All-round Athlete

Chapter 301 The First Tie-break

Nadal blinked and confirmed that one of the two on the court was Federer and the other was Zhang Guan, not two Federers.

"Is it an illusion? Probably because I was too tired from practicing today!" Nadal leaned on the sofa, and Zhang Guan, who was on the TV, happened to make a beautiful change of line with his forehand.

"To handle this kind of ball, only Federer would choose a forehand change!" Nadal sat up straight and stared at the TV.

If Federer used a forehand to change the line just now, Nadal would have taken it for granted, but the player was Zhang Guan, which made Nadal feel incredible.

Nadal had watched the match between Zhang Guan and Davydenko before, and he also found that Zhang Guan's forehand was very similar to Federer's, but Nadal didn't take it to heart at the time, because there are too many players in this world. Many players are learning or imitating Federer's style of play, and it is not surprising that Zhang Guan imitated Federer's style of play.

But today, when Zhang Guan and Federer were competing in the same arena, Nadal realized that Zhang Guan's tactical play was not only very similar to Federer's, it was carved out of the same mold.

Each high-level tennis player has his own relatively distinct technical characteristics, but at the level of Grand Slam seed players, each person's technical characteristics can be as accurate as the handling of the ball and the details of hitting the ball.

For example, Federer and Nadal have played against each other more times in major competitions, and they have studied each other more thoroughly. Nadal has already understood Federer's way of handling the ball. Especially for some difficult balls, only Federer will choose a certain way to return the ball, because only Federer's technology can do it.

"Zhang Guan's research on Federer is even more thorough than mine, and he is still learning Federer's style of play! There are so many players who are learning Federer's style of play, and Zhang Guan is the one who learns the most. Federer himself is the same. In this match, Federer may be in trouble."

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On the field, both sides ran very actively, almost running around in their own half.

Players on both sides are playing with reverse thinking, standing in the position of the opponent to think about how to catch the ball, that is, they can see through the opponent's tactical intentions, which makes many tactics of both sides interrupted by the opponent halfway through, and has to be changed With the new tactics, the running of both sides has become very frequent.

3-3, 4-4, 5-5, after the end of the ten rounds, neither side was able to break serve.

During CCTV's live broadcast, the commentator said: "Federer's running is becoming more and more active. In the last two years of competition, it is rare to see Federer running so actively. It seems that he is very eager for victory! "

The guest commentator Su Director nodded: "That's right, but I think this also means that Zhang Guan put a lot of pressure on Federer, forcing Federer to use active running to deal with it. In this situation, Federer has not taken the initiative, and the two sides are still in a balance of power."

"Director Su, why did this happen?" the narrator asked.

"Both Zhang Guan and Federer are very good at serving. Both of them look very good today. Although they occasionally make one or two mistakes, these mistakes are not fatal, so keep your serve. There should be no problem with the game. I think there will be a tie-break in this game." As soon as Director Su finished speaking, Zhang Guan won the eleventh game with a serve to the net, and the score came to 6. -5, Zhang Guan temporarily leads.

The twelfth game is Federer's serve, which is an extremely critical game for both sides. If Federer can keep serve, the game will enter the tie-break. If Zhang Guan breaks serve, Federer will lose the first round. A two-set match.

Federer stood on the court with no distractions. As the king of tennis, Federer is the best in the world in handling key shots. Numerous experience in major competitions has already trained Federer to have a steely will and a stable psychological quality. The more critical shots, the more Federer can play better level.

In this game, Federer did perform well. He scored a serve and scored an ACE. He had an advantage at the beginning of the game. After serving, the continuous forehand pressure directly shattered Zhang Guan's hope of breaking serve. Federer succeeded The serve was secured and the score was tied at 6-6.

"6-6 tie, the two sides will have a tie-break contest next! I think all the audience must be like me, looking forward to the tie-break contest between the two sides very much!" The commentator flipped through the materials in his hand while talking.

"Let's take a look at the previous tie-break records of the two players. Let's first look at Federer. In this Australian Open, Federer has experienced two tie-breaks. In the third round of the Australian Open, Federer faced the No. 25 seed Yu There was a tie-break in Zini's match, and Federer won the tie-break 7-5; then in the semi-finals, Federer also played a tie-break against No. 7 seed Robredo in the tournament , Federer easily won the game with a small score of 7-2. Now it is Federer's third tie-break in this Australian Open."

"Let's look at Zhang Guan again... Oh, Zhang Guan has never played a tie-break! This is unbelievable! From the first round to the final, Zhang Guan has never played a tie-break, which also shows that Zhang Guan Guan has broken serve in at least one game in every previous game! The next game will be Zhang Guan's first tie-break in his career!" After the commentator finished speaking, he took a deep breath, feeling somewhat He sighed and said: "I have to say that the current situation is very unfavorable to Zhang Guan. He has no experience in tie-breaks at all, and his opponent Federer's level of key shots is the best in the world. If I If it's Zhang Guan, he would rather play a tie-break once or twice in the previous games, at least he can accumulate some tie-break experience."

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In the stands, Sharapova looked at Zhang Guan worriedly.

"Oops, Zhang Guan has never played a tie-break before. The tie-break is completely different from the normal game. If the opponent is weaker, he may still have a chance to slowly adapt to the rhythm of the tie-break. But now his opponent is Federer, with Federer's key ball level, I am afraid he will not give Zhang Guan any chance to adapt to the tie-break."

Sharapova folded her hands involuntarily, and all she could do at this time was pray to God.

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"Finally the game has been dragged to the tie-break. This game is really difficult. Zhang Guan is much better than I imagined." Federer wiped the sweat from his head with a wry smile: "It's a good thing Zhang Guan didn't play. With the tie-break experience, I can win this game. However, I am really incapable of winning the tie-break against a player who has no tie-break experience at all.”

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