All-round Athlete

Chapter 194 Consecutive ACEs

An ACE shot by Zhang Guan instantly detonated the audience. If Sharapova or Li Na hit an ACE ball, the audience would not be surprised, but Zhang Guan, a non-professional tennis player, actually hit an ACE ball. It brought a different feeling to the audience.

Sharapova looked back at Zhang Guan silently, and thought to herself: "I haven't seen him in half a year, and his serve has improved again! I remember that when he first started learning, his serve was over 190 kilometers, but just now That ball must have been a serve of more than 200 kilometers! Among the professional players in the ATP, it must be considered a top serve!"

Next, the right to serve was still in the hands of Zhang Guan, and he started to serve for the second time.

"It must have been a coincidence just now! Zhang Guan is a track and field athlete, how could he serve such a high-level serve! The ball must be caught well, otherwise it would be too ugly if he fell behind 0-3 as soon as he came up." Li Na said silently Thinking and getting ready to catch the ball at the same time.

"Whoosh!" Another yellow light flashed, and the angle was even trickier than before. Li Na immediately stretched out his pat, but it was a step too late. Tennis has leapt out of her reach.

Another ACE ball!

Li Na opened his mouth slightly, but did not speak. Although there is no Hawkeye system in this field to calculate the speed of the ball, Li Na still judged that the speed of Zhang Guan's serve still exceeded 200 kilometers per hour.

For a professional male tennis player, it is not an easy task to send a ball at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour. Serving twice in a row with a speed of over 200 kilometers per hour, even those in the top ATP rankings, cannot guarantee that they will be able to do so.

"Two consecutive serves with a speed of over 200 kilometers per hour, even if it is a coincidence, it is impossible to do it without a certain strength foundation. It seems that I underestimated Zhang Guan before. He is definitely not a rookie in tennis. At least he has reached the goal of serving. It's a professional level." Li Na thought silently, and her expression became serious at the same time.

"Let me give way to Zhang Guan, this serve is better than me!" Jiang Shan thought silently. At the same time, he also noticed the changes in Li Na. Although the couple just got married at the beginning of this year, they have known each other for many years. Jiang Shan knew Li Na's unyielding character very well. At this moment, he knew that Li Na was going to start getting serious.

Then it was Li Na's turn to serve, and it was Zhang Guan who received the ball. So Li Na chose a relatively extreme serve.

The current Li Na's serve is not as sharp as it was later, it can only be regarded as the average level of the top female professional players in the world. As for Zhang Guan, at the beginning of his tennis learning, he faced Sharapova, who is known for her sharp serve and fierce style of play. After being abused by Sharapova a lot, Zhang Guan naturally has the ability to catch some extreme serves.

So Li Na's serve was relatively easy for Zhang Guan to catch. He even added a little topspin when returning the serve. However, for professional athletes, Zhang Guan's return can be said to be a bit bad, because Zhang Guan's return is very bad.

Although the skills of the system can bring technology to Zhang Guan, they cannot bring experience in the game. For professional tennis players, it is essential to understand and study the opponent's technical characteristics before the game. At the very least, one must know what the opponent is good at and what he is not good at, and then attack the opponent's weakness during the game, while trying to avoid opponents Play to your strengths.

Now Li Na's technical feature is that his forehand return is very strong. Zhang Guan's return just hit Li Na's forehand position, allowing Li Na to play to his strengths, so I saw Li Na's forehand With one swing, the tennis ball draws an extremely tricky angle and wins back a point.

After scoring this point, Li Na breathed a sigh of relief: "As expected, Zhang Guan is still a rookie. Although the ball came back, but the placement is very poor. In the game, the choice of placement is to send points. The perverted serve just now really shocked me, I thought I had met a strong player at the Grand Slam level!"

Li Na still had the right to serve the next ball, and Zhang Guan's choice of where to return the ball was the same as last time. Li Na scored another point in the same way, and the score was tied at 2-3.

For the result of losing two points in a row, Sharapova was not surprised, but felt that it could not be more normal. Zhang Guan didn't have any experience in competitions, and he looked pretty good during practice, but in real competitions, facing professional players, he immediately showed his original shape. Sharapova had already guessed this result.

The next two balls were served by Sharapova.

Considering that this is just a charity exhibition game, Sharapova's first serve was relatively ordinary, and Jiang Shan's catch was relatively easy. Then Sharapova deliberately slowed down the speed of returning the ball, which was equivalent to creating a front-of-net for Li Na. Li Na didn't waste the opportunity to volley, and directly volleyed in front of the net to score another point.

