On the third match day of the Australian Open, in addition to the second rounds of men's singles and women's singles, the first round of women's doubles also officially started later that day.
There were still no big upsets in the third match day. Judging from the scores, several top players also gradually found the feeling of the game. Among the three golden flowers of the national team's postponed competition, two of them defeated their opponents and advanced.
On the fourth match day, the second round of men's singles and women's singles is still in progress, and Zhang Guan and Sharapova will also appear on this day.
On this day, both Rod Laver Arena and Vodafone Arena have five games scheduled. Rod Laver Arena has three men's singles and two women's singles, while Vodafone Arena has three women's singles and two men's singles.
After Sharapova's first round match, she vomited her bitterness to the media and complained about the hot weather. Therefore, the Australian Open organizers arranged Sharapova's match for the last match, and the venue was blocked. Adjusted for Vodafone Arena. Under normal circumstances, a game lasts two to three hours, excluding the lunch break. The fifth game will be held in the evening or even at night, and the temperature will definitely drop a lot by that time. This is also a privilege for the top seed in women's singles.
Zhang Guan's match was scheduled for the fourth game, and the venue was the MCA Stadium, the third largest stadium in the Australian Open.
There were a total of four games scheduled at the MCA Stadium today, three men's singles and one women's singles. The games in the previous arena ended relatively quickly. The scores of the two men's singles were 3-0, and the score of the women's singles was 3-0. It was 2-1, and the highest score in a single set was 6-4. There was no tie-break, so the pace of the game improved a lot.
In the third match, Nalbandian, the No. 8 seed, easily defeated Ecuadorian Lapanti with a total score of 3-0 and successfully advanced to the third round. The next fourth game is the duel between Zhang Guan and Grosjean.
"What is about to begin is the second round of the men's singles. The two sides are the men's singles No. 28 seed Sebastian Grosjean and Zhang Guan, who entered the competition with a sponsor's wild card!" The commentator was not yet at this time. Forgot to mention the wild card thing.
While the two players were warming up on the field, the commentator also introduced the two players in the first round.
"Zhang Guan defeated O'Roches with a score of 3-0. I think this was something that no one expected before the game. However, Roches was obviously not in match condition at the time, and his body was feeling a little unwell. That's why we lost the game. Grosjean obviously seemed to be in pretty good shape today, so Zhang Guan may not be as lucky as he was in the first round," the commentator said.
The commentator obviously did not watch Zhang Guan's first round match, so he believed that Zhang Guan was able to advance because Roches was unwell. Although this commentator is also a tennis professional, there are 128 matches between men and women in the first round of the Australian Open. It is certainly impossible for the commentator to watch every game. For some games that lack seeded players, they often just look at the scores.
"Okay, both players are ready, the game is about to start! The first is Zhang Guan's serve."
At this time, Zhang Guan was already in position, ready to serve. He still had good luck today. He still beat Grosjean when guessing heads and tails of the coin, so he got the opportunity to serve first.
Grosjean stared at Zhang Guan closely, but the video of the game between Zhang Guan and Roches came to mind.
"Zhang Guan mainly uses flat serve, but the speed of the serve is very fast. In the video, Zhang Guan's serve rarely seems to be less than 200 kilometers per hour, and there is even a serve that exceeds 210 kilometers per hour. The flat serve reaches 200 Kilometers, it would be easier for me to catch the ball on my forehand.”
Thinking of this, Grosjean subconsciously leaned towards the backhand position and deliberately flashed his forehand.
I saw him raising his hand to throw the ball, and then swinging it out with one blow.
"Here it comes! It doesn't seem to be fast. It's different from what I expected before the game. The ball speed is definitely less than 200 kilometers." Grosjean suddenly felt at ease. What he was most worried about before the game was Zhang Guan's high speed. Serve, after all, a serve with a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour is not so easy to catch, and today's first ball does not seem to be very fast, and it is not much different from the average Grand Slam seeded player.
"I thought it would be a high-speed serve, but I didn't expect it to be very fast. I have a chance with this ball! It seems that I will be the first to take the lead in this game." Grosjean was thinking as he moved quickly, Get ready to catch the ball.
The tennis ball flew past the ball king and bounced on the ground. The crisp sound when it landed made Grosjean feel nervous.
"This sound is not a flat serve, but a topspin serve! It turns out to be a topspin serve. No wonder the speed is much slower." Grosjean made a judgment instantly.
As a professional tennis player, judging the situation of the ball through sound is the most basic skill. Grosjean, a seeded player in the Australian Open, is already incomparable in this regard.
