Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 68 Battle of Champions

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There were [-] spectators, but their emotions were not as high as they were when the show first started.

Tennis matches are not difficult to understand. Even some fans who have never watched tennis matches can see some clues after watching them for a while.

In Isner's serve game, the opponent won too easily.

To win a game, for Isner, it is not just a matter of four serves. If four serves are not enough, then five serves are needed. He has no intention of forming a round with Chen Ran.

Especially the combination of his serve speed and landing angle is stable and strong. When he is in the best condition, he can maintain this state for the entire set or even two consecutive sets.

call……

Chen Ran breathed out gently, trying to calm down his emotions.

Patience, you have to be patient when facing a serving machine like this.

In the C5 Sports live broadcast room, the host Zhang Sheng was also anxious.

"I didn't expect that Isner would be so much more troublesome than South Korea's Lee Hyung-taek."

"Dear viewers, I can guarantee that Isner will be one of the top ten players in the world in the future. With this level of serve, even if he is facing kings like Agassi and Sampras, it will be difficult to break serve. "

"As for Chen Ran, his top priority is to keep his serve first and then look for opportunities."

He also sighed when he spoke: "Men's tennis and women's tennis are indeed two sports. Because in women's tennis, you often break me, I break you, and everyone breaks each other's serve."

The unknown guest next to him muttered: "Don't you just watch women's tennis to see beauties? Kournikova, this baby, that baby..."

Although the current score is still 0-0, the two people also felt that Chen Ran had little chance of victory, so they started to make jokes...

Chen Ran tried to forget the embarrassment in the opponent's serve and focus on his own.

"Pretty!"

"really beautiful!"

The C5 host was once again attracted by Chen Ran's wonderful performance.

Chen Ran rushed directly to the net and hit a beautiful volley to secure serve.

The two sides went back and forth, entering into an almost cruel and anxious tug-of-war.

When entering the No. 12 game, the whole game ushered in the first "40-40" tie for the first time.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Chen Ran sneaked up on Isner's forehand with two consecutive serves. The strong top spin caused the opponent to miss two consecutive serve returns, so much so that the guy almost dropped his racket in anger.

The score of the game was 6:6, entering the tiebreaker.

"It's a tie-break. It's a tie-break in the first set."

"TV viewers, this game is really suffocating!"

"Now, the thrilling tie-break is about to begin!"

In the tie-break, Isner served first.

A crisp sound echoed in the air, and a green light flashed past Chen Ran.

0:1
Isner sent another unparalleled ACE ball and scored directly.

But there was no expression on his face, as if sending an ace ball was a common thing for him.

Exchange of serves, followed by Chen Ran's two serves.

The first ball, flat serve, inside corner.

Uh!
Isner let out a groan, because he adjusted his steps a little hastily, and the return ball went directly out of bounds.

For the second goal, Chen Ran also directly returned a beautiful ACE ball.

2:1, Chen Ran completed the lead.

The audience on the court was excited once again, seemingly seeing the dawn of victory.

Although the score was behind, Isner remained expressionless and took the tennis ball from the ball boy.For him, it's just a matter of keeping his serve points.

swoosh...

It was another two powerful serves. Even if Chen Ran completed the return of one of the serves, he was still smashed and scored by the opponent very easily.

2: 3.

The fans, who had become a little noisy, took a deep breath and became quiet again.

The two sides alternately served, and the score continued to rise.

After Chen Ran once again secured two serves, the score reached 8:7.

The tie-break rule is that after the score reaches 6-6, the opponent must beat the opponent by two points to be considered a winner.

In the tie-break of tennis, the rules are designed very cleverly.

First, one player serves one ball first, and then the two players take turns serving two balls.

This ensures that after either side has served, the total number of serves from both sides will be an odd number.

If the players on both sides are close in strength and the score is tight and the difference is only one point, then the total points added up by the two sides will also be an odd number.

For example, in the current situation, Chen Ran leads Isner 10-9, and the latter got two serves.

For the first ball, Isner must hold serve, otherwise he will lose the first set; for the second ball, if Isner also holds serve successfully, it means that when Chen Ran serves in the future, he must break The opponent's first serve wins.

vice versa.

This means that in such an anxious game, any player who wants to win this set must either win the first point of the serve or break the opponent's first serve. Once the second ball is entered, the game will inevitably turn is dragged into the next round.

Now, this opportunity is also placed in front of Chen Ran.

Of Isner's two serves, he could only win this round by breaking the opponent's first serve.

The opponent once again launched a powerful and heavy shot, rushing towards the outside corner like a cannonball.

At this time, Chen Ran's body had already activated in advance, and he had obviously successfully predicted the opponent's serving route.

Swinging the racket with his forehand, he finally touched the tennis ball that was speeding towards him. The surging power squeezed the swinging action in an instant.

However, Chen Ran's leg and core strength still held up firmly, and he clenched his teeth to complete the swing.

The tennis ball flew to the opposite side, and the return ball fell very fast, sinking quickly like a meteor.

A fairly satisfactory return of serve.

Isner arrived in time and swung his forehand mercilessly, like Thor's hammer, slamming it down with all his strength, hoping to score directly with this shot.

Chen Ran had already prepared for all this.

He was also betting, knowing that Isner's attack position would be in the gap on his right, so he took a step in advance.

Sure enough, the flight path of the tennis ball was exactly the position of his forehand.

In the midst of this flash of lightning, Chen Ran made a sliding step, and his forehand racket met the speeding tennis ball.

A beautiful forehand flat shot!

At this moment, Isner was lost for less than a second. After all, he was only 17 years old and inexperienced.

Because Chen Ran predicted the direction of his bat in advance, he became distracted.

A few seconds is brief, but enough to be fatal.

Chen Ran returned the ball very quickly. He hurriedly returned the ball with his backhand, but the ball went out of bounds.

In the tiebreak, 11:9, Chen Ran won the set with difficulty.

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(End of this chapter)