Chapter 1105: Continuous Recovery

Sure enough, with his strong ability to hold the serve, Federer successfully saved his serve.

But this was not his most important problem. His most important problem was to break his serve.

Without breaking his serve, he would either be broken and not even have a chance to play a tiebreak, or enter a tiebreak and then lose the tiebreak.

In Li Ba's first serving game, Federer decisively learned Djokovic's receiving technique, that is, not retreating to receive the ball, but receiving the ball on the way up after the ball bounced off the ground.

The first ball was not successful, and he ate an ace from Li Ba.

But he still did the same in the second ball, because that was his only chance to break his serve.

However, he still didn't receive this ball, and ate another ace.

He finally received the third ball, because he already knew some of Li Ba's serving habits and knew that his opponent was serving more to his backhand.

This time he successfully completed the serve, but the quality was not high. Li Ba implemented a high-altitude interception in the middle of the court, and a high-pressure ball hit the gap, so Li Ba got the game point.

Li Ba saw the change in Federer's serve, and decisively jumped the fourth ball to save his serve.

"Djokovic, your serve return is no match for the hammer. Do you think Roger can break the serve?" asked the big boro through Nadal in the middle.

"I broke his serve many times." Djokovic corrected dissatisfiedly.

"It was raining, it doesn't count." said the big boro.

"Rainy matches are part of Wimbledon, why doesn't it count?" Djokovic argued.

"Then why don't you let it rain now?" said the big boro seriously.

"..." Djokovic was almost angry to death.

"Hehe..." Nadal in the middle laughed so hard that his stomach hurt.

Then Federer also successfully saved his serve. Li Ba's breaking ability was far from comparable to the former, and he could not break the serve.

Now it was Li Ba's second serve.

Federer continued to receive the serve in Djokovic's way.

The final score of this game was 4:1, and Federer got one point.

Being able to score in Li Ba's serve was an attack. Federer was very happy, which proved that his tactic of changing the receiving technique was correct.

With the attack of the game, the second set was tied at 6 again and entered the tiebreak.

Li Ba once again won the second set with his strong tiebreak ability and got the match point.

But in this set, he only served 18 aces, which proved that Federer's serve quality was improving.

Sure enough, in the third set, which was the deciding set, Federer's serve quality continued to improve.

In order to improve the quality of the first serve, Li Ba mistakenly adopted the strategy of increasing the ball speed, which made his first serve quality decline, and the first serve success rate decreased, allowing Federer to seize the opportunity.

After 6:5, it was Li Ba's serve.

This was his must-win serve. If he was broken, the set would be gone. If he succeeded in saving his serve and tied at 6, the game would enter a long set to decide the winner.

This put some pressure on him. He made a double serve error in the first ball, giving Federer a point. This was also the fifth double serve error in the third set.

Zhang Depei was sweating anxiously in the stands, but he could do nothing. The situation on the court depended on the athletes to adjust themselves.

In the second ball, Li Ba used a jump serve to stabilize the score and successfully scored a point, making it a tie.

For the third ball, he adjusted the speed of the first serve and slowed down.

But this time Federer's serve was good. He fought against Li Ba's backhand serve, moved in advance, completed a backhand block, and was lucky enough to drop the ball directly into the gap, and scored directly after receiving the serve.

"1:2." The referee shouted.

After getting this point, Federer excitedly punched repeatedly, showing that he was really excited.

This ball had an impact on Li Ba. He "saw" the opponent's advance movement and knew that the opponent was fighting against his ball path. He had to increase the ball path changes of the serve and could not always serve the opponent's backhand position.

Li Ba felt a little pressure.

When he was in the NBA, this situation rarely happened, especially in the playoffs and even in the finals, he rarely played key balls, so in fact, he had never had the opportunity to show his performance at the critical moment. Unexpectedly, now on the tennis court, he got the opportunity.

He decided to serve another jump serve to tie the game first.

If he holds serve in this game, there won't be many games left, and there's no need to save energy.

"Bang!"

Left half court, first serve.

"Error!"

The referee shouted loudly.

"Ouch, it's a little out of bounds!" Tong Kexin sighed with regret on his face.

At the critical moment, Li Ba made a mistake in his jump serve, which made him a little nervous.

Left half court, second serve.

"Do you want to jump serve again?"

Standing behind the baseline, he began to think about how to serve this ball.

"Bang!"

Li Ba decisively jumped serve.

"Error!"

The referee shouted loudly.

"1:3. Set point."

At the critical moment, Li Ba made a double fault and gave Federer the first break point of the game and the set point of the third set.

"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!"

Federer was extremely excited as he punched continuously.

In the hotel, seeing that the game had reached a critical moment, Yatou and Gao Yuanyuan also became nervous.

"Guoguo, cheer for Dad!"

Yatou grabbed Guoguo who was running around and pointed at the TV and said.

"Yeah, yeah, bad dad." Guoguo shook his head and refused.

"Little thing, you have no conscience. How good is your dad to you?"

The girl was helpless. It was too hot. Big Hammer wouldn't let them go to the court to watch the game. The little girl was angry.

"You are such a punk. Your little cotton-padded jacket slipped through the net!" Gao Yuanyuan said with a smile beside her.

At the scene, in the right half of the court, Li Ba prepared for the first serve.

"Bang!"

"It's still a jump serve? Ouch, it's out of bounds again!" Tong Kexin exclaimed.

Second serve preparation.

Li Ba stared at his opponent for the last time, and decisively threw the ball into the court, then jumped forward on the spot, and he implemented a jump serve again.

"Bang!"

"ACE."

"Yeah!"

Li Ba roared excitedly and swung his racket vigorously.

"2:3. Inventory." The referee shouted.

Federer looked at the speedometer. It was as high as 262 km/h. As long as such a ball landed in bounds, no one could react.

He stood in position again and prepared to receive the serve.

Li Ba picked up three balls and came to the left half of the court, preparing for the first serve.

"Bang!"

Even when it was set point, he still served without any hesitation. Seeing that his opponent was ready, he served immediately, with a very fast rhythm.

"ACE."

The referee shouted loudly.

"3:3 tie." The referee shouted.

"Beautiful!" Zhang Sheng shouted excitedly.

Li Ba saved two set points in a row, jumped excitedly, and then came to the right half court to prepare for a serve.

This time he was not going to jump serve, because continuous jump serves, and jumping forward from the spot, put a lot of pressure on his leg muscles, especially the Achilles tendon, which might be more than the vertical jump.

"Bang!"

This time he controlled the ball speed to about 220, hit it flat with a little backspin, and served to the opponent's forehand.

The rebound height of a flat hit is not high. With backspin, the tennis ball bounces almost close to the ground after hitting the ground. This kind of ball is not easy to receive.

"ACE."

The referee shouted.

"Li Ba is ahead." The referee shouted.