Chapter 1162 Defending the Title
“Bang!”
Inside corner, topspin.
The ball landed right on the center line of the serving area. Except for the slow speed, the other aspects of this serve were of high quality, which increased the difficulty of Li Ba’s serve reception.
Li Ba moved two steps to the left, stepped back one step, and used a strong backhand topspin, which landed in the middle, but was killed by Nadal’s forehand topspin.
3:2, Nadal got the game point.
Left half court, first serve ready.
“Bang!”
Big outside corner, topspin.
Li Ba backhand parry, intentionally pursuing a straight line.
Luckily, the ball landed directly in the opponent’s right half court.
This kind of serve parry is very fast, and when Nadal arrived, the referee had already called out the second jump.
“Double.” The referee shouted.
Right half court, first serve ready.
“Bang!”
“Error.”
First serve error, second serve ready.
“Come on, Hammer, second serve is an opportunity, you must seize it. "Tong Kexin shouted.
The second serve was conservative, Nadal wanted the outside corner, topspin, and the ball speed must not exceed 170.
"Bang!"
The quality was average, the ball bounced a little high, giving Li Ba the opportunity to hit the ball flat, and he directly hit it.
"Take the lead, LI." The referee shouted.
"Beautiful! Got a break point, use the second serve to hit him." Tong Kexin shouted happily.
It was very dangerous to be broken by the opponent, which might lead to losing the set, and Nadal was under pressure.
Left half court, first serve ready.
"Bang!"
Outside corner, topspin.
This serve, Nadal didn't dare to try too hard, he was afraid of making a mistake in the first serve.
Li Ba didn't need to move at all, he hit the ball with his forehand, and the ball that had just touched the ground and bounced instantly bounced straight and landed in the deep right half court of the opponent.
"One game is over. The first game score was 4:3, and Li Ba was leading." The referee shouted.
"Beautiful! Break, great! "Zhang Sheng shouted excitedly.
"This is the deterrent power brought by the strong ability to hold serve. Nadal obviously didn't dare to use force in the first serve. The speed of the first serve was only 191, and the low quality of the first serve gave Tiechui the opportunity to break the serve. "Tong Kexin smiled.
Next, Li Ba continued to hold serve with powerful serves, and finally, 6:4, successfully won the first set.
In the second set, the two tied at six in the first twelve games and entered the tiebreak.
"Tiechui has a good ability in tiebreaks, and he must seize the opportunity." Tong Kexin encouraged.
Nadal served first and successfully got a point.
The two changed sides and fought again. Li Ba served two consecutive times and successfully got two points.
Nadal then served two more times, and the first one successfully won a point and tied at two.
Right half zone, first serve ready.
"Bang!"
Big outside corner, topspin.
Li Ba met it with a forehand and asked for a straight line.
"It's done! "Zhang Sheng shouted urgently.
With a bang, the ball hit the sideline, and Nadal didn't arrive.
3 to 2, Li Ba led by one point, and he had two serves next.
Soon, Li Ba scored another point with his strong serve ability, and then changed sides and scored another point with serve, leading Nadal 5:2.
"The serve of Tiechui is too strong, and Nadal is under pressure." Tong Kexin smiled.
Next, Nadal served and successfully scored two points, making it 4:5, and Li Ba was still 1 point ahead.
But Li Ba still has two more serves next. If he can win all of them, he will complete the tiebreak with 7:4.
In the left half, prepare for the first serve.
"Bang!"
"Error."
"Tiechui doesn't need to fight too hard. Keep the ball speed at 230 to 240, which is enough to get the ACE ball. If you are lucky, it will definitely be of poor quality if you barely receive the serve. "
The first serve reached a speed of 255, but it went out of bounds, Tong Kexin immediately reminded.
Left half, second serve ready.
"Bang!"
"ACE."
"6:4." The referee shouted.
"The serve is strong, the second serve reached 234, Djokovic's serve reception can't receive this ball." Zhang Sheng shouted excitedly.