"Judging from the standards of a top-spin serve, the speed of this ball is quite fast, but this kind of serve is too ordinary. I have already seen through your landing point! Hey, that's not good!" Grosjean said fiercely. The racket was extended, but the tennis ball bounced out one step ahead.
"Didn't receive it!" Grosjean's heart tightened.
"ACE! 15-0." The referee immediately announced the score.
"How could this happen? Why did that ball just spin so much!" Grosjean's mind kept flashing back to what happened after the ball hit the ground.
Everything was normal at first, but after the tennis ball hit the ground and bounced back, there were changes that Grosjean did not expect. The height of the ball's bounce was much lower than Grosjean expected, and the arc of the ball was also higher than Grosjean's. Make the expected much smoother. In other words, after the ball hits the ground, it bounces in a relatively straight arc, and its trajectory is much lower than normal. Therefore, before Grosjean's racket reaches over, it has already flown out of bounds.
This ball caught Grosjean a little off guard, but before he could figure out a way to deal with it, Zhang Guan started to serve the second ball.
"Poof!" The ball still made that crisp sound after it hit the ground, but the landing point of this ball was even more tricky than before.
"It's still topspin! It's the same as before! I can't catch it at this point!" Grosjean suddenly felt that Zhang Guan's serve felt a little familiar, and a name popped up in his mind for no reason. , a name that scares all tennis players.
Roger Federer!
"Why is this serve so similar to Federer's serve? This low-arc topspin serve is Federer's best serve!" Grosjean took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
"You must be blind! This kind of serve is Federer's unique skill. Not many people can imitate it. How could Zhang Guan know this trick! Don't panic. Federer's signature serve. I'll try it a few more times." It will be successful, Zhang Guan cannot master Federer's signature serve." Grosjean comforted himself.
Federer's serve isn't the fastest, but it's definitely the hardest to catch. Especially the topspin serve that Federer is best at, the placement is extremely tricky, but if it is just the placement is tricky, the biggest difference between Federer's topspin and others is the spin. Because Federer's topspin spins very hard, and in addition to topspin, it also has a certain side spin, so when the ball hits the ground and bounces, the height will be lower, the arc will be smaller, and the ball's flight direction will also be different. Straighter. This kind of ball is extremely difficult to catch. Even if it is caught, it is impossible to grasp the landing point, so it falls into passivity.
This topspin serve is Federer's signature. Currently, no player can imitate this kind of serve. Even in the future, Federer's serve has been analyzed in slow motion from all angles, and has even become a textbook for tennis players. Serve, but there is still no one who can really serve like Federer at his peak.
Precisely because Federer's serve is almost impossible to imitate, when Grosjean saw Zhang Guan using the same serve as Federer, he was frightened and chose to bury his head in the soil like an ostrich, actively identifying Zhang Guan. It's blinded.
The next moment, Zhang Guan sent the third ball, which landed exactly on the line.
"It's still the same as before! The arc of the bounce is so low, this is really Federer's kind of serve!" Grosjean's face has lost the confidence he had at the beginning of the game.
"Whoosh!" Zhang Guan did not continue to use topspin for his fourth serve, but used a flat shot. This ball was like a cannonball, blasting into the opponent's half.
"215 kilometers!" Grosjean saw this speed and immediately felt huge pressure coming on.
"I almost forgot that Zhang Guan is also a super slugger! With a flat serve of more than 210 kilometers, coupled with Federer's signature topspin serve, how can I break serve?"
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After the No. 8 seed David Nalbandian defeated his opponent, he did not leave the court. Instead, he found a place to watch the match between Zhang Guan and Grosjean. Because Nalbandian's next opponent will be the winner between Zhang Guan and Grosjean, Nalbandian needs to observe the state of his opponent in the third round.
In fact, Nalbandian mainly wanted to observe the state of Grosjean. A player like Grosjean who serves and nets is very difficult to deal with once he hits the ball smoothly. Even Nalbandian, who is the No. 8 seed, can't fight. Not daring to underestimate the enemy, as for Zhang Guan, he was directly ignored by Nalbandian.
However, at this time, Nalbandian's eyes remained on Zhang Guan.
"Yes, it is indeed Federer's signature topspin serve, and Zhang Guan has used it three times in a row. This is no accident. It seems that Zhang Guan has indeed learned Federer's serve. With Grosjean's A bad backhand. As long as you use this kind of topspin to continuously attack Grosjean's backhand position, you can easily take the initiative and even score directly. If Grosjean wants to break serve in a certain game, it will be very difficult. difficult."
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