All-round Athlete

Chapter 247 Federer's Signature Topspin Serve

On the third day of the Australian Open, in addition to the second round of men's singles and women's singles, the first round of women's doubles also officially started later on this day.

On the third day of the match, there were still no big surprises. Judging from the score, several top players have gradually found the feeling of the game. Among the three golden flowers that the national team postponed the game, two of them defeated their opponents and won the promotion.

On the fourth match day, the second round of men's singles and women's singles is still going on, and Zhang Guan and Sharapova will also appear on this day.

On this day, Rod Laver Stadium and Vodafone Stadium both arrange five games. Rod Laver Stadium has three men's singles and two women's singles, while Vodafone Stadium has three women's singles and two men's singles.

After the first round of Sharapova's match, she once complained to the media about the hot weather, so the organizers of the Australian Open arranged Sharapova's match in the last match, and the venue was blocked. Tuned for Vodafone pitch. Under normal circumstances, a game is two to three hours long, and the lunch break is excluded. The fifth game will be held in the evening or even at night. At that time, the temperature will definitely drop a lot. This can be regarded as a privilege of the top seed in women's singles.

Zhang Guan's game was scheduled for the fourth game, and the venue was the MCA Stadium, the third largest stadium in the Australian Open.

A total of four games are arranged at the MCA Stadium today, three men's singles and one women's singles. The previous games ended relatively quickly. The scores of the two men's singles were both 3-0, and the score of the women's singles was one. It was 2-1, and the highest score in a single set was 6-4. There was no tie-break, so the rhythm of the game has improved a lot.

In the third game, No. 8 seed Nalbandian easily defeated Ecuador's Lapante with a total score of 3-0 and successfully advanced to the third round. The next fourth game is the duel between Zhang Guan and Grosjean.

"The second round of men's singles is about to start. The two sides are men's singles No. 28 seed Sebastian Grosjean and Zhang Guan, who is playing with a sponsor's wild card!" Forgot to mention the wild card thing.

While the two players were warming up on the field, the commentator also introduced the first round of the two players.

"Zhang Guan defeated O-Roches with a score of 3-0. I think this is something that everyone did not expect before the game. However, Roches was obviously not in the game at the time, and his body was better and there were some discomforts. That's why we lost the game. Today, Grosjean seems to be in good shape, so Zhang Guan may not be as lucky as in the first round." The commentator said.

The commentator obviously hadn't watched Zhang Guan's first round match, so he believed that the reason why Zhang Guan was able to advance was because Roches was unwell. Although the commentator is also a tennis professional, but the first round of the Australian Open combined 128 matches between men and women. It is impossible for the commentator to watch every game. For some games that lack seed players, they often just look at the scores.

"Okay, both players are ready, the game will start soon! First is Zhang Guan's serve."

At this time, Zhang Guan had already stood in his position and was ready to serve. His luck is still good today. He still beat Grosjean when he guessed heads and tails of the coin, so he got the chance to serve first.

Grosjean stared closely at Zhang Guan, but he remembered the video of the game between Zhang Guan and Roches.

"Zhang Guan mainly uses the flat serve, but the speed of the serve is very fast. In the video, Zhang Guan's serve seems to be rarely served at a speed lower than 200 kilometers per hour, and there is even a serve with a speed of more than 210 kilometers per hour. The flat serve reached 200 kilometers per hour. Kilometers, it's easier for me to catch the ball with the forehand."

Grosjean thought of this, subconsciously leaned towards the backhand position, and deliberately flashed his forehand.

He raised his hand and threw the ball, and then swung it out with one blow.

"It's coming! It doesn't seem to be fast. It's different from what I expected before the game. The speed of the ball is definitely less than 200 kilometers." Grosjean suddenly felt a sense of solidity. What he was most worried about before the game was Zhang Guan's high speed. Serving, after all, it is not so easy to receive a serve with a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour, and the first ball today does not seem to be fast, and it is not much different from the average Grand Slam seed player.

"I thought it would be the kind of high-speed serve, but I didn't expect that the speed was not fast. I have a chance for this ball! It seems that I will be the first to take the lead in this round." Grosjean was thinking, while moving quickly, Ready to catch the ball.

The tennis ball flew over the king and bounced on the ground, but the crisp sound when it landed made Grosjean's heart tighten.

"This sound is not a flat serve, but a topspin serve! It turned out to be a topspin serve, no wonder the speed is much slower." Grosjean made an instant judgment.

