"Have you seen the news? Zhang Guan has been suspended!"
"Of course I read it. If it weren't for the punishment decision written in black and white, I would have thought it was fake news!"
"But isn't it said in the news that Zhang Guanzheng is playing tennis in Australia? How can he still play when he's suspended?"
"The ban is for track and field, which means that Zhang Guan cannot participate in track and field competitions, but he can still participate in other competitions! He is in charge of the center, how can he still control whether he plays tennis or not?"
"Then why should Zhang Guan be suspended? Remember last month's Asian Games, Zhang Guan won seven gold medals at once! How can such an excellent athlete, who has won so many championships and broken so many records, be suspended? What mistake did Zhang Guan make?"
"I saw on the news that Zhang Guan did not participate in training and went abroad against the rules! Going abroad against the rules is a big deal! A few years ago, there was a basketball player who was kicked out of the national team because he did not return to the country. Even the last Olympic Games Not allowed to participate.”
"Going abroad against the rules? That's just an excuse. Why don't you look at what Zhang Guan did when he went abroad? He's in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open men's singles. Maybe he can go one step further and become a champion or something. I think it's for sure. It’s the Tian Guan Center who doesn’t want Zhang Guan to participate in the tennis match, so they deliberately resorted to such tactics!”
"So that's it! Zhang Guan's suspension is really unjust! I really feel for Zhang Guan that it's not worth it. He is working hard to play games in Australia and bring glory to the country, but there are people in his own family who are holding him back!"
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"As expected, the matter of the suspension was exposed by the media!" Director Qu's expression was extremely gloomy, and reality once again deviated from the script he had set.
According to Director Qu's previous plan, it would not matter even if Zhang Guan's suspension was exposed by the media, because the reason for Zhang Guan's punishment was very reasonable on the surface. Zhang Guan did not participate in the winter training of the national team, and did not return to China as required by the Field Management Center. Instead, he insisted on going to Australia. This big label of disobeying the management of the center will definitely be deducted.
If it were normal times, athletes should certainly be punished for disobeying management, and the Tianjin Management Center will stand on the side of justice. However, Zhang Guan participated in the Australian Open and advanced to the quarter-finals, achieving an unprecedented breakthrough. Under such circumstances, the suspension decision of the Tianjin Management Center seemed to be deliberately hindering Zhang Guan.
It's like recalling Yue Fei's twelve gold medals. The athletes are working hard on the field, but the people behind them don't support it. Instead, they start to cause trouble for the athletes on the front line. This kind of thing is unacceptable to both officials and the people. It is for this reason that athletes are generally not punished in competitions. Even if an athlete makes a mistake, they will wait until the end of the game before punishing them.
Zhang Guan's rapid progress in the Australian Open was something Director Qu never expected. Director Qu, who originally thought his position was just, suddenly turned into a villain who was holding back. Of course, it was inevitable to be scolded and criticized. of.
"What should I do? Should I revoke the ban on Zhang Guan? No, absolutely not! Not only can I not revoke the ban on Zhang Guan, but I must continue to implement it resolutely. Once the ban is revoked, wouldn't it show everyone that before? Is the penalty decision wrong? It’s better to get through this period first. Anyway, the Chinese New Year is coming in less than a month, and it will naturally fade away as time goes by. "
The next moment, Director Qu picked up the phone and dialed the number of the Publicity Department: "I'll make the next announcement later, just verbally. Tell the people in the center that about Zhang Guan's suspension, don't talk nonsense and don't accept anything." Media interviews. I also asked the doorman to guard the door for me, and no strangers will be allowed in!"
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Under the pressure of public opinion, Director Qu chose to be an "ostrich" and bury his head in the sand, ignoring the comments and abuse from the outside world. And Zhang Guan's suspension has not been revoked. When the situation has developed to this point, Director Qu will definitely fight to the end.
However, Zhang Guan, who was far away in Australia, appeared at Vodafone Stadium, but not for the competition, but to participate in the test of the Hawkeye system.
