All-round Athlete

Chapter 334: Fallen in the trap (Part 2)

"The next opponent is Davydenko. If he wins, he will advance to the quarter-finals." Zhang Guan looked at the match list, and then said: "The match will be on June 3, and it will still be at the Phillips Stadium."

Zhang Guan was in the upper half of the 2/4 zone. After watching his matchup, Zhang Guan set his sights on the lower half of the 2/4 zone.

There is only one player left among the four seeds in the lower half. The No. 5 seed Gonzalez was eliminated in the first round. The 11th seed Gasquet and the 27th seed Melzer both stopped in the second round. Now The two players who advanced to the top 16 in the lower half are the 19th seed Canas and the unseeded player Monaco, both of whom are Argentine.

"Don't look at the lower half, your next opponent is Davydenko, it's not so easy to deal with." Coach Zhang said.

Zhang Guan showed a very confident expression: "I beat Davydenko at the Australian Open, and I feel that his strength is not very strong. Although the 'model worker' Davydenko has participated in many competitions, his ATP points are also ranked fourth position, but his real strength is not comparable to his fame."

"That guy Joyce told you?" Coach Zhang shook his head slightly, obviously not agreeing with Coach Joyce's statement, he introduced: "Davydenko's clay court strength should not be underestimated. Of the 10 ATP championships won, five are on clay courts. The 2003 Estoril Tour, the 2004 Munich Tour, the 2005 St. Petersburg Tour and the Brahms Tour, the 2006 Tournament The Subo tour is all on clay courts. In addition, the three tour runner-ups he has won so far are all on clay courts. It can be said that clay courts are Davydenko's best venues."

Coach Zhang threw Davydenko's report card to Zhang Guan, and then said: "Although Davydenko has no obvious strengths, he also has no obvious weaknesses, and he is the kind of player who is very stable and patient, which makes him It's easy to get results on clay."

Zhang Guan nodded with a serious face, and then asked: "Then what should I pay attention to during the game?"

"Meticulous and patient. Every ball, you can't be careless, you have to treat it meticulously. If you do this, you have won half of the victory, and the other half of the victory, you need to rely on patience. On the clay court, Davydenko will play very patiently, you must at least be as patient as him." Coach Zhang said.

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In the match on June 2, Sharapova defeated Kudryazeva 2-0 and advanced to the fourth round of women's singles. On this day, Japanese veteran Ai Sugiyama lost to Chakvitadze and missed the round of 16. So far, all Asian women's singles players have been wiped out, and only Zhang Guan is left as a single player in Asia.

On the same day, Nadal celebrated his 21st birthday. On his birthday, he swept Montanes 3-0 and advanced to the top 16 of the men's singles. In this game, Nadal gradually found his best form. It can be seen that Nadal at this time is completely different from a week ago. Even the media said that Nadal has entered the French Open championship mode.

On June 3, Zhang Guan and Sharapova started their respective journeys to the fourth round. Zhang Guan will face No. 4 seed Davydenko at the Phillips Stadium, while Chalabi will face Schneider at the Susan Stadium. The challenge, coincidentally, both matches were scheduled for the fourth match, so the start time of the match was almost the same.

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"Friends from the audience, next is the men's singles No. 4 seed Davydenko against the men's singles No. 15 seed Zhang Guan. The two had played against each other before. It was at this year's Australian Open. Zhang Guan 3 -0 over Davydenko. So today's game is a battle of revenge for Davydenko!"

The camera was aimed at Davydenko, hoping to capture something, but Davydenko showed a gentlemanly smile, showing a relaxed state.

For a player like Davydenko who can participate in more than 30 games a year, he has indeed forgotten the feeling of nervousness.

After a few warm-ups, the two sides started the official competition.

In the first four rounds, the two sides fought to a 2-2 tie, and no one was able to complete the break. In the next few rounds, although Zhang Guan strengthened his offense, he still did not find a chance to break Davydenko's serve. You come and go, 10 innings were played in a blink of an eye, and the score became 5-5.

"Davydenko played so steadily today." Zhang Guan has already noticed the tactics Davydenko used today, that is one word - steady!

Whether serving or catching, Davydenko performed extremely steadily. In the five serving games of the first set, Davydenko did not send an ACE. This is not because Davydenko did not send an ACE. It's because he never intended to serve an ace. In Davydenko's serve game, his serve was not aimed at scoring directly, but for taking the initiative and better suppressing Zhang Guan.

When receiving the ball, Davydenko also puts stability in the first place. Some places that Zhang Guan can attack boldly, Davydenko has chosen to give up. Even if he launches an attack, it is not the kind of all-or-nothing attack. Once the attack is frustrated , stop immediately, and turn to continue the steady stalemate.

Although this method can't break Zhang Guan's "running attack method", the stability of serving and receiving the ball makes Zhang Guan unable to find a suitable attacking opportunity. Even if Zhang Guan keeps changing the offensive and defensive rhythm, he can Davydenko is as stable as a mountain, and rarely reveals his flaws.

If it is a hard court or a grass court, Zhang Guan will definitely be able to use offense and suppression to create more opportunities, but this is a clay court, and the rhythm is inherently slower. On the surface, a stalemate of more than ten or twenty beats was formed.

After twelve innings, the two sides were still tied, and then entered the first tie-break between the two sides.

"Finally it's the tie-break!" Davydenko showed a relieved smile on his face. His stable style of play has an incomparably huge advantage in the tie-break. In the tie-break, even a goal cannot be easily missed, so the more stable the style of play, the more favorable it is to play the tie-break.

"Although Zhang Guan still served a few ACEs, compared with the Australian Open, the clay court of the French Open has greatly reduced the power of his serve. Without this important weapon, Zhang Guan's advantage in the tie-break was even greater. One time was weakened. So when Zhang Guan serves, it may be my chance." Davydenko started to serve while thinking.

It was a long shot of twenty-eight shots, and Davydenko finally kept the ball.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Guan served the ball. To Davydenko's surprise, Zhang Guan also used a relatively conservative serving method.

It was another long round of 21 shots, and Zhang Guan scored a point.

On the next ball, there was a long round of twenty-five beats again. Then there are eighteen beats, twenty-two beats, and nineteen beats. In the seventh ball of the two sides, the two sides actually shot 32 shots, and immediately after the eighth ball, the two sides shot an astonishing 39 shots!

Although it is a clay court and the ball is slower, it is rare in modern tennis to hit 20 shots. The ultra-long round of 39 shots has already set a record for the longest shot in this French Open.

The score at this time was 4-4, and the two sides were still tied in the tie-break.

The audience applauded thunderously, and the TV screen also showed that this was the longest number of beats in this year's French Open.

However, in the next ninth ball, the number of shots in the stalemate between the two sides exceeded this number, reaching an astonishing forty shots.

This kind of long-round contest made the audience shout and enjoy, and the audience in front of the TV wanted to rewind the program and watch the forty-beat contest again.

However, on the court, Davydenko rubbed his slightly sore biceps and kept moving his wrists, with a complicated expression on his face.

"Something feels wrong, I seem to have been tricked!" Davydenko thought silently.

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