All-round Athlete

Chapter 263 I want to challenge

Tommy Harvey spent nearly two hours finishing his third round. He did not continue at the Vodafone Stadium, but quickly returned to his residence and began to prepare for the next game. According to the schedule of the Australian Open, the contest between Harvey and Zhang Guan will be held in the second game the next morning.

Time is very tight for Harvey, he only has one day to prepare, so he couldn't wait to find the video of Zhang Guan's match against Nalbandian, and watched it carefully.

"The right-handed backhand is the same as mine! It seems that Zhang Guan's backhand is very strong, and it can almost match Nalbandian's two-handed backhand. If I fight against the backhand, I don't seem to have any advantage. Ah, then it's better not to fight back with him.

Harvey continued to watch, saw Zhang Guan's serve to the net, and then saw Zhang Guan also chose to hit the net when receiving the ball.

"This is the way of playing before the net. Why do some young players still use the way of playing before the net! This style of play was the most popular when I was young. Isn't it basically eliminated now? If it is a player in his thirties I can still understand if a player who is 20 years old uses the style of playing before the net, but Zhang Guan is not yet 21 years old. Ten years ago?"

Harvey shook his head: "Impossible. There are many excellent tennis players in Asian countries. Japan, Thailand, and South Korea all have players participating in the Grand Slam. There are also several people in China participating in women's singles and women's doubles. And Zhang Guan's girlfriend is Sharapova, so it's impossible for Zhang Guan not to know that the way of playing before the net has already been eliminated. So, does Zhang Guan learn this way of playing before the net on purpose!"

Harvey thought of this, and suddenly laughed: "It's interesting. Instead of learning the most practical bottom-line style of play, instead of learning the front-line style of play that has been eliminated by the times, this game is really impressive!"

Twenty years ago, net play was very popular for several reasons. First of all, in terms of tennis equipment, the racket materials of that era were different from those of today, so even the peak Federer or Nadal could not play that kind of high-intensity spin ball. With the advancement of science and technology, the materials and manufacturing techniques of rackets and tennis balls have made great progress, which has greatly reduced the difficulty of bottom line play.

The second is the reason for the venue. With the development of science and technology, the plastic materials of hard courts have made great progress, and their elasticity is getting better and better; Grass courts have also gradually cultivated grass varieties suitable for playing tennis; even clay courts For the site, the application of composite materials makes it easier to build a drainage system on the site, and the laterite is much harder than before.

In addition, coupled with the continuous development and improvement of tennis technology, and the relatively high requirements for players to play before the net, etc., the play before the net was gradually eliminated by the times, and the bottom line play began to become popular.

Players like Harvey's age group, when they were learning tennis was the era of the world champion Pete Sampras, the way of playing before the net is the mainstream, and they also have a certain understanding of how to play before the net. So Harvey quickly formulated a set of tactics for himself to deal with Zhang Guan's front-line play.

"Nalbandian's backhand spin is relatively average, so it will be more difficult for opponents who play at the net. Although my backhand is not as strong as Nalbandian's, the technique of spinning the ball is still better. Yu Nalbandian. Tomorrow's game, we need to strengthen the rotation of the ball, and pay attention to the arc of the ball, and don't give him the opportunity to surf the net easily."

"In addition, young players are often more accustomed to playing downwind games, especially tennis novices who are not enough in the game. They must be lacking in patience and toughness. I need to keep the game longer. It should be more beneficial."

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On the eighth day of the Australian Open, still at the Vodafone Stadium, Zhang Guan ushered in his opponent in the fourth round, the 12th seed in the tournament, the German Tommy Haas.

The match between Zhang Guan and Haas was scheduled for the second game. Today’s first match at the Vodafone Stadium was women’s singles Chuck Vitadze against Schneider. The game went very quickly, and Chuck Vitadze only spent In more than 70 minutes, they defeated Schneider with a score of 2-0.

Next is the contest between Zhang Guan and Haas. This game is also regarded as the highlight of the Vodafone Stadium today.

As a wild card player, Zhang Guan successfully reached the fourth round of the men's singles in his first professional tennis match. It can be said that he is the biggest dark horse in this year's Australian Open. In any competition, a dark horse is extremely important. concerned. People often have two attitudes towards dark horse players. One is that the dark horse players will be eliminated immediately, and the other is that they hope that the dark horse players will be black to the end.

Among the fans at the Vodafone Stadium today, there are obviously more fans of the latter. When Zhang Guan walked out of the player tunnel, he received applause and cheers that were not weaker than those of Haas.

"The applause and cheers I am familiar with are back! Competitive sports are so realistic!" Zhang Guan sighed with emotion in his heart. Six days ago, when he first appeared in this court as a professional tennis player, the court was full of boos. Conquering the audience, he has already been able to enjoy the treatment of a seeded player in this field.

After a brief warm-up, the game started and Zhang Guan took the lead to serve.

Zhang Guan looked at Haas' position and felt that it would be better for the ball to attack Haas's forehand, so he aimed the ball at the sideline of Haas' forehand.

And Haas is also paying attention to Zhang Guan's serve.

"Will it be a serve to the net? It may also be a vigorous flat serve! After all, this is the first ball of the game. Zhang Guan can fight hard, and the possibility of using a flat serve should be greater." Haas silently want to

Throwing, swinging, and hitting, Zhang Guan directly used the flat serve. The tennis ball flew out with a "swish".

"This ball is so fast!" Although Haas had learned that Zhang Guan is a "heavy gunner" in the video of the game, he had already prepared for it, but when he actually met him in the game, he still couldn't help but sigh in his heart. .

At the same time, Haas was about to catch the ball, but at the moment he was about to move, Haas found that the ball was about to fall out of bounds.

"The ball is going out of bounds. As I expected, Zhang Guan should be planning to put pressure on me at the beginning, so the choice of the ball's landing point is relatively limited." Haas just shook his body and did not catch the ball. .

The next moment, the ball bounced on the ground, and then bounced out, but Haas felt that the ball seemed to have a little pressure on the line.

"It seems to be on the line, and it seems not to be on the line. Is it on the line? The ball is too fast, so I didn't see it clearly." Haas hesitated. He turned his eyes to the line referee, waiting for the referee's decision.

"OUT!" The line referee has already shouted out.

"Phew!" Haas let out a long breath, and the ball was indeed a foul ball as he had judged.

However, Zhang Guan raised his hand at this time and said to the referee: "I want to challenge!"

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