When Sampras met Tim Henman at Wimbledon that year, the audience expected to see a hearty match. However, in fact, the match between the two players on serve and net cannot be said to be unexciting. Both of them are undoubtedly masters of serving and netting, but when all the skills of serving and netting are brought together, the wonderful performance often becomes less like a tennis match. In the 1998 Wimbledon semi-finals, Sampras and Tim Henman used their serves to resolve the first four games. Their high-speed serves made hitting the net a direct embellishment. There are 4 games in 12 minutes, with an average of 3 minutes. This is almost just the process of serving and scoring. The return service is either out of the net or out of bounds. The two top serving and net players did not show much at the beginning of the game. Come with their superb network technology. "Sure enough, my serve is still a bit bad." Fan Ju's serve was also very threatening, but it was not lasting. It is difficult to maintain a continuous first-serve state. Often, consecutive first-server goals also mean that the next consecutive serve is out of bounds. In order to ensure that he serves the ball, he must slow down his ball speed. In the eyes of his opponents, Fan Ju There is still some distance between him and a real serve and net player. Serve plus net, if you only have skills and reactions at the net, you are just a net player or doubles player. Only with a strong and powerful suppressive serve, coupled with the oppressive pressure of the net, this is the serve and net player in Henman's heart. What it really should look like. Stroking the upper edge of the racket, he blocked it in front of the net, and lightly made a straight return shot. His opponent was still at the bottom line of the corner of his right eye, and there was still a long way to go before his return shot. ¡°40:0¡± Tim Henman used his own style of play to teach Fan Ju a good lesson in the opening game. What is meant by playing in front of the net? It is simple and direct. Those indecisive attacks and weak second shots all became powerful weapons for Fan Ju to score wantonly in the half. Relaxed two steps. Fan Ju stopped chasing the ball and silently walked to the baseline without lowering his head. Instead, he raised his head and looked at the position where he had just caught the ball. Fan Ju¡¯s return of serve is very powerful. Even if his opponent¡¯s serve is not weak, he will not be suppressed so completely. Fan Ju has discovered a problem, or his opponent is suppressing his skills. ¡°Three in the middle and one in the corner, this serve combination is really interesting.¡± The opponent must have adjusted the direction of the serve according to his position. Almost all of the three center serves were hit a short step toward Fan Ju's backhand position. It is difficult to control the power of such a serve. If it were in the old days, I am afraid that just trying to serve like this would be enough to make the opponent make consecutive mistakes in returning the ball. The era has changed and the opponent has changed. Fan Ju's returns were all smoothly returned to the boundary. But the problem is that without exception, these returns were caught by Tim Henman while he was halfway in front of the net. ! ? ? Continuous interceptions in front of the net caused Fan Ju to quickly lose the opening points. Judging from the scene. Fan Ju seemed to be helpless against his opponent. "Can't he hit a diagonal return? Can he notice this?" Several coaches on the field are also paying attention to Fan Ju's movements, whether it is Romdi or Laschet. We are all too familiar with this kind of serve that restrains players from receiving the ball. Serving does not entirely require speed or angle. For Tim Henman, giving his opponent a serve that limits the return angle is enough for him to accurately seize the opportunity to attack with the first shot. He took advantage of Fan Ju's youth and experience and successfully launched several attacks, but he forgot that he couldn't use multiple tricks, and he also forgot what kind of opponent he was facing. The same preparation movements, the same serious expression, Tim Henman has been playing his tennis on the court for many years. No matter how the times change, he will not change himself. Just like the stereotype in the bones of the British, they insist on their own skills and experience. Swing the bat. The whole person instantly took two small steps forward with the racket, the body regained balance, and the eyes also regained their focus, staring at the opponent who was about to return the ball. The serve is still in the middle position, still aimed at the direction where Fan Ju's backhand is a small step away. The speed of the first serve is close to 210 kilometers, making his return of the serve more difficult than the ordinary second serve in the middle position. It is not at the same level at all. above. 