Chapter 314: The Times Change
The score is scorching, and neither side can take a step back, Fan Ju stares at Agassi's serve, and Agassi is always on guard against Fan Ju's net.
At this moment, the audience seemed to see the picture of Agassi and Sampras, facing off on the field at their peak, even if the racial differences in Fan Ju made people unconsciously ignore the past.
"Loopholes, loopholes! Where the hell are you! Fan Ju patiently searched for the whole match, but Agassi's technique was too perfect.
It's not that it's so strong that Cheng dù, but it's like a fortress on the bottom line, and the strength it plays is comparable to Fan Ju in front of the net, as long as Agassi stays firmly on the bottom line, it will be difficult for Fan Ju to have a chance to break when the opponent has a service advantage.
As for other techniques, Agassi can't use ordinary, equivalent to the level of ordinary professional masters, and almost has the strength comparable to the strongest technology.
is not at the top, but it is enough to compare with the top, which is also the reason why Fan Ju has always been unable to attack for a long time.
Agassi is worthy of being a member of the top of the top last year, even if the strength shown at this year's Australian Open has declined slightly, but it is enough to drag Fan Ju in a situation where he is not up or down.
Fan Ju actually played a very clever match, and it can even be said that taking advantage of his good form, he dragged Agassi into the fifth set by relying on double-speed explosion.
In the fifth set, Fan Ju took advantage of his age and physique, and the two sides were pulled to a strength line, and now it is only up to who breaks through this last line of defense first, who can win and qualify.
This is a quarter-final match, and it is also a match that is in line with Fanju's current power rankings. On hard courts, his strength is indeed close to this water product, and he has completed the suppression of the low-ranked players. For high-ranked players, he also shows a strong fighting ability.
Even if he loses, no one will blame Fan Ju, because Fan Ju's ability to show is already very dazzling in his age, or only those players who have won Grand Slams at a young age can be compared.
"I don't want to lose. I want to win! Fan Ju poured all his strength into the racket, and with a strong spin, it flew directly towards Agassi's forehand like a sharp arrow off the string.
Forehand to forehand! Fan Ju did not shy away. Or that the only thing he can find that is stronger than his opponent is in front of the net on serve, and all that remains is this spin that is played with skill and power.
Heavy shots, it's not just about feel. It comes from the direction that is difficult to control. Agassi's accurate return of the ball requires a strong ability to control the ball.
Limiting the ball to what he can control, hitting the return ball with the right landing point, suppressing the opponent, and scoring points is Agassi's tennis, silently seeking offensive opportunities in defense.
Compared with patience, Fan Ju has more youthful momentum. He won't wait for the opportunity silently, he wants to create the opportunity!
4 disks waiting. It didn't drain his patience, but it made him clearly realize that if he didn't take the initiative to change, the impasse between him and Agassi would eventually end with someone's low tide.
And this low tide may be Agassi, whose body is exhausted, or it may come from himself!
“OUT!” Fan Ju heard the voice he wanted to hear, and this was the result he wanted.
Agassi knew what the problem was, and apparently he knew his opponent had caught his key problem, pressing the topspin and playing no less in the first few sets.
There were even successive attacks on his backhand, but even under this continuous pressure, Agassi still withstood it.
But with the reduction of his body, he can no longer control the swing from his opponent, even after intensive training, he can bench press 140 kg, but the problem is that tennis is not a sport that can be solved by strength.
Is there a twist?
The audience was full of greetings, looking at the 1:2 game score, and couldn't help but feel guilty, Agassi served first, but the lead was Fan Ju with the score behind.
This qiē happened so quickly that even Fan Ju himself didn't realize what it meant.
In the swing of the racket, Fan Ju only used up the double speed once, yes, it was not a single time to consume a lot of double speed, just 10 seconds at a time, and dispersed the double speed on several forehand pressure balls.
Agassi made a mistake a little too quickly, went out of bounds, hung up the net, and made a service error, which directly rewrote the score and made the result of the game clear.
Fan Ju is going to win? Still haven't believed this, people are waiting for Agassi's counterattack, the veteran who silently defends the bottom line, the former ball king, the winner of the Golden Slam, will definitely be able to play another wave of counterattacks to keep the game going......
Maybe Agassi is indeed not as good as when he was young, but in the hearts of fans, he is still the king of the ball, but Agassi is indeed old, when the situation changes, the problem of the body is directly exposed to the sun!
