All-round Athlete

Chapter 358 The Next King of Wimbledon

"It's raining so hard!" Zhang Guan looked at the sky helplessly.

The timing of Wimbledon coincides with the rainy season in the UK, so it is normal to encounter rainy days. Fortunately, the rain in this season is mainly showers, and it will come suddenly. It is often sunny and sunny just now, and it will rain heavily in a blink of an eye. After the heavy rain, the sun will shine on the earth again. Therefore, it is not uncommon for Wimbledon matches to be canceled due to rain in history.

Zhang Guan's match was arranged on Court No. 2, which was originally Wimbledon's No. 1 Court. After the new No. 1 Court was built in 1997, it became Wimbledon's No. 2 Court.

There is no canopy on the Wimbledon court, and if it rains, the lawn can only be covered. However, the retractable canopy system is being built, and it will not be completed until 2009 based on the progress of the British project.

Fortunately, the heavy rain came quickly and stopped quickly. When the rain stopped, the sun was shining brightly again.

As Zhang Guan's opponent, the American veteran Kimmelstober certainly hopes to win. Although the strength of the two sides is really quite different, Kimmelstober is still looking forward to a miracle.

Zhang Guan took the lead to serve, but the humidity from the rain made the grass at Wimbledon even more slippery. Zhang Guan also served faster this time. Kimmelstober even felt that he did not see the ball. Shadow, the tennis ball has landed and popped out of bounds.

"Such a fast serve! I didn't see the landing point at all. As expected, on the grass court, Zhang Guan's heavy serve has been greatly improved, and it has just rained on this field, so the ball will become faster. It's even harder to catch the ball." Gimelstaub turned his head in disbelief, looked at the tennis ball still rolling on the ground, and confirmed that Zhang Guan had completed this serve.

"OUT!" The line referee's voice sounded, but Kimmelstober's face was filled with joy.

"It's out of bounds, that's great! No matter how strong Zhang Guan is, he will still make mistakes. It's his first time participating in Wimbledon, and it's also his first time participating in a grass court match. He will definitely be nervous. And this is the 'seed cemetery', Many seeded players cannot escape the fate of failure, maybe this can bless me to win the championship!" Gimelstob seemed to see a glimmer of victory.

However, Zhang Guan raised his hand and signaled to the referee: "I want to challenge!"

This sentence was passed into the ears of Kimmelstober, and instantly made his mood fall from the commanding heights like a roller coaster.

"How did I forget Zhang Guan's ability? Zhang Guan's success rate in challenging Hawkeye is 100%!" Kimmelstober shook his head helplessly.

Since the French Open is a clay court, tennis balls will leave marks after landing, so there is no need for the Hawkeye challenge system. Naturally, Zhang Guan has never challenged Hawkeye in the French Open. This makes many people forget that Zhang Guan successfully challenged Hawkeye. The rate is one hundred percent.

Wimbledon officially introduced Eagle Eye technology for the first time this year, becoming the third Grand Slam tournament to introduce this technology after the US Open and Australian Open. Since this is the opening match and the first goal, Zhang Guan's This Eagle Eye challenge is also the first Eagle Eye challenge in Wimbledon history.

After hearing Zhang Guan's challenge request, the referee was slightly surprised for a second, and then remembered that this year's Wimbledon had introduced the Hawkeye challenge system, and then under the referee's signal, the operator hurriedly pressed the Hawkeye system start button.

"Zhang Guan chose to challenge Hawkeye. This should be the first time in Wimbledon's history to challenge Hawkeye. In the Australian Open earlier this year, Zhang Guan once showed the audience 100% success in challenging Hawkeye. Now Coming to Wimbledon, Zhang Guan will show off his special ability again." The commentator said, and the simulated imaging of the Hawkeye system appeared on the TV screen, which was an in-bounds ball.

"As expected, Zhang Guan's challenge was successful. The first Hawkeye challenge in Wimbledon's history ended in success. The referees of this game should feel a lot of pressure now!" The commentator said with a smile.

Zhang Guan continued to serve, the first serve was still so fast and extreme, and the landing point was almost close to the sideline. Of course, this extreme serve also made a mistake in the first serve, but Zhang Guan used the serve to hit the net in the second serve. The tactic made up for the mistake of the first serve, and gave Kimmelstober a love-game in the first game.

"Zhang Guan leads Jimmelstober 1-0. I think this result is not beyond everyone's expectations. Now many experts are optimistic about Zhang Guan winning the Wimbledon championship. And what Zhang Guan just showed Kimmelstober’s service level, coupled with that beautiful serve to the net, it may be difficult for Kimmelstober to get a break! The next game is Kimmelstober’s serve, we can only wish him to keep his own serve." The commentator's words already showed a complete dislike for Kimmelstober.

The second game was Kimmelstober's serve. Zhang Guan combined the running tactics with the online attack, using the running tactics to disrupt the rhythm of Kimmelstober, looking for opportunities to attack the Internet. This seemingly extreme offensive style of play has received very good results. It directly defeated Kimmelstober, and Zhang Guan successfully got a break.

"If I were ten years younger, I should have been able to catch the ball just now!" Gimelstaub shook his head, he had no resistance. The veteran player couldn't keep up with Zhang Guan's offensive rhythm at all, and the idea of ​​retiring once again sprouted in his heart.

The next game did fall into Zhang Guan's rhythm. In Zhang Guan's serve game, he only needs to do two things, first serve to fight for an ACE ball, and second serve to directly serve to the net. Kimmelstober has nothing to do with this tactic. In Kimmelstober's serve, Zhang Guan's aggressive net play can easily turn the game around.

"Zhang Guan's core tactic today seems to be to attack the net. His tactical choice is very correct. In Wimbledon, the net play is definitely the most powerful play." The commentator took a deep breath and continued: " Today's Zhang Guan seems to let me see Sampras, the champion of the year. Yes, this is simply Sampras possessed. I really didn't expect that in this era when the bottom line is popular, there are players who are so outstanding. Front-of-the-net technology!"

Zhang Guan finally succeeded in winning his first Wimbledon match. The score of 6-1/6-2/6-0 shows that he won very easily.

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"Sampras' stunt reappears at Wimbledon, will he be the next Wimbledon king?" "

In the first round of men's singles at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships that ended this afternoon, the third seed Zhang Guan easily defeated American player Jimel Stowe with a score of 6-1/6-2/6-0 Uncle, this result did not exceed everyone's expectations before the game. It is natural for the third seed to beat the unseeded players, but in this game, Zhang Guan showed amazing front-net skills. Exactly the same as Sampras 20 years ago, in the game we can often see the classic "Sampras-style" backhand serve backhand push and block, or its extremely concealed backspin cutting serve, Forcing Kimmelstober to actively run back and forth in two diagonal corners to receive the ball, followed by the same "Sampras-style" volley in front of the net... This tactic is really amazing. Nostalgic! We seem to have seen Sampras return to the Wimbledon arena again! Zhang Guan has perfectly inherited Sampras' style of play. Will he be the next king of Wimbledon? It seems that it is only a matter of time before Zhang Guan wins the Wimbledon championship. Maybe two weeks later, we will be able to see him lift the Challenger Cup for the Wimbledon championship!

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