All-round Athlete

Chapter 261 Expecting to fight (three more)

Melbourne, the seventh match day of the Australian Open.

The competition on this day was very intense, and there were several focus battles. In the women's singles event, Serena Williams will play against Jankovic, and Sister Na will also play against Safina. In addition, famous players such as Mauresmo, Dementieva and Kuznetsova will appear. In the men's singles event, in addition to the contest between No. 6 seed Roddick and No. 9 seed Ancic, Federer will also face the challenge of the young teenager Novak Djokovic.

In addition to the ongoing games on the field, the most talked about topic is Zhang Guan's victory over Nalbandian.

An unseeded player defeating a seeded player can be regarded as an upset, and an unseeded player defeating a No. 8 seed player is even more unpopular, and this unseeded player is Zhang Guan who played with a wild card, and he is inherently topical sex.

The Australian Open holds too many games every day, and it is impossible for every game to be a focus battle. When Zhang Guan defeated Grosjean before, although he attracted some attention, it was very limited. But this time when Zhang Guan defeated Nalbandian, it was completely different. After all, Nalbandian is a veteran strongman, and he also has the title of the world's best backhand, and he is the No. 8 seed in the tournament. To be able to defeat Nalbandian, the gold content is much greater than the previous victory over Grosjean.

All of a sudden, the video of the match between Zhang Guan and Nalbandian became a hot topic among fans, and everyone wanted to know how Zhang Guan defeated Nalbandian. And when the fans saw Zhang Guan playing in front of the net, they were all surprised. In today's tennis world, almost everyone in the singles event is using the baseline style of play, and the front-line style of play has almost been eliminated. This kind of retro style of play that almost no one uses has reappeared, and it has become a fan in an instant. Focus.

Some older fans, especially those over the age of 40, have all experienced the era of Sampras at the net. At that time, front-net play was the most popular style of play, so when they watched In the video of the game, when Zhang Guan played in front of the net, it immediately brought back memories deep in their hearts, and that nostalgic feeling burst out. This nostalgia is a very touching and beautiful thing, so many old fans in their 40s and 50s have become fans of Zhang Guan after watching Zhang Guan's victory over Nalbandian.

The younger generation, especially those who started to pay attention to tennis after 2000, have always accepted the baptism of bottom-line play. What they saw was Federer's gorgeous bottom-line offense and Nadal's tenacious bottom-line defense. It's something very new to them. Although the turnover rate of net play is very high, as long as the net volley is successfully made, it is indeed better than the bottom line in terms of viewing, and it is precisely because of the high turnover rate that the audience will find it more exciting. So some fans who like novelty and excitement have also become fans of Zhang Guan.

In addition, Zhang Guan is also the most famous track and field athlete in the world. He was originally a well-known sports star and has a very broad fan base. Some tennis fans themselves will also pay attention to other events. When a more familiar star achieves results, the attention itself will be several levels higher than that of the new face.

Within a day, Zhang Guan became the most popular player at the Australian Open. People discussed Zhang Guan even more than Federer and Nadal.

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In the evening, Federer ended his journey to the fourth round of the Australian Open. He defeated Djokovic, a young player with unlimited potential, with a total score of 3-0.

At this time, Djokovic has shown his sharpness. He ranked 16th in the ATP year-end in 2006. In early 2007, after he won the Adelaide Hard Court Championship and a series of achievements, The world ranking also rose to 14th. However, the current level of this tennis genius is still a bit far from Federer. Even if he keeps trying to attack Federer's single back with double back, but because of too many mistakes, he finally lost to Federer.

So far, Federer's road to promotion has been very smooth. Since the first round, Federer has defeated his opponent 3-0 in every game. According to the current state of Federer, it seems that this year's Australian Open champion has already been earned. in the bag.

Federer soaked in the jacuzzi for a while, and when he came out of the bathroom, he saw his girlfriend Mirka playing with his laptop.

"Roger, just now Mr. Roche called and said that there was a very interesting game for you to watch. I have already found the video of the game for you." Mirka put the laptop on the table while talking. superior.

The Mr. Roche mentioned by Mirka is Federer's tennis coach. Roche can be said to be the most famous tennis coach in the world. Federer also made great efforts to make Roche his coach. Droche came out of the mountain. However, Roche will only give some pointers to Federer before the competition, and he will not play with Federer around the world on weekdays.

Hearing that it was the game designated by Roche, Federer didn't dare to be careless. He quickly wiped his hair with a towel, sat down by the sofa, and said at the same time, "Who is playing against whom?"

"Zhang Guan is against Nalbandian." Mirka replied.

