Among professional tennis players, Nadal's physical fitness can be regarded as one of the best. In normal competitions, Nadal has never considered the issue of physical strength.
Tennis is not a very strenuous sport. In the same exercise time, basketball and football require greater physical exertion than tennis. Even in badminton, which has a smaller venue, the distance the players move in the same time is greater than that of tennis. Tennis. Coupled with the rest when serving and changing venues, a tennis match of more than two hours does not put a lot of physical pressure on the players. Just imagine if it is basketball or football, if the players are asked to play for more than two hours continuously, they will definitely fall down from exhaustion. However, tennis players can still face the end with a smile after the game, which also illustrates this point from the side.
But today's game is a little different. It often lasts for ten or twenty beats, and there are more than thirty ties. What's more important is that both sides are running non-stop. Although the game is going on for a while. hours, but in fact the physical consumption of athletes is similar to that of a two-hour game.
It is normal for a tennis match to last two hours. A tennis player has enough physical strength to last for two hours, let alone Nadal, who is known for his physical strength. But if the consumption of two hours is compressed into one hour, what will happen? It's completely different. For example, if an ordinary person runs 1,000 meters, if he is asked to finish it in 8 minutes, it will be very easy, and there will be no physical exertion. When he reaches the end, his face will not be red, and his heart will not beat; but if he is asked to finish it in 4 minutes, then You definitely need to work hard to run, and you usually feel tired when you reach the finish line.
Now Nadal is encountering the same situation. The usual two hours of physical energy consumption is compressed into one hour. As the game time goes by, the speed of physical energy consumption is also increasing, and Nadal's body begins to show signs of damage. Some symptoms of fatigue. The first thing that appeared was that his explosive power had declined, so his running seemed to be half a beat slower. In fact, Nadal's reactions were still agile, but his tired body began to be unable to keep up with the rhythm.
In the next shot, Nadal still served very well and ran very actively after the first tee shot. However, after more than ten shots, fatigue struck again. He was suppressed by Zhang Guan continuously and then lost the shot.
The two sides ended the first set with a score of 7-5, and Zhang Guan won. The match took a total of 1 hour and 10 minutes, and there was no special pause in the middle. It could be described as a very long match. But the game was not boring, and it was a fierce game with no urine points at all.
It was just that the result of the first set made many spectators unable to accept it for a while. Their "King of Clay" Nadal actually lost the first set first. Fortunately, this is a best-of-five-set match, and losing the first set is not fatal to Nadal. In usual games, Nadal has had too many comeback experiences when falling behind 1-0.
During the short break between the two sets, Nadal sat on a courtside chair, wiped the sweat from his head with a towel, and drank some water. Only then did he feel the slightest soreness in the muscles of his legs.
People often don't feel muscle fatigue when they continue to exercise. Once they take a rest, their bodies feel very heavy and they don't even want to move. This is the case with Nadal now. He is very excited during the game and can't feel it. Tiredness, and once you stop to rest, that feeling of fatigue will appear immediately.
"I'm a little tired. I've just played a set, how can I feel tired?" Nadal looked at the clock on the wall and realized that this set had lasted for more than an hour.
"It turns out that I have been playing continuously for so long. It seems that I have never played such a long game before! No wonder I feel tired." Nadal rubbed the muscles of his legs, hoping that the soreness would subside as soon as possible and would not affect him. After the performance, he also looked at Zhang Guan on the other side.
"I feel tired already. I think Zhang Guan is about the same as me. He must be tired too! It feels like Zhang Guan runs as frequently as me, and his height and weight are both higher than mine. So after all, He will definitely consume more energy than me, and I still have an advantage in terms of physical reserves!" Nadal thought of this, and the depressing feeling of losing in the first set disappeared. He felt that as long as he continued to persevere, he would Can win.
At this time, Zhang Guan's situation was indeed as Nadal expected, and his physical strength was also consumed a lot.
"If you run at a constant speed, the physical exertion may be less, but when playing tennis, you always have to accelerate and stop, which consumes even more physical energy! If you continue to consume like this, you won't be able to run for a while." Zhang Guan drank a bottle of stamina potion without hesitation, and suddenly felt full of strength.
However, the fatigue that originally occurs in muscles due to exercise cannot be alleviated by physical strength potions. This is a physiological necessity, just like birth, old age, illness and death. There are no props in the system that can solve this problem. So now, although Zhang Guan has plenty of physical strength, he still feels tired.
When people are tired, their physical strength will always be consumed faster, which means that the physical strength that Zhang Guangang has replenished now will be consumed faster than just now.
"I have to be more proactive!" Zhang Guan looked at the countdown display board on the side of the court. There was still less than a few dozen seconds of countdown time, so he picked up the racket and walked onto the court again.
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At the beginning of the second set, the two players were still running non-stop. After the short rest just now, Nadal's physical strength has recovered. At least in the first six games, there were no physical problems. The two sides also maintained their respective serve games. The score of 3-3 showed that this was still a close game. A close battle.
But in the next two games, Nadal's physical strength once again restricted his movement. Although Nadal finally succeeded in keeping his serve, his game was not as smooth as it was at the beginning of the second game.
At the end of the eight games, the score was tied at 4-4. Unknowingly, the two sides ran continuously for more than 20 minutes.
Start, explode, stop suddenly, hit the ball, start again, explode again, stop suddenly, hit the ball again... The two players on the field try their best, but in this rhythmic sport, once one of them cannot keep up with the rhythm, It means losing.
Nadal gritted his teeth, running very hard and maintaining a high rhythm. He did not dare to relax at all, because once he relaxed, it meant that he might lose the game.
At the same time, Nadal was silently praying that Zhang Guanhui would suddenly be exhausted and unable to keep up with such a fast-paced game.
In Zhang Guan's heart, he was also waiting for Nadal to be the first to run out of energy, and to be the first to fail to keep up with the fast pace of the game.
Gradually, Nadal's rhythm slowed down slightly. Although it was not obvious, Zhang Guan on the opposite side felt this for the first time.
"Nadal has slowed down! His physical strength cannot continue to maintain such a high explosive rate! This is a good opportunity, take advantage of now and win this set in one fell swoop!" Zhang Guan used another one for himself. Bottle of stamina potion.
The next moment, a lively Zhang Guan appeared in front of Nadal.
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