Chapter 1161 Na's Topspin
The game started, Nadal served.
Nadal is 185 cm tall, 85 kg, holds the racket with his left hand, backhands with both hands, and has a Nadal-style topspin. He is the champion of the men's singles tennis in the Beijing Olympics. He currently holds 7 Grand Slam titles, including five French Open titles. He just won the fifth French Open title this year.
He is a defensive player at the baseline, with strong holding ability and excellent mobility. He is an invincible cockroach.
But his serve is his weakness. He rarely hits ACE balls, outside the top 100 in the world, and is not very stable. Facing Li Ba's strong ability to hold serve, his pressure to hold serve is magnified. Simply put, he cannot lose a single game, otherwise he may lose the game.
So now, he is very cautious when serving.
Right half court, first serve preparation.
"Bang!"
Outer corner, topspin.
The ball speed is 202 kilometers per hour, which is Nadal's regular first serve speed.
There are four standards for serving in tennis: ball speed, rotation, change and angle. Nadal only lacks ball speed, and the other three standards are good.
His average first serve speed is only about 200, which is similar to that of top female players like Serena Williams, so in order to make up for the lack of speed, he will pursue angles and rotation.
His first serve often has a large outside angle and rotation, which can lead the opponent out of the field and fully mobilize the opponent.
In this ball, Li Ba took a big step across and stepped on the sideline to complete the serve.
He adopted Djokovic's serve receiving technique, and used a forehand fast drive on the way up when the ball bounced off the ground.
In this serve receiving technique, he does not have the flexibility of Djokovic, but his nerve reaction speed is enough, and he has long arms that Djokovic does not have, and he also has the ability to hit accurately that Djokovic does not have, so he uses it in a decent manner.
The tactics that Zhang Depei gave him this time were to learn from Roddick and strive to kill the opponent with one shot. If he can kill the opponent with one shot, he will never leave it for the second shot.
The reason is very simple. Although his technique has improved, facing these top tennis players, let alone this improvement, he will not catch up with them even if he practices tennis for another ten years.
So he could only rely on his strong point, which was serving, and then fight for a break point.
Once he could not fight quickly and entered a stalemate, he would lose more than 90%.
So after receiving the serve with a quick drive, he immediately rushed to the net.
Nadal had a strong defense at the baseline, and he could never fight him at the bottom. Only when he went to the net could he have a chance to hit his opponent.
But he underestimated Nadal's strength. Nadal returned a forehand topspin, which was not high. It was a net ball that was specially designed to deal with his net volley.
The ball came over the net and then dropped quickly, which prevented him from hitting a terrifying high-altitude volley, and he could not hit a winning flat shot. He could only receive the ball at a height below the net and pull it back with topspin, which was not very lethal and lost the initiative.
Li Ba barely pulled out topspin in the front court (before the serving line) and pulled the ball back, which was not of any quality. With his skills, it was good enough to pull it back in the front court without going out of bounds.
Nadal used topspin to pull back again, but he didn't hit the baseline, and still touched the net.
This time Li Ba pulled topspin and it went into the net.
In just these two rounds, he saw how powerful Nadal's topspin was, and he didn't give him any chance to intercept at the net.
In the end, Nadal successfully saved his serve, and it was Li Ba's turn to serve.
In the right half court, preparing for the first serve.
With the improvement of his serving technique, Li Ba has adopted jump serve for his serve this year.
That is, he throws the ball into the court, and then jumps forward two feet, which is half a step distance. It is not as high as last year, and only jumps about one foot. It is not difficult for him, and the power is slightly less, but it can be used routinely. He mainly used this kind of jump serve in this Wimbledon.
This kind of jump serve has become his signature technical move, just like Nadal's Nadal topspin, and is called Li's jump serve by the media.
"Bang!"
Flat hit.
This kind of jump serve is all powerful flat hits, because there is enough hitting height, and there is no need for topspin to control the landing point.
And he doesn't pursue angles and changes, just the purest speed.
The only martial arts in the world that cannot be broken is speed. His serve is to win by speed.
"Bang!"
The ball bounced off the ground, passed by Nadal, and instantly hit the net six meters behind. He did not react.
"ACE." The referee shouted loudly.
"Oh!"
Looking at the electronic screen of the speedometer, the number on it made everyone exclaim.
"267?!"
Nadal took a look and was shocked. He could only shake his head helplessly. This was a speed that he could not reach.
"Congratulations, Tiechui, you broke the serve record you created yourself." Tong Kexin shouted excitedly.
"This serve is too strong! The ball is fast and the ball path is short. As long as it falls within the boundary, it is 99% likely to be an ACE. No one can react at all."
Zhang Sheng exclaimed.
Left half, second serve ready.
"Bang!"
"Error!"
First serve error, second serve ready.
"Bang!"
"ACE."
"Beautiful, the second serve hit an ACE with a speed of 228, the hammer is too strong! This serving technique is invincible! The ability to hold serve is invincible!"
Tong Kexin said excitedly.
"Ask the world, who can break the hammer?" Zhang Sheng laughed.
Li Ba also successfully held serve.
The two of them went back and forth, resulting in three draws, and each successfully secured serve three times.
In the seventh game, Nadal held serve again and the score was 2:0 (30:0).
In the right half, prepare for the first serve.
"boom!"
Big outside angle, topspin.
This time, Li Ba did not use a forehand to bring the ball quickly, but played a forehand with diagonal topspin, and he still played a tennis ball.
With good luck, the tennis ball was very successful and the landing point was very good. It landed in the opponent's front service area. No matter how strong Nadal's mobile ability was, he would not be able to catch up with this kind of diagonal tennis ball that landed in the front court.
This is also Li Ba's progress after learning Nadal's topspin technique. He could not hit this kind of net-spin before.
With this kind of topspin, his control of the landing point has been improved, and he can hit the diagonal ball landing in the front court, which has very strong penetrating power.
Li Ba received the serve and scored, 2:1 (30:15).
"Tie Hammer, seize the opportunity!" Zhang Sheng shouted.
Left front area, ready for the first serve.
"boom!"
This time it's an inside corner, plus spin.
Li Ba reacted quickly and pulled straight topspin with his forehand. The ball landed straight into the deep right half of his opponent's area without going out of bounds.
Nadal arrived in stride, pulled the diagonal baseline with his backhand with both hands, and the ball fell straight into the deep area of Li Ba's right half.
"OUT!"
After the ball hit the ground, the referee shouted loudly.
"2:2." The referee shouted.
"Beautiful, it's a tie, come on, hammer, one more point will be the break point." Tong Ke shouted happily.
In the right half, prepare for the first serve.