When Sampras met Tim Henman at Wimbledon that year, the audience would expect to see a hearty match, but in fact, the match between the two service and net players cannot be said to be unexciting.

Both are undoubtedly masters of serving to the net, but when all the skills of serving and going to the net are brought together, a great performance often becomes less like a tennis match.

In the Wimbledon semifinals in '98, Sampras and Tim Henman solved the first four games with their serves, and the high-speed serve of strong pressure made the net directly an embellishment.

4 games in 12 minutes, an average of 3 minutes a game, which is almost just in the process of serving and scoring, and the service is either under the net or out of bounds, and the two top serve net players did not show too much of their superb net skills at the beginning of the game.

"Sure enough, my serve is still a little bit bad." Fan Ju's serve can also be very threatening, but it is not long-lasting.

It is difficult to maintain a continuous first-serve form, often consecutive first-serve goals, which also means that the next consecutive first-serve bounds, in order to ensure that the goal is served, he must reduce his ball speed, in the eyes of the opponent, Fan Ju is still some distance from the real serve net player.

Serve plus net, if there is only the technique and reaction in front of the net, this is just a netting player or a doubles player, only with a strong and powerful suppressive serve, coupled with the oppressive pressing of the net, this is what Henman's heart of the serve netting player should really look like.

Stroking the top edge of the racket, blocking it in front of the net, and delicately padding a straight shot back to the ball, the opponent is still at the bottom line of the right corner of his eye. It's still a long way from his return.

“40:0”

Tim Henman used his own style of play to teach Fan Ju a good lesson in the opening game, what is called playing in front of the net. Simple and direct, those indecisive attacks, and weak second beats, all became powerful weapons for scoring wantonly in the Fan Ju half.

Slowing down two steps, Fan Ju stopped his pace of chasing the ball, he did not lower his head and silently walked to the bottom line, but raised his head to look at the position where he had just received the ball.

Fan Ju's hair extensions are very powerful. Even if the opponent's serve is not weak, he will not be suppressed so thoroughly, Fan Ju found the problem. Or the skill of the opponent to suppress himself.

"Three mid lanes, one inside corner, this combination of serves, it's really interesting." The opponent must have adjusted the direction of the serve according to his position. Almost all three midfield serves were played towards Fan Ju's backhand with a small step.

It is difficult to control the power of such a serve. If it were in the old days, I am afraid that just fighting for such a serve would be enough to make the opponent make consecutive return mistakes.

changed the era and changed the opponent, and Fan Ju's hair extensions returned to the bounds smoothly, but the problem is that these returns were all caught by Tim Henman at the same time in front of the net at the same time!

The continuous interceptions in front of the net made Fan Ju quickly lose the opening points. On the scene, Fan Ju seemed to have nothing to do with his opponent.

"You can't hit a diagonal return. Could he have noticed that? Several coaches on the court are also watching Fan Ju's movements, whether it is Romdi or Raschet, who are all too familiar with this kind of serve that can restrain players from receiving the ball.

It doesn't exactly take speed or angle to serve, and for Tim Henman, giving his opponent a serve that limits the angle of return is enough for him to accurately capture the first shot.

He took advantage of Fan Ju's youth and experience, and hit a few attacks very smoothly, but he forgot that he couldn't use many tricks, and he also forgot what kind of opponent he was facing.

The same preparations, the same stern expression, Tim Henman has been playing his tennis on the court for many years, no matter how the times change, he will not change himself, just like the stereotype in the bones of the British, insisting on those skills and experience that belong to him.

Swinging the racket, the whole person instantly took two small steps forward with the racket, his body regained his balance, and his eyes also returned to his crosshairs, staring at the opponent who was about to return the ball.

is still a serve in the middle position, still aiming at the direction of Fan Ju's backhand with a small step, close to the speed of 210 kilometers of a serve, making his difficulty in this serve more difficult than the ordinary second serve in the middle position, which is not at the same level at all.

4-5 years ago, Tim Henman wanted to play such a high-speed serve, and there were only a few matches in a match, and the improvement of the racket also helped him improve his ball speed, and a serve of 210 kilometers was enough for him to directly solve his opponent.

"Not good!"

Without flinching or shifting, Fan Ju bravely rushed towards the serve, which was more than 200 kilometers away, and this serve could only be received with a backhand, and he had to lift the catch further forward to change the direction of the return.

