All-round Athlete

Chapter 270 Against Model Workers (Part 1)

"Hawkeye System Innovation Co., Ltd.? It sounds related to the Hawkeye system. Is it the supplier of the Hawkeye system?" Zhang Guan asked.

Zhuge Wenbo nodded: "Yes, it is the company that provides the Hawkeye system for the world's major tennis courts. They have the exclusive patent of the Hawkeye system and the only certification from the International Tennis Federation, so. In addition, they said As long as you are willing to participate in the test, you will be given an appearance fee of 300,000 Australian dollars."

"That's quite a lot! I remember winning the quarter-finals of the Australian Open, and the prize money was about 300,000 Australian dollars!" Zhang Guan said.

Before the 2008 financial crisis, the exchange rate of the Australian dollar was not much different from that of the U.S. dollar, but after the 2008 financial crisis, the Australian dollar depreciated sharply, and gradually became less "valuable" than the U.S. dollar.

For Zhang Guan at present, the appearance fee for ordinary events is only 100,000 US dollars, so 300,000 US dollars is definitely a relatively high figure.

Zhang Guan thought for a while and asked, "How are they going to test?"

"They have prepared a high-speed ball machine, and then serve 20 balls. You just need to be able to judge the right one. Of course, if you make one or two mistakes, I believe everyone can accept it." Zhuge Wenbo continued to ask: "You Are you confident? If not, I can push it down."

"What did the main committee of the Australian Open say?" Zhang Guan asked.

"The main committee of the Australian Open also hopes that you can participate in the test." Zhuge Wenbo said with a smile: "They are willing to provide the venue of the Vodafone Stadium as a test, but they are not to test whether the Hawkeye system is easy to use, but to attract the media. attention and increase ratings, which is in line with the consistent style of the Australian Open..."

Among the four grand slams, the Australian Open does not have a lot of time for European and American audiences to watch the game, Australia’s population is not large, and the tennis market is not as good as the other three grand slam events, so the Australian Open is ranked at the bottom of the four grand slams Location. Because of this, the organizer of the Australian Open has always been regarded as the most utilitarian organizer, and even the US Open, which has a high degree of sports commercialization, is ashamed.

Zhang Guan thought for a while, and said, "In terms of confidence, I still have it. The appearance fee of 300,000 U.S. dollars is quite a lot. My usual appearance fee is 100,000 U.S. dollars. Whether a ball goes out of bounds is equivalent to giving me 10,000 US dollars for a ball! But thinking about it carefully, I still feel a little bit uncomfortable, making it look like I am playing tricks in the game."

"I think you should go." Coach Joyce next to him said suddenly.

"Why?" Zhang Guan asked.

"If you are really sure that you can judge those 20 balls, I suggest you go. You need to show your powerful ability to the world, and more importantly, this can give your opponent greater The pressure!" Coach Joyce said.

Zhang Guan didn't immediately understand what "greater pressure" refers to, so Coach Joyce went on to explain: "The Hawkeye system is mainly used to judge whether the ball has gone out of bounds, so it can only be compared with the point where the tennis ball hits." The Hawkeye system is only effective when the limit is reached. Generally, it is impossible to use Hawkeye for obvious in-bounds or out-of-bounds balls! Many experienced players will use the opportunity of Hawkeye to challenge some key points. On the ball, the opportunity for players to challenge with Hawkeye means that players can be bolder in handling key balls, and choose more intense or extreme styles of play, I think you must have a deep understanding of this."

Zhang Guan nodded. It was precisely because he had a 100% success rate in Hawkeye's challenge that he dared to use a more extreme style of play to deal with Haas, because Zhang Guan didn't have to worry about the referee's misjudgment at all. After Haas used up the opportunity to challenge Hawkeye, his style of play became much more conservative.

Thinking of this, Zhang Guan said: "I understand, if the opponent knows that I can accurately judge whether the ball is out of bounds, then when they are playing against me, they will not dare to choose a very extreme point of play, and their style of play will not be too extreme. Intense, right?"

Coach Joyce nodded, and continued: "And your opponent in the next game is Davydenko. The way to deal with Davydenko is very simple. You just need to let Davydenko know that your strength is superior to his. OK."

"Davydenke!" The nickname "Model Worker" flashed in Zhang Guan's mind.

"Davydenko is an outlier in the tennis world. His talent is average, his physical fitness is average, his mobility is average, and his skills are average. It can be said that he has no technical characteristics at all. But he is the hardest player in tennis. Any competition he can participate in, no matter what the scale of the competition is, no matter where the competition is located, he will definitely participate. Currently, he is ranked third in the world not because he is strong enough, but because He played enough games," Coach Joyce said.

The world ranking of tennis is calculated according to points, and athletes can get corresponding points when they participate in the competition. The points for different levels of competition are also different. Of course, the champion of the Grand Slam has the most points, which can get 2000 points, while the points for general small competitions are much less. The lowest level of ATP250 events, the championship points are only 250.

Generally, high-level athletes rarely participate in low-level competitions. For example, Federer only participates in more than a dozen competitions a year. In addition to Grand Slam competitions, he mainly participates in ATP1000 competitions such as the Masters. Federer will basically not participate in ATP500 and ATP250 events.

But Davydenko is different, even if it is the lowest level ATP250 event, as long as time permits, Davydenko will also participate. Davydenko's strength is relatively weak among the top players in the world, but it is more than enough to abuse food in the ATP250 competition. He has participated in more competitions, and Davydenko's points have also increased, so his world The ranking is in the third place. But if we really talk about overall strength, Davydenko may be the weakest among the top ten in the world, that is, Djokovic, who is ranked 14th in the world, and Murray, who is ranked 15th in the world, may also be stronger in terms of strength. Davydenke improved a bit.

It can be said that Davydenko's "Lao model" players compete purely for participating in the competition. Of course, it is the best to get good results in the competition. They are not discouraged if they do not get good results, and then they are ready to participate in the next competition.

Moreover, Davydenko's stability in the game is very high, and he will definitely win the game when he meets an opponent who is weaker than him; When facing an opponent stronger than himself, Davydenko often starts to take protective play to avoid injury when he knows he can't win. For example, in the US Open in 2006, Davydenko met Federer in the semi-finals. Davydenko knew that he could not beat Federer, so he simply lost three sets in a row. On the night of the game, he flew to the other side of the world to participate in the China Open. Contest.

Therefore, Coach Joyce felt that when facing Davydenko, the best tactic was the so-called "power persuasion".

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