All-round Athlete

Chapter 307 Hiding Strength? (one more)

Federer finally realized that Zhang Guan's speed had become faster, which shocked Federer. He had never seen a tennis player move so fast, even Nadal, who has a strong ability to move, could not do this.

"Almost forgot, Zhang Guan is the fastest runner in the world. But tennis is different from sprinting. Tennis requires countless sudden stops. Can his knees stand it if he runs so fast?" Federer was thinking, While watching Zhang Guan backhand the ball across the net.

"Pick the ball? This is a chance for me to smash! But this is the only way for Zhang Guan to catch the ball. Although you have received the ball, you still have to lose this round." Federer said a few times Broken steps blocked in front of the ball, followed by a powerful smash.

The tennis ball hits the ground, then bounces high, and the next landing point will be out of bounds.

"It's so high, Zhang Guan must not be able to catch it!" Federer looked up at the ball, and then looked at Zhang Guan, only to find that Zhang Guan was running towards the spot where the ball landed.

"Does Zhang Guan still want to catch this kind of ball? Even if he successfully catches this kind of ball, he will be completely passive. What's more, it is difficult to control the landing point at such a long distance." Federer thought to himself.

As the main court of the Australian Open, the Rod Laver Stadium must occupy the largest area in Melbourne, and there is a large gap in the front, rear, left, and right. A standard tennis court will leave a 6.4-meter gap outside the front and rear sidelines. The gap between the front and back of the Rod Laver Stadium is more than 10 meters, because there are line referees and ball boys on the edge of the court, and large cameras need to be placed. much space. Moreover, in the world's top competitions, the gap of 6.4 meters is not enough for the players to show their strength, so the courts of this top competitions have larger open spaces at the edge than standard tennis courts.

At this time, Zhang Guan has moved to the edge of the court, behind him is the line referee, and this is also the position where he falls.

I saw Zhang Guan swung his racket and hit the falling tennis ball with a volley. Then the tennis ball turned into a long arc, leaped over the net and landed in Federer's half court.

"Wow!" The audience was full of surprised voices.

The tennis ball falls almost vertically. It is very difficult to hit the falling tennis ball in the air. If the timing is not good, the ball will hit the air with one shot. Moreover, Zhang Guan hit the ball at the edge of the court, close to 10 meters from the sideline, and the distance from the sideline to the net is 11.885 meters, plus the distance in the opponent's half. The distance exceeds 25 meters. For ordinary spectators, it is not easy to catch this ball and successfully land it in bounds.

Federer was also taken aback. According to the normal rhythm, athletes will definitely use picks when receiving such high-altitude balls that fall out of bounds, because the difficulty of the pick is low and the success rate is very high. However, the pick has a major disadvantage. That is, the ball will bounce higher, which will give the opponent a chance to continuously high-pressure the ball.

But Zhang Guan didn't use a pick attack, he accurately grasped the moment when the ball fell, and then volleyed the ball, so that the ball would be a relatively low arc, and Federer couldn't use the high-pressure ball to smash continuously. But this technique is extremely difficult and requires excellent ball control ability.

"The ball was caught beautifully!" Federer also had a feeling of being amazed, but he didn't show mercy in his hand movements. He continued to attack with a strong topspin forehand. This time Federer chose the frontcourt. .

Zhang Guan's movement is still fast, he has already started to move towards the sideline of the court after completing that ultra-long-distance slam, and then received the ball with a one-handed forehand with difficulty. Then Federer attacked the diagonal backcourt again, Zhang Guan ran to the position again and completed the catch.

At this time, Zhang Guan was mobilized by Federer to run all over the court. It seemed completely passive, but in fact, he had reversed the situation a lot. Originally, this was a ball that must be lost, but Zhang Guan pulled it back abruptly. .

After another three shots, Zhang Guan finally caught a chance to catch the ball comfortably by running.

"It's now!" Zhang Guan held the racket with both hands and hit with a forehand.

"The speed of the ball is quite fast, so there shouldn't be a very strong spin." Federer looked at the flying tennis ball and was ready to catch the ball.

However, the moment Federer caught the ball, there was an uncontrollable feeling on the racket.

"What a strong spin! This kind of spin is almost the same as Nadal! How can such a fast ball still have such a high-speed spin?"

In the process of hitting a tennis ball, the strength of the player determines the speed of the ball, and the degree of friction between the racket and the ball determines the spin of the ball. But fish and bear's paw can't have both, a ball with a high speed cannot have a strong spin; similarly a ball with a strong spin cannot have a high speed. This point is actually best reflected in table tennis. For example, the chippers of the table tennis team have a strong spin on the balls, but the speed of cutting the balls is relatively slow.

Among professional tennis players, Nadal is the one who pursues the most spin. He even sacrificed some speed for the spin of the ball. Because he pursued too much spin, Nadal's serve was even regarded as a major shortcoming in the early days.

Now Zhang Guan's counterattack is comparable to Nadal in terms of spin, but has a faster ball speed than Nadal. This is something Federer has never faced before.

"What's going on? The speed is so fast, and the spin is so strong. In the first two sets, Zhang Guan didn't hit a return of this quality... Wait a minute, has Zhang Guan been hiding his strength?"

This idea emerged from Federer's mind and could not be dissipated for a long time.

"Impossible! Zhang Guan was already strong enough in the first two sets. If he was still hiding his strength, how powerful would he be!"

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"40-15!" The referee called out the score, and Zhang Guan successfully pulled back a goal.

"Huh huh..."

"Wow oh oh..."

Applause and cheers instantly swallowed the entire stadium.

This ball, from the moment Federer completed the smash, Zhang Guan was originally in a situation that must be lost, but he pulled the ball back a little bit through a drive from the edge of the court, and then suppressed Federer with a forehand, and finally completed it. Made a reversal and won the ball. In the contest of more than ten consecutive shots, both sides played at a very high level, and the audience was fascinated by it.

Sharapova looked at Zhang Guan with admiration, and murmured to herself, "Why do I feel that Zhang Guan suddenly became stronger in this game!"

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