All-round Athlete

Chapter 251 Entering the third round (three more)

"In the second round of the men's singles at the Australian Open that ended today, Zhang Guan, who participated with a wild card, defeated the No. 28 seed Sebastian Grosjean with a total score of 3-0. , broke out an upset in the second round of the men's singles at the Australian Open. The scores in the final three sets were 6-0, 6-3 and 6-2. Zhang Guan thus successfully entered the third round, while Grosjean made it again Ended his Australian Open trip with one shot."

The news in just a few sentences has shocked many people who follow the Australian Open. Any unseeded player who beats a seeded player can be regarded as an upset, even if Grosjean's seed ranking is relatively low, but Considering that his opponent is Zhang Guan, this can already be regarded as a big upset.

Many players who participated in the Grand Slam competition for the first time were eliminated in one round. There are only a few who can survive to the second round, and very few can make it to the third round. If a player who participates in a Grand Slam competition for the first time successfully advances to the third round, he can already be regarded as a dark horse player in the competition.

And Zhang Guan not only participated in the Australian Open for the first time, but also participated in a professional tennis competition for the first time. He entered the third round of the Grand Slam for the first time in a professional tennis competition, which undoubtedly created a precedent.

"How did Zhang Guan beat Grosjean? Grosjean is the 28th seed!"

"In the first round, Zhang Guan's opponent was Roches. But Roches was unwell during the game, so he lost to Zhang Guan. Could it be that Grosjean was also unwell?"

"Isn't Grosjean's serve and volley very powerful? How could he lose to a track and field athlete and be swept 3-0? People who don't know think that Grosjean met Federer or Nadal!"

After hearing the news, many people immediately searched for the battle report of this game, hoping to learn how Zhang Guan won from it. From the description of the battle report, everyone saw that Grosjean couldn't catch the ball , Grosjean's Internet volley out of bounds, Grosjean's double fault and other information.

The person who wrote the battle report just described the whole process of the game truthfully, such as Zhang Guan's serve in the first game. Of course, he would not describe in detail that Zhang Guan sent Federer's signature topspin. He would only talk about Zhang Guan's hand. It’s true that several ACE shots were sent; for another example, in the second game, the person who wrote the battle report could not write in detail that Zhang Guan returned a Nadal turn, but only described Grosjean’s mistake when he intercepted the net.

If you only watch the game report and not watch the game film, the information people can get is that Grosjean made a lot of unforced errors in the game, so many people are misled. With so many games in the second round of the Australian Open, and the doubles match has already started, I am afraid that die-hard tennis fans will not specifically find the video to study.

"It seems that Grosjean's game is not in a good state. There have been many unforced errors, probably because he galloped too much on the woman's belly last night, so he became a soft-footed shrimp during the game!"

"Zhang Guan's luck is really good. In the first round, he met Roches, who was unwell, and in the second round, he met a Grosjean who was in a very bad state. He really deserves to be a sponsor's wild card. All the encounters were easy. But I think Zhang Guan's good luck should come to an end here, his opponent in the next round is Nalbandian!"

For the entire Australian Open series, the news of Zhang Guan's victory over Grosjean is just a short-term interesting talk. As the fifth match day of the Australian Open begins, both men's singles and women's singles have entered the third round. They began to duel one after another, and the Australian Open game became more exciting, especially the match between Roddick and Safin on the fifth match day, which attracted the attention of many spectators.

The memory of fans is quite short. With new games and duels between big names, who would care about a failed No. 28 seed and a wild card player.

But as Zhang Guan's opponent in the next game, Nalbandian and his coach watched the game video of Zhang Guan and Grosjean all night.

"The rounds of the game are still too short, and the information that can be obtained from just one game is very limited. Judging from Zhang Guan's style of play, he should be the same as everyone else, a baseline player." The coach stood up , and then concluded: "At present, it seems that Zhang Guan's service hit rate is still very good, basically he succeeds in the first serve, and rarely has a second serve, and his choice of serve does not seem to be very limited. This is a personal habit. the reason?"

"I don't think so." Nalbandian shook his head: "Grosjean's backhand is too weak, but Zhang Guan's serve is really strong, so Zhang Guan doesn't need to attack Grosjean's backhand when serving. Serve at the limit, and you can take the initiative."

The coach nodded: "That is to say, the level of Zhang Guan's second serve is still unknown. I think we can work hard in this direction during the game. Your backhand is already relatively strong, and the return of the serve is yours." strength, so during the game, you can force Zhang Guan to serve some balls that are placed at the limit as much as possible, so that he will make more first-serve mistakes.”

"You mean, let him do the second serve?" Nalbandian asked.

"That's right, although we are still not sure how good Zhang Guan's second serve is, we can be sure that the second serve of all athletes is weaker than the first serve, especially for some rookies, their mentality will fluctuate greatly when they serve the second serve. Although Zhang Guan has good skills, he is not a professional tennis player after all. He may not have much experience in second serve, and this may be our opportunity." The coach continued: "Another point is Zhang Guan's forehand, hitting the ball The rotation speed should be very fast!"

"Yes, according to my observations at the scene, Zhang Guan's forehand spin should be no less than that of Nadal. At first I thought it was Nadal's spin! One Nadal is enough to deal with, and now there is an extra one Zhang Guan can spin like that!" Nalbandian said angrily.

"What about his backhand?" the coach asked.

"This... seems to be relatively normal, and it's relatively ordinary. I haven't seen any bright spots so far. The main reason is that Zhang Guan's mobility is too strong, and he can always occupy the forehand position." Nalbandian said.

"Zhang Guan's strong mobility is only part of the reason, and Grosjean's backhand return is too weak, which gave Zhang Guan a chance. If it was you, you probably wouldn't give Zhang Guan time to move to the forehand position. !” said the coach.

"Of course, my backhand is much better than Grosjean's. If I hit back with a backhand for the same ball, I think Zhang Guan can only catch the ball with a backhand!" Nalbandian Full of confidence.

The coach encouraged with an excited face: "Then in the game, you mainly fight with Zhang Guan on the backhand! You both hold the racket with your right hand. It is very easy for you to attack his backhand with your backhand. Your backhand is the strongest in the world. Then, use your strongest spear to pierce your opponent!"

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