Philippe Chartier Stadium.
The audience was silent, footsteps rubbing clay, rackets hitting tennis balls, sweat slipping down temples, and electric current flowing through the body.
Then-
"ah!"
Nadal made an extended split, took a forehand shot, spun around his head and tried his best to pull up the rotation and angle, and barely returned a slash.
However, Gawain's footsteps had already entered the field.
Cross the bottom line, cut into the midfield, and backhand with both hands to grab points and attack with all strength.
straight line.
whipping.
Tennis, drilled into Nadal's backhand gap, and ended the point neatly.
The whole court was boiling, break point, another break point, the fifth in this round.
In the fourth set, Nadal took the lead to serve, and the two players successfully held serve respectively. However, Gao Wen immediately found an opportunity in Nadal's second serve game and applied continuous pressure. This game was swaying on the wire rope.
Very, very rarely, Nadal can't keep up with his footsteps.
Could it be that the extreme physical strength has reappeared?
At the beginning of his career, Nadal's bullish image left a deep impression on the fans. The labels of fast legs, undead running, and covering the corners of the court have surpassed Nadal's forehand and become his symbol.
More than one or two commentators, and more than ten or twenty industry professionals questioned that Nadal's playing style is too desperate and too rough. Such a body-consuming game destroys the tennis routine, which is completely different from Federer's elegance. Instead, "Is he really going to keep playing like this?"
People have predicted that Nadal's career may not last long, at most three to five years, Nadal will be overwhelmed and eliminated because of this style of play, and he will never be seen again.
However, five years and ten years later, Chasing Boys is still running on the field, and has proved with practical actions that the judgments and criticisms of those experts are all wrong, and God of War is still fighting.
Slowly, slowly, people began to believe that Nadal is a man of steel, a **** of war forged with tenacity and tenacity, passion and hard work, never giving up, fighting to the end, and never getting tired.
That has become a belief, shining brightly because of the soul of Rafael Nadal, and teaming up with Federer to revolutionize the sport of tennis.
One is elegant and one is rough, one is light and one is tough, one is smart and one is heavy, just like the song of ice and fire.
until now.
People seem to have finally discovered that Nadal is also a body of flesh and blood. It turns out that Nadal will also be tired and exhausted, and he will have more energy than he wants. It turns out that Nadal’s body still has limits after all. Slowed down because of the scars.
Is this a good thing?
In this round, Nadal saved four break points, but he still couldn't see the game point and couldn't get out of the predicament. Just when the quality of the ball dropped slightly, Gao Wen seized the opportunity, and the fifth break point appeared again.
Nadal, tired.
After the forehand hit, he tried to kick the ground for a second start to continue to defend the backhand, but his feet didn't touch the ground, and he almost fell down.
After barely standing still, Nadal supported his body with the racket very, very rarely, folded his hands on the handle, and bent his upper body completely, like a heavy ear of rice.
rattling.
Bean-sized sweat fell one by one, and the whole person seemed to be fished out of the water, panting like a cow, and the side face showed a painful struggle.
Time slowed down a little beside Nadal.
Because Gawain knows Nadal, he is a person who is very good at enduring pain. For most of his career, he gritted his teeth and endured the pain in the game. He himself said that he was used to the pain, and even Becoming a part of the body, he couldn't even remember when the body was completely pain-free.
If it weren't for the extreme pain, Nadal would never show it.
Nadal is an honest person. He never bothered to use injuries to excuse his failures, nor did he disdain to use injuries to smear the opponent's victory. He was always upright and upright, and faced victory and defeat calmly. Those injuries, He knew it was the price of his choice.
It is precisely because of this that Nadal rarely discusses his injuries on and off the court, and refuses to use injuries as an excuse.
But at this point, Nadal bent over, stopped, and stayed where he was, without moving, at the stall where the game was in progress.
As an opponent, as a friend, as an ordinary fan who likes Nadal, Gao Wen's heart curled up, and he couldn't help showing worry.
The audience, no sound.
Are you sure this is a good thing?
Perhaps those narrators and professionals have been slapped in the face again and again. They also hope to prove that they are correct and their predictions are wise. After waiting and waiting, it is finally confirmed until now. Although it has been delayed for five years, They were right about Nadal after all.
They should be happy, right?
But at this moment, witnessing this scene with their own eyes, no one cheered.
So tragic, and so tragic.
On Nadal's curved back, they saw the unyielding will and tenacious belief, as well as the desire for victory and high fighting spirit, but after all, they had to stop temporarily because of the protest of the body, that scarred back What is condensed above is the perseverance to challenge the limit and challenge oneself.
The world of competitive sports is so cruel, people can only see the smiles of the winners, rarely see the sweat, blood and tears behind the victory, those pains, struggles and sufferings, the glory of victory is forged bit by bit, but No one should write off those who fought and those who persisted in those battles because of failure.
Nadal did not give up, Nadal was still fighting and burning, the firm belief in his bones was still shining brightly, but his body was protesting.
This scene made the hearts of the audience stop beating for a short time.
The wind is still blowing, but time seems to have stopped.
"Rafa!"
Gao Wen raised his voice and shouted.
no respond.
Gao Wen was very worried, walked around the net and walked straight towards Nadal.
"Rafa."
He called out again, UU reading www.uukanshu.com, and then he could see Nadal standing up straight, with pain on his face, forced a smile towards Gao Wen, and raised his racket as a signal.
Even so, Gao Wen came to Nadal and asked in a low voice.
Nadal put his shoulders on Gawain's shoulders, patted Gawain's chest lightly, said again that he was fine, and apologized for delaying the game, and persuaded Gawain to go back and let them continue the game.
Gawain gave Nadal a hug before turning and walking back to his own half.
"Crack! Rafa!"
"Crack! Rafa!"
Applause, thunder.
Cheers, all around.
It is for Nadal, for Gao Wen, and for this game. The audience is looking forward to a perfect end to this wonderful match.
The Philippe Chartier stadium was once again surging with frenzy, cheering for Nadal.