"It's raining so heavily!" Zhang Guan looked helplessly at the sky.
Wimbledon is held during the rainy season in the UK, so it is normal to encounter rainy days. Fortunately, the rains in this season are mainly showers, and they come suddenly. It is often sunny and windy just now, and then it rains heavily in the blink of an eye. After the heavy rain, the sun shines on the earth again. Therefore, it is not uncommon in history for Wimbledon matches to be canceled due to rain.
Zhang Guan's match was arranged on Court No. 2, which was originally Wimbledon's Court No. 1. After the new Court No. 1 was built in 1997, it became Wimbledon's Court No. 2.
There is no rain shelter on the Wimbledon court. If it rains, the lawn must be covered. However, the retractable awning system is under construction, and based on the British project progress, it will not be completed until 2009.
Fortunately, the heavy rain came and stopped quickly. When the rain stopped, the sun shone brightly again.
As Zhang Guan's opponent, American veteran Kimmel Stober certainly hopes to win. Although the strength of the two sides is really quite different, Kimmel Stober is still looking forward to a miracle.
Zhang Guan took the lead to serve. The humidity from the rain made the grass at Wimbledon even more slippery. Zhang Guan's serve became even faster this time. Gimelstob even felt that he did not see the ball. Shadow, the tennis ball has already hit the ground and popped out of bounds.
"Such a fast serve! I didn't see the landing point clearly at all. Sure enough, Zhang Guan's heavy serve has been greatly improved on the grass court, and it has just rained on this court, so the ball will become faster. It's even harder to catch the ball." Gimelstob turned his head in disbelief, looked at the tennis ball still rolling on the ground, and confirmed that Zhang Guan had completed this serve.
"OUT!" The line referee's voice sounded, but Kimmel Stober's face showed joy.
"It's out of bounds, great! No matter how strong Zhang Guan is, he will still make mistakes. It is his first time to participate in Wimbledon and his first time on grass, so he will definitely be nervous. And this is the 'seed graveyard', Many seeded players cannot escape the fate of failure, maybe this can help me win the championship!" Kimmelstob seemed to see a glimmer of victory.
However, Zhang Guan raised his hand and signaled to the referee: "I want to challenge!"
When these words reached Gimelstob's ears, his mood instantly dropped from the high point like a roller coaster.
"How could I forget Zhang Guan's ability? Zhang Guan's success rate in challenging Hawkeye is 100%!" Kimmelstob shook his head helplessly.
Since the French Open is a clay court, the tennis ball will leave a ball mark after it hits the ground, so there is no need for Hawkeye to challenge the system. Naturally, Zhang Guan has never challenged Hawkeye in the French Open. This has made many people forget that Zhang Guan successfully challenged Hawkeye. The rate is 100%.
Wimbledon officially introduced Hawkeye technology for the first time this year, becoming the third Grand Slam tournament to introduce this technology after the US Open and Australian Open. Since this game is the opening match and the first goal, Zhang Guan’s This Hawkeye Challenge is also the first Hawkeye Challenge in the history of Wimbledon.
After hearing Zhang Guan's challenge request, the referee was slightly surprised for a second. Then he remembered that this year's Wimbledon had introduced the Hawk Eye challenge system. Then, at the referee's signal, the operator hurriedly pressed the Hawk Eye system. start button.
"Zhang Guan chose to challenge Hawkeye. This should be the first time in the history of Wimbledon to challenge Hawkeye. At the Australian Open at the beginning of this year, Zhang Guan once showed the audience that he was 100% successful in challenging Hawkeye, and now When we come to Wimbledon, Zhang Guan will show off his special ability again." The commentator said as the simulated image of the Hawkeye system appeared on the TV screen, which was an inbound ball.
"Sure enough, Zhang Guan's challenge was successful. The first Hawkeye challenge in Wimbledon's history ended in success. Now the referee of this game should feel a lot of pressure!" the commentator said with a smile.
Zhang Guan continued to serve. The first serve was still so fast and extreme, and the landing point was almost close to the sideline. Of course, this extreme serve also caused a first-server error, but Zhang Guan used the serve to hit the net in the second serve. The tactics used to make up for the mistake in the first serve and gave Kimmelstob a love-game in the first game.
"Zhang Guan leads Kimmelstob 1-0. I think this result is not beyond everyone's expectations. Now many experts are optimistic that Zhang Guan will win the Wimbledon championship. And with Zhang Guan's performance just now With his serving level, coupled with that beautiful serve to the net, it will be difficult for Gimelstob to break serve! Next is Gimelstob's serve, we can only wish him to keep his own The serve." The commentator's words already revealed his disdain for Gimelstob.
The second game was Gimelstob's serving game. Zhang Guan combined running tactics with strong attacks on the net, using running tactics to disrupt Gimelstob's rhythm and looking for opportunities to attack on the net. This seemingly extreme offensive style had very good results. It directly defeated Kimmelstob and Zhang Guan successfully broke serve.
"If I were ten years younger, I should have been able to catch the ball just now!" Kimmelstob shook his head, he was no longer in the mood to resist. The veteran couldn't keep up with Zhang Guan's offensive rhythm, and he once again had the idea of retiring in his heart.
The next game did indeed fall into the rhythm of Zhang Guan. In Zhang Guan's serving game, he only had to do two things, try to get an ACE ball on the first serve, and serve directly to the net on the second serve. Gimelstob was helpless against this tactic. In Kimmelstob's serve game, Zhang Guan's aggressive net play could easily turn the tide of the game.
"Zhang Guan's core tactic today seems to be to attack the net. His tactical choice is very correct. At Wimbledon, playing in front of the net is definitely the most powerful way." The commentator took a deep breath and continued: " Today's Zhang Guan seems to make me see the former world champion Sampras. Yes, this is simply Sampras' possession. I really didn't expect that in this era when baseline play is popular, there are still players with such outstanding skills. Pre-net technology!”
Zhang Guan finally successfully won his first Wimbledon match. The score of 6-1/6-2/6-0 showed that he won very easily.
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"Sampras' stunt returns at Wimbledon, will he be the next Wimbledon King?" 》
In the first round of the men's singles match at Wimbledon that ended this afternoon, Zhang Guan, the third seed in the tournament, easily defeated American player Kimmelstowe with a score of 6-1/6-2/6-0. Bo, this result did not exceed everyone's expectations before the game. It is natural for the third seed to defeat the unseeded player, but in this game, Zhang Guan showed amazing net skills. This net skills are simply amazing. Just like Sampras twenty years ago, in games we can often see the classic "Sampras style" backhand return of serve with a straight push, or the highly concealed backspin cutting return of serve. This forced Gimelstob to actively run back and forth between the two opposite corners to catch the ball, and what followed was the same "Sampras-style" volley in front of the net... This tactic is really amazing. People miss it! We seem to have seen Sampras return to the Wimbledon court again! Zhang Guan has perfectly inherited Sampras’ playing style. Will he be the next Wimbledon king? It seems that it is only a matter of time before Zhang Guan wins the Wimbledon championship. Perhaps in two weeks, we will be able to see him win the Challenger Cup for the Wimbledon championship!
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