Right half, first serve ready.
"Bang!"
"ACE."
"7:4, tiebreak over. The second set score was 7:6, Li Ba won. "The referee shouted.
The third set entered the deciding set, which was decided by a long set.
Both sides successfully held serve in the first twelve games, and no one got a break point, not even a break point.
The time was 12 noon, and the game continued.
At 1 o'clock, the game continued. The deciding set was 13:13, and no one got a break point.
At the same time, Li Ba and Nadal are both physical madmen, and the quality of the game is still maintained at an extremely high level.
The atmosphere in the center court was also very good. Li Ba kept hitting ACE balls, constantly stimulating the atmosphere of the court.
"Won't we play more than a hundred games again?" Tong Kexin smiled helplessly.
"Maybe it will take a few days." Zhang Sheng smiled.
At half past one, 17:17, after Li Ba completed the hold, it was Nadal's serve again.
Right half court, first serve ready.
"Bang!"
"Error. ”
First serve error, second serve ready.
Zhang Sheng said: "Nadal also made a lot of first serve errors in the final set, but Tiechui didn't seize the opportunity. I hope he can seize the chance to score this time."
"Bang!"
"Error!"
"0:1." The referee shouted.
"Beautiful, double serve errors at the critical moment, Nadal directly gave Tiechui a point." Tong Kexin shouted happily.
Next, the two tied at one, then 2-1, Nadal scored two points in a row and led by one point again.
Left half, ready for first serve.
"Bang!"
"Error!"
First serve error, ready for second serve.
"The opportunity is here, Hammer must seize it!" Zhang Sheng shouted.
"Bang!"
Second serve, Nadal wanted the inner corner, topspin.
The quality was average, Li Ba directly forehanded block, pursuing a straight line, the ball bounced instantly, fell straight into the opponent's right half, bounced on the ground, and Nadal didn't catch up.
"2:2." The referee shouted.
"Okay, another point, Hammer will try to get another point and get a break point." Tong Kexin shouted happily.
Right half, ready for first serve.
"Bang!"
Big outside corner, topspin.
The ball speed was average, definitely not more than 200, and even only 190 appeared.
Li Ba retreated instantly, gave up Djokovic's on-the-spot serve technique, and after the ball bounced to the high point, he hit a diagonal flat shot.
Nadal moved to the middle, and when he saw the ball path, he immediately moved back, but the flat ball was too fast, so he was still half a beat slower.
"2:3, game point." The referee shouted.
Nadal was under pressure after Li Ba got the break point.
This is not about the outcome of a game, nor a set, but the outcome of the entire game. He did not break Li Ba's serve today. If he was broken in this game, he would basically lose the final.
Pressure will certainly affect his performance. Nadal made a mistake in the next first serve and entered the second serve.
"Bang!"
In the second serve in the left half, Nadal asked for a topspin ball on the outside line, trying to lead Li Ba out of the court.
But his serve speed was originally very slow, especially the second serve, the ball speed was at most 170, and Li Ba reacted too quickly, a backhand block, and the ball bounced instantly.
"Beautiful! The hammer broke!" Zhang Sheng shouted excitedly.
"Good, good, the final set finally broke successfully, and victory is within reach!" Tong Kexin shouted excitedly.
At 18:17, Li Ba took the lead, and the next step was to hold his serve. As long as he held his serve successfully, he would successfully defend his title.
Two minutes later, the whole audience burst into applause.
Li Ba successfully held his serve with a double fault + four aces over 235, and won the final set with a score of 19:17, and completed his defense of Wimbledon with a score of 3-0.
Li Ba once again lifted the Wimbledon men's singles trophy and engraved his name on it for the second time.
This trophy is authentic, and the names of all champions will be engraved on the base. After the award ceremony, the authentic trophy will remain in Wimbledon, and the champion will receive a one-to-one replica.
Wimbledon is more generous. In order to highlight the authenticity of the other three Grand Slams, the replicas will be smaller.