All-round Athlete

Chapter 336 Whoever wins will kill the cow (four more)

In the second set, the final score was 7-6, and Davydenko still fell in the tie-break.

In a tennis match, losing a tie-break is a very depressing thing. Being able to reach the tie-break is a short distance away from victory. Losing a tie-break represents the efforts of the previous twelve innings of the game It's all wasted. And losing two tie-breaks in a row will seriously affect the emotions of the players.

Davydenko's mood was obviously affected. He was obviously out of shape in the third set. Whether it was action or reaction, he seemed to hesitate a lot.

At this time, Davydenko made an old mistake again. He wondered if his foot injury had recurred, so he seemed a little timid in his steps.

In the Australian Open match, when Davydenko faced Zhang Guan, he once suspected that his foot injury had recurred, but later the MRI results showed that Davydenko's foot injury did not aggravate, so Davydenko started a high-intensity game again.

Today, after losing two tie-breaks in a row after a tactical failure, Davydenko also became mentally loose, and he began to worry about his foot injury again.

Davydenko even had the urge to retire immediately, but thinking about his sponsor, he decided to insist on finishing the game. You must know that losing the game 3-0 and quitting the game due to injury are two completely different concepts. Especially for sponsors, they would rather the athletes lose miserably than retire due to injuries.

For sponsors, of course they like the players they sponsor to achieve good results, so there are often reward clauses for good results in sponsorship contracts. And for an injured athlete, his value will be greatly reduced, and sponsors will also suffer heavy losses. Liu Feiren in 2008 is a good example.

Davydenko was very worried about his foot injury, but for the sake of money, he persisted until the end, but he lost a bit badly in the third game. He only won one game at the beginning, Then they lost successively, and finally lost the third set with a score of 6-1.

Zhang Guan also defeated Davydenko again with a score of 3-0 and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the French Open.

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After Zhang Guan defeated Davydenko, he immediately rushed to the Susan Stadium, the second largest in the French Open, because Sharapova's match was at the Susan Stadium.

But as soon as he walked into the player channel of the Susan Stadium, Zhang Guan met Sharapova. At this time, Sharapova's eyes were red, and she looked like she had just cried.

"Could it be that you lost?" Zhang Guan counted the time and found that Sharapova's match took quite a long time.

Sharapova's match and Zhang Guan's match were played almost at the same time. Although Zhang Guan won 3-0, it was a two-set tie-break, which took more time. The women's singles event is a three-game two-win system. In terms of time, Sharapova must have experienced a hard fight.

Zhang Guan looked at Coach Joyce next to him, hoping that Joyce could give him some hints.

Coach Joyce instantly understood Zhang Guan's intentions, and he immediately said: "Martha fought hard for three sets, and finally won. It took more than 150 minutes, and the last set even lasted 16 rounds."

The final set of the Grand Slam does not have a tie-break, but a long-set tie-breaker. That is to say, after a score of 6-6, whoever leads by two sets will win. This competition system is more cruel and intense than the tie-break. .

Zhang Guan calculated silently in his heart, and in the last set he played 16 rounds, and the score was 9-7.

I only heard Sharapova say: "My shoulder hurts, so I made too many mistakes today, and it was too difficult to win in the end. I thought I was going to lose several times. After winning, I couldn't help it." Cried."

Zhang Guan looked at Sharapova worriedly. After the Australian Open, she has been troubled by a shoulder injury. This time, she played in the French Open with an injury. The quarter-finals will be angered, and the competition will only become more and more intense. This made Zhang Guan a little worried about Sharapova's shoulder injury.

"Who is your next opponent?" Zhang Guan asked.

"It's Ana!" Sharapova added, "Anna Chakvitadze."

Zhang Guan nodded suddenly. If Sharapova didn't add her surname, Zhang Guan really didn't know which "Anna" it was.

Chakvitadze is also Russian, and she is also a high-quality product on the Russian tennis beauties assembly line. Like Sharapova, she is blond, blue-eyed, good-looking, and her strength is also very good. The current world ranking is also in the top ten .

"What about you? Who is your opponent?" Sharapova asked.

"Let me think about it. It seems to be the No. 19 seed, Argentine, called..." Zhang Guan recalled the other party's name carefully. Although Zhang Guan is not a tennis rookie, he still can't remember some people's names from time to time. Especially the names of players who have not played against him.

"Is it Kanas?" Coach Joyce reminded.

"Yes, it's Kanas!" Zhang Guan said.

Coach Joyce immediately laughed: "Unexpectedly, this year's two 'cow killers' will get together! The qualifying players in your division will definitely meet Federer in the semi-finals. This quarter-finals is really interesting. A 'cow' killer fights first, and now the 'cow killer' has to grab a spot!"

"Two 'cow killers'?" Zhang Guan was taken aback for a moment, then asked uncertainly, "You mean Kanas and me?"

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"Guilermo Canas is an Argentine. He is 30 years old this year. He has been playing professional tennis for 12 years. He is considered a veteran of the tennis world." Coach Zhang introduced.

"Coach Joyce said he was a cow killer before, what happened?" Zhang Guan asked immediately.

"Do you still remember the two ATP1000 Masters held in the United States in March? Indian Wells and Miami." Coach Zhang continued.

"Remember, Nadal and Djokovic won the championships of those two tournaments," Zhang Guan said.

Coach Zhang slowly introduced: "It was these two matches that gave Canas the title of 'Cow Killer'. In the Indian Wells Masters match, Federer met Canas in the second round and was then Canas swept; and in the Masters Miami station, Federer met Canas again in the fourth round and lost to him again. After that, Canas defeated Robredo and Willow in a row Bisic, he made it to the final, where he lost to Djokovic."

"Kanas defeated Federer twice in two weeks. Kanas is very good! With Federer's level, it is very rare to lose to the same person twice in two weeks." Zhang Guan sighed.

"It's because Kanas is in good shape this year! Think about it, a player who has played professional tennis for 12 years and is already 30 years old. If he is strong, he will have achieved good results long ago. He won't wait until now. Jump out and be a 'cow killer'." Coach Zhang smiled and said, "You beat Federer in the Australian Open final, so you are considered a new generation of 'cow killer', plus Kanas and Nadal, the three of you are now called the three "cow killers"! So, this quarter-final match between you and Canas is also called a "battle between butchers", who wins who Go kill the cow."

The fourth chapter was delivered, and it was one o'clock in the morning. I was going to write another chapter, but it was too late, so let's count it as tomorrow's chapter. Tomorrow, I will guarantee three chapters and strive for four chapters. Finally ask for a monthly pass.