Chapter 1079 His Second Serve Is the Most Terrifying

Second game, Li Ba's serve.

Right half court, first serve.

Federer stared at Li Ba's serve closely. He had watched the video repeatedly, but the scene was completely different.

Djokovic's eyes widened. He had already received a promise from Nike that as long as he blocked Li Ba in the 4/4 zone, he could get a top sponsorship contract, which would be of great help to his career.

At this time, Li Ba threw the ball.

At this time, Safin, who was one step behind the end line, suddenly stepped back.

"Bang!"

Li Ba's first serve.

He was originally going to hit the outside corner, but when he "saw" Safin's retreat, he changed to the inside corner.

"So fast!"

Safin was extremely surprised. Before he could move to the center line, the ball had already landed and bounced.

"Error!"

The referee shouted immediately.

"Oh, what a pity, it's out of bounds!" Zhang Sheng sighed in the Beijing CCTV live broadcast room.

Federer looked at this serve and shook his head.

The serving technique of Tiechui is at most first-rate, and it is totally incomparable to him.

He is only 185 cm tall and weighs only 80 kg. His physical fitness is not good, even worse than Safin, but his serving technique is very good, and he can serve with all his strength.

In his opinion, Li Ba's strength is too great, really too great, which is not an advantage, but a weakness, because too much strength is not conducive to controlling the ball, so the ball is easy to go out of bounds.

In his opinion, with Li Ba's hitting point, there is no need to serve topspin at all, and he can directly serve flat shots. In that case, his ball speed will be faster and more desperate, and it will be easier to hit an ace.

But he also knows the reason why Li Ba does not serve flat shots, because he can't hold the ball down at all, and the strength is too great, so he must let the ball spin, slow down, and increase the control of the ball's landing point.

Of course, he does not think that Li Ba's current serve is not threatening, but if it is only this level of serve, it is not enough to become a top tennis player, nor is it enough to fight him.

Djokovic had similar thoughts. He was now looking forward to meeting Li Ba, defeating this super sports star himself, and then switching to Nike to get a top sponsorship contract by stepping on Li Ba.

Li Ba served second.

When he tossed the ball, he "saw" Safin move one step ahead again, but this time he did not retreat, but stepped forward and stepped directly into the court.

He was not surprised by Safin's action, because Zhang Depei told him that in general, in order to force the server to further reduce the speed of the serve, the receiver would often take such an action to directly compress the serving space of the ball holder.

"Bang!"

In the second serve, Li Ba still wanted the outside corner and topspin.

Unlike before, his serve did not change because of Safin's action this time.

"Bang!"

At the moment when Safin's front foot landed and his back foot did not follow, the ball hit the serving area and bounced out of bounds from his right side. It was too fast for him to touch it.

"ACE!"

Seeing that Safin did not receive the ball, the referee shouted loudly.

"Pah, pah, pah..."

The second serve hit an ace, which is extremely rare in tennis. Court No. 1 quickly burst into applause.

Federer also applauded, but he couldn't hide the shock on his face.

"The second serve was really too fast!"

He looked at the speedometer, and a number appeared on it, 221.

He swallowed his throat, feeling incredible.

You know, his highest serve speed was only 216, which was played at the Rome Masters. At that time, he didn't believe that he could serve such a fast ball. With his physical condition, that was almost the limit.

But now, Li Ba's second serve has exceeded his record.

"I can't underestimate him! Such a serve is really hard to break! His first serve is not the most terrible, because the success rate is limited, his second serve is the most terrible, the success rate is high enough."

He sighed in his heart.

If you can't break your opponent's serve, you can't beat your opponent. If he really can't break Li Ba's serve, then he will definitely not be able to beat him.

Now he realized that with such a serve, he is almost invincible.

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

Safin took a deep breath and prepared himself.

Li Ba threw the ball, and Safin suddenly stepped back. He was standing one step behind the end line, and now he stepped back even further.

"Bang!"

Li Ba swung his racket and hit it, still an outer corner topspin.

At the moment he hit it, Safin stepped back again.

But he found that it was not fast enough, and his retreat could not catch up with the speed of the ball. After he stepped back another step, the ball had rebounded to the highest point, and he had to step back at least one more step to have a chance to hit it.

At this time, the ball slid down quickly, and he stretched his racket forward, but it didn't reach it.

"Damn, I got another ACE!" He cursed in his heart with hatred.

But at this time, the referee's voice sounded: "Error!"

He breathed a sigh of relief, but then the breath came up again, because he thought of the horror of Li Ba's second serve.

His physical condition has declined a lot now, and his steps are moving slowly. Facing Li Ba's ball speed, this is very troublesome for him, very troublesome.

He glanced at the speedometer and saw the number 261. When he saw this number, his eyes twitched a few times, as if he had seen a ghost. Is this the speed that a human can hit?

Like Safin, Federer and Djokovic were the same. When they saw the number 261, their eyes shrank.

They were not the only ones present. Adidas UK President Myers and Nike UK President Ross were also present. When they saw this number, one smiled and the other looked serious.

Chang applauded repeatedly. Speed ​​was the most important thing when playing against an athlete like Safin who was about to retire. Li Ba's serve gave him the confidence to defeat Safin.

Left half court, second serve.

"Bang!"

This time Safin did not step into the court in advance, and he took a step back in advance when throwing the ball. This step gave him the opportunity to catch the ball.

He bet that Li Ba would continue to hit the outside corner and topspin, because Li Ba was too powerful, and it was easy to go out of bounds when hitting the inside corner, and it was even easier to go out of bounds when hitting a flat shot.

He only bet that Li Ba would not hit a backspin, because he had watched Li Ba's first game repeatedly, and Li Ba rarely hit a backspin, probably because his skills were not up to standard.

And Li Ba's grip was also the most conducive to hitting a topspin, so he bet on this.

He succeeded. At the moment when Li Ba hit the ball, he retreated continuously and took two big steps. At this time, the ball hit the grass, bounced, and then fell from a high point. At such a fast ball speed, he got a chance to return the ball by retreating in a gamble-like manner.

However, the ball was still too fast, and his chance to return the ball was not very good. He could only say that he barely caught a chance to return the ball.

"Bang!"

Safin barely returned a flat shot with his forehand, and asked for a straight line, that is, to hit Li Ba's right half.

Because the quality of the return ball was average, this flat shot was not powerful enough, so the speed of the ball was not fast.