Chapter 1075: First Round Promotion

"The 7th ACE ball, the ball speed is 256, the hammer did a good job." Michael Jackson smiled.

"This guy, does he still want to be famous in the tennis world?" Michael Tyson shook his head and sighed.

"He is already in the limelight. He broke the 250 world record in his first professional game. Isn't this a limelight?"

Michael Jordan said.

Left half, one shot.

Li Ba first observed Montanes' position, and his opponent was one step behind the end line.

Although under the coverage of the locking skills, he knew Montanes's position clearly, he still had to pretend.

He threw the ball high, with a bang, and fired it instantly with a swing of his arm.

This time he asked for the inside corner, because at the moment he threw the ball, he "saw" that his opponent had retreated in advance, and the location of the withdrawal was outside the extended sideline. Obviously, the opponent predicted that his serve was an outside corner kick, and it was an upper corner kick. Spin the ball.

Montanes has repeatedly tried to volley in advance, but this kind of volley in advance is a risk. He has only succeeded once so far, and the others have failed. This time he retreated early.

Because Li Ba kept sending top-spin balls from the outside corner, he wanted to take a few steps back before Li Ba served, to get further away before catching the ball.

But unfortunately, he retreated a little early. If he retreated after Li Ba hit the ball, he might have achieved his goal.

"ACE!" the referee shouted.

"2:0." The referee shouted.

"The eighth ace." Zhang Sheng shouted happily in the CCTV live broadcast room.

"The ball speed is 235, which is not too fast. This is an inside corner kick. The hammer should have lost its force." Tong Kexin said with a smile.

"Yes, Montanes retreated to the outside, and the hammer reacted quickly and immediately fired the inside corner." Zhang Sheng said with a smile.

Li Ba walked towards the caddy and signaled for a towel.

Taking the towel, he wiped his sweat, then picked three balls and came to the right half again, ready to serve.

"boom!"

"Error!" the referee shouted.

The serve went out of bounds. Montanes made an accurate judgment. Li Ba made a mistake on the first serve and was ready for the second serve.

Although he made a mistake in serving this time, Li Ba found that after his opponent suffered a loss, he did not move in advance until he hit the ball.

"boom!"

Li Ba’s second shot is relatively conservative, but it can reach a speed of over 230 kilometers per hour.

Montanez took a gamble this time because the ball was too fast. If he took a few steps back and returned the ball, it would be too late. Even if he did, the quality of the return would not be high.

He chose to intercept the ball the moment it bounced.

The interception is very important for a fast serve. His skills are not bad. He moved the ball with his shoulder and took advantage of the situation to complete a interception.

The ball bounced instantly, very high and very quickly.

Li Ba immediately grabbed the net after serving, but his opponent intercepted the ball. When he ran to the service line, he made an emergency stop and the ball flew over his head.

He didn't jump, because with the locking skill, he knew the height of the ball clearly and he couldn't reach it.

Turning around instantly, the top turning speed came into play this time, and then took the first step forward.

Just like on the basketball court, he does not look up at the ball, but lowers his head and moves quickly towards the end line, rushing towards the ball's landing point.

This is one of his great advantages, allowing him to move faster and more accurately.

The ball fell and Li Ba was just in place.

At this time, he "saw" that Montanes had already grabbed the net, so he hit the ball with a flat backhand.

As soon as Montanez reached the net, he found the ball flying straight from the side. When he looked back, the ball hit the left half of the boundary.

"3:0. Game point." the referee shouted.

Li Ba's serve was about to be successful, and applause erupted on Court No. 1.

"The second serve is really strong! Hammer's second serve has a speed of 243, which is faster than many top players' first serve ace. His serve is so strong!"

Tong Kexin praised.

"Serve to win, real serve to win!" Zhang Sheng shouted excitedly.

Although this second serve was not an ACE, warm applause erupted on Court No. 1.

Left half, one shot.

"boom!"

"ACE!" the referee shouted.

Montanez moved his shot but missed the ball.

Looking back, he saw the ball hit the net. He shook his head helplessly. He had no time to react to the ball, it was too fast.

"4:0, the end of the game, the first game is 5:0, Li Ba is in the lead." the referee shouted.

"Beautiful! So beautiful! This ACE reached 258 kilometers per hour, almost tying the world record just set by the Hammer."

Tong Kexin was amazed.

"I haven't even finished a round yet, and I've already hit 9 aces. The Hammer's serve is definitely the best in the world." Zhang Sheng said excitedly.

Next, the two changed sides, and then it was Montanez's serve.

Montanez used more comprehensive skills to finally regain the game, and the score was 1:5, with Li Ba taking the lead.

But soon, Li Ba used his strong serving skills to successfully hold serve again and won the first set with a score of 6:1.

"I don't think there is any suspense anymore. The Hammer's serve is too strong. It is difficult for Montanes to break serve. He has no chance to beat the Hammer."

Zhang Sheng laughed in the Beijing CCTV live broadcast room.

"I agree. Hammer showed the world's top serving skills in his first professional match. We should have greater expectations for his tennis career." Tong Kexin said with a smile.

Zhang Sheng said: "He said he would win the Grand Slam in three years. Netizens have different opinions, but judging from this game, he has a chance. Of course, his skills are not comprehensive yet, and there are still many areas that need to be improved."

An hour and a half later, Li Ba won two more games in a row, eliminated Montanes with a score of 3-0, and advanced to the second round of Wimbledon.

The process was very smooth. In the next two games, he continued to hit ACE balls. In 20 games in three games, he broke the opponent's serve seven times, did not let the opponent break the serve, and successfully saved the serve 11 times, one six-zero, two six-one, and only let the opponent save the serve twice, and only won two games.

In the whole game, in eleven serving games, he hit a total of 30 ACE balls, and broke the world record for the highest serving speed.

In fact, his serve was still reserved, and did not reach the highest speed in training.

In training, his highest speed reached 278 kilometers per hour, of course, the success rate of such balls was not high.

Jordan felt a little disappointed. Li Ba won too easily. He didn't hit enough aces. He lost the $100,000 he won from Guo Da.

At the end of the game, the No. 1 court gave Li Ba a huge applause and cheers.

Li Ba took some balls and hit them one by one into the stands, causing cheers.

"Dad, I want a ball!" Guo Guo shouted.

Li Ba ran over and gave Guo Guo one. The little girl's face was a little red from the sun, but she was very excited.

After returning and signing with the chief judge, he was surrounded by the media at the scene.