More than 70 reporters came to the scene, some were invited, and some came because of the reputation. Both the Australian Open's main committee and Eagle Eye System Innovation Co., Ltd. hope that as many reporters as possible will be present.
More than 70 reporters were arranged on the sidelines. The staff held a microphone and said to the reporters: "Dear journalists, when the Eagle Eye system is working, the operator only needs to press a few buttons. Are there any journalist friends who are willing to make a guest appearance as this operator?"
The reporters suddenly realized that there had been rumors that the operator of the Eagle Eye could control the results of the Eagle Eye simulation imaging. Zhang Guan's consecutive challenge successes were due to the operator's control. The organizer asked reporters to be the operators, which was obviously To prove this rumor wrong.
Nine times out of ten, those who can be reporters are good people. Several people immediately raised their hands, and the staff also selected three people from them. Firstly, they were to supervise each other, and secondly, they could witness together.
Next, the staff continued: "Today, we will conduct a test of twenty balls, so I need twenty volunteers to operate the ball machine!"
The staff pointed to the ball server not far away and continued: "This is a modified ball machine. You can see that a crosshair has been added to it so that you can aim at the sideline. Of course, you can also experiment first when serving. Take a moment to get familiar with this machine.
Many more reporters raised their hands, and 20 people quickly gathered.
The person operating the Hawkeye system was a reporter, and the person operating the ball machine was also a reporter. There were also other reporters on site to witness the event. The organizers obviously deliberately created a fair and just test environment. In this case, if Zhang Guan could still determine the landing point of the ball, I believe these reporters would not have the face to continue questioning.
The first reporter stood in front of the ball machine, tried a few balls, and then signaled to the staff that the test could begin. Zhang Guan also said that the test could be started at any time.
"Okay, the first ball has started, please serve!" As soon as the staff member finished speaking, the reporter pressed the serve button, and the tennis ball flew towards the sideline.
"This ball is over the line, it's in bounds!"
"Nonsense, it's obviously out of bounds! The line you see is just the shadow of the ball."
"I think it should be within bounds."
"It's a foul ball..."
Before Zhang Guan could speak, others had already started talking.
Zhang Guan took the microphone in his hand and said, "This is a foul ball."
Immediately afterwards, the reporter responsible for operating the Eagle Eye system pressed the button, and a 3D simulation screen appeared on the big screen.
"A foul ball, it's really a foul ball! Zhang Guan's judgment is accurate!" Along with the voice of the staff, there was a round of applause at the scene.
Then the second reporter jogged all the way to the ball machine...
The second ball, the third ball, the fourth ball... Zhang Guan did not make any mistakes in his judgment. Even if the landing point of several of the balls was very difficult to distinguish, Zhang Guan could still accurately tell whether it was in or out of bounds.
"It's the last ball. Zhang Guan thought this ball hit the line. Let's take a look at the result... Oh, it really hit the line! Congratulations to Zhang Guan, all twenty balls were successful!"
The audience immediately burst into warm applause.
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In front of the TV, Davydenko took a deep breath.
"All twenty balls were successful. Zhang Guan can really judge the landing point of the ball, it's not just a blind guess!" Davydenko closed his eyes, and then recalled the videos of Zhang Guan's previous games.
"Heavy serve, high-spin return, playing in front of the net, and the ability to challenge Hawkeye 100% successfully... All in all, Zhang Guan has so many methods. It seems that even Federer doesn't have Zhang Guan for so many minutes. weapon! In terms of strength, he should be no less than the top ten players in the world, maybe even better than me! Let’s fight tomorrow’s game first. If you really can’t beat him, don’t work too hard. Now It’s only January, and there are still many games to come, so you can’t get hurt!” Davydenko looked at his feet with a worried expression.
The fourth update arrived, but I didn’t save it, so I couldn’t find the rhythm when writing. But as promised, I will definitely do it. The fifth update may be later. Whatever I say today, I have to finish writing about the next game before going to bed.
(End of chapter)