Yesterday morning, Beijing time, the first round of the Cincinnati Masters ushered in a focus dialogue.
The showdown took place between two veterans, former tournament champion Murray with a wild card, and French star Gasquet, the top seed in the tournament's qualifying round and a fixture in the main tournament.
At that time, the two men, along with the two giants Nadal and Djokovic, were collectively known as the Four Little Swans. Originally, they all had a bright future, who knew that Gasquet was born at the wrong time, and his career was "strangled" by the giants many times. So far, only a few 250 champions have masturbated.
And Murray was expected to be on par with the giants, helplessly plagued by injuries, and has long been difficult to recover the courage of the year.
Therefore, this game is not only the game of Ye Qingjie, the state and effort of the two people also make people a little defensive.
Let's revisit the whole game. In the third set of the first set, the two sides struggled for 13 minutes to be able to score the winner, and Murray struggled to save after dodging multiple break points.
In the next gasquet's serve, the two sides fought again. The Frenchman once faced five break points, but fortunately his grasp of the key ball still did not leak a flaw, and he was equally tenacious to maintain success.
Murray's serve in the first set was still online, and he was close to ten aces down five innings. He also achieved a crucial break in the fifth set, breaking consecutively to bring the game into his own serve to win the set.
But who knows that there is an unexpected storm in the sky, at this time, Murray made a series of mistakes, and soon lost three points in a row, and with a double mistake on the serve, the gap between Murray and Gasquet returned to one again.
It was thought that Gasquet would play well in the next serve and return the two sides to the same running line again. Who expected Murray to suddenly exert his strength, cashing in on the break point when he got the second set, 6-4 first.
In the second set, the two were pinpointed against McMang, and the score once came to a 4-4 draw, and Murray forced the opponent to appear a break point after winning his own serve. He also firmly grasped the opportunity and finally cashed in on the victory success.
The feeling of watching the whole game is that the two can indeed play some good balls from time to time, but overall it is different from the peak of the year.
Some of the balls that should have been played in the boundary were often squandered by the two people, and in terms of the scene, it was far less exciting than the score.
Injuries beat the tiger! Hopefully, Murray will stop getting hurt and continue to play eye-catching performances.
I also hope that Gasquet can rejuvenate the second spring and pursue a higher level of championship in the twilight of his career.
They are all our youth, the grandpa and tofu that will always be missed, but also gorgeous SLR and tireless running! (Source: Tennis House Author: Luo ChengQiye)
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