket, and Scharken also had to face another challenge of his own service game.
"Is it an outboard position?" The opponent watched Fan Ju, and Fan Ju was also looking at his opponent, and he didn't believe that his opponent would not change in the second set.
Schalken's original stance will be more in the middle, which can confuse the opponent and make a split-second error when he plays serve in two different directions, inside corner or outside corner. (To be continued......)