All-round Athlete

Chapter 432 Gold Slam, one step away

At the National Tennis Center, the contest between Zhang Guan and Murray has begun.

"The arc of the ball is really low, isn't Murray afraid of hitting the net!" Zhang Guan thought silently.

Murray hit the ball with a very low arc, so it can be said that Zhang Guan met the one with the lowest hitting arc among the famous players. There were several times when Zhang Guan thought that the ball would hit the net, but in the end the tennis ball still flew over the net.

Murray's movement speed is also very fast, so his defensive ability is also outstanding, but the quality of the defensive ball is relatively average. As coach Zhang analyzed before, Murray's defense is a deadly defense. His defense is Constantly wearing down the opponent's patience, waiting for the opponent to make a mistake.

Murray also knew that Zhang Guan had to participate in the track and field competition at night, so he hoped for a quick decision, so Murray also aimed at this point, playing dilly-dally, as if he was not seeking merit but seeking no fault.

In the first set of the match, both sides started a little cautiously, obviously testing each other, and the score was tied at 1-1 after each kept serve. And then Murray began to procrastinate, and from time to time he would use far-reaching summation control to mess up the rhythm of Zhang Guan, waiting for an opportunity to launch a surprise attack.

In the first set, the two sides dragged into the tie-break. In the tie-break, Murray had led 4-2 and switched sides, but in the final stage, he made a volley and missed serve, which caused him to lose 5-7 regrettably. The first game.

After a set of contests, Zhang Guan has basically figured out Murray's style of play. At the beginning of the second set, Zhang Guan took advantage of Murray's loose play and broke serve.

The semi-finals of the Olympics were also best-of-three sets. Zhang Guan had won the first set before, but now he broke serve in the second set. Murray even had a premonition that he was about to lose.

"It's another 227-kilometer serve, and Zhang Guan is still as strong as ever!" Murray looked at the ball speed monitor on the sidelines, his face full of helplessness.

Murray knows that this is a gap in strength, and the gap is not even a star. Although he is known as the "tactical master" in the tennis world, he is powerless in the face of this gap in strength.

The second set can be said to be a crushing game. Murray finally couldn't resist Zhang Guan's strong attack. Zhang Guan successfully won the second set 6-2 and successfully advanced to the final.

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The game had just ended, and the reporters flocked to it.

"Zhang Guan, tell me about this match!" a reporter asked.

Zhang Guan thought for a while, and said: "This game consumed a lot of my energy, and now I do feel a little tired. In fact, I also feel very confused during the game. I don't know if I can win the whole game. You all Seeing how well Murray performed, I was completely shocked by his performance. The game was difficult, but in the end I persevered. Now that I have reached the men's singles final, I am very happy."

"Tired? I see that you are very energetic. It is still difficult to compete? Murray was almost tortured by you in the second set!" A foreign reporter couldn't help complaining in his heart.

"Zhang Guan, let's look forward to the upcoming final!" Another reporter asked.

"I have only one goal, and that is to be the champion. No matter who it is, no one can stop me from winning the championship!" Zhang Guan said firmly.

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For those who don't pay much attention to tennis, Zhang Guan's victory over Murray is probably just an Olympic semi-final victory, and he can win at least one medal; but for tennis fans, Zhang Guan defeated Murray and entered the Olympic tennis The final is not just as simple as a silver medal, he is only one step away from the golden slam of tennis.

The Golden Slam needs to gather all the champions of the four tennis Grand Slams and the Olympic tennis champion. Although the Golden Slam is only one more Olympic champion than the Grand Slam, the four Grand Slams are held every year, and the Olympic Games are It is held every four years. In a player's career, being able to participate in the Olympic Games three times is considered too much. Therefore, the difficulty of the Golden Slam is much higher than that of the Grand Slam.

At present, among the men's singles players, only Andrew Agassi has won the Golden Slam, but there are as many as six players who have won the Grand Slam. If Zhang Guan can win the Olympic final, he will become the second in history. The male athlete who won the Gold Slam.

During the Olympic Games, the public may only be interested in the Olympic gold medal and ignore the Golden Slam, but the Tennis Center will not let go of this great opportunity for publicity. The staff in charge of publicity at the Tennis Center had already written the manuscript, and after Zhang Guan defeated Murray, he sent it out immediately.

"Zhang Guan is only one step away from the Golden Slam! "

Under the leadership of the propaganda department, this article quickly occupied the headlines of the major sports and Olympic sections of the media, and also let people who followed the Olympics know about the Golden Slam, and many people started to discuss it on the Internet. this matter.

"I just learned that there is a Golden Slam in tennis. The four Grand Slams plus the Olympic champions sound amazing!"

"As long as Zhang Guan can win the championship in the final, he will be able to win the Golden Slam. This should be the highest honor in tennis!"

"Tennis Grand Slam, if it were two years ago, I wouldn't dare to think that our country's players would win the Golden Slam!"

"Zhang Guan is awesome. Some people said before that Zhang Guan participated in several events. Maybe he won't win a gold medal. Those people are dumbfounded this time!"

"Zhang Guan is invincible, Zhang Guan must win!"

Obviously, honor can give people a sense of satisfaction, and the Olympic Games can even bring people a sense of national honor. However, there are hundreds of events in the Olympic Games, and there are also hundreds of gold medals. When the gold medals come one after another, it is very exciting. , but it will inevitably make people numb. The first gold medal may be remembered for the process of winning the championship, the second gold medal may be remembered for the name of the champion, the third may be remembered for the event of the competition, the fourth, fifth, fifth... ...Maybe in the end, there is only one number left to remember.

So at this point, some other condiments need to be added, such as how miserable the gold medal winner's family is, how much pain the gold medal winner has experienced, and so on. However, these lace-like condiments are obviously less able to attract the attention of the public than the topic of the Golden Slam. Even Zhang Guan still has a tennis final to play, but people's expectations for the Golden Slam have reached their peak.

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National Sport Stadium.

Athletes who participated in the 1500-meter preliminaries walked out of the channel one after another.

"Hey, long time no see, Iguid!" A voice suddenly sounded. Iguid from Morocco looked back and saw Kiprop from Kenya walking over.

Morocco is a strong country in middle-distance running, and Iguid is regarded as the leader in Morocco's middle-distance running. But the Kenyan Kiprop who spoke is the strongest person in the 1,500-meter middle-distance running in Africa. And Kiprop is second only to Bahrain's Ramzi, and is the second favorite to win the 1,500-meter event in this Olympic Games.

I just heard Kiprop come forward and said: "Iguid, I have seen the game grouping, your group is quite strong, South Africa's Deventer, England's Baddeley, but you can't help but think about it." They are all in your group, and there is Zhang Guan! He is the king of track and field! How about it, are you worried that you will not be able to qualify?"

"The king of track and field? Hmph! A track and field king who competes in the Olympic Games with the Olympic B mark?" Iguid laughed disdainfully: "Kiprop, don't be joking. In the 1500m event, Zhang Guan even won the Olympic A If he can’t even get in, maybe he can make it to the second round, he should be thankful!”

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