Chapter 1074 ACE Ball Wins
Sure enough, the ball pressed the line, pressing the edge of the end line a little bit, but a little bit also pressed the line.
"Wow, the challenge was successful!" Zhang Sheng shouted excitedly.
"0:2."
The referee immediately changed the score.
The opponent's challenge was successful, but Montanes had no choice but to shake his head and come to the right half, ready to serve.
His mood was somewhat affected. His first serve hit the net, that is, it did not pass the net, and he prepared for his second serve.
The second serve was successful, with backspin and an inside corner. Montanez moved towards the midpoint after serving.
The rebound of the backspin ball was very low. At this time, Li Ba's forehand forcefully pulled the ball back to the bottom corner of the opponent's right half with topspin.
Montanez quickly returned to his original position, chipped the ball back, and continued to hit backspin.
But this time he took the lead to make a change, hit Li Ba's backhand, and sliced the ball towards Li Ba's left half.
Li Ba immediately moved to the left half, took two steps, and pulled the ball over again with his backhand.
"OUT."
But unfortunately, the ball went out of bounds.
"Immortal's skills are still not up to par. After all, the training time is too short." Zhang Sheng said with a smile.
"I think if the Hammers want to beat their opponents today, they still need to find opportunities in serving and grabbing the net. These are the two strongest points we have seen of him so far." Tong Kexin said.
Zhang Sheng nodded and said: "The Hammer's serve is a great threat to Montanes. He hit 6 ACEs in two service games. It is difficult for Montanes to break serve. As long as the Hammer keeps his serve, this is a win." Foundation."
At this time, Montanes came to the left half, ready to serve.
The pressure on him increased. He had already been broken in one service game. If he was broken again this time, the first set would be difficult.
In terms of serving, he felt that the chance of an ace ball was very small, so he decided to increase the variation of the stalemate ball and take advantage of Li Ba's lack of experience and other weaknesses of average skills to play stalemate balls.
When holding the ball, you must make full use of reasonable and changing ball paths to mobilize your opponents. This requires your own ball to maintain high quality and high technical requirements.
"boom!"
Backspin.
"Yes!"
As soon as the ball was released, Montanez felt good.
Backspin is a slice of the ball, low and fast. It does not move forward when it lands, and it may even hit the ball backwards. A good backspin often makes it difficult for opponents to prevent it.
Li Ba has too little experience in playing tennis, and his skills can only be called average. There was something wrong with his return of this high-quality backspin ball. When he pulled the topspin, he didn't catch it, and the ball came off. at his feet.
"1:2."
Montanez served and scored, the referee shouted.
Montanez nodded, returned to the right half, jumped a few times, and prepared for a shot.
Backspin again, inside angle.
This time, Li Ba pulled his forehand back, in a wide diagonal direction, and the landing point was the opponent's right half, where the opponent's serve was just now.
His skills are average, so he doesn't deliberately pursue the bottom corner in terms of landing point control, he just wants to land within the bounds.
Montanes took a step back and responded with a forehand straight shot, which landed in the left half of Liba's left half and hit a change.
After receiving the ball, Li Ba had moved to the midpoint of the center line. He immediately moved a step to the left, pulled back hard with his backhand, and returned a backspin ball straight to the opponent's center line.
Generally, this kind of backslash does not need to be deliberately pulled to the diagonal, but only pulled to the midline position. Because the time is shorter, the opponent is likely to be forced out of the court to catch the ball.
Of course it would be better to get to the bottom corner, but it is also easy to go out of bounds.
This time it was Montanez's turn to move. He needed to move to a position one and a half meters behind the midpoint of the end line in order to return the ball.
Although he is only 170 centimeters tall, in terms of speed, he is really no faster than Li Ba. Three steps can only match Li Ba's two steps at most, so the quality of his return is not high.
Hitting the ball hastily, he also sliced a backhand slash.
At this time, Li Ba had already gone to the net and took advantage of the situation to block the ball back.
Montanes had no time to come up, jumped twice, and Li Ba scored.
"1:3. Game point." the referee shouted.
"Beautiful, got another break point." Zhang Sheng shouted excitedly.
"It's true that no men's tennis player in our country has been able to reach the main draw of Wimbledon. Iron Hammer has only been practicing for half a year, and he has such a performance. His athletic talent is really too strong!" Tong Kexin Excitedly.
At this time, Montanez came to the left half and prepared to serve.
He needed to score two points in a row to tie the game and have a chance to maintain serve. The difficulty was a bit big and he felt a little depressed.
His coach and agent were also sweating anxiously in the audience. They thought they were lucky and had an opportunity to advance easily, but unexpectedly they encountered a serving machine.
"boom!"
Montanez succeeded on his first serve.
On the backspin ball, Li Ba pulled the ball back with a diagonal forehand, and then immediately moved to the midpoint.
Montanez sliced the ball with his forehand, but instead of hitting a diagonal shot, he sliced a straight line and hit Li Ba's right half.
Li Ba, who was at the midpoint, immediately moved a step to the right, but at this time his foot slipped and he missed the ball.
"2:3. Game point." The ball was in bounds, the referee shouted.
"Oops, points will be awarded for mistakes! Be careful with the hammer, the grass field is very slippery." Tong Kexin sighed.
"This is a matter of experience. Let alone grass, clay and hard courts, this is the Hammer's first professional match, and mistakes are inevitable." Zhang Sheng said with a smile.
Montanez returned to the right half and made a serve.
He served a backspin ball from the outside corner, but Li Ba locked the trajectory of the ball, predicted that the ball would go out of the sideline, and decisively did not catch the ball.
"Error."
Sure enough, the referee shouted as soon as the ball landed.
First serve error, prepare for second serve.
Be careful with the second serve, this is Li Ba's break point, Montanez made a second serve error and was directly broken.
He first wiped the sweat from his forehead with his arm, and then glanced at Li Ba in the opposite corner.
Li Ba was bending over and staring at Montanez.
As the two looked at each other, Montanez felt like being stared at by a wolf.
"Bang!" Second serve.
"Error!"
The ball did not pass the net, and the referee's voice sounded.
Montanez jumped up in annoyance. His second serve was too cautious, and the power of the slice was too small, which directly gave the opponent a break.
"Beautiful! The opponent made two serve errors, and Tiechui broke the serve successfully for the second time!" Zhang Sheng shouted excitedly.
"4:0, the first set victory is in sight, come on Tiechui!" Tong Kexin said excitedly.
"2:4, the end of the first set, the first set, 4:0, Li Ba is leading." The referee shouted at this time.
Drink water and wipe sweat, then the fifth game begins, Li Ba's serve.
In the right half, first serve, Li Ba is ready to serve.
Li Ba has hit 6 aces, even breaking the highest serve speed record. The fans in the audience are staring at Li Ba, expecting him to hit an ace again.
"Bang!"
"ACE!"
The referee's voice rang loudly, and then the audience applauded.