Just now, Li Na's performance has already been caught by Sharapova. As a professional tennis player, Sharapova can tell at a glance whether the opponent is playing seriously.

"I've already returned the point for the first ball to you, and I'll play it seriously next time!" Sharapova took a deep breath, stabilized her emotions, and then started to serve.

"Bang!" The racket hit the tennis ball fiercely. This is an American spin serve. The ball spins very well in this way of serve. Because the technique is very difficult, even top tennis players rarely try it. .

More importantly, the angle with the ball is very tricky, which is not a small test for the receiver.

Jiang Shan has retired for several years. Although he has been working as a tennis coach all these years and his technical foundation is still there, the feeling of the game has long been lost. So when Jiang Shan reacted and started to catch the ball, it was already too late. The one in front of him touched the ball and then hit the ball out of bounds.

The score became 3-4, Li Na and Jiang Shan were still 1 point behind, and the right to serve returned to Jiang Shan.

Jiang Shan’s first serve deliberately pursued an angle, but the first serve made a mistake and did not go over the net, so Jiang Shan’s second serve was much more conservative, and as a result, he lost the initiative, and then Sharapova made a fierce counterattack After scoring this point, the score came to 3-5.

However, the quality of Jiang Shan's serve was much higher for the next ball. After three rounds of stalemate, Li Na found a gap and scored a point, making the score 4-5.

Next came Zhang Guanlai to serve.

Li Na looked at Zhang Guan vigilantly. She had a premonition that Zhang Guan would serve again at a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour. As a female tennis player, even if she has entered the top 30 in the world in the WTA ranking, it is still very difficult to receive a serve from a male player at a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour.

The racket in Zhang Guan's hand hit the tennis ball hard, and it was another powerful blow.

This time, Li Na, who was concentrating on the ball, reacted instantly, but she still underestimated Zhang Guan's serve. This time, the serve was even a little faster than before. Did not receive the ball.

"ACE! Zhang Guan issued ACE three times in a row!"

"The speed of the ball just now must have exceeded 200 kilometers per hour! I haven't seen you for half a year. How come the speed of the serve has increased so much? Is it because the arm strength has become stronger?" Sharapova looked at Zhang Guan inexplicably, but felt in her heart. Constantly pondering when sprinters need to practice arm strength.

At this time, Li Na was a little angry. She felt a little aggrieved by a track and field athlete who hit three aces in a row, and her competitive spirit made her more serious.

"It's just an exhibition match, don't take it too seriously." Jiang Shan's voice suddenly sounded from beside her, and Li Na realized that Jiang Shan had unknowingly come to her side.

Li Na was taken aback for a moment, and then he also felt that he was a little too serious. This is just a charity exhibition game, not a formal competition, so why should he pay so much attention to the outcome.

Now Li Na is already a frequent visitor to the top 16 of the Grand Slam. It can be said that she has already proved herself through the results of the competition. No one would think that Li Na would lose to an amateur player. Even if Li Na loses in a charity exhibition match like this, people will think that Li Na deliberately gave way to Zhang Guan.

After figuring this out, Li Na's competitive spirit disappeared instantly, and she immediately felt a lot more relaxed. At the same time, Zhang Guan also started to serve.

"Swoosh!" Zhang Guan's serve was as fast as ever, but this time, Li Na successfully received the serve.

If you are a professional athlete, your serve will be constantly changing during the game. If every serve is the same, no matter how powerful your serve is, your opponent will gradually adapt to it. Zhang Guan obviously has no experience in this field of competition. Although his serve is fast, every serve is the same. Li Na has caught the pattern and made a successful return.

"Okay, I finally received it!" There was a hint of joy in Li Na's expression, but the next moment, the joy disappeared without a trace.

Sharapova has already rushed over, and a topspin ball has a good angle and an excellent landing point. Jiang Shan's return ball suddenly made a mistake, and the tennis ball was blocked on the net.

The score became 7-4, the game is over! Zhang Guan and Sharapova won the exhibition match.

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The exhibition match of this round ended relatively quickly, and there was no long-term stalemate between the players during the game, especially Zhang Guan's three ACEs, which greatly accelerated the progress of the game, but the audience did not. Feeling disappointed, the exhibition match is impossible to have the kind of fierce fighting in the main match, and being able to interact with the players on the spot is the key.

What Zhang Guan didn't expect was that although it was just an exhibition match, the organizer still arranged an awards ceremony, which was not notified before the match.

The award presenter walked over with a smile on his face and handed something like a certificate to Zhang Guan.

"What is this?" Zhang Guan wondered.

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