"It's this game! I know that Zhang Guan defeated Nalbandian 3-0. I was surprised when I heard about it yesterday. I know Nalbandian's strength best, although he was affected by injuries. However, the sharp backhand is still the best in the world. It is unbelievable that Zhang Guan can beat him. I wanted to watch the video yesterday, but I have to prepare for the match against Djoko. Vicky’s game, so I didn’t watch it.” Federer finished speaking and clicked the mouse to start playing the video of the game.

"Zhang Guan's one-handed backhand! And like me, he also holds the racket with the right hand... The feeling of his backhand return looks so familiar!" Federer said while watching the video.

"Of course you will feel familiar, don't you think Zhang Guan's backhand is very similar to your backhand?" Mirka said.

"It's really like my backhand, but it feels stronger than my backhand! But even so, it can't deal with Nalbandian! You see, Nalbandian's backhand changed the line, He won't get it," Federer said.

The video of the game soon came to the second game.

"This is serving and surfing!" Federer sighed softly, and continued: "Zhang Guan is the fastest runner in the world. His movement ability must be very strong, and it is normal to use serving and surfing. And this kind of The style of play really restrains Nalbandian's backhand."

"The timing of this surfing is very good, and the landing point of the shot is well controlled, which happens to be where Nalbandian can't reach. Well, Zhang Guan's serve and surfing looks very skilled. This hand serve to the net, probably has the level of a Grand Slam seed player! Where did he learn this trick, did he learn it from Sharapova?"

"Huh? How to catch the ball and go online! This is not a good choice to go online, but it was successful!" Federer's expression finally changed, and he already understood why Coach Roche asked him to take a special look at this game. games.

"The ball is going to the net! The net ball? Beautiful! The ball is so beautifully played, it completely mobilized Nalbandian!"

"Still on the net! This ball is unnecessary. Wouldn't it be better to hit the bottom line! Sure enough, it's out of bounds. But this ball is not without possibility of success, it's just a little bit of bad luck..."

The more Federer watched, the more serious he became, and he couldn't help but fall into the game. At the same time, he was also thinking about how he would deal with this kind of ball if he was facing this kind of ball.

The video was played to the third set of the two sides. Nalbandian was out of shape because he was worried about his injury. Federer also paused the video. He knew that there was no point in watching the video anymore. Federer had already passed what he wanted. Get all the information.

"That's right, this is the net game! This is the world's top net game! This style reminds me of Sampras!" Federer's breathing suddenly became short, he closed his eyes and remembered The scene at Wimbledon in 2001.

In 2001, Federer, who was less than 20 years old, met Sampras, the then king of the ball at Wimbledon. Federer defeated the king of Wimbledon on the grass, which was also Federer's battle of fame.

But Federer knew that what he was facing was not Sampras in his heyday. At that time, Sampras was already 30 years old, and his speed was not as good as before. Support, the power is greatly reduced.

For Federer, it is a pity that he failed to compete with Sampras at his peak. Especially in recent years, Federer has stood on the top of the world, and this feeling of regret is even more serious. strong.

But now, Federer has seen this world's top net play again, and the fire in his heart is burning again. He feels that he finally has the opportunity to make up for this regret!

"I really want to compete with Zhang Guan! Hurry up and see when I can meet Zhang Guan." Federer immediately found out the match list, and then showed a disappointed look on his face.

"Zhang Guan is actually in the 3rd district, and I am in the 1st district. We won't meet until the final! How could this be?"

In the seed grouping of the Australian Open, the No. 1 seed is in District 1, the No. 2 seed is in District 4, the No. 3 seed is in District 3, and the No. 4 seed is in District 2. , The qualifying players in the 3rd district will face the qualifying players in the 4th district, that is to say, the players in the upper half of the district want to meet the players in the lower half, only in the finals.

"It is the fourth round now, and the fourth round of Zhang Guan's competition has not yet started. Can he enter the finals? There is also Davydenko in the 3rd district where Zhang Guan is located. They may be in the quarterfinals." They met in the first final, and Nadal is in the 4th district, and may become a qualifying player in the 4th district. Zhang Guan needs to win these two first to enter the final. Can he do it? By the way, Zhang Guan’s fourth The round has not started yet, let's see who his opponent is in the fourth round!"

Federer immediately found the match list for the fourth round and saw Zhang Guan's opponent.

"Why is this difficult guy!"

The third chapter has been delivered, and I am not used to this state of unsaved manuscripts. There is still Chapter 4 tonight, ask for a monthly ticket, ask for a recommendation ticket!