Chapter 1111 Match Point

Sampras nodded and said, "Once you are broken by the hammer, you will be very passive. You can't be broken by the hammer when playing against him, because it is really difficult to break him."

He was right. In the end, Roddick lost the first set.

The score was 6:3, and Li Ba broke the serve in that game, and finally won the first set.

In the first set, Li Ba served 5 games and served 16 aces. The success rate of first serve reached 70%. With the ace ball, the first serve scoring rate reached a terrifying 95%, which means that 66.5% of his points were scored in the first serve.

In the second set, Li Ba's worries came true. It started to drizzle in the sky, but it didn't reach the point of stopping the game, which made him very helpless.

But fortunately, Roddick's skills were also average. The two tied at six and entered the tiebreak.

Li Ba first scored a point with an ace ball, then changed sides, and Roddick served two balls in a row.

Roddick also served an ace in the first ball, tying the score, and in the second ball, Li Ba received the serve out of bounds, 2:1, one point behind.

It was Li Ba's turn to serve, which was his strongest point, but something unexpected happened.

Since the rainy match, he has served on tiptoe, keeping his feet on the ground to avoid slipping, and this time was the same.

After serving, he immediately moved to the midpoint, and then slipped.

At the same time, Roddick was lucky and actually received the ball back, so Li Ba lost a point, 1:3. If he had won this point, he could have tied the score, but now he was two points behind.

In the second ball, Li Ba successfully served an ace again, tying the score to 2:3.

Next, Li Ba failed to win two of Roddick's serves, and the score became 5:2.

Then Li Ba successfully won his two serves, and the score became 4:5, still one point behind.

It was Roddick's turn to serve, and he served hard in succession, winning two points in a row, 7:4. In the end, Li Ba lost the tiebreak of the second set, tying the big score to 1:1.

In the end, it was just that his foot slipped and he lost a point.

In the third set, the drizzle continued.

Li Ba still dragged the game into a tiebreak with his powerful serve.

In this tiebreak, Li Ba's luck was not so bad, and he won a point with his first serve.

Roddick's first serve was a double fault. Although he won the second ball, he was one point behind. Then Li Ba's two serves came and he was very passive.

Sure enough, Li Ba did not make any more mistakes and won two balls smoothly, 4:1, leading by 3 points.

Next, the two sides went back and forth, and after a round of serving, each won two points, and the score was 6:3.

In the end, Li Ba successfully won the tiebreak and tied the score to 2:1.

In the third set, the rain stopped, but Li Ba was still a little passive, even more passive than the rainy game.

Because although the rain stopped, the grass field would not dry for a while and was still slippery. Moreover, it was half past three at this time, and the sun was slanting. Roddick's advantage of picking the side began to show, and his vision was greatly affected, and he was often blinded by the strong sunlight.

After a mistake, he put on the sports sunglasses that Adidas prepared for him.

Wearing sunglasses is cool, but he has too little experience in playing. He has never played with sunglasses, and he has not trained. He is not used to it at all.

So, his mistakes began to increase, and he lost the fourth set. The two sides tied at two and entered the final set.

At this time, the grass was dry, but the slanting sunlight was more intense, which made Li Ba dare not take off his sunglasses.

However, he was very adaptable and gradually felt that the sunglasses were no longer a burden.

Seeing Li Ba take off his sunglasses to wipe his sweat, Roddick turned the brim of his hat to the back of his head and smiled. He felt that the Wimbledon champion was waving to him.

The final set began.

In the first 9 games, neither side was able to break the serve, and the score was 5:4. Li Ba temporarily led by 1 game.

In the 10th game, Roddick served.

This was a must-win serve for Roddick. If he was broken, 6:4, the game would be lost.

But it was four o'clock at this time, and the sun had sunk into the high stands.

Seeing Li Ba throw his sunglasses into his bag, Roddick felt a little bad.

Right half court, first serve.

Li Ba stood behind the baseline, without the rain, the sun's glare, and the burden of sunglasses, he felt so comfortable.

"Bang!"

Roddick served hard, going inside, hitting Li Ba's backhand.

Li Ba reacted quickly, turned sideways and pulled back hard, a fierce backhand straight topspin ball, straight into Roddick's left half court.

With a bang, the ball bounced off the ground, and Roddick was still in the right half court, not coming over.

But at this time the referee shouted: "OUT."

In excitement, Roddick raised his racket.

But at this time Li Ba applied to the chief referee for Hawkeye replay, and he was sure that the ball hit the line.

Sure enough, a few seconds later, through the replay, the ball did hit the baseline a little.

"0:1." The chief referee changed the score.

"This is an opportunity to break the serve, keep up the good work, Iron Hammer." Tong Kexin shouted happily.

"The serve that Tiechui received just now was really beautiful, it's a first-class topspin!" Zhang Sheng said with a smile.

Roddick came to the left half court, ready to serve.

He served hard again, aiming for the outside corner, and served to Li Ba's backhand.

Li Ba's backhand hit another straight line, but it went out of bounds, one draw.

Right half court, one serve.

This time Li Ba didn't receive the ball, Roddick got an ace, and Li Ba fell behind by one point.

Left half court, first serve.

Roddick served to the inside corner this time, Li Ba hit the opponent's free area with a forehand straight line, landed in the boundary, received the serve and scored, and the two were tied at 2-2.

"Beautiful! Beautiful! If you play like this, you will definitely break his serve." Tong Kexin shouted.

Roddick felt that Li Ba's playing style was somewhat familiar. Did he learn this from him? Want to kill him with one shot?

Li Ba did learn this from him. This is also Zhang Depei's tactic, fight for one shot, anyway, he can save his serve, if he succeeds, he will save his serve, if he fails, he will continue to save his serve.

So in these three times of receiving the serve, he pulled very hard, directly hitting the opponent's free area in a straight line, and succeeded twice, very lucky.

Luck is also a part of the game. For so many years, Roddick has relied on his serve to save his serve, and then relied on this one-shot fighting tactic to always occupy the top ten position.

He is also the person who has always ranked in the top ten in the world in recent years, except for Federer.

Right half court, first serve.

Li Ba received the serve and fought for another shot, but the shot went out of bounds, allowing his opponent to get the game point.

"Come on, Tiechui, try to break the serve. If you win two points in a row, you will win the championship, the Wimbledon champion!" Tong Kexin was so nervous that he was sweating.

Left half court, first serve.

"Bang!"

Roddick served hard, aiming for the outside corner.

But at the critical moment, the ball was of average quality and did not hit the sweet spot. The racket vibrated a little, which affected the speed and control of the ball.