tennis giant

Chapter 428 "Revenge"

"Am I a grudge?" An Sheng asked himself.

If it was before this game, An Sheng would definitely deny it, but now, he is a little suspicious.

The reason is that, regarding the set he lost to Dimitrov in the Australian Open, even though he won the match in the end, he found that for this matter, he did not know what to do. I remember very clearly.

Moreover, after learning that his opponent in the final of the Dubai Open was Dimitrov, An Sheng was somewhat irresistible and had an urge to take revenge.

"Maybe, I'm really a vengeful person, but so what?"

Unable to convince himself, An Sheng simply broke the jar.

At 2 o'clock in the evening on February 29, the Center Court was packed with people. The singles final of this Dubai Open, the contest between Anson and Dimitrov, officially began.

"Oh!"

In the first game, Dimitrov served first.

There is no doubt that since the last fight, Dimitrov has been afraid of An Sheng, and has been looking for a way to play against An Sheng.

And after he studied the Australian Open final, the classic match between Anson and Federer, he got some nutrition from it.

Take serving for example, he found that compared with the speed of the ball, having a more tricky serving line and landing point, the restriction on Ansheng's return, or the threat, is the greatest.

In that game, Federer's serving speed was actually not fast, but he relied on the control and variability of his serve to suppress Anson's return to a certain extent.

Therefore, in this serve, Dimitrov did not pay too much attention to the speed of the ball, but focused more on the control.

It has to be said that, as one of the most talented young players in tennis today, Dimitrov's strength cannot be underestimated.

And under the condition that he intentionally controls and has done a lot of training before, his serve has achieved very ideal results.

Although its ball speed is relatively average, but its angle is very sharp. From the naked eye, its landing point is almost on the sideline.

Seeing this effect, Dimitrov is very satisfied, and at the same time, he has greater confidence in this game.

But just a moment later, Dimitrov, who was full of confidence just now and thought he had mastered the method against Ansheng, was a little confused/forced.

I saw that facing his serve, An Sheng took two steps to the sideline very quickly. When his footsteps were in place, he also completed his swing.

"Snapped!"

A crisp sound.

Then, the tennis ball flew towards Dimitrov's backhand sideline at a higher speed.

This attack was too high-quality and too abrupt, causing Dimitrov to not react at all, and he was stunned.

"impossible!"

The first time he came back to his senses, Dimitrov was very shocked. He couldn't believe that the targeted play he finally found had no effect on An Sheng.

"It was just an accident!"

Immediately, Dimitrov found a reason for himself, and then regained his confidence.

He has to do this, otherwise, his confidence will collapse, all his preparations before the game will be useless, and he will lose his fighting spirit in the game.

"Oh!"

On the next ball, Dimitrov once again sent a serve from the outside corner. The route and landing point were still well controlled, and the angle was very tricky.

But next, what greeted him was still An Sheng's attack.

"Why is that?"

Dimitrov was shaken and incomprehensible.

However, he is now certain that there must be something wrong with An Sheng's serving method that he prepared before the game.

More importantly, he couldn't find the reason for the time being, so this way of serving obviously couldn't be used anymore, but if he didn't use this method, how would he defeat An Sheng?
Standing on the serve point again, Dimitrov was very tangled.

"Oh!"

On the next ball, Dimitrov made another serve from the outside corner, and still continued the previous serve method.

This is also his choice.

He couldn't help it, because he knew that if he used conventional tactics, it would be difficult for him to defeat An Sheng. In that case, he might as well continue to persevere.

In this way, maybe he can learn something in the following games.

This time, he was defeated, but next time, maybe he can really find a way to deal with An Sheng.

To be more specific, at the moment he made a decision, his will to win the game had dissipated, and other reasons were nothing but his self-consolation.

There is no suspense, An Sheng once again played a strong return attack, occupying a huge advantage in the sending and receiving link.

Afterwards, An Sheng used a forehand lash to score the point extremely forcefully.

And in the fourth ball after that, Anson didn't give Dimitrov any chance. With a violent return and a strong attack, he scored another point, thus completing the break in the first game of the game.

Since then, in his serve game, Dimitrov, who had completely lost his will to win, did not come up with a more effective way, and was completely suppressed by An Sheng.

As for An Sheng's serve, it showed a one-sided situation. Relying on his strong and stable serve, An Sheng won quite easily.

In this way, the result of the game is clear at a glance.

In the end, it took only one hour and 15 minutes, An Sheng crushed Dimitrov with two scores of 6-0, and won the championship of this year's Dubai Open very strongly.

Looking back, with the same serving method, why was Federer able to suppress Anson, but Dimitrov was unable to do so?
There are probably two reasons for this.

Firstly, it was because An Sheng's current competitive state had picked up somewhat, especially when he had revenge on Dimitrov, which stimulated his desire to win.

Secondly, and the key point, Dimitrov did not grasp the essence of Federer. Although he is called "Little Federer", he is not really Federer.

In fact, in the Australian Open final, Federer's serve speed was higher than his previous average speed.

In other words, Federer's serve at that time was not only focused on the angle, but his ball speed did not weaken.

As for Dimitrov, his ball speed has dropped a lot.

In addition, the variability of the serve was also one of the important factors that allowed Fred to suppress Anson in the first place, but Dimitrov did not do this.

All in all, Dimitrov has only grasped a little bit of superficial knowledge, and has no real understanding of An Sheng's ability. Therefore, his defeat in this game is not unfair at all.

(End of this chapter)