Federer originally thought that Zhang Guan chose to go to the net to make the ball faster, but in fact, Zhang Guan wanted a more tricky angle.
After the tennis ball flies over the net, the flight angle is very small. The side spin of the ball makes the flight trajectory of the tennis ball gradually become horizontal, almost parallel to the net. The ball was destined to land in the front court, and in Federer's judgment, the ball must have gone out of bounds.
"Choose this landing point, Zhang Guan is preparing to win with one shot!" Federer snorted in his heart: "This is too underestimated the degree of rotation of my hitting!"
Federer's shots, whether forehand or backhand, all carry extremely strong spin. High-speed topspin plus a certain degree of side spin are Federer's signatures. And high-speed rotation happens to be a way to restrain surfing the Internet. Not long ago, Zhang Guan also used a high-speed spinning ball to restrain Grosjean's serve.
Federer is now at a disadvantage on the court, so he increases the spin every time he hits the ball, just to prevent Zhang Guan from volleying in front of the net. However, Zhang Guan chose to volley in front of the net, which seems to play into Federer's plan.
Although Federer thought that the ball would go out of bounds, he still ran hard towards the landing point of the ball. The main purpose of Federer's doing this was to see clearly where the ball would fall. If the referee made a misjudgment, Federer could also challenge it.
However, Federer, who was running, suddenly discovered that the tennis ball was falling faster than he thought.
"This ball is falling very fast. No, at this speed, it is probably in bounds!" After Federer realized this, his body suddenly accelerated.
The tennis ball finally landed, five centimeters inside the bounds, and then bounced out of bounds. At the same time, Federer pounced and saved the ball abruptly.
"Oh..." There was a burst of exclamation from the audience. Everyone was obviously shocked by Federer's saving action.
"It turned out to be an inbounds ball!" Federer looked at the landing point of the ball and felt that this was very unscientific.
"If the ball spins to this degree in the backcourt, there will definitely be no problem, but if it lands in the frontcourt, you need a strong ability to control the ball, otherwise the ball will definitely fly out of bounds. This kind of spin ball will definitely fly out of bounds. Even I may not be able to control the ball, but Zhang Guan actually did it! Is his ability to control the ball really so good? Or is this a coincidence?"
While watching Zhang Guan, he made a direct smash and the ball landed on the other side.
This time, there was really nothing Federer could do. In such a short period of time, he could not run to the other end of the court to catch the ball. He could only watch the ball fall to the ground and then fly out.
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"8-6! Zhang Guan won this game! Zhang Guan won the tie-break! I didn't expect that it was Zhang Guan who won the tie-break. Not long ago, Zhang Guan was still behind 5-6. , the situation seemed to be in danger, but in just a few minutes, Zhang Guan scored three goals in a row, completing a great reversal! At the same time, we also congratulate Zhang Guan, who won this set with a score of 7-6. Currently, Zhang Guan is 2- 0 total score ahead of Federer.”
The applause at the scene was mixed with many exclamations. Federer's tie-break strength was undoubted, but Zhang Guan was playing a tie-break for the first time. This seemed to many people to be a one-sided situation, but it turned out to be the case. After a reversal, the final winner was not the experienced Federer, but Zhang Guan, who participated in the tie-break for the first time.
"What happened just now? Federer looked in great shape! How could he lose three goals in a row?" This question arose in many people's minds.
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"Federer lost three goals in a row and lost this set?" Nadal in front of the TV also looked incredulous, and then he carefully recalled the last three goals just now.
"Federer actually didn't make any mistakes in the last three balls, but it was because Zhang Guan was so lucky! Especially on Federer's last serve, Zhang Guan chose a bad time to hit the net incorrectly. But the ball actually hit the boundary, and Zhang Guan had such luck on such a crucial ball!" Nadal sighed: "Federer lost this set so unjustly!"
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CCTV studio hall.
While Director Su slammed the table anxiously, the ball fell into the bounds. Federer reluctantly caught the ball, but was hit by Zhang Guan and successfully won the game.
"Won?" Director Su's eyes widened. One moment, he was lamenting Zhang Guan's reckless surfing, but the next moment, Zhang Guan successfully scored the point. This made Director Su feel like he was dreaming.
"How come we won? This is unreasonable! How could that kind of ball fall in bounds? What kind of ball control ability do you have to have to make that ball fall in bounds?" Director Su's heart was like thousands of horses galloping, and then His face turned red before he realized that he had been "slapped in the face" by Zhang Guan again.
But this slap in the face was very happy, because Zhang Guan won the game.
Director Su calmed down for a few seconds, adjusted his emotions, and then said: "This goal is so beautiful, it is a very imaginative goal! Zhang Guan chose to intercept the goal on the net, which was completely out of the blue. It went beyond Federer's expectations and caught him off guard!"
The commentator next to him looked at Coach Su with some contempt. A few minutes ago, this guy had emphasized the need to play steadily and maintain a stalemate with Federer at the bottom line, but now he had completely changed his rhetoric.
Director Su also felt the commentator's strange gaze. He smiled awkwardly and then continued: "In tennis matches, the world's top duels are like this. You have to take the opponent by surprise and do something unexpected. Only in this way can you catch the opponent by surprise. Able to achieve final victory..."
The commentator next to him shook his head slightly and sighed inwardly, this Director Su is getting thicker and thicker!
While the commentator was sighing in his heart, applause and cheers rang out from his headphones.
"Is it the voice from the director's room? What's the happy event? Has the salary been increased? Is someone having a birthday? Or is Xiao Wang getting married?" The commentator's mind was filled with questions, but it was live broadcast time and he had no way to ask questions.
After a moment, the director's voice sounded in the commentator's earphones.
"Let me tell you good news. In the ratings statistics just now, the ratings of this game have exceeded '3'! And the current ratings are still rising. It may break '4' today!"
"The ratings exceeded 3%!" The commentator was shocked. Among the games he commented, no game had ever achieved a ratings of 3%. A ratings of 3% is difficult to achieve even for sports games that start at prime time in the evening. But now a game that starts at 3 pm can actually achieve this terrifying ratings, and there is even hope of hitting a 4% rating.
The commentator subconsciously looked up at the electronic watch in the studio. It is now almost more than an hour before the game starts. As the Australian Open finals, the commercial time in the middle will be longer, so it is estimated that there will be another one in this game. As time goes by, more and more people will watch the game.
"Maybe today's ratings can really reach 4%!" The commentator's mood instantly rose.
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