In the US Open semi-finals, Sharapova's opponent was Frenchman Mauresmo.
In the latest rankings released by the WTA, Mauresmo ranks first. Mauresmo is in very good condition this year. In the three previous Grand Slam tournaments, Mauresmo has won the Australian Open and Wimbledon championships.
Sharapova had played against Mauresmo three times before, but had not won any of them, so Mauresmo still had a psychological advantage. However, after the game started, Sharapova took advantage of Mauresmo's slow start. Characteristics, using a very aggressive style of play to target Mauresmo. As a result, Mauresmo lost his serve three times in a row, lost the first set 0-6, and was shaved bald by Sharapova.
After the start of the second set, Mauresmo began to find his form, and successfully broke serve in the tenth game to regain the set 6-4.
In the third set of the deciding set, Sharapova was in good form. She broke serve successfully in the first game and held serve in the second game. Then she broke serve again in the third game and then held serve successfully. Mauresmo, who was trailing 0-4, had psychological problems and lost two games in a row. He lost this set 0-6 and also lost the entire game.
Sharapova successfully advanced to the final. In the other semifinal, Henin defeated Jankovic, so Sharapova will face Henin in the final.
In the head-to-head record between the two, Haining has the advantage with 5 wins and 1 loss, and in this year's Australian Open, Sharapova was eliminated by Haining. This year Henin is also in good form. She has successfully entered the finals of the four Grand Slams. Although Henin lost to Mauresmo in the finals of the Australian Open and Wimbledon, she defeated Kuznetzo in the French Open. Baby, win the championship.
In the final of the US Open, in the first set of the contest between Sharapova and Henin, Sharapova broke serve twice and Henin broke serve once. In the end, Sharapova broke the opponent's serve by one more game. Go to the next city first.
In the second set, in the first six games, both sides successfully guaranteed each other's serve. However, in the seventh game, Henin made many mistakes and was continuously seized by Sharapova. She eventually lost the serve. With a score of 4-3, both sides Each player held a serve. In the tenth game, Sharapova successfully held serve and won again 6-4. This also marked that Sharapova defeated Haining with a total score of 2-0 and won the championship of this US Open.
This is Sharapova's first US Open championship and Sharapova's second Grand Slam championship. After winning Wimbledon in 2004, the 19-year-old girl once again won a Grand Slam. The US Open championship trophy.
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Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, New York.
The park was established in 1939 and hosted the 1964 edition, where the iconic globe is located. After more than half a century of development, it has become a well-known leisure and entertainment park with complete facilities, including the Tennis Center, Citi Field, New York Museum of Science, Queens Museum of Art, Queens Theater, Queens Wildlife Center, etc.
Today, the US Open Charity Day event will be held here. At the tennis center in the park, many spectators gathered, most of whom are Chinese. Some of them are tennis fans and came here to see Sharapova and Li Na, but more people came here just to win.
Now Zhang Guan's influence in the world is far greater than that of Sharapova. What's more, Flushing is originally a Chinese gathering area in New York. Zhang Guan can naturally attract nearby Chinese residents more easily.
The organizer specially arranged a tennis mixed doubles match for the charity day promotion event. The two sides were Sharapova, Zhang Guan and Li Na, Jiang Shan.
It is said to be a competition, but in fact it is just an exhibition match. After all, charity events cannot allow athletes to compete for the entire game with real swords and guns. The rules are based on the tie-break format.
In the athletes' preparation area, Sharapova handed the racket to Zhang Guan, and then asked with some worry: "As for the rules, you should know it! They serve one ball first, we serve two balls, and another player of theirs will serve again." After two serves, our other player will serve again, and so on..."
"Don't worry, I understand. We have a saying in China: If you haven't eaten pork, you haven't seen pigs running away!" Zhang Guan replied in Chinese English while smiling.
"Pork? Pig running?" Sharapova pondered for a few seconds before she understood Zhang Guan's consciousness. Then she made a face at Zhang Guan and said, "You are the pig!"
Zhang Guan smiled, tried the racket in his hand, and found it quite comfortable. Then he entered the system and found the skill bar.
"The skill Iron Arm increases the strength of both arms. I learned it! I learned the skill of moving left and right! I also learned the skill of moving forward and backward! Can these two skills be combined? Combined!..." Zhang Guan learned it for several times like a rich man. This master-level skill cost more than a dozen skill points at once.
"You can't be embarrassed in front of Martha! But it seems like you spent a little too much..." Zhang Guan suddenly felt that he was a little vain, and it was a waste to spend so many skill points at once.
"Although it is quite wasteful, after learning these skills, I can practice with Martha in the future. It seems to be worth it!" Zhang Guan forcibly found an excuse for himself, comforting his stingy little heart. .
At the same time, not far away, Li Na and Jiang Shan were also preparing.
"Don't forget what I told you last night, you have to give way to Zhang Guan later!" Li Na said to Jiang Shan: "After all, Zhang Guan is not a professional tennis player, and he may not even reach the amateur level. Sha Although Labova is very powerful, no matter how powerful she is, she can't beat one against two. In this charity exhibition, shaving someone's head will not look good."
