On the 13th match day of the Australian Open, the women's singles final was held at Rod Laver Arena. This is a very special game for both sides.
For Sharapova, this is her first time entering the Australian Open women's singles final. Sharapova, who just won the US Open last year, is of course aiming to win. For Serena Williams, long-term injuries caused her to only participate in four tournaments last year. This has also caused Serena Williams to be questioned. She also urgently needs a Grand Slam champion to rectify her name.
In the first game between the two sides, Serena Williams played very actively in her serve game. She constantly used her serve and active attack to score points, and easily maintained her serve. Sharapova, on the other hand, was out of form and made two errors in her serve game. She was broken by Serena Williams at the beginning of the game. Serena Williams took a 2-0 lead right from the start.
In the third game between the two sides, Serena Williams gave Sharapova a love-game. In the fourth game, Williams received the serve three times in a row and gave Sharapova another love-game. In the fifth game, Williams made many mistakes but still held serve; in the sixth game, Sharapova finally held serve successfully. This was the only game she won in the first set.
In the end, Sharapova lost the first set 6-1.
In the first game of the second set, Sharapova made a double fault at the beginning. Then she returned the ball twice and was broken by Serena Williams. In the second game, although Sharapova got a break point, Serena Williams Ms finally kept her serve. In the third game, Sharapova's serve finally improved, but too many mistakes in the process of receiving the ball caused her to lose another game.
In the next four games, both sides maintained their serve, and the game reached 5-2. Then, it was Serena Williams' serve that won the game. As long as Serena Williams successfully holds serve, he will win the entire game.
Serena Williams did not disappoint the audience, successfully holding her serve and winning the set 6-2.
6-1/6-2. This score did not look like a competition at the same level. Looking at the final score, Sharapova looked lonely. She did not understand why she lost so simply until the end of the game.
And Serena Williams looked up to the sky and screamed. Last year's injury caused Serena Williams' world ranking to drop to 81st. This was also the first Grand Slam tournament that Serena Williams participated in after returning from injury. She made it all the way to the final as an unseeded player. , and won the championship trophy, which made her depression disappear. Serena Williams responded to those doubters with a Grand Slam title, and she seems to have returned to her peak form.
At the award ceremony, Sharapova held the runner-up trophy in her hand and smiled very reluctantly. Not far away, Zhang Guan sighed helplessly. History is still going on according to its original course. Sharapova's ten-year winless streak against Serena Williams is just the beginning.
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"The Australian Open's first runner-up couple is about to be born!" 》
"In the women's singles event of the Australian Open today, Serena Williams defeated the top seed Sharapova with a score of 2-0. Sharapova unfortunately won the runner-up, and tomorrow In the men's singles final, Sharapova's boyfriend Zhang Guan is about to challenge the tennis king Federer. The result of this game should be no suspense. Zhang Guan is about to win the runner-up in his first tennis match in his life. A pair of This has never happened before for a couple to win both the men’s and women’s singles titles at the Australian Open. The first runner-up couple at the Australian Open is about to be born!”
"However, both Zhang Guan and Sharapova are still very young. Sharapova, who is under 20 years old, has already won two Grand Slam titles at Wimbledon and the US Open, while Zhang Guan, who is under 21 years old, has won two Grand Slam championships. After participating in professional tennis competitions, they have entered the Grand Slam finals. They all have unparalleled talents and their future prospects are limitless. The future belongs to them. Maybe they really have a chance to become the next Agassi couple!"
The Agassi couple refers to American tennis star Andre Agassi and his wife, German tennis star Steffi Graf. Both of them are "Golden Slam" winners, that is to say, they not only won the four Grand Slam championships in their home career, but also won the Olympic championship. In addition to the Anders Agassi and his wife, the players who have won the "Golden Slam" in history include Nadal and Serena Williams. It can be said that the Agassi and his wife are legends in the tennis world.
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Zhang Guan saw this title and quickly closed the web page. Sharapova is now very concerned about this Australian Open runner-up. If Sharapova sees this report, it will definitely stimulate her.
"It's true. The media doesn't think highly of you. Just like when I participated in the US Open finals eighteen years ago, no one thought highly of me!" The speaker was a middle-aged Chinese man sitting in front of Zhang Guan.
This middle-aged man is coach Zhang Depei.
Zhang Depei had just arrived in Melbourne, and when he got off the plane, he got Zhang Guan to advance to the Australian Open finals. He immediately came to join Zhang Guan non-stop, hoping to help Zhang Guan in the next game.
"Coach, you should have been only seventeen when you won the US Open men's singles championship!" Zhang Guan said to Zhang Depei.
"Well, seventeen years and three months! At that time, no one thought that a seventeen-year-old young man, and also a Chinese, could win the US Open men's singles championship!" Zhang Depei seemed to be recalling, and he continued: "In There are very few Chinese-American athletes in the United States, so I was looked down upon by everyone. Many people laughed at me, saying that I should be holding a cooking shovel instead of a tennis racket... "
Zhang Guan listened silently, while Zhang Depei continued: "Yes, I won. I defeated the Swedish star Edberg, who was very powerful at the time, and won the final championship."
When Zhang Depei said this, he suddenly looked up at Zhang Guan and continued: "No one thought highly of me back then, but I won the US Open championship. I have experienced all this myself, so I firmly believe that you can do it too, You can beat Federer and win the Australian Open!"
Zhang Guan was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the new coach would be so optimistic about him. But the next moment, Zhang Guan immediately realized that coach Zhang Depei was encouraging him.
Zhang Guan and Zhang Depei have only known each other for a day. Zhang Depei also has no idea about Zhang Guan's strength or technical characteristics. And this time his opponent is Federer, so it is difficult for Zhang Depei to give Zhang Guan guidance in terms of technical guidance and tactical play. , all he can do is encourage Zhang Guan as much as possible.
Zhang Guan couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Coach Zhang Depei has just started to perform his duties as a coach on the first day he came here. He is really a competent coach!"
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