tennis giant

Chapter 438 Ruthless sweep
For most European and American tennis fans, the first time they knew An Sheng was probably in the Wimbledon final two years ago.

But in that crucial game, although Anson's performance was also very good, he eventually lost to Federer, so he was just a supporting role and a background board.

Maybe someone remembered him at the time, but soon forgot it later.

And when they heard about An Sheng again, An Sheng had already won the 2017 US Open. At that time, it caused quite a stir in the entire tennis world and even the sports world.

This was originally a good opportunity for European and American tennis fans to really get to know An Sheng, but unfortunately, on that night, An Sheng had an accident and then disappeared from the public eye.

Fortunately, the previous two twists and turns did not stop An Sheng from continuing to move forward. When he returned again, he already had three Grand Slam champions and created a record of 50 consecutive victories that shocked countless people.

But I have to say that European tennis fans, including most of the European and American media, are not very friendly towards An Sheng. Perhaps they are just too proud.

An Sheng has long understood this, but now, he just wants to raise the "butcher knife" in his hand to kill them, with that inexplicable arrogance!

On April 4th, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the quarter-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters, the contest between Anson and Tim officially began.

"Oh!"

In the first game, Ansheng took the lead in serving.

And on this clay court, it is inevitable that the ball speed is slightly weakened, but even so, the ball speed of this serve still exceeds 210 kilometers per hour.

Why is this so?Because An Sheng's strength has increased compared to before, and the increase is enough to offset the restraint of the red soil on him.

In the face of An Sheng's super high-quality serve, Tim's choice of coping strategy is to seek stability.

As I said before, there are basically two ways to deal with An Sheng's serve. One is to fight desperately to win the small probability of victory. In the process of confrontation, slowly look for better opportunities.

There is no right or wrong between these two methods, but the latter has much higher requirements for the ability of the executor, and as one of the most powerful top players in the tennis world today, Tim is qualified to do so.

In particular, this is still a clay court, which weakens the offense, making it easier for Tim to find opportunities to counterattack after entering a stalemate.

In fact, Tim is very cautious about this game, or facing An Sheng. He has played against An Sheng many times before, but he knows very well how strong An Sheng is now.

Therefore, before the start of the game, Tim was quite well prepared. At the beginning of the game, both in terms of physical excitement and mental concentration, he reached the strongest state he can do now.

As a result, Tim did complete the return, and he played with a good quality. With a rebound, he hit the ball to Ansheng's backhand sideline, with a very tricky angle.

This is enough to prove that at this time, Tim's competitive state is indeed very good.

But immediately, An Sheng hit a backhand blow beyond ordinary people's imagination, with great strength and angle, and the landing point was in the middle of the opponent's backhand sideline, and the speed of the ball was astonishing.

There is no doubt that this is a beautiful winning score!
Could it be that An Sheng was fighting?

Stunned for a moment, Tim was surprised to have such an idea.

It's no wonder he thought so, because in his opinion, this kind of attack is too risky, and the risk of mistakes is extremely high. Now, the game has just started, and it's not a key point. Why should An Sheng be so aggressive?
"Oh!"

Tim couldn't understand it for a moment, but he didn't have time to think about it.

On the next ball, An Sheng still sent a super high-quality outside corner serve, and Tim, who was in good shape, completed the return again, but this time, the quality of the return was relatively average.

Immediately afterwards, after receiving the lesson from the previous goal, Tim did not dare to relax at all, hurriedly reset, and consciously moved his position back a step. At the same time, he kept his eyes on An Sheng and was ready to defend.

And the next moment, Tim rushed to his backhand position quickly, because An Sheng really did what he expected, and once again hit an almost unsolvable backhand thrust.

This time, under extreme circumstances, Tim, who was well prepared, was very reluctant to get the ball back, but when he stabilized his center of gravity and looked back, he was stunned again, and then gave up.

At this moment, An Sheng was already waiting in the midfield. While Tim was observing him, he managed to complete a clever aerial volley. The force was not heavy, and he just hit the ball lightly towards the opponent's back. Forehand corner.

In this way, it is naturally impossible for Tim, who is still standing outside the backhand sideline at this time, to save the ball again.

In the next few shots, the situation was basically the same as before. Ansheng seemed to be really using "fighting", but the success rate was astonishingly high. With only one mistake, he hit four super high-quality shots. Offensive, thus easily completing the game of this game.

Undoubtedly, such an incomprehensible situation has dealt a big blow to Tim, especially when he feels that he is in excellent condition.

In addition, in the first round of the game, the characteristics of clay did not seem to be reflected in An Sheng at all.

But when the game came to Tim's serve, he found helplessly that the clay-court characteristics hadn't disappeared. Anson was just a special case, but he couldn't get rid of its restrictions.

Whether it is the serve or the subsequent offense, Tim has been affected by the clay court, and his offensiveness has obviously weakened.

Under such circumstances, although Tim has always insisted on his offensive style of play, and it is correct to do so, the effect is really extremely poor.

In the link of serving and receiving, he can hardly take advantage of any advantage, and even if he gains the advantage of serving, it will be difficult for him to maintain his advantage in the subsequent stalemate. Often after one or two shots of confrontation, he will be defeated. An Sheng completed the counterattack and then took control of the situation.

Soon, An Sheng completed the break in the second game, and judging from the performance of both sides, he completely suppressed Tim and was extremely strong.

And when the game progressed to the second half of the first set, Tim's confidence had already been seriously cracked. From the beginning to the present of this game, he was overwhelmed by An Sheng.

After An Sheng won the first set with a score of 6-0, Tim completely collapsed, and he no longer had the will to win.

Only 10 minutes later, An Sheng easily won the second set with a score of 6-0. While sweeping Tim mercilessly, he advanced to the semi-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters.

(End of this chapter)