4-5 years ago, Tim Henman wanted to hit such a high-speed serve only a few times in a game. The progress of the racket also helped him increase his ball speed. In his opinion, a first serve of 210 kilometers Even enough to directly defeat your opponent. "Not good!" Without flinching or moving sideways, Fan Ju bravely rushed towards the serve that hit more than 200 kilometers. This serve could only be received with a backhand position, and he had to move the receiving point further forward. , to change the flight direction of the return ball. Tim Henman sees the trajectory changing, his racket had been stretched out to intercept the ball, and the top of the racket barely hooked the incoming ball, but the position was too far. Fan Ju's return was not light, and the racket was pressed at an angle. Such a return was completely inaccurate. When the ball leaves the racket, it means losing control. Tim vaguely feels that it should not go out of bounds. Years of feel and experience tell him that the ball may still be in bounds. "It's really unlucky, I finally caught the feeling." Fan Ju was a little disappointed, but he was not sad. He had figured out the reason why his opponent suppressed his return. This was much more critical than being lucky enough to score a point by his opponent. The score was rewritten to 1:0. Tim Henman easily defeated Fan Ju on the scene. The audience kept applauding the local player. In their view, Fan Ju was still young after all, whether it was Wimbledon or On grass, the tradition of serving and netting still needs to be protected and maintained by the British. Tim Henman couldn¡¯t tell anything from the expression on his face, but he never stopped thinking in his heart. The shot just now was obviously a step forward. This was the key to the change in the receiving line. He is very familiar with the characteristics of this kind of serve. You must react quickly and change the hitting point of the return serve in order to create a counter-suppressing return line. And this style of play has been mastered by more and more people in recent years, and it has become an anti-restraint style of play on the court. Serving and surfing the net on high-speed courts still has irreplaceable advantages. He is faster and more versatile. Tim Henman is not a young man who plays as he pleases. Compared to Sampras, his "creative desire" is not high. He is more like completing tactics and offense, so he shows a completely different style from Sampras. "It's my turn!" Fan Ju walked towards the serve. He is not the kind of person who insists on fighting with his opponent. As long as he can win, he will not stick to the backcourt or the net. No matter how lively the media hype was, he still played his own game, standing in the same serving position as his opponent. Fan Ju didn't think too much. Whether his serve was strong or not was not a weakness, unless he really hit it. If you make consecutive serious mistakes, otherwise if you want to rely on serving to restrain yourself, your opponent must at least have the same special ability as you. ??The serve is from a wide angle on the outside, a very conventional serve, with a speed of more than 200 kilometers, and a very deep landing point. Different from the opponent's choice behind the ball, Fan Ju still stayed in the backcourt after serving and did not move towards the net immediately. Tim Henman caught the ball smoothly and hooked the ball back from the outside corner with his right hand, but his body's balance center of gravity was seriously damaged and it took a second or two to adjust. The ball was a high-throw chip. Even if there was no stability, the opponent still hit the serve back intact. "Inbounds? But it's too slow." Tim Henman had just regained his center of gravity and stood firm, but Fan Ju had already made a heavy swing, and the whole body's power was concentrated in one place, the racket. After impacting the ball, a straight line is drawn. There was no need to run at all, Tim just stood at the other end of the court and watched Fan Ju's baseline shot, which was stronger and more powerful than his baseline shot. As a serve and net player, it is not that he cannot be at the baseline, but he is at his weakest at the baseline. He can only barely gain some rhythm advantage by constantly switching between chipping and flat hitting. It may be possible to score by relying on the baseline, lower level and competition, but in the tour, facing opponents of this level, it is his absolute weakness. Fan Ju¡¯s actions were like a counterattack. He did not hit the net that was boasted by the media, but hit the bottom line hard, telling everyone that he is different from those players who served and netted in the past! "The little guy is talking with the racket again. Every time I see these scenes in a game, I can't help but want to add narration to him." Laschet chuckled, the more he understood Fan Ju's playing style, The more clearly he can see the meaning of Fan Ju's opening attack. Once Fan Ju shows some kind of determined attack, there is a high probability that he is declaring something. Even Fan Ju himself couldn¡¯t explain clearly after the game, but the racket didn¡¯t require him to start the conversation, and he resolutely fought back from the bottom line after being overwhelmed by his opponent for a round. This was enough. In addition to the coach, Perry is also accompanying him in the stands. Rembrandt has to deal with official duties and will probably have to wait until the result of the game before he can show his face at the press conference. And he will be responsible for Fan Ju¡¯s safety later, regardless of the outcome of the game. No matter what, Fan Ju is destined to be surrounded by reporters. When it is inconvenient for the players to take action, the role of the agent will be reflected. The players can smile and maintain etiquette in front of the camera, but the agent must use himself to block those malicious harassments. "Oh, okay, I understand, thank you, we'll see you in London." Perry hung up the phone, and what came on the phone was not good news. The call Perry answered was from another ace agent of IMG. Compared with Rembrandt,?, this one has a higher status in the company, but he is mainly responsible for female players and is also Sharapova's agent. (To be continued)