Kanas looked at Zhang Guan opposite him coldly.
"As long as I beat the newcomer Zhang Guan, I can advance to the semi-finals! Although Zhang Guan is this year's Australian Open champion, so what, I can even win against Federer, so who opponent can stop me!" Nas thought confidently.
"Even Federer can win" is the sentence that Kanas has thought about most recently. It is like a psychological suggestion, and the effect is very good, especially during the game. Kanas thought of this sentence, Then when I think of the moment when I defeated Federer, I always feel full of strength.
Then Canas started to serve. As an Argentinian player, Canas's serving level is pretty good, but the clay court has weakened the serve, which also makes Canas's serve much less threatening.
Zhang Guan received the serve with a forehand, but Kanas directly launched an attack and hit a diagonal without any temptation.
"Kanas played very unrestrainedly!" Zhang Guan thought to himself.
Canas moves very quickly and the quality of his shots is also great. It can be seen that Canas is in very good condition today.
Moving, hitting the ball, coupled with the psychological hint of defeating Federer, Canas played very proactively, and he also successfully won his serve. Although it was not easy to win, it was not difficult either. From a professional perspective, it is a relatively balanced situation.
Tennis is a sport in which the server is dominant. The so-called balance of power means that the server can keep the serve without difficulty, and the receiver will also get one or two points from the opponent's serve.
In Zhang Guan's subsequent service game, the situation was similar. No one on either side gained a clear advantage, and Zhang Guan also succeeded in holding serve.
The game followed this rhythm and reached 2-2, and it was Canas's serve again.
"I feel that Zhang Guan is more difficult to deal with than Federer. Technically, the two are almost the same, but Zhang Guan moves more quickly than Federer, which is more suitable for the clay court. Next, I have to strengthen my offense." Nurse was ready to break serve first with a stronger attack.
Zhang Guan, who was opposite, had the same idea.
"Kanas is a veteran after all. It is difficult to find any technical loopholes, and he is also very active in running. I feel very excited to play. This is probably what coach Zhang said. His recent form is very good! Keep playing like this. If the match against Davydenko is like that, it’s going to be a tie-break, so I’ll step up my attack and get the break point first.”
For the next goal, the two made the same choice, which was to attack, so almost from the beginning, the two sides started a fierce offensive battle.
When talking about offense, many people will think of hitting the net. However, the French Open is not suitable for playing in front of the net, so most of the attacks are still based on hitting the ball in a wide range and angle, so the attack battle has become a two-person volley. The ball is shot at a wide angle, which also instantly enhances the viewing pleasure of the game.
Canas's offense is very passionate, which is a common characteristic of South American players, but Canas's offensive efficiency is not very high and can only be regarded as qualified.
On the other hand, Zhang Guan started to use the running attack method. Quickly changing the offensive and defensive rhythm allowed Zhang Guan to take the initiative better, so as to carry out more effective suppression and achieve higher offensive efficiency.
After 40-40, the two sides were evenly divided twice. In the end, Zhang Guan took the lead in breaking serve with his more active playing style.
"What kind of tactical play is this? I thought it was a volley in front of the net at first, but it turned out that he just entered the baseline and hit the ball in advance. This is completely not following the conventional routine!" Kanas frowned. , he already felt that Zhang Guan's style of play made his rhythm begin to become chaotic.
"I accidentally lost my serve. Now I'm 3-2 behind, and the next serve is Zhang Guan's. I have to break serve!" Kanas gathered enough energy and prepared to break serve in the next set. , regain a ball.
In Zhang Guan's serve game, Kanas fought more fiercely and hit several extremely beautiful shots, but he also made several mistakes. The number of wonderful shots and mistakes was almost the same, which meant that Canas could not gain any advantage. He won two goals in this game, but failed to break serve.
The score of the first set reached 4-2. In the next two games, Zhang Guan adopted a more stable style of play. Both sides successfully maintained serve, but the score of 5-3 was a full advantage for Zhang Guan. After winning the next game, Zhang Guan can win the first set.
Zhang Guan got the set point, and Kanas played a little anxiously. After the game was tied, Kanas made a mistake at a critical moment, and the return ball fell out of bounds, giving Zhang Guan a break point. Then Zhang Guan seized the opportunity and made consecutive forehand attacks, successfully breaking serve. He won the game and also won the first set with a score of 6-3.
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6-3 is a relatively wide point difference, and the poor opening made Kanas feel a little unhappy.
"I can win even Federer, I will definitely win the final victory!" Kanas continued to hypnotize himself. After a while, Kanas looked full of energy again, and then he changed to a new racket. , stepped onto the field.
It has to be said that self-hypnosis is indeed very effective for Kanas.
Kanas also became famous at a young age. When he was young, he once entered the top ten of ATP. However, Kanas was infected with drugs at that time, which almost ruined his career. After that, Kanas became famous again. He has not reached his previous heights. Now that he is thirty years old, it is somewhat impossible for him to climb to the top of the world again. However, perhaps because of the experience of being contaminated with poison, mental self-hypnosis has an extremely significant effect on Kanas.
After the start of the second set, Kanas returned to the same excited state as at the beginning of the game, running quickly, returning the ball powerfully, and attacking aggressively. At one point, he was still in a state of suppressing Zhang Guan in the service game. Feel.
However, as time went by, Kanas was unable to break serve for a long time, and his state was no longer exciting. In Kanas' fourth service game, Zhang Guan broke serve again, and the score of this set was once again fixed at 6-3.
The score in both sets was 6-3. Canas had been pushed to the edge of the cliff. If he lost in the next set, his French Open tour would end.
Of course, Kanas would not choose to sit still. In the third set, he started a crazy counterattack. However, what Kanas did not expect was that he would make unforced errors one after another. According to statistics after the game, Kanas made 30 unforced errors in this set! The final score of the third set was 6-4. The two sides played a total of ten games. This means that on average, Canas made three unforced errors in each game in the third set. In a Grand Slam quarter-finals match, if there are three unforced errors in a game, you can basically surrender.
As one of Canas's returns went out of bounds, the referee declared the game over.
"Congratulations to Zhang Guan for winning this game. He will advance to the semifinals, and his opponent in the semifinals is the winner between Federer and Robredo, but the game between Federer and Robredo is not over yet. According to The latest news is that Federer currently leads Robredo with a total score of 2-1. If I remember correctly, this is also the first set that Federer has lost in this French Open, and their fourth game has just begun. start… "
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Federer waved to the crowd and left the court. He successfully defeated No. 9 seed Robredo with a score of 3-1 and advanced to the French Open semi-finals.
As soon as Federer walked into the tunnel, he couldn't wait to ask Milka beside him: "Is the match between Zhang Guan and Canas over?"
"It's over, Zhang Guan won." Milka nodded, and then said: "The score is 3-0. It seems that Zhang Guan won relatively easily."
"The opponent in the semi-finals is indeed Zhang Guan! And there should be Nadal in front of him." Federer clenched his fists tightly. He felt that the road to his first French Open championship was really bumpy.
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