Chapter 1080 High-Altitude Interception

At this time, Li Ba had moved to the midpoint. As soon as Safin's hitting action came out, he immediately turned to the right, started the first step from the front, and then held the racket with one hand and pulled it hard with his forehand.

With a bang, the ball flew to Safin's right half court, and Li Ba hit a topspin ball with a positive diagonal line.

Like Li Ba just now, Safin ran from left to right, but he was old and slow, and barely completed the reception. The ball bounced high and fell to the opponent's serving area.

Li Ba caught up, jumped directly, and implemented a high-altitude interception.

With a bang, with a powerful aerial interception, the ball hit the opponent's left half court and bounced out of the baseline.

"2:0." The referee shouted.

"The Hammer still won by ball speed. If Safin's speed was as fast as three or four years ago, the quality of this return ball would be higher, and the Hammer would not have the opportunity to intercept in the half court." Federer said secretly.

At the same time, he noticed Safin's serve reception and felt that this was indeed a solution that was not a solution.

He looked at the speedometer again. This time, the second serve reached 203, reaching the first serve speed of top tennis players, but it was lower than the average speed of Li Ba's first serve in the first game, and this should be the main reason why Safin received the ball.

He knew very well that if Li Ba raised the second serve speed to 220, even if he retreated a few steps in advance, it would be too late.

In the right half, Li Ba served first.

"Bang!"

"ACE!"

"3:0." The referee shouted.

"Pa pa pa..."

There was fierce applause again on the No. 1 court.

The ball speed reached 251, which has exceeded the original world record. Everyone who saw it shook their heads in amazement.

Safin had no choice. He had already gambled and retreated three steps in advance. With the original one step, it was four steps, all retreated to the position four meters behind the court, but still could not catch up with the speed of the first serve.

Li Ba came to the left half again and prepared for the first serve.

"Bang!" First serve.

"Wrong!" The referee shouted loudly.

Li Ba's first serve went out of bounds, and the ball speed exceeded 250 again. He began to prepare for the second serve.

"Bang!"

"ACE!"

"Yeah!"

4:0, hit three aces and successfully held serve, Li Ba excitedly waved his racket.

He deliberately increased the speed of his second serve this time, taking a gamble, otherwise it would be a problem for Safin to receive the ball. He was not good at playing stalemate balls and did not have the skills.

Safin waved his racket angrily, the feeling of not being able to receive the ball was really terrible.

The speed of the second serve this time was as high as 224, how could he receive the ball? Who the hell could receive it?

Djokovic looked at the speedometer, 224, this number made him feel extremely dazzling.

If it was him on the court, he probably wouldn't be able to receive such a ball, this was not a ball speed that people could react to, but this was still a second serve.

Second serve, second serve, thinking of it as a second serve, he felt a kind of fear rising from the bottom of his heart.

1:1, Li Ba successfully held serve, without changing sides, the two continued to fight.

The next day, the two fell into a bitter battle.

Safin is a top-notch player, while Li Ba is average in other skills except serving, and he has never been able to break his opponent's serve. Similarly, his serve is too strong, and he does not give Safin a chance to break his serve.

The two sides fought back and forth, and the game ended in a 6-6 tie.

Wimbledon uses a long-set system for the deciding set, and a short-set system for non-deciding sets, which is a tiebreak.

The so-called long-set system means that after a 6-6 tie, one side must win two consecutive games to win the set.

And the tiebreak means that after a 6-6 tie, whoever wins the 7th game wins the first set.

Now the first set between Li Ba and Safin is a tiebreak. Li Ba successfully won the tiebreak with his strong serving ability and won the first set.

With the tiebreak victory, Li Ba won the second set and entered the third set.

However, Safin is old and strong, while Li Ba has too little experience in tennis games. This is only the second game. In the next two games, he made many mistakes and lost two sets in a row. The two sides entered the deciding set.

In the final set, the two players tied at 6-6, and then entered the long set finale, which means that one side had to win two games in a row to get the final victory.

In the long set finale, the two players each successfully saved serve three times, and the score was actually tied at 9:9.

Li Ba's main tactic today was to win by serving. The average first serve speed reached 247, which affected the success rate. This was also the most important reason why he lost the third and fourth sets.

But his average second serve speed increased to 220, which increased his second serve deterrence. The success rate of this ball speed was also good, which was also the reason why he could persist until now.

After the tie, it was Safin's turn to serve.

In the right half of the court, first serve preparation.

"Bang!"

Safin served a flat shot, which was determined by his height and strength. He was a player who hit the ball hard.

Hitting the outside corner, Li Ba forehanded a straight topspin ball.

Safin hurriedly ran from right to left. Without the chance to hit the ball flat, he rushed out of the court, sliced ​​the ball with his backhand, and hit a reverse diagonal line, forcing Li Ba to move from right to left.

Li Ba immediately rushed to the net after receiving the serve.

In the first 18 games, he repeatedly rushed to the net, but there were few chances to successfully get to the net, because Safin's ball control was very good, and many of them were flat shots, fast and penetrating. Before he finished reaching the net, his defense had already been penetrated, which was an important reason why he could not break the serve.

However, he still insisted on grabbing the net, because his baseline technique was not as good as his net technique, and his advantage was not as great as his net technique.

Safin's slice, that is, the backspin ball, gave Li Ba an opportunity.

Backspin balls, that is, reverse spin, have a characteristic, which is not high, and opposite to topspin, close to the block. If you go to the net quickly, you have a chance to intercept this kind of ball.

Li Ba's return ball just now was of good quality, forcing Safin to go two steps beyond the baseline before receiving the ball, giving him the opportunity to complete the net.

He rushed to a position more than one meter away from the block, and had already completed the net. At this time, he saw that the ball was sliced ​​back, and the height was only up to his chest. He instinctively blocked it with his backhand and blocked it back.

This block, the ball fell to the right half of the opposite side, and after two jumps, Safin could not come back.

"0:1." The referee shouted.

Safin came to the left half and prepared for the first serve.

"Error!"

The first serve went out of bounds, and Safin prepared for the second serve.

Li Ba stood in the left half, one step behind the baseline. Because he had enough arm span, he stood a little closer to the middle, not too close to the extension line of the sideline.

Safin threw the ball, and at that moment, Li Ba suddenly took the first step forward, rushed into the court, and then continued to take a step forward.

Safin hit the ball, and for safety, the second serve was not fast, and it was a topspin ball.

Li Ba kept staring at Safin, and saw that it was a topspin serve. After he rushed the second step, he jumped up and intercepted the ball in the air.

With a bang, like hitting a fly, Li Ba hit the ball accurately, and the ball retreated and hit the center line like a meteor.