Chapter 1110 Breaking
Left half court, first serve.
"Bang!"
"Wrong."
Left half court, second serve ready.
"Bang!"
Second serve conservatively, although still flat, but Roddick's powerful serve slowed down.
The landing point is biased to the inner corner, Li Ba forehand straight line, pull topspin.
Rodick ran from left to right, forehand diagonal line, pull topspin.
At this time, Li Ba had completed the net, Roddick's topspin was not high enough, he jumped up, it was a fierce high-pressure ball.
"1:1." The referee shouted.
"Come on, Iron Hammer, Roddick's skills are not as good as Federer, you must break the serve!" Tong Kexin shouted excitedly in the CCTV live broadcast room.
Right half court, first serve.
Faced with this powerful serve, like Djokovic, Li Ba still stuck to the baseline and prepared to receive the serve.
His nerve reaction speed is not slower than Djokovic, Djokovic also received some of his first serves, which shows that he can receive this kind of ball over 210. And his arms are longer than Djokovic's, which makes receiving serve more advantageous.
Today, he only had one receiving tactic, which was to receive the ball first, lob it with a forehand, and block it with a backhand. Roddick's other skills were average, so as long as he received it and then rushed to the net, he would have a chance to break.
"Bang!"
Served hard, the tennis ball hit the outside corner of Li Ba.
At the moment when the opponent hit the ball, with the help of the locking skill, Li Ba made an accurate judgment of the ball path in the first time, and then reacted with his body.
With a bang, Li Ba lobbed the ball with a forehand, and the ball came back, a lob.
The next moment, he started to rush to the net.
This return ball was in the left half court, and Roddick rushed to the position and cut it back with a backhand.
The ball was not high enough, and when it crossed the net, it was at most three meters. Li Ba, who rushed to the net, hit it directly in the gap with a high-pressure ball.
"1:2." The referee shouted.
On Sky TV, Sampras shook his head and said, "The Hammer and Roddick both use the net tactic, but he has a greater advantage at the net. Today, Roddick will be suppressed. His backhand net is a regular tactic, and this tactic is not good enough today."
In the left half court, Roddick prepared for the first serve.
"Bang!"
"OUT."
"2:2." The referee shouted.
Li Ba's serve went out of bounds, and Roddick scored on serve.
Right half court, first serve.
Another serve went out of bounds, 3:2, Roddick got the game point.
"These two serves, Tiechui was unlucky and hit the ball." Zhang Sheng said regretfully.
"These two first serves were over 210, and being able to hit the ball shows that Tiechui's serve receiving technique is really good." Tong Kexin smiled.
Zhang Sheng smiled and said, "He reacts very quickly, his arms are long enough, and his physical foundation for receiving serves is the best."
Left half court, first serve.
The serve was Li Ba's backhand, and this time Li Ba was lucky enough to block the ball backhand.
The block ball was very fast, and Roddick didn't react and was hit through.
"Double." The referee shouted.
Back to the right half court, first serve.
"Error!"
First serve error, Roddick prepared for second serve.
Second serve was an opportunity, and Li Ba prepared with all his strength.
He decided to hit Roddick's backhand and then go to the net.
Sure enough, the second serve was no faster than 180, and it was a backhand. Li Ba blocked the ball with his backhand and sent it back to the opponent's center.
Roddick returned to the center, but because the block was very fast, he didn't have time to adjust to his forehand, so he could only turn sideways and backhand to slice it back.
This time he paid attention and deliberately added force to slice the high ball.
"Bang!"
Li Ba jumped up from the half court and implemented a high-altitude interception, killing it with one shot.
"Li Ba took the lead." The referee shouted.
"Beautiful, got a break point, this is Roddick's first service game." Tong Kexin shouted excitedly.
Roddick was a little nervous. He didn't expect that his opponent would get a break point in the first service game. Once he was broken by his opponent, with his ability to hold serve, he would be very passive, and he might not even have a chance to tiebreak in the first set.
"Bang!"
Left half court, first serve.
"ACE."
The referee shouted.
"Double."
The referee shouted.
"Yeah!"
At the critical moment, Roddick did not show any mercy. He has always been a gambler in his style of playing.
"Oh, this serve is really fierce." Zhang Xueyou said regretfully in the stands.
"220!" Chen Yixun pointed at the electronic screen of the speedometer and shouted.
Right half court, first serve.
"Error!"
The ball hit the net and went out of bounds, second serve.
Second serve inside corner, Li Ba backhanded Roddick's straight line, the ball landed in bounds, the latter did not keep up, Li Ba got the break point again.
"It's going to break, very nervous!" Chen Yixun shouted.
"Can you stop yelling in my ear?" Zhang Xueyou said unhappily after digging his ears.
"Brother Xueyou, you are turning your back on me, you still rely on me to get this ticket." Chen Yixun complained.
"..." Zhang Xueyou was speechless.
"Bang!"
Left half court, first serve, outside corner.
Li Ba reacted quickly, moved his right foot, stepped out, and received the ball with his forehand.
Roddick's first serve was still very fast, but the quality of this serve was not good. It was good enough that the ball could be hit back. The ball returned to the middle.
The ball bounced a little high, and Roddick hit it hard with his forehand.
He was really a gambler and wanted to kill the ball with one shot. He hit the ball to the right half of Li Ba's court, hitting a forehand diagonal line to hit the gap.
"OUT!"
As soon as the ball landed, the referee shouted loudly.
"Wow, he broke! He broke!" Tong Kexin shouted excitedly.
"Today, Tiechui was lucky. He broke his opponent in the first service game." Zhang Sheng shouted excitedly.
"The main reason is that Roddick's skills are not much better than Tiechui's. They both rely on serving. He should have a good chance of being broken. But I think it will be difficult for him to break Tiechui. Tiechui's serve is better than his." Tong Kexin laughed.
"Yes, that's right. Maybe Tiechui will have a chance today!" Zhang Sheng said excitedly.
"The game is over. The score of the first set is 0:2. Li Ba is leading." The referee shouted at the scene.
"Pa pa..." Warm applause rang out in the center court.
"You see, he didn't want me to cheer him on. As soon as I came, he broke the serve immediately." Jay Chou said proudly.
"It's Tiechui's service game. I want to see Tiechui's jump serve! Jump serve is really powerful!" Chen Yixun shouted with his fist raised.
On the court, Roddick was under pressure.
With two runner-ups in hand, this time he met the rookie Tiechui, who wanted to win a Wimbledon championship, but he was broken at the beginning. Now he was in a passive position and under pressure.
Facing Li Ba's strong serve, his little serve receiving ability was useless. Li Ba successfully held his serve again and led 3:0.
On Sky TV, Bill said: "With Tiechui's serving ability, Roddick was doomed in the first set."
Booth said: "Facing Tiechui's extremely terrifying serve, which can be said to be the most terrifying serve in the history of tennis, his opponent should definitely do his best to hold his serve, because it is really difficult to break Tiechui, and Federer didn't do it."