After Zhang Guan used the net play method, Nalbandian lost his serve.
Nalbandian felt a little depressed. He took a sip of water, quickly calmed down, and began to think about countermeasures.
"Although playing on the net is very threatening, the probability of making mistakes is also much higher, so I have to be more proactive and more oppressive to force Zhang Guan to make mistakes. Just like dealing with Karlovic That!" Nalbandian quickly formulated a new tactical strategy.
Karlovic is the tallest player among the top 100 players in ATP history, reaching 2.08 meters. He is a Croatian, and his highest career ranking is 14th. However, in Grand Slam competitions, he has only It has entered the quarterfinals, and most of the others have been eliminated in the first round. It is worth mentioning that today, when everyone is using the baseline style of play, Karlovic still insists on using the front-of-the-net style of play. He can be regarded as the heir to the front-of-the-net style of play.
Nalbandian became a professional tennis player in 2000, and by the time he was able to step onto the major stage, top tennis players such as Sampilas and Ivanisevic had already retired. So the strongest net player Nalbandian has ever faced is Karlovic.
As a net player, the gap between Karlovic and the world champion Sampras is really huge. Karlovic is only a Grand Slam first round player, while Sampras is a hand player. With 14 Grand Slam titles, it can be said that there is absolutely no comparison between the two.
As the world's number one flyer, Zhang Guan is inherently better than Sampras in terms of mobility. Moreover, Zhang Guan has learned from Sampras' experience book. It can be said that the current Zhang Guan is a slightly faster mover. Sampras. Nalbandian used his experience in dealing with Karlovic to deal with Zhang Guan, and the results are predictable.
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"Zhang Guan hits the net, a beautiful volley in front of the net!"
"Catching the ball in front of the net and hitting it in the opposite corner, Nalbandian made a great return! High-pressure ball, beautiful! Zhang Guan's shot was so beautiful!"
"Zhang Guanfa... went directly to the net! Inbounds! The ball did not go out of bounds! It happened to be on the line. There is no problem with the referee's decision!"
Go online, go online, go online, this has become the main theme of this game.
Zhang Guan almost always hits the net with every ball. Although not every ball is successful, the overall success rate is still good. This is also reflected in the score. The final score of the first set was 6- 3. Nalbandian was obviously extremely uncomfortable with Zhang Guan’s tennis style. In addition to successfully holding serve in the first game, he won the other two games by relying on Zhang Guan’s mistakes in the tennis ball. .
Nalbandian sat on a chair on the sidelines and silently calculated Zhang Guan's success rate at the net. In Zhang Guan's serve game, his serve and net almost rarely failed, and the occasional failure would not affect it. to the final result. In Nalbandian's serve game, Zhang Guan's success rate on the net can reach about 50%. If Nalbandian's own unforced errors are also included, Zhang Guan's chance of breaking serve is absolutely should be greater than 50%.
"How can there be such a high success rate on the net in this world! This is unscientific and unreasonable. Sampras, the world champion at that time, couldn't do more than that! I must not have given Zhang Guan enough pressure, so Zhang Guan Only in this way can we have a relatively high success rate on the net. So I have to continue to put pressure on Zhang Guan, and the ball must spin even more, so as to force him to make mistakes." Nalbandian mentally planned the next game. strategy.
Theoretically speaking, Nalbandian's strategy is completely correct. The great thing about playing in front of the net is that it takes the initiative on the court and can give the enemy a fatal blow. However, the shortcomings of playing in front of the net are It is also obvious that the probability of making a mistake is too high.
Twenty years ago, during the era of world champion Sampras, net play was very popular. At that time, net play was not just about serving and hitting the net, but resolutely hitting the net no matter what the ball was. The first serve must go online, the second serve must go online; grass must go online, hard courts must go online, and even red soil, which is not suitable for playing in front of the net, must go online. It is precisely because of this that among the fourteen Grand Slams of the world champion Sampras, only the French Open champion did not win, because the French Open is a red soil and is not suitable for playing in front of the net at all.
Nowadays, the net play has been gradually eliminated. A small part of the reason is that technology has led to the development of tennis equipment and courts. The more important reason is that players led by Federer have begun to pursue spin, whether it is Federer's baseline attack style. , or Nadal's baseline defensive style, which is all high-spin and high-pressure style, which greatly increases the chance of players making mistakes when hitting the net. Players gradually discovered that the bottom line is more effective against pumping. It was stable and easier to master. In the end, everyone's playing style evolved into various bottom-line fights.
The high-speed rotating ball really restrains the opponent from hitting the net, just like what Zhang Guan did against Grosjean in his last game. The "Nadal spin" directly blinded Grosjean, making Grosjean's serve useless. In today's game, Nalbandian also made the same choice.
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The second set of the match between the two sides began. Nalbandian strengthened the rotation of the ball and played more proactively. Sometimes he even gave up his best two-handed backhand and used a forehand to return the ball. , the purpose is to give the tennis ball a stronger spin.
However, Nalbandian's results are very average. Nalbandian's playing style is inherently stable, and what he is best at is the accuracy of the hitting point. Whether it is a forehand or a backhand, Nalbandian is very good at hitting the ball. Dean can be said to hit wherever he wants. This style of play originally relies on mobilizing opponents to run back and forth to score points. As for spin, it's obviously not what Nalbandian is good at.
Dozens of minutes later, Nalbandian gasped and looked at the scoreboard. The 6-2 score was even worse than the first set.
"I underestimated Zhang Guan too much. His skills at the net are absolutely top-notch in the world! Every volley in front of the net hit me in the blind spot. He controlled the force very accurately, and the landing point was always in a position that I couldn't catch! There is a chance to go online. In my opinion, it is a bad time to go online, but he will still decisively choose to go online! In addition, he is extremely experienced in handling the ball. Compared with Zhang Guan, Karlovic plays forward. The law is simply too childish!”
"This damn net-playing style! Athletes all over the world are now using the baseline style. How come Zhang Guan, who uses the net-playing style, suddenly appeared, and he happened to be encountered by me? This style of play is too restrained. My backhand is off. I can’t hit Nadal’s spin, how should I deal with Zhang Guan’s net play?”
Nalbandian couldn't help but feel anxious, and at the same time, he felt a slight pain in his buttocks.
"It hurts a bit. Is it an old injury?" Nalbandian had a trace of worry in his eyes.
In last year's French Open semi-finals, Nalbandian was suddenly injured while leading Federer and retired from the match. Since then, the hip injury has been accompanying Nalbandian's career. It was precisely because of injuries that Nalbandian was in a sluggish state in the second half of the 2006 season, and then had to undergo surgery in 2009.
What professional athletes fear most is injuries. Sometimes injuries cause not only physical damage to athletes, but also psychological damage.
At this time, Nalbandian had been worried about whether his old injury would relapse. As a result, he was in no condition in the third set. In the end, he lost the third set again with a score of 6-2, and also lost the match. This game.
In the third round of the Australian Open, Zhang Guan defeated No. 8 seed David Nalbandian 3-0.
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