tennis giant

Chapter 363 Wrong impression
On July 7, at 3:10 a.m., Anson ushered in his first Wimbledon game on the No. [-] court known as the "Seed Grave", which was also his first official game on the grass court.

Its opponent is Bedene from Slovenia, who is currently ranked 54th in the ATP.

For this Bedene, An Sheng had already read his information, but his impression of his tennis skills was not deep. The only thing that left a deep impression was his nationality.

Bedene was originally a Slovenian player and played for him in the Davis Cup, but after he "became famous", probably for "money", he turned to join the British nationality.

Originally, the British Tennis Association introduced Bedene to allow him to participate in the Davis Cup and the subsequent Olympic Games, but the International Tennis Association did not allow him to represent the United Kingdom in these two events.

In this way, it stands to reason that this matter is over, but what is very surprising is that he does not know what method he used, but he actually transferred back to Slovenian nationality.

This kind of thing, if it were in China, it would be absolutely impossible to happen, but in Europe, it seems that they really don't care that much.

But back to the arena, it must be said that An Sheng attaches great importance to this game. He does not allow himself to fail, so he is extraordinarily serious.

"Oh!"

Bedene took the lead.

Its ball speed is not fast, and its angle is relatively average.

But unexpectedly, it was not easy for An Sheng to receive the serve. It can even be said that he made a serious mistake in receiving the serve this time, which caused him to return the ball poorly.

Immediately afterwards, Bedene rushed into the field quickly and hit a forehand swipe, the quality of which was still relatively average.

And An Sheng used his predictive ability and fast running to get to the hitting position in time, but he made a mistake again in his swing and actually missed the ball.

In this way, Bedene easily scored the first point.

"Oh!"

On the next ball, Bedene took the initiative to make a change, and suddenly chose to serve to the net.

In fact, Ansheng had made an accurate judgment early based on his movements, but when he returned the serve, he made a mistake again and used too much force, causing his return ball to go out of bounds.

Including the next two goals, in fact, the level of Bedene's shots can only be considered average. In the past, his kind of shots would be An Sheng's chance to counterattack.

However, in this game, An Sheng didn't seize the opportunity. Instead, he made many mistakes that he shouldn't have.

Therefore, it took less than 10 minutes for Bedene to secure serve in the first game very easily.

There is no doubt that this is not An Sheng's true level. With his current strength, how could such a low-level mistake occur?

And the reason, very clear, is because he is not used to the grass court.

Although he had deliberately come to London a few days earlier to adapt to the grass court, it was still difficult for him to fully grasp the characteristics of the grass court in just a few days.

What's more, training and competition are completely different things. Even though he has played fairly well in training, but when it comes to real competition, his intensity is not comparable to training, which makes it difficult for An Sheng to show his strength. real strength.

Fortunately, when the game came to his serve, the situation on the field changed a lot.

"Oh!"

Ansheng's first serve.

It can be seen that his competitive state is actually good. The first serve, his ball speed exceeded 200 kilometers per hour, and he still maintained good control.

Such a high-quality serve, let alone on a grass court, is also very powerful on clay.

And Bedene obviously didn't expect that An Sheng, who had not performed well before, would have such a strong serving ability, which caused him to be unprepared, and he didn't even react to An Sheng's serve.

In this way, An Sheng scored directly with the serve and scored the first ACE!

"Oh!"

The quality of An Sheng's serve is still very high for the next ball. Whether it is the speed of the ball or the control of the landing point, it has reached a very high level.

But this time, Bedene was already mentally prepared, but his receiving ability was obviously lacking.

His reaction speed, starting speed, running ability, and serve receiving skills are all insufficient when facing An Sheng's high-quality serve.

Therefore, although Bedene was ready to receive the serve, he still made a mistake and returned the ball out of bounds.

"Oh!"

With another ball, Bedene finally completed the return, but the quality of the return was very poor.

There was no suspense. Under An Sheng's next strong attack, Bedene was powerless to resist and was defeated.

In the case of having a huge advantage in serving, in the second game, it only took less than 10 minutes for An Sheng to complete the serve very easily.

At this time, it can actually be seen that the situation of this game is a bit weird. Both sides seem to have no good way to serve each other.

This also led to the fact that the pace of this game is very fast. After a game, it only takes about ten minutes. Compared with the clay court competition, it is really different.

However, there is still a big difference between An Sheng and Bedene.

For the former, it is because An Sheng is not quite used to the grass court and has not played his due strength, but as the game progresses, he can gradually improve his adaptability.

The latter, however, is the strength gap between the two sides, which he cannot change in a short period of time.

In other words, in this game, the strength displayed by An Sheng will still be improved, but as for Bedene, he is already stereotyped and cannot be improved.

What's more, An Sheng's adaptability is not bad. On the contrary, his adaptability is very strong. I believe he will be able to restore his true level in a short time. Eight successes.

In this way, there is not much suspense about the result of this game.

Although in the first set, both sides kept their serve, it was not until the final tie-break that they were able to decide the winner, which seemed to be a very intense fight.

But from the second set, the strength gap between the two sides became obvious. An Sheng completely took advantage and pulled back a set.

As for the third and fourth sets that followed, An Sheng won with ease.

In this way, An Sheng defeated Beneder lightly with a total score of 3 to 1, and advanced to the second round of this year's Wimbledon.

But it is also obvious that winning this game is not An Sheng's main gain. After all, the strength gap between them is still obvious, and winning is a normal performance.

And his biggest gain is that through this game, An Sheng has a more personal experience of the grass court. At the same time, he has also vaguely realized his previous wrong impression.

Before this, he always felt that he was not suitable for grass courts, but now, he feels that grass courts are the most suitable venue for him.

(End of this chapter)