The score reached 40-0, and Nadal held three game points and looked like a sure winner. But on the next ball, Nadal made a double fault. For Nadal, who holds three game points, he has the capital to try his best to serve. Even if he makes a mistake on the first serve, he still dares to hit a high-quality serve on the second ball. However, the fight was a little too fierce, resulting in a double fault.
The score became 40-15. On the next ball, Nadal finally chose a conservative serve after making a mistake in his first serve. After Zhang Guan received the serve, Nadal obviously wanted to hit a more extreme placement, but the result was that he swiped the ball hard and hung it. After hitting the net, Zhang Guan recovered another goal and the score became 40-30. In the subsequent ball, Nadal made a low-quality chip shot and was caught by Zhang Guan. Zhang Guan chased three goals in a row to equalize the score.
Originally, Nadal still held three game points, but in the blink of an eye, the score became 40-40, which made Nadal even more anxious. On the next ball, Zhang Guan hit a big forehand with his backhand sideways. Diagonally, this shot was very difficult and somewhat unexpected by Nadal. Nadal tried to hit a through ball, but unfortunately the ball went out of bounds. Zhang Guan took the lead to get the break point.
Losing four goals in a row had a great impact on Nadal. This is not a clay court that he is good at, and he is not dominant in terms of strength, so he is not as calm as he was at the French Open. For the next ball, Nadal eagerly chose to attack, but he made a mistake when pressing the ball under the high point of the baseline. Zhang Guan also broke serve in the second game. Temporarily leading 2-0.
In the next third game, Zhang Guan stepped up his active attack and mobilized Nadal to run left and right, playing a love-game and leading Zhang Guan 3-0. Then in the fourth game, Nadal began to use high spin. A forehand return. Although this kind of ball is not as effective as the French Open, it is still a "Nadal turn" after all, and it still has a certain degree of lethality. In this game, Nadal successfully kept his serve and finally regained it. One round.
Zhang Guan was not to be outdone. He served twice consecutively to the net and an ACE ball in his own service game. He won three match points at 40-0. Nadal succeeded with a two-handed backhand through ball, and the score was 40-15. However, Zhang Guan served and scored on the next ball, successfully holding serve. The score at this time was 4-1, and Nadal's serve came next.
Nadal had good luck with his first three serves and scored three points in a row, but his fourth ball return unfortunately hit the net. Zhang Guan chased the score to 15-40. At this time, Nadal remembered the moment when he had three game points and was overturned, and he chose a stable play style.
"Nadal chose to play it safe, what a good opportunity!" Zhang Guan hit a small ball in a counterattack. The ball was sudden and Nadal obviously did not expect it. Nadal rushed to the net and caught the ball with a challenge, which also gave Zhang Guan the opportunity to press the ball in front of the net. Next, Zhang Guan walked to the receiving position and scored a point with a high-pressure ball, making the score 30-40.
Nadal still held a game point and continued to serve. After a few shots, Zhang Guan found an opportunity again and released another small ball.
"Are you releasing the ball again? The same move, do you think it will work for me?" Nadal was well prepared this time. He seemed to have been waiting for Zhang Guan to release the ball and then fight back.
However, Zhang Guan chose another way to hit the ball. He aimed at the baseline and hit a small diagonal pass, which landed just behind Nadal.
"No, it hit me behind!" Nadal tried his best to chase, but still couldn't catch up. He could only watch the tennis ball pop out of bounds.
"40-40, draw! Just now Nadal had three game points, but in the blink of an eye he was equalized by Zhang Guan. This seemed to be a replica of the first game, but the difference was that it was Zhang Guan who "It's Nadal's serve, and now it's Nadal's serve. If Nadal cares about being broken, he may lose the whole set," the commentator said.
Being chased from 40-0 to 40-40, Nadal was already a little panicked. In this case, he once again made a first-serve error, and his second serve was also broken by Zhang Guan. The result of this game was that Zhang Guan, after falling behind 0-40, chased five balls in a row and broke serve again.
With a score of 5-1, the next game was Zhang Guan's serve again. There is no doubt that Zhang Guan successfully maintained serve and fixed the first set at 6-1.
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In the CCTV studio, the guest commentator invited today is still Director Su.
"Nadal played too impatiently. He was always eager to attack and wanted to get a break point. However, this style of play resulted in more mistakes and gave Zhang Guan more opportunities. Now 6-1 The score fully illustrates this point." Director Su said.
The commentator next to him immediately responded: "Yes, in my usual impression, Nadal has always been a player with a relatively stable playing style. He is more accustomed to looking for opportunities to counterattack in a stable defense. Today's Nadal, They completely gave up on the steady style of play that they were best at in the past, and instead chose to attack aggressively.”
"Zhang Guan's performance in this Wimbledon was too strong. Even Federer, who won four consecutive Wimbledon titles, was easily defeated by Zhang Guan. I think Nadal did this because he had absolutely no hope of winning with his regular style of play. It’s your choice.” Director Su continued: “Perhaps Zhang Guan will easily defeat Nadal in the next game.”
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The strength of the first set made Nadal realize that his aggressive style of play not only failed to bring him victory, but actually made him lose more completely.
"I originally wanted to try to choose a strong attack and win the game unexpectedly, but I didn't expect that the loss would be worse. It seems that I should not choose a style of play that I am not very familiar with." Nadal shook his head and decided Return to the original style of play and use the tactics he is most familiar with to deal with Zhang Guan.
In the second set, Nadal's serving quality improved, and he also began to use the baseline playing style that he is good at. The effect of this was quite good. At least in the first six games, Nadal and Zhang Guan ended in a 3-. 3 square meters.
The baseline play is not completely unworkable on grass courts. With the development of tennis, more and more players have begun to use the baseline play on grass courts. For example, in the 2013 Wimbledon final, Murray and De Both Jokovic and Jokovic used baseline play. However, this is also related to the decline of net play. When most players have become baseline players, naturally fewer people use net play at Wimbledon.
Now Nadal is using the baseline style of play, which is his best style of play.
"The effect of using the baseline method is pretty good. I ran more aggressively and should be able to delay this set to the tie-break. When the tie-break is reached, I will have a chance. I really have a chance to win the game. !" Nadal thought silently, and the expectation of victory rose in his heart.
However, in the next game, Nadal's newly ignited hope was ruthlessly extinguished by Zhang Guan, who broke serve again.
"Aha, Zhang Guan once again broke serve. The score is now 4-3, and next is Zhang Guan's serve. It seems that Zhang Guan will win this game easily!"
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