Haas was in a very unhappy mood. Two consecutive ace balls were successfully challenged by Zhang Guan. This was a big blow to Haas' morale. Fortunately, the referee's decision was to re-serve, so Haas still had two chances to serve.
"What happened? There was such a slight gap. Even the Hawkeye system needed to zoom in to see clearly that it was an out-of-bounds ball. Zhang Guan actually challenged it directly and acted so confidently. He really saw clearly that it was an out-of-bounds ball. Or is it completely blind?" Haas shook his head in confusion, looked at the court in front of him, and began to hesitate whether to serve the ball again according to the original landing point.
"One more shot! I don't believe it went out of bounds!" Haas threw the ball and swung his racket, snorting coldly. The tennis ball immediately flew out, but was blocked by the net. Haas made a mistake in his serve this time and did not pass the net. .
"The strength is a bit off." Haas shook his shoulders in annoyance. He felt that he was somewhat affected by the previous two challenges, which led to deviations in the control of strength.
After making a mistake on the first serve, Haas started his second serve. Compared with the first serve, Haas's second serve was definitely much more conservative. The ball speed was about 20 kilometers slower than the first serve, and the landing point was not very extreme, but it was Enhanced ball spin.
"Drink!" Haas shouted to boost his morale. Zhang Guan on the opposite side also relied on his mobility to run to a more suitable position to catch the ball and accurately catch the ball with his forehand.
"Zhang Guan's forehand! Is it top spin or side spin?" Haas immediately became vigilant when he saw Zhang Guan using his forehand to catch the ball. He also learned about Zhang Guan's forehand before the game and knew that he might play something similar to A high-spin ball like Nadal's.
However, Zhang Guan chose neither topspin nor side spin. Instead, he hit a diagonal straight shot with his forehand, and the landing point was chosen to be on the sideline.
"What? Zhang Guan received the ball and returned directly to the diagonal sideline. How could he make such a choice!" Zhang Guan's return of serve greatly exceeded Haas's expectations. He was caught off guard and hurriedly ran towards Catch point.
Zhang Guan's choice is definitely a very unreasonable behavior in professional tennis. Faced with a second serve that is not very powerful, the best choice for the receiver is definitely to focus on stability, stabilize the situation first, and then Waiting for an opportunity to counterattack. Directly adjusting the diagonal sideline after catching the ball is very difficult on the one hand, and the error rate is extremely high on the other. It has always been considered a very hard-working style of play. Players often use this style of play because they are already at a huge disadvantage and give up on themselves to score a goal. Now the game has only entered the second game, and Zhang Guan has also maintained his serve, so Haas never expected that Zhang Guan would catch the ball and hit the diagonal sideline directly.
Haas did not catch up with this ball, and the ball fell in bounds, and the score came to 30-15.
"Zhang Guan was attacked by Zhang Guan. He was also lucky with this shot. It didn't go out of bounds. He still needs to increase the spin on the next shot!"
Haas continued to serve while thinking about it. The quality of the ball was still very good, but Zhang Guan still successfully caught the ball, but the quality of the ball was average, and there was an opportunity to go to the net.
Haas did not choose to go online. He is a player who focuses on the bottom line, and he is also a player with very comprehensive skills. Playing in front of the net is still a bit too risky for Haas. It is far better to be safe on the bottom line. Haas is very similar to Federer. He is not very sure of his chance at the net and will not easily try to go to the net.
Haas's forehand counterattacked vigorously, directly attacking Zhang Guan's backhand, and Zhang Guan also responded with a backhand, still powerful and heavy.
"Sure enough, as expected before the game, although Zhang Guan used a one-handed backhand, the strength was close to that of an ordinary player's two-hand backhand. It seems that it was the right choice not to compete with him on the backhand!" Haas responded. In the past, he found that Zhang Guan on the opposite side had another extreme return shot.
The ball hit the inside edge of the sideline. Haas saved the ball in a thrilling manner, but gave Zhang Guan a chance to hit the net. Zhang Guan was not as cautious as Haas. He chose to go online without hesitation and scored another point, bringing the score to 30-30.
For the next ball, Zhang Guan still chose an edge position for the return ball. As a result, the return ball went out of bounds and the score reached 40-30.
On the next ball, Zhang Guan made the same choice. The referee ruled it an inbounds ball, but Haas failed to challenge and the two sides scored equally.
Then Haas served and scored, Haas took the lead.
Then Zhang Guan's return ball went out of bounds, and Haas also kept his serve.
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After the two games ended, the score of the first set between the two sides reached a 1:1 tie, and the game entered a short rest period.
Haas wiped the sweat from his head, drank some water, and then began to recall the two games just now.
"Whether it is serving or receiving, the choice of placement is very hard. Zhang Guan chose such an extreme style of play, which is really beyond my expectation. But his luck is really good, especially in the first game. All three challenges were successful. If those three challenges had not been successful, I should be leading 2-0 now!"
"This style of play requires too much luck. It's impossible for every ball to hit the line exactly! And we also have to consider the referee's factors. If we always play this kind of extreme ball, the probability of the referee's misjudgment will also increase a lot. Although There is a challenge from Hawkeye, but the use of Hawkeye is not unlimited. If you fail once, you will lose one chance. Even if it is delayed to the tie-break, it is just one more challenge opportunity. I really don’t understand. Zhang Guan’s skills are obviously very good. Not bad, but why choose such a hard-fought style? If he continues to play like this, I will definitely win!"
On the other side, Zhang Guan was also recalling the previous two sets and summarizing his gains and losses.
"The probability of referee misjudgment today is quite high. Thanks to the Hawk Eye system, otherwise the first game might have been ruled a loss. I think maybe even the referee is not used to the Hawk Eye system. The number of challenges to Hawk Eye Restrictions don’t matter to me, I challenge 100% successfully, but it’s different for Haas.”
Zhang Guan glanced at Haas secretly, and then thought: "For Haas, every time he fails in a challenge, he loses one chance. Now the first set has only lasted two games, and it is still very long. Now For both of us, it’s still a balance of power, and we can both challenge the referee’s misjudgment by challenging Hawkeye, but once one of the parties runs out of opportunities to challenge, the balance of power will be broken.”
"So, we will continue to fight like this until Haas's number of challenges is exhausted! At that time, it will be the 'intersection' where our strengths and weaknesses change!"
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