1:3、2:3、2:4、2:5!
When Fan Ju once again relied on double speed to win a service game, the game was completely out of suspense, Agassi's running was weak, and the return error rate increased rapidly, obviously more than 4 hours of game time, so that the veteran has completely lost the ability to resist.
When the score was fixed at 2:6, the whole stadium erupted not only cheers, but also regrets, Agassi was surpassed by Fan Ju, although it does not mean that Agassi can no longer defeat Fan Ju, but it represents the arrival of a new era, but also represents the pace of departure of the previous era, faster and faster towards the end.
"I won't lose next time." Agassi didn't say much, he was tired but he didn't admit defeat, and after the age of 30, he no longer played tennis, but made up for the regrets of his youth and enjoyed his time in tennis.
"I'm not going to lose." Fan Ju let go of Agassi's sweaty hand, but he also looked at himself, and he was afraid that it was not much better.
This is not a final, it is not that you can rest peacefully after the game, there is a semi-final the day after tomorrow, and Fan Ju needs to face either the world No. 1 Roddick who serves and has a strong forehand, or Safin, who has recovered from injury, the former world No. 1 and is also strong in this competition!
In 03, Safin only played 13 games due to a left-handed injury, although he was a right-handed racketer, but it was a double reversal, and his left hand was injured, which was equivalent to wasting most of his strength.
Safin, who has no injury, is definitely the top in strength, even stronger than Agassi, who was defeated by Fan Ju, and his nickname "Tsar" is not only about his temper, but also about Safin's strength at the top of the tennis world!
"Fan Ju your state is very bad, your body is too consumed, and you need time to rest to recover." After the game, after the nutritionist measured some blood body counts for Fan Ju, the strength and conditioning coach also issued a warning.
Fan Ju had a bitter face, he had tasted the bitterness of using double speed for a long time this time, if it was 4 hours in a normal state, the impact on him would not be too great, even if the temperature was not low, and it was a bitter battle with considerable strength, after a day's rest, he could always return to a normal state.
However, this game is different, not only in a high-intensity state, but also in a state of continuous movement at double speed, and the use of double speed may only increase the physical consumption of Fan Ju by 20%.
But magnifying that to 4 hours and 21 minutes later, Fan Ju played a full hour more than Agassi.
"It's okay to play the day after tomorrow, but if it's still a long game, I'm afraid it will increase your chances of getting injured." Kendrick is very sure that no matter how healthy a person is, under constant pressure, he will also get injured very quickly.
Ordinary people may only need a little rest when they twist their hands and feet, and a little pain will not have much impact on life and work, but for professional athletes, this is a big trouble.
"The next round is against Safin, which is a really bad result." After Fan Ju saw the result of the other match, he only felt more headache.
Shouldn't it be harder to deal with Roddick when you say that Roddick is the number one in the world? Wrong, on the contrary, Roddick's biggest weapon was restrained by Fan Ju, and the forehand, although still suppressed by Fan Ju now, was much less than in the past.
Roddick has obvious backhand and other technical flaws, which will instead leave Fan Ju with a lot of opportunities, and from these aspects, Roddick's serve is the biggest obstacle compared to others, but it is completely different for him.
But Safin ......
"Strong forehand, with super top-level strength, don't choose to shoot at will, in terms of continuous fighting ability, he is stronger than you." Raschet reminded Fan Ju very solemnly, but even if he didn't say it, Fan Ju knew the gap.
Not to mention the backhand, Safin, who is not injured, is one of the best in the tennis world on his backhand, and Safin also has a very good serving ability like Federer at the top level, good service extensions, and excellent movement.
And the forehand against Fan Ju may not be the opponent, and the backhand is even more abused to the rhythm of Xiang, and Agassi's honest baseline defense, Safin's defensive style of play is more aggressive, and the suppression of Fan Ju is also greater.
Like Fan Ju, Safin and Roddick also played five sets to determine the winner, but Safin and Roddick only played 203 minutes, less than three and a half hours, which was much shorter than Fan Ju's nearly four-and-a-half-hour match.
The more this kind of thing is consumed in the later stage, the more difficult it is to recover, and Fan Ju is equivalent to playing a five-and-a-half-hour game, and the two are in an unequal state before the game starts, which is a big problem for Fan Ju and his team! (To be continued......)