All-round Athlete

Chapter 350 Physical Battle (Third Watch)

In tennis, if after 40-40, one side needs to win by two goals to win. At this time, the side that takes the lead is called Advantage, which is abbreviated as "AD", and in Chinese it is called "走先". The first player can win the game by scoring one more point, and if they lose one point, it will return to a tie.

In a long stalemate with 17 shots, Zhang Guan still won the ball and took the lead.

After twenty-three shots, Nadal, relying on strong defense and strong will, reversed the ball and the two sides split evenly.

Zhang Guan made an ACE ball and took the lead again.

After 15 beats back and forth, Nadal slowly reversed the passivity by relying on the forehand, and the two sides once again divided equally.

After a 26-shot stalemate, Nadal backhanded with both hands, fought a small angle to win the ball, and took the lead.

Zhang Guan turned over and made another contribution, Nadal caught the ball in a hurry, Zhang Guan scored another point after continuous suppression, the two sides split

Take the lead, tie the score, take the lead, tie the score... In this round, the two sides experienced 8 times of tie breaks. In the end, Zhang Guan still relied on the advantage of the server to win, and the score came to 5-4.

Nadal's hope was lost, he failed to break serve successfully, and the first score was 5-4, Nadal must be more careful in the next game, he must keep his serve, the first set to be able to continue.

However, Zhang Guan on the opposite side obviously did not intend to give Nadal a chance to successfully secure his serve. His defensive strength had been improved. In this round, Zhang Guan had to put pressure on Nadal in addition to defending.

15-0, 15-15, 30-15, 30-30, 30-40, 40-40, Nadal took the lead, and then Nadal made a mistake in the first serve, and the second serve was successfully cracked by Zhang Guan. equal status.

Then the game fell into the rhythm of the previous round, and it was the lead, the tie, the lead, the tie. Since Nadal’s serve was not as threatening as Zhang Guan’s, it took a longer time for the ball, and it went through 10 equal points. In the end, Nadal relied on his serve advantage to win the game, and the score came to an end. To a 5-5 level.

In this game, the two sides played for a full 18 minutes, which is very uncommon in tennis matches. In the last game, because there were 8 equal points, they also played for a full 15 minutes. Now counting, the first set has 10 games The two sides have been playing for more than an hour.

Zhang Guan and Nadal are both players who are good at running. With the support of their strong mobility, their defense has been upgraded to a higher level, and the French Open is a slow game, which is not conducive to the threat of attack. On the one hand, the defensive effect is improved, and on the other hand, the offensive effect is reduced. The trade-off makes it impossible for both sides to achieve immediate results in every attack. In this case, even if you gain an advantage after serving, it is impossible to kill your opponent all at once. It often takes more than ten shots to stalemate, silently motivating your own advantage, and then win the final victory.

The next game is very important for Zhang Guan. As long as he wins, he can at least ensure that he will enter the tiebreaker. At the same time, for Nadal, he also hopes to break Zhang Guan's serve.

Then, the first ball played by both sides took 33 beats. This long round of more than 30 beats seemed to announce that this game would last for a long time.

Nadal is worthy of the title of "King of Clay". He played very tenaciously. Even when he was 40-15 behind, he refused to give up. Instead, he focused more on the game, running faster and more With a strong swing, he pushed himself to the extreme, and it paid off. The score changed from 40-15 to 40-40, and Nadal pulled two goals in a row.

The audience at the scene were impressed by Nadal's indomitable will, and they began to cheer for the "King of Clay", while the TV audience far away in China showed anxious expressions on their faces.

The commentator of CCTV took a deep breath and said in a slightly dull voice: "I didn't expect this match to be so difficult. The last semi-final match against Federer was not so difficult. Both Zhang Guan and Nadal I have tried my best, but the two sides are facing each other, and the outcome of this match is unpredictable..."

Director Su's voice immediately sounded from the side: "For now, Nadal is indeed better than Federer on the clay court, especially in terms of defense, Nadal can be said to be the strongest defensive player on the clay court. In the previous semi-finals, Federer was originally an offensive player, so the pace of the game would be faster; while Nadal was more defensive, the pace of the game would definitely be slower. But judging from the current situation, Zhang Guan and Nadal still have Both are in a balance of power, and now both sides are taking a breath, once whoever breathes a sigh of relief first, it may be the first to lose."

In the lower left corner of the broadcast screen, where the score was displayed, it once again showed that the two sides were evenly divided, and the game had entered the rhythm of the first two sets.

In this game, the two sides once again played a 20-minute ultra-long game, with 12 consecutive tie points breaking the record for this game. In the end, Zhang Guan successfully won the game and the score came to 6-5.

In the studio of CCTV, the commentator and director Su breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Zhang Guan won this round, and the first set could at least reach the tie-break. 7-5 to win.

In the twelfth game, Nadal's serve. In this game, running is still the main theme of the players on both sides. Under this kind of running, whether it is Zhang Guan or Nadal, the defensive strength has not dropped at all.

The score is still tight, almost one point for you, and one point for me alternately rises, and this round of the game has come to a tie for the first time.

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Federer in front of the TV frowned: "How could it be like this?"

"What's wrong?" Mirka asked.

"This game will probably become a contest of physical strength!" Federer went on to say: "8 tie points, 10 times tie points, 12 times tie points, plus the six balls that were 40-40 in each game before, Let me do the math... it's forty-eight. They played a total of forty-eight balls in the above three rounds, and there were often some long rounds of more than twenty beats, which consumed a lot of energy, not to mention the two of them Individuals have been running vigorously, which consumes even more energy, and maybe it won't take long for one of them to lose their energy!"

As soon as Federer finished speaking, Nadal made a mistake, a ball close to the sideline, Nadal's movement was a little slow for half a beat, and he didn't catch it well. Zhang Guan took this opportunity to attack successfully and took the lead.

The camera immediately focused on Nadal, who was frowning as if he was thinking about something.

"Why is Zhang Guan's footsteps faster than before?" Nadal recalled the goal just now: "Probably because Zhang Guan is the 100-meter champion, so he has some unique knacks in controlling explosive power!"

Nadal didn't realize that it wasn't Zhang Guan who became faster just now, but himself who became slower.

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