All-round Athlete

Chapter 341 Fighting Federer Again

On June 2, at 7:00 p.m. capital time, the men’s singles semi-final match of the French Open officially began. At the Phillips Stadium, the match between Federer and Zhang Guan was held first, followed by the match between Nadal and Djokovic. Contest.

The second match between Federer and Zhang Guan was naturally attracting worldwide attention, and the time of the match happened to be prime time, so right after the match started, the ratings skyrocketed, easily breaking through the 3% mark, and heading towards 4%.

After a series of introductions and warm-ups, the game began, with Federer serving first.

"Play steadily and reduce mistakes!" Federer muttered silently and started to serve. After a stalemate for more than ten consecutive beats, Federer scored a point first.

"Federer played very steadily at the beginning of the game today!" the commentator couldn't help but said. In the past, Federer was known for his gorgeous offense, but today's Federer's style of play has become extremely stable.

The second ball, the third ball...Federer is still the same, every shot is just right, not very bold, nor very conservative, it can be said that there is no flaw.

15-0, 30-0, 30-15, 40-15, 40-30, then Federer won the first game with a powerful forehand.

The waves were calm, both sides played fairly well, and there were no bright spots to be found. This is the evaluation of many viewers on the first game. Before the game, many people thought that the battle between the two powerhouses was full of highlights and topics. This would be a collision between sparks and the earth, and the game would inevitably be very fierce. It was different from everyone's imagination, and the fierce confrontation did not come.

Zhang Guan looked at Federer on the opposite side with some puzzlement. He also felt that Federer's style of play today was a bit different from the past. No obvious flaws were revealed, but Zhang Guan could not feel Federer's desire to win.

"Why is it like the tactics used by Davydenko? Is Federer going to delay until the tie-break? Federer played so steadily and without any flaws. Even if I want to attack, I have no chance. This forces me to play steadily. Ah!" Zhang Guan shook his head and started to serve.

In Zhang Guan's serve game, Federer still chose to play steadily and did not take any risk of attacking. This result made it easier for Zhang Guan to keep his serve game.

"In the first two rounds, the players from both sides played 1-1. Judging from the situation in these two rounds, the players on both sides played relatively conservatively. It may be because the players have not yet entered the game state at the beginning of the game, and After all, it is the semi-finals, so it is normal to choose a steady style of play. I think next, when the players start to enter the competition, it will definitely bring us wonderful contests."

The commentator began to try to defend the two players on the field. However, things backfired. In the subsequent four consecutive contests, the players of both sides still played very steadily. The score of the first set came to 3-3.

The six-set match ended, but the spectators showed a lack of interest. For the entire six rounds, neither side played a magnificent attack. Apart from some symbolic applause from the audience at the end of each round, The rest of the time is quiet. The TV screen swept across the auditorium, and even captured some yawning shots of the audience.

Federer has always been known for his flamboyant offense, and Zhang Guan gave people the impression that he is a player with a lot of offensive means. Originally, everyone thought that this match between the two should be a contest of needlepoint, but now the two offensive players But it started steadily and steadily, which disappointed many people.

The commentator frowned, and continued to say that the two haven't warmed up yet? It is obviously impossible. We have played six rounds now. If the difference in strength between the two sides is relatively large, someone may win the game 6-0. As a professional athlete, you should find your game state after six rounds.

So why did the two players who are good at attacking choose not to attack? The only explanation is that the tactical choices of these two people were originally like this. Play steadily and don't try to attack lightly.

Thinking of this, the commentator sighed: "It seems that today's game may be a boring and long game."

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Zhang Guan tried a few times to run and attack, and achieved good results in Zhang Guan's own serve, but the effect in Federer's serve was relatively mediocre, with a success rate of less than 50%. With Federer's game experience and skills and today's steady style of play, this kind of sudden change in the rhythm of the shot is not very lethal. Federer is good at almost all offensive and defensive rhythms, so it only takes one or two shots to adjust. Pass.

Zhang Guan could hardly catch Federer's flaws, and Federer also couldn't find Zhang Guan's weaknesses.

The forehand that Federer is best at is difficult to cause damage to Zhang Guan on the slow court of the French Open clay court. In addition, Federer deliberately chooses a conservative style of play, which makes it impossible for him to get points from Zhang Guan's serve.

In this way, after the score of 5-5, it was Federer's serve, and then Federer played steadily. After several long rounds of stalemate, he kept his serve and rewritten the score to 6-5. Zhang Guan's serve.

"It's almost time to launch an attack." Federer silently cheered himself up. Immediately afterwards, Zhang Guan served. After receiving the serve, Federer suddenly chose to attack. next point.

The entire eleven rounds of the game were so boring, and now Federer suddenly exerted his strength and played a beautiful turn from defense to offense, which immediately excited the audience, and those who were dozing off woke up, and there was a round of applause from the audience.

Zhang Guan looked at Federer very vigilantly, and he vaguely guessed Federer's intention in his heart.

On the next ball, Federer still chose a bold attack after receiving the serve, pressing with a forehand, and then prepared for a large-angle move, but Zhang Guan was already prepared. After reaching the bottom line, Federer caught the ball early and disrupted the rhythm of Federer's continued attack. Then Zhang Guan quickly changed the offensive and defensive rhythm and successfully scored the point. The score became 15-15.

"Sure enough, Federer suddenly exerted strength in this round and wanted to catch me off guard. He used a psychological warfare!" At this time, Zhang Guan had already seen through Federer's intention.

In the previous eleven rounds, Federer used a steady style of play, which even made Zhang Guan feel that he had no desire to attack. And when the score came to 6-5, Federer only needed to complete the break to win the first set, so Federer suddenly started to attack. With the foreshadowing of the first eleven rounds, if Zhang Guan fell into the previous inertial thinking and became paralyzed, it would be easy to lose this round. As for Federer, even if his psychological tactics failed, there would still be a tie-break to play, so for Federer, a sudden attack in the twelfth game would definitely be a sure win.

But now, Federer's wishful thinking has been seen through by Zhang Guan.

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