Zhang Depei is a Chinese-American tennis player. He once won the 1989 French Open champion and the 1996 Australian Open and US Open runner-up. It is worth mentioning that he was only 17 years and 3 months old when he won the French Open championship. He was also the youngest winner in the history of a Grand Slam men's singles competition. Zhang Depei's best ranking in history was the second in the world, and the world No. 1 that year was the world champion Sampras.
After Zhang Depei retired, he transformed into a tennis coach and achieved some achievements. However, the Japanese player Kei Nishikori is the one that Zhang Guan is most familiar with. Since Zhang Depei became Kei Nishikori’s coach, Kei Nishikori’s performance has skyrocketed. Winning the runner-up position at the US Open, the world ranking also climbed to the top five in the world. This also fully shows that Zhang Depei is still very capable as a coach.
In addition, besides Zhang Depei, Zhang Guan has no other better choice. Tennis, like other professional sports, usually changes coaches during the offseason. Those good coaches have long been hired by other players during the offseason, and it is only January now, and the entire tennis season It has just begun, so naturally no players will change coaches. Therefore, being able to find a coach of Zhang Depei's level was a big surprise for Zhang Guan.
So Zhang Guan immediately said: "Then let Coach Zhang come as soon as possible and reimburse him for his air ticket. Although he can't make it to the semi-finals, he will definitely be able to make it to the finals. Martha also entered the semi-finals, and Coach Joyce Her task is very heavy, I can’t keep rubbing shoulders with her coach!”
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For Gonzalez, being able to defeat Nadal and enter the semi-finals of a Grand Slam has created his personal best result. Before that, his best result in a Grand Slam was only the quarterfinals.
"My opponent in the next game is Zhang Guan. This is really a good group!" Gonzalez still seemed very excited at this time. He defeated Nadal in such an important game. For him, he can really celebrate. Fan.
"If the opponent is Davydenko, it will be really troublesome for me. Davydenko has a lot of experience in the game. He can always crack my forehand, hindering my attack, and I can't find the feeling of the game. However, Fortunately, Zhang Guan helped me kill Davydenko, and I will play a tennis rookie in the next game. It seems that entering the final is no longer a problem!" Gonzalez continued.
At this time, Gonzalez fully demonstrated the natural optimism of South American players.
However, Gonzalez's coach said: "I think you should not be too careless. Although Zhang Guan is participating in the Australian Open for the first time, he is not an ordinary rookie. All the skills he has shown are very good." Mature, you have also seen the match between him and Davydenko. Zhang Guan’s forehand was very accurate, and he also used baseline offensive tactics similar to Federer’s; and his serving level was also very good. He has served more than a dozen ACE balls in every game! I made statistics and found that more than 70% of his serves can reach speeds exceeding 200 kilometers per hour. This alone makes him better than you!"
"Better than me! That's because I didn't give my best!" Gonzalez snorted, and then said: "Just wait and see, I will try my best in the game the day after tomorrow! Is Zhang Guan's serve good? Forehand Also good? Then I will beat him with my serve and forehand!"
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The Australian Open has arrived on its eleventh match day.
In the women's singles semifinals that started first, Serena Williams defeated Vaidisova 2-0, while Sharapova defeated Kim Clijsters by the same score. Today's Australian Open final will be another contest between Serena Williams and Sharapova.
However, this is not a good result for Sharapova. As we all know, Serena Williams is Sharapova's nemesis. Sharapova has rarely won against Serena Williams. Although Sharapova Bova won her first Grand Slam title by defeating Serena Williams, but since the 2004 WTA year-end finals, Sharapova has never defeated Serena Williams. Then when Sharapova faced Serena Williams, she went winless for ten consecutive years.
After the two semi-finals of the women's singles, Rodd Laver Arena also ushered in the most important game of the day. Federer faced Roddick in the men's singles semi-finals. Roddick is the sixth seed in the tournament and was considered the favorite to win before the match. Although his record against Federer is 12 losses and 1 win, Roddick is at an absolute disadvantage. But in the second half of last year, the famous tennis coach Connors became Roddick's coach, and Roddick made rapid progress. Roddick's only victory against Federer was achieved at the Kooyang Classic before the Australian Open.
The Kujan Classic was only a week away from the Australian Open, which meant that Roddick had defeated Federer a week ago, so many people thought that Roddick would cause a lot of trouble to Federer and maybe he could defeat him again. Federer; some people say this is a revenge battle for Federer.
However, the result of the game was shocking. Federer ended the game in just 83 minutes, sweeping Roddick out in straight sets 6-4/6-0/6-2. Roddick failed to cause Federer the slightest bit of trouble.
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"Federer has booked the title of this Australian Open"
"In this afternoon's match, defending champion Federer defeated the No. 6 seed Roddick and successfully advanced to the final. However, for many people, the championship of this Australian Open has lost suspense. Another men's singles match Although the semi-finals have not yet started, neither Gonzalez nor Zhang Guan can defeat Federer in the final. So Federer can be said to have won this Australian Open."
This report speaks to the sentiments of many people. Federer is now in good form. From the first round to his victory over Roddick in the semi-finals, Federer won 3-0 without losing a set. .
In pre-match media predictions, among the seeded players, the only ones who can cause trouble for Federer are Nadal, Ljubicic, Roddick and Nalbandian. Among them, Nadal and Nalbandian are both well-known "cow killers"; Ljubicic is a good friend of Federer and knows Federer's playing style very well; Roddick just defeated Federer last week. It can be said that these few Anyone can beat Federer.
The current situation is that Nadal lost to Gonzalez, Ljubicic was eliminated in the first round, Roddick could not stop Federer's progress, and Nalbandian lost to Zhang Guan. The four people who are likely to beat Federer in the eyes of the media have all been eliminated, so everyone thinks that Federer has already been confirmed as the Australian Open champion.
As for Gonzalez and Zhang Guan, one is the newly promoted No. 10 in the world, and the other is a rookie participating in a professional competition for the first time. Even though they have performed well in the first few rounds, no one is optimistic about Zhang Guan or Zhang Guan. Gonzalez can beat Federer. Therefore, the match between Zhang Guan and Gonzalez is also jokingly called the "Australian Open runner-up battle."
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