In the rest area beside the court, Zhang Guanzheng shouted that he was lucky.
"Thanks to Federer's slow start at the beginning, I got a break at the beginning of the game. Otherwise, this set would really have gone to a tie-break. By the way, I have never had a tie-break." Seven games!" Zhang Guan thought of his promotion process, always breaking serve in every set, and never having to play a tie-break.
"Maybe so far, only Federer can force me to play in the tie-break!" Zhang Guan thought as he changed to a new racket and walked onto the court.
The first game of the second set was Zhang Guan's serving game. Different from the beginning of the game, both sides felt better and were in better condition, but their physical strength was not as strong as in the opening game.
It is precisely because of the improvement of the state and the decrease of physical strength that the two sides have more and more stalemates. At this time, the two people are like two masters playing chess, constantly setting traps for each other and constantly looking for each other. flaw.
In the first four service games, both Zhang Guan and Federer successfully held serve, and no one was able to get a break point.
After four games, the two sides were tied at 2-2. Federer used the gap between the two games to ask for a short pause. He said that his clothes were soaked, so he wanted to change his clothes. Of course the referee agreed to Federer's request.
Federer took out a new piece of clothing from his bag and began to recall the previous game.
"How did Zhang Guan guess that I was going to use my backhand to change the line?" Federer shook his head in frustration. Although he won his serve game with his serve advantage, Zhang Guan also once again won the serve game in this game. saw through Federer's tactical intentions.
"How many times has this happened? I can't even remember how many times Zhang Guan has seen through my tactics! It seems that Zhang Guan studied me very thoroughly before the game. It feels like Ljubicic, too No one knows my tactics as well as Zhang Guan."
Ljubicic is a good friend of Federer. In the future, Ljubicic will become Federer's coach after retiring. This is enough to show that the relationship between the two is very good. Among the active players, the one who knows Federer best, apart from his old rival Nadal, should be Ljubicic.
However, at this time, Federer felt that even his good friend Ljubicic could not see through his tactics so many times like Zhang Guan.
"There seems to be something wrong!" Federer's intuition told him that something was wrong. He recalled the previous games and the moment when Zhang Guan saw through his tactics, and he always felt that something was wrong.
"Why do I feel like Zhang Guan is using my own methods to deal with me!" Federer closed his eyes silently and kept simulating the situation just now in his mind. Only this time, he regarded himself as Zhang Guan.
"If I were Zhang Guan, faced with that situation, I would choose..."
At this time, Federer seemed to be playing chess with himself. He could understand the intention of the next move and simulate multiple possibilities in his mind.
"Zhang Guan's handling of the ball is very reasonable. If it were me, I would do the same."
Gradually, Federer had a strange feeling. He felt as if he was fighting another self.
"Sparring with another 'me'?" Federer opened his eyes suddenly, turned to look at Zhang Guan not far away, and a bold idea flashed out of Federer's mind.
"Maybe we can really try and deal with Zhang Guan as another 'me'!"
Federer walked onto the court again, and now it was Zhang Guan's turn to serve.
Zhang Guan's first serve took the lead with an ACE ball.
Immediately after the second ball, Zhang Guan took the initiative to serve and pressed Federer continuously. Federer failed to find a chance to counterattack in several consecutive shots. Zhang Guan successfully won the second ball.
In the third ball, Federer correctly judged the placement of Zhang Guan's serve. After successfully receiving the ball, he used a line change to even the situation. At this time, Federer was also ready to put his ideas into practice.
"If it were me, this ball would pull the ball diagonally!" Federer made up his mind and ran towards the other side of the court to guard against Zhang Guan's sudden attack on the diagonal.
As expected, Zhang Guan directly attacked Federer diagonally.
"You guessed it, I will cut forward for the next ball!" Federer put himself in a proud position and came to a conclusion again.
I saw Zhang Guan slice the ball forehand, and the tennis ball landed in the front court with extremely high speed.
This ball is not easy to catch, because the side spin of the ball is very strong. Although the landing point of the ball is inside the bounds, it will fly quickly out of bounds due to the side spin after bouncing. If Federer is not prepared in advance , will be very passive.
However, Federer had already guessed Zhang Guan's intention. He ran quickly and directly attacked Zhang Guan's backcourt sideline with a challenge.
"I guessed it right again!" Although Federer took the ball, he was not happy at all, because he had confirmed that Zhang Guan's handling of the ball and the tactics he used were exactly the same as his own.
"Zhang Guan not only understands my tactics, but also imitates my tactics. How does he do it? Is there really anyone in this world who can read minds?" Federer was a little confused. His catch was slightly hesitant, and Zhang Guan scored another point.
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In a physical training center in Melbourne, Nadal dragged his tired body off a piece of fitness equipment. He looked at the electronic clock on the wall and found that it was the time for the Australian Open men's singles final.
Nadal thought about the Australian Open final and shook his head in frustration. In this Australian Open, Nadal was eliminated by Gonzalez and stopped in the quarterfinals, losing an opportunity to challenge Federer again. And because of this, it actually aroused Nadal's fighting spirit. For several days in a row, he was immersed in high-intensity training and did not even watch the next game of the Australian Open.
Now Nadal had just finished a day of training. He suddenly remembered that it was time for the Australian Open final, so he walked to the TV and murmured to himself: "There should be two sets in the final. Federer is Aren’t we already leading 2-0?”
A live broadcast of the game appeared on the TV, and the score displayed in the lower left corner shocked Nadal even more.
"Federer actually lost the first set? Will Federer lose to Zhang Guan? How did he lose? This is the only set Federer lost at this Australian Open! Now it's the second set, tied 4-4 ? Zhang Guan is so powerful?"
Nadal held a bottle of water, sat on the sofa, and began to enjoy the match between the two.
"The fight was so intense! Zhang Guan returned the ball well, quite like Federer..." Nadal suddenly felt that the tactics between the two were very similar, almost like a set of systems.
"Both of them hold cards with their right hands and both have one-handed backhands. Why do they play the same way? It feels like two Federers are playing!"
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