As a professional tennis player, judging the situation of the ball by sound is the most basic skill, and Grosjean, a seed player of the Australian Open, is already incomparable in this respect.

"Judging from the standard of topspin serve, the speed of this serve is quite fast, but this serve is too ordinary, I have seen through your landing point! Hey, not good!" Grosjean slammed The racket was stretched out, but the tennis ball had to be bounced out one step earlier.

"No!" Grosjean's heart tightened.

"ACE! 15-0." The referee immediately announced the score.

"How could this be? How did the ball spin so hard just now!" Grosjean kept flashing the situation after the ball hit the ground just now in his mind.

Everything was normal at first, but after the tennis ball hit the ground and bounced again, something unexpected happened to Grosjean. The height of the ball bounced was much lower than Grosjean expected, and the arc of the ball was also higher than Grosjean expected. Much flatter than expected. In other words, after the ball landed, it bounced in a relatively flat arc, and the trajectory was much lower than normal, so before Gross let the racket stretch out, it had already flown out of bounds.

This ball caught Grosjean by surprise, but before he could figure out how to deal with it, Zhang Guan started to serve the second ball again.

"Hey!" After the ball hit the ground, there was still that crisp sound, but this ball's landing point was even more tricky than before.

"It's still topspin! It's still the same as before! I can't catch this point!" Grosjean suddenly felt that Zhang Guan's serve was somewhat familiar, and a name popped up in his mind inexplicably. , a name that makes all tennis players shudder.

Roger Federer!

"Why is this serve so similar to Federer's serve? This kind of low-arc topspin serve is Federer's best serve!" Grosjean took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

"Damn, it must be blind! This kind of serve is Federer's unique skill, and no one can imitate it. How could Zhang Guan do this move! Don't panic, Federer's signature serve, I will try it a few times occasionally It will be successful, Zhang Guan can't master Federer's signature serve." Grosjean comforted himself.

Federer's serve wasn't the fastest, but it was definitely the hardest to catch. Especially Federer's best topspin serve, the placement is extremely tricky, but if it's just a tricky placement, that's all. The biggest difference between Federer's topspin and others is the spin. Because Federer's topspin ball spins very strongly, and in addition to topspin, it also has a certain amount of side spin, so when the ball lands and bounces, the height will be lower, the arc will be smaller, and the flight direction of the ball will be different. Straighter. It is extremely difficult to catch this kind of ball. Even if you catch it, you can't grasp the landing point, so you fall into a passive state.

This kind of topspin serve is Federer's signature. At present, no player can imitate this kind of serve. Even in the future, Federer's serve has been analyzed in slow motion from various angles, and has even become a textbook for tennis players. Serve, but there is still no one who can really serve like Federer at the peak.

It is precisely because Federer's serve is almost impossible to imitate, so when Grosjean saw that Zhang Guan used the same serve as Federer, he was frightened and chose to bury his head in the soil like an ostrich, and took the initiative to recognize Zhang Guan as a serve. It's fake.

The next moment, Zhang Guan sent out the third ball, which landed exactly on the line.

"It's still the same as before! The arc of the bounce is so low, this is really Federer's kind of serve!" Grosjean had lost the confidence at the beginning of the game.

"Whoosh!" Zhang Guan did not continue to use topspin for the fourth serve, but used a flat serve. The ball was like a cannonball and blasted to the opponent's half.

"215 kilometers!" Seeing this speed, Grosjean immediately felt tremendous pressure.

"I almost forgot that Zhang Guan is still a super heavy shooter! Over 210 kilometers of flat serve, coupled with Federer's signature topspin serve, how can I complete the break?"

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After the No. 8 seed David Nalbandian defeated his opponent, he did not leave the court, but found a place to watch the match between Zhang Guan and Grosjean. Because Nalbandian's next opponent is the winner between Zhang Guan and Grosjean, Nalbandian needs to observe the state of his opponent in the third round.

In fact, Nalbandian mainly wanted to observe the state of Grosjean. Grosjean, a player who serves and surfs the net, is very difficult to deal with once he hits the ball smoothly. Even Nalbandian, who is the No. Dare not to underestimate the enemy, as for Zhang Guan, he was directly ignored by Nalbandian.

However, at this time, Nalbandian's eyes remained on Zhang Guan.

"That's right, it's indeed Federer's signature topspin serve, and Zhang Guan has used it three times in a row. Poor backhand, as long as you use this topspin serve to continuously attack Grosjean’s backhand position, you can easily take the initiative or even score directly. Grosjean wants to break serve in a certain game, I’m afraid it’s very difficult."

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