All-round Athlete

Chapter 275 Unexpected Opponent (Part 2)

Federer stood up from the sofa and stretched.

Beside, Federer's girlfriend Mirka said: "Zhang Guan defeated Davydenko, you don't seem to be surprised at all?"

"Accident? Isn't it normal for Zhang Guan to beat Davydenko?" Federer asked.

Mirka was a little puzzled and said: "Why is it normal? Zhang Guan is not even a seeded player. He does not have any world rankings, and he even participated with a wild card; and Davydenko is the third seed in the tournament. Another well-known player. In the match between the two of them, no matter how you look at it, Davydenko has a better chance of winning."

"My dear, I am all too familiar with Davydenko's level. The guy is the same age as me, our birthdays are separated by only two months, and we entered professional tennis at about the same time. We used to play youth tournaments. I had played against Davydenko when he was in China. He has lost to me nine times in a row since he entered the profession.” Federer smiled smugly, and continued: “Davydenko has no talent, and his understanding is not good. Although he is not bad, he has no characteristics of his own. His only bright spot is the game experience he has accumulated over the years. I would not be surprised if any player among the top 50 players in the world beat Davydenko."

"On the other hand, Zhang Guan is a talented athlete. I think his physical talent should be the best in the world. This can be seen from the track and field competition. Although it is the first time for Zhang Guan to participate in a professional tennis game, look at it. His road to promotion, he will show a new ability every game, and every game will surprise people. Take the game just now, for example, Zhang Guan used my bottom line tactics to fight Against Davydenko, this is really a wise choice! But it also fully proves how powerful my tactics are, even if Zhang Guan only learned a little bit, he can easily defeat Davydenko!"

Mirka shrugged: "I don't think Zhang Guan has 'only learned a little bit', especially the side attack from the baseline, which is very similar to yours. In addition, Zhang Guan is also the same as you in the selection and handling of the ball. , but it seems that Zhang Guan's fight is more gorgeous than yours!"

"That's because Zhang Guan hits the ball at a more extreme point, so it looks good. I can also hit that kind of ball, but you have to know that there is a lot of luck in that kind of ball. And I am more used to it. Win the game steadily." After Federer finished speaking, he pointed to the TV and continued: "Next is Nadal against Gonzalez. If Nadal advances smoothly, he will have to fight Zhang Guan in the next game. It's a contest, Nadal vs. Zhang Guan, that is the match I am most looking forward to!"

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In the dugout room of Rod Laver Stadium, Nadal stares at the TV screen, but smiles on his face.

Zhang Guan used the same style of play as Federer. This is the most gratifying thing for Nadal, because the whole world knows that Nadal's style of play is more restrained than Federer.

"Zhang Guan is using Federer's bottom-line attacking style! If it was farther away, I really thought it was Federer competing with Davydenko. Why did Zhang Guan even learn Federer's style of play? Zhang Guan has such good physical fitness, and his mobility is not inferior to mine, so he must be more suitable for my bottom-line defensive style of play." Nadal pouted a little dissatisfied.

"But this is exactly what I want. I will defeat Gonzalez in a while, and my opponent in the semi-finals will be Zhang Guan. I really hope that Zhang Guan will continue to use Federer's baseline style of play, so I should be able to advance more easily. Let’s go to the final.” Nadal picked up the bag and walked to the field.

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After winning, Zhang Guan did not leave the field, because the next match will be between Nadal and Gonzalez, and the winner among them will be Zhang Guan's opponent in the next game.

"Who do you think will win between them?" Sharapova, who was sitting on the sidelines, asked.

"Of course Nadal won!" Zhang Guan said without any thought.

Sharapova shook her finger: "That's not necessarily the case. Gonzalez and Nadal have faced each other three times in the past. Gonzalez led 2-1, and Gonzalez eliminated 5 players in the last round. The No. 1 seed Blake shows that he is in very good form recently."

"But Nadal is the No. 2 seed, and Gonzalez should be the No. 10 seed!" Zhang Guan still instinctively felt that Nadal was stronger.

"Davydenko is also the No. 3 seed? Didn't he also lose to you, a wild card player." Sharapova retorted.

"That's different, I'm a genius..."

The two are bickering, and the match between Nadal and Gonzalez has also begun.

In the first set, Nadal took the lead to serve. The first four rounds of the match could be said to be without any danger. Although Nadal got a break point, he failed to break serve, and the two sides drew 2-2. In the ensuing fifth game, Gonzalez got three break points at the beginning, and finally Nadal returned the ball out of bounds and lost a game. Then in the seventh game, Gonzalez successfully broke serve again with a fierce style of play. As a result, in the first set between the two sides, Gonzalez easily defeated Nadal 6-2.

In the second set, Gonzalez continued to press the forehand to cooperate with the net, which put a lot of pressure on Nadal, especially in the next few rounds, Gonzalez was full of firepower, consecutive ACE balls and serve to the net in the serve It's hard for Nadal to deal with. It can already be seen at this time that Gonzalez has been playing against Nadal. As a result, Nadal lost another serve in the second set and lost to Gonzalez again with a score of 4-6.

In the third set between the two sides, Gonzalez, the "Chile Cannon", was still fierce in firepower. Although both sides protected serve in the first two games, Gonzalez's performance was really much stronger than Nadal. Nadal even once asked for a medical timeout due to hip discomfort, but this medical timeout still did not help Nadal stop the decline. In a key ball that drew 22 rounds back and forth, Nadal made an outrageous forehand error, directly A break was given to Gonzalez, and the balance of victory had begun to tilt to Gonzalez at this time.

In the eighth inning, Gonzalez sent out ACE balls consecutively, and it took only two minutes to end the game. The score of the two sides came to 5-3. It was Nadal's serve, and he still easily got the match point. At the critical moment, Nadal made another mistake and returned the ball out of bounds twice in a row, ruining the entire game. Gonzalez also defeated Nadal with a 3-0 aggregate score and advanced to the semi-finals of the Australian Open.

"Nadal actually lost, 3-0, so easy to lose?" Zhang Guan looked at Gonzalez who was celebrating in the stadium, feeling a little unbelievable. In Zhang Guan's memory, Nadal is not weaker than Federer. Although Nadal's technique is not as perfect as Federer's, even if he loses, it should be a narrow defeat, and the score is 3-0. The game can be said to be a complete defeat.

Sharapova winked at him: "Looks like I guessed it right, your next opponent is not Nadal, but Gonzalez!"

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