"The "Cow Killer" battle, Zhang Guan advances to the top four men's singles"
On the evening of June 5th, Paris time, the tenth match day of the 2007 French Open continued. In a men's singles quarter-final, the No. 15 seed in the competition and the new Australian Open champion Zhang Guan defeated the No. 19 seed in the competition and the Argentinian star Canas in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3 and 6-4. Advance to the men's singles semi-finals. Zhang Guan's opponent in the semifinals will be the top seed of the tournament, Swiss King Federer.
This media mainly focused on the news that Zhang Guan advanced to the semi-finals of the French Open. However, most other media focused on Federer's encounter with Zhang Guan again.
"In the final of the Australian Open in January, Zhang Guan and Federer gave us a gripping match. In that final, Zhang Guan defeated Federer 3-0. And in the French Open semi-finals, this The two are about to meet in advance, and I don’t know if Zhang Guan will continue on the path of being a ‘cow killer’, or if Federer can successfully complete his revenge!”
Federer is the No. 1 seed, while Zhang Guan is the No. 15 seed. Judging from this number, the gap between the two sides is a bit large, but considering that Zhang Guan defeated Federer in the Australian Open final, the game between Zhang Guan and Federer is still very close. Attract the audience's attention.
In the tennis arena, Federer has been invincible for too long, so as long as any player can beat Federer, it will inevitably attract widespread attention. And beating Federer in the Grand Slam final will attract even more attention, not to mention Zhang Guan already has fame.
There are also many people waiting to see Zhang Guan's jokes. Since Zhang Guan won the championship at the Australian Open, it has further confirmed Zhang Guan's reputation as a talented athlete. As his reputation becomes more famous, he will naturally attract more people. There are many jealous people, so many people are also looking forward to Zhang Guan's meeting. Lose.
It was on this day that the other two matches in the quarter-finals of the French Open also ended. Djokovic easily defeated Andreev 3-0, while defending champion Nadal also defeated Moya 3-0. Both of them won very easily. In the other semi-final, they faced soldiers from both sides. Nadal and Djokovic.
Djokovic has made rapid progress this year. He has won three ATP events this year, a number second only to Federer and Nadal. However, Djokovic has never defeated Nadal on clay court. The most recent clay-court contest between the two was in the French Open semi-finals last year. Djokovic retired due to injury after falling 2-0 behind. In the final of the Indian Wells Masters after the Australian Open, Nadal also defeated Djokovic and won the championship.
Today's Djokovic is still immature, while Nadal is known as the "King of Clay", so both tennis professionals and ordinary fans are almost unanimously optimistic about Nadal's victory.
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At the same time, at the General Administration of Sports, Director Liu has been received by a deputy director.
"Director, look, this is the calendar for the next three months. The blue one is the track and field competition schedule, and the green one is the tennis competition schedule. I marked the days when the track and field competition and the tennis competition are held at the same time in red. Yes. You see, several days overlap." Director Liu introduced.
The deputy director nodded without saying anything. After observing his words, Director Liu continued: "If it is an ordinary competition, it doesn't matter if our tennis center sacrifices something. After all, athletes go abroad to compete to bring glory to the country. There is no distinction between track and field and tennis." Each other, but the tennis Grand Slam competition is the most top event in the world, it is really a pity not to allow Zhang Guan to participate."
Director Liu secretly glanced at his notepad, and then continued: "You see, June 25th to July 8th is the time of Wimbledon Tennis Open, which is the most important Grand Slam in the world. During this period, there happened to be three competitions: the Athletics Federation Grand Prix Czech Station, the Athletics Federation Grand Prix Czech Station, and the Athletics Federation Golden League Paris Station. If the preparation time before and after is added, the Athletics Federation Grand Prix Czech Station and the Athletics Federation Grand Prix Czech Station You will also not be able to participate in the Grand Prix Lausanne race.”
The deputy director nodded silently, and Director Liu continued: "Look at the U.S. Tennis Open, which is from August 27 to September 9. During this period, there are the World Track and Field Championships, the Golden League Zurich Station, the Athletics Federation The Italian Grand Prix race is in conflict with the schedule again.”
"The World Athletics Championships can be considered a relatively important competition!" the deputy director said.
"You are right." Director Liu nodded, and then continued: "But no player in our country has participated in the men's singles competition at Wimbledon and the US Open. As long as Zhang Guan can appear at Wimbledon and the US Open, , which is equivalent to filling a gap for our country’s tennis!”
The deputy director narrowed his eyes slightly. The words "fill in the blank" obviously suited him very much.
These four words are indeed very powerful for those who pursue political achievements. However, Director Liu felt that it was not enough, so he decided to add another fire. Director Liu then said: "At the beginning of the year, Zhang Guan Won the Australian Open championship; now the French Open has also entered the semi-finals, with great hope of winning; if Zhang Guan can win Wimbledon and the US Open next, he will have achieved the full potential of tennis. Impaled!"
"Grand Slam?" The deputy director's eyes lit up. Of course he knew the meaning behind the tennis Grand Slam, so he then asked: "Is there a high hope for a Grand Slam?"
Director Liu immediately nodded: "I have great hope. If Zhang Guan can work harder at next year's Olympics, the Olympic champion will be the Golden Slam."
The deputy director was a little moved, but he was not fooled by Director Liu. Instead, he said: "You just said that Zhang Guan has entered the semi-finals of the French Open. Who will his next opponent be? How sure is he to win the French Open championship? Is it big?"
"Zhang Guan's opponent in the next match will be Federer." Director Liu said as he secretly looked at the deputy director. At this time, the deputy director's expression was a little frozen. He was obviously worried about whether Zhang Guan could defeat Federer. After all, Federer's reputation was so great. too big.
Director Liu immediately said: "In the Australian Open final at the beginning of the year, Zhang Guan won the championship by defeating Federer, and he beat Federer 3-0!"
The deputy director's expression suddenly relaxed a little. He thought for a few seconds and said, "Leave these documents with me for now! When we come to discuss them on Monday, the General Administration will discuss them first and then notify you!"
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On June 7, in the women's singles semi-finals, Sharapova lost to Ivanovic and stopped in the semi-finals. However, for Sharapova, who played with injuries, her results in the semi-finals have made her compare. Satisfied.
On June 8, the two men's singles semi-finals will also be decided at Philip Stadium.
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