The Korean commentator looked confused.
Just five minutes ago, when the two athletes were still preparing for the match, the commentator introduced the situation of the two to the audience. At that time, he swore to tell the audience that the high-speed serve that Zhang Guan was good at would be better on clay. The power on the court will be greatly reduced. With Li Hengze's strength, he will be able to cope with it easily, and he constantly emphasizes that there is a high possibility that Li Hengze can break serve in the first game.
However, the fact is that it only took Zhang Guan more than two minutes to successfully win the game by holding serve, which also included the time for the referee to get down from the stool to check the placement of the tennis ball. This contrast made the Korean commentator feel ashamed.
"I have checked a lot of information before the game and read recent media reports. Aren't those experts saying that Zhang Guan's serve is not suitable for clay soil? Why can Zhang Guan serve two aces in a row? Why in the first game? Is it going to be a love-game? Player Lee Hyung-taek didn’t even win a ball, how can I justify it!”
The Korean commentator kept complaining in his heart, but in the earphones, the director began to urge him to speak faster.
He is indeed a professional sports commentator. In the next second, he thought of his words.
"In a tennis match, the first game of both sides is usually a warm-up process. At the same time, if it is the first time for both sides to compete, it must also be a process of testing each other. Player Li Hengze is playing against player Zhang Guan, so I am not familiar with Zhang Guan, so I also test Zhang Guan tactically. Now after testing the game, player Li Hengze must have an understanding of his opponent, and the next game is the serve of player Li Hengze. , I think player Lee Hyung-taek will definitely use a stormy offensive to win the next game!" The Korean commentator's tone became more and more excited, as if Lee Hyung-taek was about to win the entire game.
In the barbecue restaurant, the diners nodded in agreement. Obviously they recognized the commentator's explanation very much, and in their subjective consciousness, they all believed that this explanation was correct.
Many times, people's perception of things does not depend on the truth, but on their own subjective perception. That's why there are so many stubborn people in this world.
On the court, the two sides started the second game, followed by Li Hengze's serve.
The first game ended too quickly, and Zhang Guan also served two aces, so Li Hengze did not feel the gap in strength between the two sides. What Li Hengze can tell so far is that Zhang Guan's forehand hit has very strong topspin.
Ever since Nadal swept the clay courts with his abnormal topspin, there has been a consensus in the tennis world that on clay courts, you must hit as many topspins as possible, because topspins are the most stable and easiest. A shot that causes damage. So in today's clay court, even heavy hitters like Gonzalez often use topspin.
Therefore, Li Hengze did not feel too surprised by Zhang Guan's topspin. After all, it is a clay court and a Grand Slam-level competition like the French Open. Players must be working hard to hit topspin. Zhang Guan hit this kind of topspin. It makes sense to spin a ball with a lot of force.
The next serve is not Li Hengze's strong point. Of course, the so-called "not strong serve" is for the world's top players. Li Hengze's world ranking is in the 40s. Compared with players of the same level, Li Hengze's serve is quite satisfactory.
However, at this moment, Li Hengze faced an opponent who was even stronger than Federer. In Zhang Guan's eyes, Li Hengze's serve was really a bit weak.
Li Hengze stood outside the baseline, looked at Zhang Guan's position on the opposite side, and started to serve.
"Did Zhang Guan's two ace balls just now deliberately give me power? Now I want to return it!" On the first serve of this game, Li Hengze was also ready to play an ace ball to boost his morale.
"Drink!" Li Hengze also chose a landing point close to the sideline. He shouted, and the tennis ball drew a trajectory in the air and landed in Zhang Guan's half.
The ball landed very close to the sideline, and the angle was very biased. After landing, the ball flew directly out of bounds.
However, due to the lack of strength, the speed of the ball was not very fast. After bouncing on the red soil, a lot of energy was lost, and the ball became even slower.
"It has a landing point and an angle, but unfortunately there is no speed!" Zhang Guan rushed forward quickly. If he were a player ranked around 40 in the world, he would probably find this ball difficult to catch, but his speed is not enough for him. Zhang Guanlai is obviously good at this game. He can receive the serve relatively easily.
"Poof!" After the racket came into contact with the ball, a crisp sound came to Li Hengze's ears.
"Zhang Guan moves so fast!" Li Hengze sighed in his heart, and then responded with a forehand topspin.
Li Hengze also knew that his strength was not dominant, so the strategy he formulated before the game was to rely on topspin to play steadily and look for opportunities in the stalemate.
"The time has come for a competition of patience!" Li Hengze sighed secretly in his heart, and then thought: "It would be great if Zhang Guan chooses to go online. Playing in front of the net is not suitable for the clay court at all, even playing in front of the net Sampras, the great master of France, was unable to win a Grand Slam title at the French Open.”
Zhang Guan did not rush to the net, but also used a topspin ball to fight back.
Li Hengze was already prepared this time. He knew that Zhang Guan's topspin ball would spin very hard and bounce higher, so he raised his arm to swing the racket. This time he chose the same attack direction as the previous shot. .
"The landing point of the ball is almost the same as the previous one. This is an opportunity!" Zhang Guan suddenly took a few steps forward. He wanted to move the ball forward and switch offense and defense.
However, this action was mistaken by Li Hengze for Zhang Guan to use the net play style.
"Is Zhang Guan going to the net? He really can't bear his temper and wants to use the net attack method. It seems that he will win this time... Huh? Why did you stop?"
Although Zhang Guan took two small steps forward, he did not come to the front of the net. Instead, he slid after entering the baseline, and then hit the tennis ball hard with his forehand, turning defense into offense.
On this shot, Zhang Guan did not add top spin in order to pursue a quick transition between offense and defense. Instead, he directly used a flat shot, but the effect was very good. Li Hengze obviously did not expect that Zhang Guan would run quickly and then suddenly perform at this moment. During the transition between offense and defense, his panicked return looked very lacking in quality.
Zhang Guan whipped the ball directly into Li Hengze's space and won the ball easily. The score is 0-15, Zhang Guan takes the lead temporarily.
There was a burst of applause at the scene. Zhang Guan's sudden attack-like transition between offense and defense was obviously something the audience did not expect. In everyone's opinion, Zhang Guan handled the ball very brilliantly and made a very gorgeous counterattack.
However, in the Korean barbecue restaurant, the diners had an incredulous expression.
"What's going on? This is Li Hengze's serve. Didn't the commentator just say that Li Hengze was going to launch a counterattack? Wasn't there a stormy attack? Why did he lose the ball as soon as he started?"
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