Match point

Chapter 132 Prepared
Of course Gao Wen knew that he was no longer a secret weapon. He was completely exposed to everyone and became the coach's research object.

But in the same way, Gao Wen will not sit still. While others are studying him, he is also studying his opponent, and he is constantly improving himself.

Libitis, one of the top three unshakable players at the University of Tennessee, is naturally also in the research scope of Coach Martin. After learning the matchup list today, Gao Wen, with the help of Grant, further studied Libitis' skills Features and tactical styles.

To a certain extent, Libitis is somewhat similar to Gawain. His forehand is not stable, but his backhand can attack and defend.

But this is only a relative term. For any player, the forehand is the first step in learning tennis. —

The reason why it is said to be unstable rather than terrible is that there are high moments and low moments. Therefore, one must not casually think that Libitis's forehand is a breakthrough.

This is the first confrontation between Gao Wen and Libitis. The previous investigations and studies were all on paper. In the opening stage, both sides had to test each other, see each other's style of play and today's state, and then slow down according to the pre-match preparations. Slowly adjust tactics and find the most suitable method.

So, after the opening game, Gao Wen was very targeted from the start of the serve. He used the serve to suppress Libitis' forehand, and tested Libitis's forehand ability; at the last point, he broke the rules and tested the backhand , forming the winning point, the entire tactical combination is being tested.

Winning your first serve is very important, and it is equally important to set the direction for the tactics of the whole game.

"1:0".

Immediately afterwards, Gao Wen made more attempts on Libitis's serve——

Because it was an encounter, the first task was not to break Libitis's serve, but to see Libitis's tactical routines in his own serve, as well as the specific strength of each technical link.

For example, why is the forehand unstable, eating spin?Unstable force movement?Leveraging strength is not complete?Can't wrap the ball?Too much forehand movement?or something else?
and so on.

Moreover, in Gawain's first serve just now, Libitis took the initiative to change when he was behind. Only with a clearer understanding of technical and tactical characteristics can we be able to deal with different changes.

Every time Gao Wen returns the ball, he has a purpose.

After a brief entanglement, Libitis also successfully won the first serve, and then Gao Wen played steadily in his own serve and ended with a guarantee.

"2:1".

Gao Wen, who was the first to serve, led the score and entered the first break. Judging from the first three rounds, the performance of the two players was relatively stable. The whole game progressed very quickly, and the three rounds were over in just about 8 minutes.

During the short rest period, Gawain's brain was running at high speed, and he was ready when he stepped on the court again.

About 3 minutes later—

"0:40".

The sound of the referee announcing the score echoed across the pitch.

Gawain clenched his fist and waved it towards Libitis on the opposite side of the court. He didn't celebrate, but just expressed his firm belief with this gesture.

Libitis on the other side of the court was out of breath, and swung his empty racket a little depressed, very dissatisfied with the trajectory of his forehand swing.

Back on the court again, Gao Wen started to speed up, and the difference in details could be seen from the tactical layout.

From the first shot of touching the ball, Gao Wen consciously returned the ball towards the backhand position in the middle, not forehand or backhand, but in the middle.

It is not difficult for Libitis to return the ball in the middle. He often hits a shot with his backhand to initiate an attack, but because the landing point is in the middle, it is difficult to tear the angle. If the angle is forced, it is easy. It will go out of bounds, which also limits Libitis's offense to a certain extent.

Habitually, Libitis will choose to hit more obliquely, because the whole swing movement is smoother and more complete, almost a subconscious reaction.

Gao Wen, who was waiting at the oblique position early, would use his two-handed backhand to open up a large diagonal angle - don't forget, the two-handed backhand is also Gao Wen's strong point, and the straight backhand is famous far and wide.

Libitis can easily fall into a passive position, because he needs to beware of Gawain's straight backhand, and has to continuously cover Gawain's backhand slash. Being able to return the ball, this little time difference between one thing and the other will affect the quality of his shots.

Then, Gawain's next attack will attack Libitis' forehand with all his strength, forcing Libitis to make extreme lateral movements at both ends of the baseline——

Either, Gao Wen directly formed the winning point; or, Libitis made a forehand error.

In the blink of an eye, Gao Wen scored three points in a row, different points, similar situation, and Libtis also faced three break points in his serve.

To put it simply, Gao Wen adopted the strategy of pressing the backhand and hitting the forehand, which was completely reversed from his first serving strategy in Libitis. Not only did he not avoid Libitis' strengths, but he also went forward bravely Coming up to the top of the ground, Libitis panicked during the strong confrontation.

It can be seen from here that Gao Wen's skills are superior. Not only is he fully prepared before the game, but he also figured out the situation through three simple contests, formulated tactics on the spot, and successfully executed them. Then the situation was broken in an instant. The three rounds were peaceful, so why did things suddenly change?

Everything happened too fast, and within a breath, he had already lost three points in a row, and his mind couldn't keep up.

Libitis, breathing heavily——

Change tactics?

It wasn't that he didn't want to change, but that what he was best at was the backhand, which turned out to be suppressed in the face-to-face confrontation, and Gawain's backhand was also very strong, which made Liptis a little confused.

Moreover, Libtis also has his own pride deep in his heart. He doesn't want to admit that his strongest technology is at a disadvantage. The stubbornness of the young people still hopes to open the situation in a strong confrontation. If Gao Wen has already taken the initiative to return the ball It would be too embarrassing if he avoided fighting when it was sent to his own backhand.

But what should we do now?It doesn't work if you don't change, you need to save three consecutive break points.

Thinking of this, Libitis still gritted his teeth, and secretly clenched his fists to cheer himself up. Perhaps, some changes should be made to the serve.

Breathe.

Take a deep breath.

Libitis stood behind the baseline, ready to serve, glanced up at Gawain, and then completed the serve.

One shot, inside corner.

In the second zone of Libitis, he aimed at Gao Wen's forehand and made an inside corner. The angle was not too tricky, and he mainly pursued a landing point to oppress Gao Wen's forehand.

This was already the second time in this game that Libitis served to suppress Gawain's forehand. Gawain was not surprised, everything was expected.

Tapping.

The footsteps were adjusted continuously, and the forehand was already swung out.

　Second more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)