Chapter 1601 Grassland Master
So far, Gao Wen has played a total of five official games on grass courts in his career:
Kyrgios, Anderson, Istomin, Mahut, Troicki.
From the performance point of view, both Kyrgios and Anderson can be said to be "good at grass", and Troicki is also suitable for grass; but in fact, neither of them can be said to be a real grass master.
Including Mahu, these players can have a good record on the grass, not because of their understanding of the grass, and adjust and change their skills and tactics according to the grass; Forehand, resolve the fight within three shots.
Actually, grass is all about bounce and rhythm.
Among the active players, Federer is the one who can really understand the characteristics of the grass, followed by Murray, and neither Djokovic nor Nadal can be mentioned. The grass games of the latter two giants are more reflected in their tennis The understanding of the game is not thorough purely in terms of grass.
In addition, Berdych, Dimitrov and Faye Lopez are among the top 20 players in the world who can be called grass-court masters.
That's pretty much all there is to it.
There is no way, the grass season is getting shorter and shorter. If it weren't for Wimbledon's brand effect, perhaps the grass season would have been swallowed up by the torrent of business.
Today is the sixth grass-court season of Gao Wen's career, and then he encountered Dimitrov, a player who is really good at grass-court in the new generation.
Strictly speaking, Raonic can perform well on grass, which is the same as Kyrgios; Dimitrov is another matter.
It is precisely because of this that Gao Wen attaches great importance to this game—
Regardless of winning or losing, Gao Wen very much hopes to learn something from Dimitrov and have a deeper and different understanding of grass.
Not just because of this year's Wimbledon, but because of the long career ahead.
In the first serve game, Gao Wen could already feel the difference.
In the second point, Dimitrov served and attacked, and the handling of the long ball from the bottom line with a forehand was very unexpected:
He did not pursue the low bounce of the flat shot, but deliberately pulled the topspin, and the forehand hit the ball to send the tennis ball to the deep area of the bottom line, pressing the ball halfway inside the bottom line, and then the bounce was very fast, and it was as good as hard clay. It was different, so that the point of hitting the ball was somewhat inaccurate, and Gao Wen returned the ball and directly sent it flying.
In the third point, Dimitrov chose to serve to the net, relying on the serve to establish an advantage, and immediately before blocking the net, he volleyed very easily to complete the score.
Unlike Mahu, Dimitrov's surfing is very light and full of skills. He starts to make a comprehensive layout from the point of serving, speed and spin, and does not leave much space for Gawain to cross the net. This is the same as Gawain's first The whole feeling was different when facing Mahu in the second round.
In the second round, Gao Wen was able to break the net easily against Mahu many times, showing his rich bottom line layout ability; but facing Dimitrov's net for the first time, Gao Wen could not find a way to break the net.
It can be seen from this that Nadal's rich net-breaking tactics, in addition to his own talent, also benefited from the countless peak duels with Federer in the early stage of his career, which was polished bit by bit.
Gao Wen has the skills and ability, but still needs more training in actual combat.
In the fourth point, Dimitrov tore a big diagonal with a one-handed backhand to pull Gawain out of the field, and immediately followed up with a straight attack with a sideways forehand.
Classic and ordinary grassland bottom line offensive tactics, smooth and gorgeous.
Four points, four tactical combinations, starting from serving to establish the whole situation, neat and straightforward, the most important thing is that the number of rounds is controlled within three shots and five shots, fully turning the characteristics of the grass into one's own advantage.
Immediately afterwards, Gao Wen encountered a crisis in his serve.
"30:40".
break point.
Gao Wen was not in a hurry to continue serving, but looked back at the point that broke the balance in the "30:30" situation, which is obviously representative.
In this point, Gao Wen has established an advantage through serving and follow-up attacks, and continued to press Dimitrov to backhand, forcing Dimitrov to lose his position—
backhand.
Like Federer, this is Dimitrov's Achilles' heel, the uncertainty of a one-handed backhand that tends to lead to massive turnovers under hard hitting and pressure.
In particular, Gao Wen has enough confidence in the backhand, and he can gain the upper hand in the backhand duel, which has also become the tactical focus of today's game.
The backhand stalemate did work, and Gao Wen successfully gained the upper hand.
However, Dimitrov did not give up.
In the case of being out of position, Dimitrov could not successfully complete the lead shot because his feet were not in place, so he cut a backhand to complete the defense.
Fast and low chipping, landing deep on the baseline, and rushing at the same time, the whole bounce is very low—
Although he had seen a lot of chipping in the previous five grass court games, Gao Wen thought he had some experience, but now it seems that it is not enough. The quality and method of those chipping are not comparable to that of Dimitrov. The landing point and rotation are all different.
As a result, Gao Wen's attack rhythm was slowed down by this slicing, and the offensive routine had to be reorganized; however, Dimitrov, who gained breathing time by slicing, keenly seized the opportunity to change the rhythm, and adjusted his position in small steps continuously. Drill backhand straight to neutral.
Light and chic.
Straight gap, winning score.
And earned a break point for Dimitrov.
Judging from the results, Dimitrov's backhand slice played the role of a turning point, but if you think about it carefully, the timing of changing the offensive and defensive rhythm after the slice is the key.
Dimitrov's mastery of rhythm and timing ~www.mtlnovel.com~ really showed his grass understanding and offensive talent, which is something worthy of Gao Wen's study.
If Gao Wen wants to break the routine, then he should have different tactics and corresponding follow-up layouts when dealing with cutting.
So far, this is only the second round of the game, and it is still the best opportunity for Gao Wen to explore and explore, so his brain continues to run at high speed.
After turning around, Gao Wen came to the second zone, ready to face the test of break point.
Break points are crucial. Gao Wen needs to avoid falling behind in the start. This is a grass field, and the serve game plays a more important role. A break point may directly ruin the game. Therefore, players need to keep their attention in their serve games and try to Avoid problems in your own links.
But Gao Wen believes that this should not be the only time he faced a break point situation today. He doesn't think the game will be so easy, so how to choose and deploy tactics under the critical score, including the break point of his serve or Dimit The break points of Love's serve and the performance of these key points are the key.
This is the winner and loser when top players meet on a narrow road.
Therefore, tactical layout is necessary, but tactics cannot be chosen blindly.
(end of this chapter)