Chapter 1106: Game Postponed
Federer still took the early move to try to catch Li Ba's serving habit, but unfortunately he made a wrong bet this time. Li Ba served his forehand and he bet on the backhand position.
He felt a little frustrated. When did his serve return become a gamble?
But according to the normal rules, it was really difficult for him to receive the ball, and even if he barely received it, it was not of any quality.
His early move was at most 0.3 seconds, or even only 0.2 seconds. In other words, according to the normal serve return, he was a little slower.
But this little time has allowed Li Ba to get 64 aces in this game.
When serving, from hitting the ball to the ball touching the ground, at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour, it only takes about 0.35 seconds. At Li Ba's average ball speed of 220 today, it is even less than 3.4 seconds.
Even if he was only 0.2 seconds slower, this 0.2 seconds was enough for the tennis ball to pass through a space of nearly 10 meters, and there was no chance to receive the ball at all.
So, he had to move this little time in advance.
But this kind of early move is a gamble, a 50% chance, and he lost this time.
4:3, if he loses one more point, he will lose the game. It will be a long game. He will have to start all over again. It is too difficult to get a break point from Tiechui. Now the huge pressure is on Federer.
Li Ba scored three points in a row, and his confidence exploded. He came to the left half court without hesitation and prepared for the first serve.
"Error."
"Error."
"Deuce." The referee shouted.
Unfortunately, at the most critical moment, Li Ba made another double fault.
Federer breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, he actually felt that Li Ba's serve was also a double-edged sword. If he didn't get the ACE ball, he might make a double fault.
In the right half court, Li Ba prepared for the first serve.
"Error."
First serve error, second serve preparation.
"What a pity, Tiechui must withstand the pressure!" Tong Kexin was so nervous that he sweated.
"Don't worry about your mentality. Continuous mistakes may affect your mentality." Zhang Sheng shouted after wiping his sweat.
"Bang!"
"ACE."
"Li Ba is ahead." The referee shouted.
"Yeah!"
Li Ba withstood the huge psychological pressure and sent out another ace in the second serve, swinging his racket excitedly.
On Sky TV, Serena Williams exclaimed: "The psychological quality of the hammer is really strong to the extreme. He didn't hold back on such a crucial second serve."
Venice Williams shook her head and sighed: "As the most famous super sports star in the world, his psychological quality is extremely strong no matter which arena he is in."
Coming to the left half, Li Ba prepared for the first serve.
As long as he scored this point, he would tie the number of games and enter the relatively weak tie-break of Federer, and he would have a greater chance of winning the game.
He would jump serve this ball.
"Bang!"
"ACE." The referee shouted loudly.
"End of the game, 6:6, tie." The referee shouted.
"Yeah!"
Li Ba roared excitedly.
"Yeah yeah!"
In the hotel, Yatou and Gao Yuanyuan also jumped up excitedly.
"Long set system, this is enough to play. Xixi, it's almost noon, you order food, I'm hungry." After sitting back on the sofa, Gao Yuanyuan said lazily.
"Okay. Guoguo, come quickly, what do you want to eat?" The girl waved and shouted.
"Meat." The little girl raised her little face and shouted.
"I only know how to eat meat." The girl smiled.
At the scene, Li Ba replenished a banana, drank some juice, and finally drank some water, and went to the bathroom again.
Next, the long set system decided the winner, and one side won two games to be considered a winner.
Federer still adopted Djokovic's serve, which was very uncomfortable, but he had no choice. This was the only serve-receiving tactic he could think of now.
However, he still couldn't get a chance to break the serve, because Li Ba's serve was still very stable. Even if he lost the first serve, he would not be soft on the second serve.
Facing Li Ba's strong ability to hold serve, Federer could only be glad that Li Ba's ability to break the serve was too weak.
The game went on one game after another, and it went back and forth until 11:11, but no one could break the opponent's serve.
At 1:30 pm, the game reached 15:15. The match lasted four and a half hours. Everyone, including the audience, was almost exhausted. The referee had been changed several times.
The Wimbledon management was on the scene. After an emergency discussion, the match was temporarily suspended and will be played tomorrow.
Because another semi-final was originally scheduled for the afternoon, both players were ready, and more than 10,000 fans who were ready to enter the stadium also had to enter, so this semi-final had to be postponed.
Li Ba was a little disappointed. He wanted to play more. He was confident that his physical fitness was better than Federer's, and he would drag him to death.
After the decision was made, the referee immediately announced the postponement of the match. The audience of this match could enter the stadium with the ball tomorrow and continue to watch this semi-final.
At the same time, it was also announced that all subsequent finals would be postponed.
Next, the audience left and new audience entered.
Li Ba and Federer were surrounded by the media and interviewed together.
"Iron Hammer, how long have you practiced your jump serve? Why did you think of practicing this incredible jump serve?" a reporter asked.
"I saw the jump serve of the men's volleyball team was cool, so I practiced it. After practicing, I felt that the effect was good." Li Ba said with a smile.
Federer shook his head and smiled: "It's not good, it's great, incredible jump serve."
Li Ba smiled and said, "I had not been in contact with tennis for a long time at that time, so I was not restricted by the original tennis skills. It's not just jump serve, for example, my high-altitude volley is a technical deformation of my block. The racket is actually an extension of my arm. I know that I can't control the landing point of the ball well, just like my shooting, the power is too strong..."
"Yes, too much power often leads to insufficient flexibility, and the control of the ball when hitting will not be in place." Federer nodded and smiled.
The two were interviewed, but it turned into a conversation between the two, but the media did not interrupt their conversation and let them continue.
At this time, Nadal and his friends came over and heard Li Ba and Federer talking, and they also gathered together to chat.
After chatting for nearly 20 minutes, the game was about to start, and the few people dispersed.
"Very friendly, he is not as arrogant as you said."
Looking at Li Ba who was going away, Da Bo Luo said to Djokovic.
"I just asked him a question, did you see that he ignored me." Djokovic complained.
Nadal said with a smile: "Djokovic, you provoked him in the interview. He is several years older than us, and his achievements in sports are far greater than ours. He has four championships, two Olympic champions, one World Championships, seven five-doubles, and is a heavyweight world boxing champion that no one dares to challenge. We need to respect him, not provoke him."
Djokovic said a little aggrievedly: "Who knew he was so good at tennis?"
"Haha..." Nadal and Big Polo laughed.
At 5:30 in the afternoon, another semi-final ended. Cannon Roddick defeated Murray and entered the final first.
Murray was eliminated, and the most promising chance to win the Wimbledon championship in 71 years was missed. The whole of Britain was very disappointed.