roccoschili Chapter 1079 His 2 shots are the scariest
Chapter 1079 His 2 shots are the scariest
Chapter 1079 His second shot is the scariest
In the second game, Li Ba's serve game.
Right half, one serve.
Federer stared closely at Li Ba's serve. He had watched the video repeatedly, but the scene was completely different.
Djokovic's eyes widened even more. He has already received a promise from Nike. As long as he blocks Li Ba in the 4/4 division, he can get a top-level sponsorship contract, which will have a great impact on his career. It is of great help.
At this time, Li Ba threw the ball.
At this time, Safin, who was one step behind the end line, suddenly took a step back.
"boom!"
Li Ba shot.
Originally, he planned to play the outside corner, but "seeing" Safin's retreat, he changed to the inside corner.
"So fast!"
Safin was extremely surprised. Before he had time to move to the center line, the ball had already bounced off the ground.
"mistake!"
The referee shouted immediately.
"Oh, it's a pity, it's out of bounds!" Zhang Sheng sighed in the Beijing CCTV live broadcast room.
Federer looked at the serve and shook his head.
Hammer's serving skills are top-notch at most, and they cannot be compared with him at all.
He is only 185 cm tall and weighs only 80 kg. His physical fitness is not good, even Safin can't match him, but his serving skills are very good, and he can serve with all his strength.
In his opinion, Li Ba's power is too big, really too big, this is not an advantage, but a weakness, because too much power is not conducive to controlling the ball, so the ball is easy to go out of bounds.
In his opinion, with Li Ba's hitting point, he does not need to serve the ball with topspin at all, but directly hits the ball directly, so that his ball speed will be faster and more desperate, and it will be easier to hit the ACE ball.
But he also knew the reason why Li Ba didn't hit the ball flat, because he couldn't hold the ball at all, and the force was too strong, so he had to spin the ball, slow down and increase the control of the ball's landing point.
Of course, he doesn't think that Li Ba's current serve is not threatening, but if it's just this level of serve, it's not enough to become a top tennis player, and it's not enough to fight against him.
Djokovic also has a similar idea. He is now looking forward to meeting Li Ba, defeating the super sports star with his own hands, and then switching to Nike, stepping on Li Ba to get a top sponsorship contract.
Li Ba made the second shot.
When throwing the ball, he once again "saw" Safin move a step ahead, but this time instead of retreating, he stepped forward and stepped directly into the field.
He was not surprised by Safin's action, because Zhang Depei told him that in the second serve, in order to force the server to further reduce the speed of the serve, the receiver will often take such an action, directly compressing the space of the ball holder.
"boom!"
On the second serve, Li Ba still took the outside corner and topspin.
Unlike just now, this time his serve did not change because of Safin's action.
"Oh!"
The moment Safin landed on his front foot and missed his back foot, the ball hit the teeing area and bounced out of bounds from his right side, too fast for him to touch.
"ACE!"
Seeing that Safin didn't catch the ball, the referee shouted.
"Clap clap clap..."
An ACE ball was released on the second serve, which is extremely rare in tennis, and huge applause immediately erupted from Court No. [-].
Federer applauded too, but couldn't hide the shock on his face.
"The second serve is really too fast!"
He looked at the speedometer, and a number appeared on it, 221.
He swallowed, feeling incredible.
You must know that his highest serve speed is only 216, which was achieved in the Rome Masters. At that time, he did not believe that he could serve such a fast serve. Given his physical condition, it was almost the limit.
But now, Li Ba's second serve has surpassed his record.
"I can't underestimate him! It's really hard to break such a serve! His first serve is not the scariest, because the success rate is limited, but his second serve is the scariest, and the success rate is high enough."
He sighed in his heart.
If he can't break his opponent, it is impossible to beat his opponent. If he really can't break Li Ba's serve, then he will definitely not be able to beat him.
Now he realizes that with such a serve, he is almost invincible.
Li Ba came to the left half of the field, ready to make a shot.
Safin took a deep breath, concentrating on preparations.
When Li Ba threw the ball, Safin suddenly took a step back. He was already standing one step behind the end line, but now he retreated to a further back position.
"boom!"
Li Ba swung his racket, and it was still a topspin ball from the outside corner.
The instant he struck, Safin backed away again.
But he found that, not fast enough, his retreat could not keep up with the speed of the ball. After he took another step, the ball had bounced to the highest point, and he had to withdraw at least one more step before he had a chance to hit.
At this moment, the ball was sliding rapidly, and he stretched a racket forward, but it was not enough.
"Damn it, I ate another ACE ball!" He cursed bitterly in his heart.
But at this time, the referee's voice sounded: "Error!"
He breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately brought up the breath again, because he thought of the horror of Li Ba's second shot.
His physical condition has declined a lot now, and his pace has slowed down. Facing Li Ba's ball speed, this is very troublesome for him, very troublesome.
He glanced at the speedometer, and the number on it was 261. When he saw this number, the corners of his eyes twitched a few times, as if he saw a ghost. Is this the speed of the ball that a human can hit?
Like Safin, Federer and Djokovic are the same. When they saw the number 261, they all shrank their eyes.
They were not the only ones at the scene. Myers, the president of Adidas UK headquarters, and Ross, the president of Nike's UK headquarters, were both present. When they saw this number, one smiled and the other looked serious.
Zhang Depei applauded again and again. Speed is the most important thing when playing against a player like Safin who is about to retire. Li Ba's serve gave him the confidence to beat Safin.
Left half, second serve.
"boom!"
This time Safin didn't step onto the court ahead of time, and he took a step back when throwing the ball. This step allowed him to seize the opportunity to catch the ball.
He bet that Li Ba will continue to hit the outside corner and hit topspin, because Li Ba is too powerful, it is easy to go out of bounds when he hits an inside corner, and it is easier to go out of bounds when he hits a flat shot.
He only bet on Li Ba not being able to hit the backspin, because he watched Li Ba's first game repeatedly, and Li Ba seldom hits the backspin, probably because his skills are not up to the mark.
Moreover, Li Ba's racket grip is also the most conducive to hitting topspin, so he bet on this.
He succeeded. At the moment Li Ba hit, he retreated continuously and took two big steps directly. At this time, the ball hit the grass, then rebounded, and then fell from a high point. With such a fast ball speed, he passed With a gambling retreat, he got a chance to return the ball.
However, the ball was still too fast, and his chances of returning the ball were not very good. It can only be said that he barely caught a chance to return the ball.
"boom!"
Safin reluctantly returned a flat shot with a forehand and hit a straight line, that is, hit Liba's right half.
Because the quality of the return is average, the power of this flat shot is not enough, so the speed of the ball is not fast.
(End of this chapter)