Tim Henman saw the change in trajectory, his racket had been stretched out to intercept, the top of the racket was barely hooked to the ball, but the position was too off, Fan Ju's return and the ball was not light, the racket was pressed at a crooked angle, and such a return was completely inaccurate.

When the ball leaves the racket, it is equivalent to losing control, and Tim vaguely feels that it should not go out of bounds, and years of feel and experience tell him that this ball may still be in bounds.

"I'm really unlucky, I finally caught the feeling." Fan Ju was a little disappointed, but he was not sad, he had already caught the reason why the opponent suppressed his hair extension, which was much more crucial than being lucky to score a point by the opponent.

The score was rewritten to 1:0, and Tim Henman solved Fan Ju very simply, and the applause of the audience kept giving to the local player, in their opinion, Fan Ju is still young after all, whether it is Wimbledon or grass, the tradition of serving and surfing still needs to be protected and maintained by the British.

The expression on Tim Henman's face was indiscerning, but he didn't stop thinking about it, and the ball just now was obviously a step forward, which was the key to the change in the hair extension line.

He's familiar with this type of serve, you have to react quickly and change the point of the return to play the counter-pressure return line.

And this style of play has been mastered by more and more people in recent years, and it has become an anti-restraint style of play on the field.

Serving and netting on the high-speed court still has an irreplaceable advantage, he is faster and more versatile, Tim Henman is not a freewheeling young man, compared to Sampras, his "creative desire" is not high, he is more like completing tactics and offense, so he will have a completely different style from Sampras.

"It's my turn!" Fan Ju walked to the serve, he is not the kind of person who has to fight his opponent in the ring, as long as he can win, he will not stick to the back court or the front of the net.

No matter how lively the media hype, he still plays his own game, standing in the same service position as his opponent, Fan Ju didn't think too much, whether his serve is strong or not is not a weakness, unless he really makes consecutive Yan zhòng mistakes, otherwise if he wants to restrain himself by serving, the opponent must at least have the same special ability as himself.

Outside the big angle serve, a very regular serve, the speed is more than 200 kilometers, the landing point is very deep, and the opponent's choice is different, Fan Ju still stays in the back court after serving, and does not immediately move towards the net.

Catching the ball with his hand, Tim Henman's right hand hooked the serve back in the outside corner, but the weight of his body balance was a little tight, and it took a second or two to adjust.

The ball is a high-toss cut, and even without stability, the opponent still hits the serve back intact.

"Is it in bounds? It's too slow, though. ”

Tim Henman had just regained his center of gravity and stood firm, but Fan Ju had already made a re-slap swing, and the strength of his entire body was concentrated in one place, and after the racket hit the ball, he pulled out a straight line.

There was no need to run at all, Tim just stood at the other end of the court and watched Fan Ju's baseline hit, which was more powerful and powerful than his baseline shot.

As a serve net player, he is not unable to be on the bottom line, but at the bottom line is his weakest time, relying on the conversion of constantly cutting the ball and flat hitting the force, he can only barely achieve some rhythm advantages, really to say that he can score on the bottom line, lower and the game may be, but in the tour, facing opponents at this level, it is his absolute weakness.

Fan Ju's action is like a kind of riposte, not hitting the extravagant net that was boasted by the media, and hitting the bottom line hard, telling everyone that he is different from those former serving net players!

"The little guy is talking with his racket again, and every time I see these images in a game, I can't help but want to add a narration to him." Raschet chuckled, the more he knew about Fan Ju's style of play, the more he could see the meaning of Fan Ju's opening attack, once Fan Ju showed some kind of resolute attack, there was a chance that he was declaring something.

Even Fan Ju couldn't say it clearly after the game, but the racket didn't need him to start talking, and the resolute bottom line after being pressed by the opponent after a game was pressed back, which was enough.

In addition to the coach, Perry was accompanied by Rembrandt on official business, and it is estimated that he will have to wait until the results of the game before he can show his face at the press conference, and he will be responsible for the safety of Fan Ju, who is destined to be surrounded by reporters regardless of the outcome of the game.

When it is inconvenient for the player to make a move, the role of the agent will be reflected, the player can smile and maintain etiquette to face the camera, but the agent must use himself to block those malicious harassment.

"Oh okay, I see, thank you, we'll see you in London." Perry hung up the phone, and it wasn't good news.

Perry answered the phone with another of IMG's ace agents, Max. Essenbad called, and this one has a higher status in the company than Rembrandt, but he is mainly responsible for female players and is also Sharapova's agent. (To be continued......)