Chapter 1072: Betting

Under the locked coverage, Li Ba "saw" the ball coming, and he immediately twisted his waist and swung his arms to prepare for the hit.

His backhand is one-handed, and of course the forehand can be single or double, but with his control of the racket, he usually uses one hand, rarely two hands, and this time it is also one hand.

Montanez's second serve, the ball speed is average.

"Bang!"

At the moment of hitting the ball, Li Ba felt good, he should hit the sweetheart.

Sure enough, although the return ball was very high, it did not lose control. In the extremely strong topspin, it suddenly turned in the air, hit the court, and then bounced up.

Although the ball landed at the midpoint, which is conducive to receiving the ball, the rebound was high and fast. Montanez took several steps back and retreated nearly three meters before finding a chance to hit the ball.

He returned a flat shot, hitting the ball on the way down, and the quality was barely good.

At this time, Li Ba had already reached the net, and with a light touch, the ball bounced back.

Montanez rushed up, but it was too late. Before he returned to the court, the ball had bounced twice.

"2:2." The referee shouted.

"This is a good catch!"

Zhang Depei applauded and laughed.

Montanes served.

He deliberately increased the speed of the ball, but the ball hit the net and landed in the boundary, so he served again.

He served again, and this time the serve was of good quality, fast, and the landing point was good, just hitting the sideline of the outer corner.

The speedometer showed that the speed of this serve was 225km/h.

But Li Ba's reaction speed was too fast, and he still returned the ball, landing in the center near the end line, which was very beneficial for Montanes to receive the ball.

Montanes received the ball, topspin, and shot it to Li Ba's backhand.

After Li Ba returned the ball, he moved to the midpoint position. At this time, he "saw" the trajectory of the ball and immediately moved two steps to the left again.

At this time, the ball hit the corner, and Li Ba hit it with one hand, backhanded, and pulled the diagonal diagonal. With a bang, he returned a stronger topspin ball.

After returning the ball, he immediately took the net again.

This diagonal shot was well-stretched, just like Montanes' shot just now, it was hit in the corner.

However, Li Ba's topspin was stronger, and Montanes did not want to retreat to the back to return the ball, which would give Li Ba the opportunity to go to the net, so he hit the rising point directly.

To return this kind of high-quality topspin ball, one is to return the ball when the ball bounces down, and the other is to return the ball when the ball bounces up.

You can return the topspin ball, but the rhythm is slow, which will give the opponent the opportunity to move.

If you can return a high-quality flat shot, that is the best choice.

Generally, when returning a flat shot, you will choose to return it when the ball bounces up, because the flat shot is very fast and low, which will not give the opponent too much time to move.

Like Montanes' flat shot just now, it was a wrong choice. He hit it when the ball bounced down, not only did he need to retreat further, but also gave Li Ba the opportunity to go to the net.

There are also two opportunities to hit the flat shot when it is rising, one is during the rise, and the other is to rise to the top.

The latter requires strength and height, and tennis players generally rarely choose this position.

The former requires good skills. For example, Federer used this method to deal with Nadal's topspin. He hit the ball flat before it reached the highest point, which was very effective.

Montanes chose to hit the rising point and backhand diagonal.

With a bang, he hit the ball flat, but the ball was not returned well. His backhand technique was not as strong as Federer's. He did not hit the sweet spot and the return was too high.

If the quality of this flat shot was high enough, Li Ba's net would fail because the ball would pass first, but the ball was a little high, which gave Li Ba a chance to respond.

Before he ran to the net, he saw the ball path and immediately stopped suddenly, then moved to the left to the ball path. At this time, the ball fell, and he jumped directly. With a single-handed swing, he returned an extremely powerful aerial volley. With a bang, the ball hit the opponent's right half of the court and bounced out of bounds. Montanes did not react and had no time to move.

"2:3. Game point." The referee shouted.

"Beautiful! Hammer, try to break the serve!" Tong Kexin shouted happily in the Beijing CCTV live broadcast room.

"For this kind of aerial volley, the advantage of the hammer is too great. I think in the whole tennis world, no one is better than him in this kind of ball." Zhang Sheng said excitedly.

"Hmm..."

Tong Kexin nodded repeatedly with a smile.

Montanes first serve, backspin, outside corner.

In order to fight for the ace, the action of hitting the ball is very powerful.

"Error!"

But the ball is out of bounds, second serve.

Second serve, inside corner, backspin.

Li Ba backhanded a strong topspin, to ensure that the ball returned in bounds, he hit it diagonally, which is the position of Montanes' serve.

After returning the ball, he rushed to the net again.

Montanes once again chose to hit a flat shot on the way up the rebound. Only by hitting a high-quality flat shot can he break Li Ba's net-grabbing tactics.

With a bang, he finally returned a good flat shot this time, hitting a diagonal line, fast and low, and the ball passed before Li Ba finished reaching the net.

While Li Ba was grabbing the net, he was watching Montanes's return. He stopped and slowed down immediately, holding the racket in his right hand, and turned around to block it instantly.

Bang, a precise volley, the racket accurately blocked the ball back.

The ball landed in the boundary, just at the center of the serving line. Montanes rushed up and took a last big step to pick the ball over.

But at this time, Li Ba had already finished grabbing the net and hit it.

"Yeah! Dad broke the serve!"

In the stands, the girl pulled Guoguo's little hand and cheered.

Seeing Li Ba's break, "Guo Da" felt that he might lose money today. Fortunately, he didn't take the big bet from Crystal, which was a small amount.

"2:4, the end of the game, the first set, the game score is 2:0, Li Ba is in the lead." the referee shouted.

"Break, great job!" Zhang Sheng shouted excitedly in the Beijing CCTV live broadcast room.

"The Hammers are so aggressive at the net! The tactics are very reasonable and make full use of his advantage in front of the net..." Tong Kexin said with a smile.

After taking a sip of water and wiping his sweat, Li Ba picked up the racket again.

When it was his turn to serve, the caddy ran over and asked him to pick the ball.

"In the first service game, the hammer hit two aces. I hope this service game will continue..." Zhang Sheng shouted in the CCTV live broadcast room.

Li Ba was ready to serve, and finally turned around to look at his opponent, and then threw the ball up.

"boom!"

"ACE!"

The referee's voice sounded loudly.

"yeah!"

The girl clapped and cheered, and Guoguo followed suit.

"That's the third ACE! I bet that the Hammers can hit fifty ACEs in this game. Who will bet with me?"

Jordan shouted excitedly.

Emma Watson immediately said: "The current ACE record, the most in a single game is Mahat, who hit 103 ACEs in a single game.

There were six more than 50 ACE balls in a single game. Among them, Karlovic hit more than 50 ACE balls in a single game three times, 78 times, 55 times and 51 times respectively. "

Speaking of this, she said to the girl: "Crystal, Karlovich is currently the tallest tennis player, two centimeters taller than Hammer. I think Hammer can really enhance his serving skills, his strength and wingspan. More advantageous than Karlovich.”

"That's what he decided." The girl smiled.

"Only six times?"

Guo Da decided to get back a game, because he was sure that it required not only good skills, but also good opportunities and enough games. He wanted to take another gamble and said to Jordan: "Michael, one hundred thousand dollars, I Bet against you."

"OK."

Jordan nodded happily.