"Don't worry, I won't forget. I'll just give them a few points. I'll act based on your eyes." Jiang Shan continued confidently: "It's been a long time since I played mixed doubles with you, and my hands are a little raw."
Jiang Shan is also a professional athlete and has won the mixed doubles championship at the National Games. Although he is not strong enough to participate in ATP Grand Slam events and has retired for a long time, he has been working as a tennis coach and his skills are not unfamiliar. What's more important is that Jiang Shan had played mixed doubles with Li Na back then, and since they were husband and wife, their cooperation was even better than that of ordinary mixed doubles players.
Zhang Guan is a track and field athlete, and his tennis ability is naturally not as good as Jiang Shan, who is a professional athlete, so this match is basically Sharapova one versus two. Moreover, doubles is a sport that tests cooperation. If a layman like Zhang Guan appears in the doubles arena, it will not only be of no help, but may also be a hindrance.
Therefore, in the view of Li Na and his wife, the strength gap between the two sides is too big. There is no suspense about the outcome of this exhibition match. If there is no handicap, Zhang Guan and Sharapova may not get a single point in practice.
Finally, amid the cheers and applause of the live competition, athletes from both sides took to the field. ,
Jiang Shan served first, and Sharapova received the ball.
I saw Jiang Shan serving a very ordinary ball with a textbook serving posture. The ball did not have any spin, was not fast, and the landing point was easy to catch.
Sharapova easily returned the ball to Li's side without exerting much force, and Li raised her hand and returned the ball to Sharapova, and then Sharapova returned the ball. Give it to Li Na, Li Na and give it back to Sharapova...
Sharapova and Li Na seemed to be warming up, hitting each other's balls and returning the ball. Zhang Guan and Jiang Shan simply stood there, watching the performances of the two female players blankly.
It's an exhibition match, so of course you have to hit a few tacit shots first.
The two played four or five shots back and forth to warm up first, and then Sharapova took the lead in making a change. She swung the ball diagonally and returned the ball to Jiang Shan's side. Although the power of this ball is average, it still has some topspin. For tennis players, topspin is the most common return shot.
Zhang Guan had told Sharapova before the game that Jiang Shan was once a professional tennis player and was very good at playing mixed doubles, so Sharapova added topspin to her return. She was not worried that Jiang Shan would pick up the ball. Less than.
An ordinary topspin ball that was not very fast was certainly not difficult for Jiang Shan, but at this moment, Li Na suddenly coughed twice at Jiang Shan, and Jiang Shan immediately understood that he was asking him to give up the ball. So Jiang Shan returned the ball to Zhang Guan's side.
In terms of the quality of the returned ball, this ball was returned very poorly, and the opponent could easily volley it in front of the net. Of course, this was Jiang Shan's intention. He deliberately gave Zhang Guan a good shot and let Zhang Guan score the first point.
Zhang Guan did not miss this opportunity and directly volleyed a tennis ball from a tricky angle. Neither Jiang Shan nor Li Na tried to catch the ball, so they gave Zhang Guan a point.
The score in this tie-break became 1:0, and then it was Zhang Guan's turn to serve.
"I don't know how good Zhang Guan's serve is. He should be able to serve successfully. If he fails to serve twice, it will look bad. Even if the quality of his serve is not good after a while, I will help him adjust it to normal." Li Na thought silently, she was still worried about Zhang Guan's ability to serve successfully.
Zhang Guan started to serve. He threw the tennis ball into the air and made a serving posture with his body.
"The height of the throw is just right, and the posture is also very standard. It's pretty good to have this serving posture at the amateur level! It seems to have a bit of a serving feeling like that of European and American athletes. Sharapova should have taught him." Li While silently commenting in his heart, he did not forget to take a sneak look at Sharapova.
The next moment, a yellow shadow suddenly flew past Li Na. Without her full concentration, she didn't even react, and the tennis ball had already flown past.
"ACE!" "2-0"
"What! How fast is this serve! I haven't reacted yet!" Li Na looked back at the tennis ball that had rolled behind him. As a professional tennis player, he immediately judged that the speed of this ball must exceed 200 kilometers per hour.
Serves with speeds exceeding 200 kilometers per hour are extremely rare even in men's Grand Slam events. As a female player, it is almost impossible to receive a serve with speeds exceeding 200 kilometers per hour.
Jiang Shan also had an incredible look on his face. As a professional tennis coach, he could certainly see that Zhang Guangang's serve would not be easy to catch even in a Grand Slam match. With Li's current strength, At this level, even if he receives this serve, there will definitely be no quality of reception at all.
"Why is this serve so fast! I wonder if I thought it was a serve from a famous Grand Slam player! It must be just a coincidence that Zhang Guan, a track and field athlete, can serve like this..."
(Note: The tennis speed written earlier is in miles per hour, because the data I checked at the time was miles per hour, but this unit may be a bit awkward to read, so I will convert it to kilometers per hour in the future)
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