The second round of the Indian Wells Masters men's singles continued, with former world number one Murray battling for more than three hours in a conversation between old and new stars spanning 16 years, and finally turned against Spanish rising star Alcaraz with a score of 5/7, 6/3, 6/2.
In this contest of experience and victory over power, the old king laughed to the end.
However, in the second set of the game, Murray used a very rare way of serving in his own serve - a hand to serve, "sneak attack" success.
Although this score became a very good ace ball score, it was served by many boos from the audience.
There should be two reasons for booing:
The main reason, of course, is the way the serve is served. In tennis, it is usually considered undesirable to play with a hand-down serve.
Tennis is often considered a sport of elegance and gentlemanliness, and a low-handed serve is seen as an opportunistic and disrespectful act.
Therefore, in general, in the game, although this is a game strategy, there are still very few players who take the initiative to take it, and whenever someone is "different", they will be greeted by boos from the audience.
When it comes to the player who served, Australia's "bad boy" Kyrgios can be described as the master of this "technology".
In many games, he will use this trick to "win" booing.
The one who suffered the most was the Spanish king Nadal.
As we all know, Nadal's serve position is very backward, facing players with strong serves, and even feeling that the bottom line's baffle position is not enough to stand, so from the choice, taking the starting shot is a good choice for this kind of back-standing player.
In a game in 2019 in Alpsco, Nadal learned the move of the next serve, but Kyrgios's plan did not succeed, and in the end, the Australian boy saved Nadal's 3 match point reversal.
After the game, Nadal saw the behavior as a "lack of respect for the spectators, opponents and himself".
But even so, in Wimbledon, Kyrgios still did not "repent" and continued to attack Nadal with a lower serve.
Coincidentally, the British star Murray and Kyrgios are very good friends, and the two often praise each other on social media.
Unexpectedly, in today's game, the 34-year-old old king will "steal" Kyrgios's "fame stunt" and score points in this way.
Another reason for Murray's booing is that standing in front of him is a 18-year-old tennis player, and for this rising tennis star, the three-time Grand Slam winner has no mercy on his hands, and some "self-demotion" adopts a way of hitting that is not accepted by fans.
After the game, regarding the choice of this ball, Murray said: "The ball speed on the court is very slow, it is difficult to make a simple score by sending force, his position is very low, so I thought of this way and got the ace, using this tactic is a smart choice, maybe I will come again in the future." ”
Indeed, in the game, Alcaraz's bottom line basic skills and footsteps were very flexible, playing Murray a bit of a mess, after losing the first set of the game, Murray needed to change to stop the continued decline on the pitch.
British players with a brilliant career usually rarely play in this way in the game.
In this regard, is it the 34-year-old veteran Qian Donkey who is poor in skills, or who chooses to be eclectic in order to win the game?
In tennis, there are some behaviors that do not violate the rules but are not liked by fans and opponents and are often widely discussed.
Similarly, there have been recent cases of "washroom doors", and Tsitsipas has been troubled by various voices because of this behavior.
Of course, everyone has a different view of this kind of behavior.
Some people think that this is just a simple and effective game strategy, as long as there is no violation of the rules, there is no need to over-interpret and blame;
Some people think that this is a kind of opportunism for tennis, ninety-five percent of players choose not to do it, not without opportunities, but "disdainful of it", some things in sports, sometimes more important than the victory or defeat itself, the audience's boos are the best answer.
What do you think about that?