The battle between Zhang Guan and Murray has begun at the National Tennis Center.
"The arc of this ball is really low, isn't Murray afraid of hitting the net?" Zhang Guan thought silently in his heart.
Murray's hitting arc was extremely low. It can be said that Zhang Guan encountered the one with the lowest hitting arc among famous players. Zhang Guan thought the ball would go down the net several times, but in the end the tennis ball still missed the net and flew over.
Murray also moves very fast, so his defensive ability is also outstanding, but the quality of defending the ball is relatively average. As coach Zhang analyzed before, Murray's defense is a dead-end defense. Constantly wearing down the opponent's patience and waiting for the opponent to make mistakes.
Murray also knew that Zhang Guan had to participate in the track and field competition in the evening, so he hoped for a quick victory, so Murray also targeted this and played slowly, as if he was not seeking merit but seeking no faults.
In the first set of the match, both sides started a little cautiously, obviously testing each other. After each secured serve, the score was tied at 1-1. Then Murray began to procrastinate, and from time to time he would use far-reaching summation and point control to disrupt the rhythm of the game, waiting for an opportunity to launch a surprise attack.
In the first set, the two sides entered a tie-break. In the tie-break, Murray had a 4-2 lead and switched sides. However, he made errors in volleying and receiving the serve in the final stage, which led to him regretfully losing 5-7. The first game.
After a set of competition, Zhang Guan had basically figured out Murray's playing style. At the beginning of the second set, Zhang Guan took advantage of Murray's loose play and took advantage of the situation to break serve.
The semifinals of the Olympic Games were also a best-of-three-set format. Zhang Guan had already won the first set before, and now broke serve in the second set. Murray even had a premonition that he was about to lose.
"Another 227-kilometer serve, Zhang Guan is still as strong as ever!" Murray looked at the ball speed monitor on the sidelines with helplessness written on his face.
Murray knows that this is a gap in strength, and the gap is not even a little bit. Although he is known as the "master tactician" in the tennis world, he is powerless in the face of this gap in strength.
The second set could be said to be a crushing match. Murray finally could not resist Zhang Guan's powerful attack. Zhang Guan successfully won the second set 6-2 and successfully advanced to the finals.
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The game had just ended when reporters swarmed in.
"Zhang Guan, tell us about this game!" a reporter asked.
Zhang Guan thought for a while and said: "This game consumed a lot of my energy. Now I do feel a little tired. In fact, I also felt very confused during the game. I don't know if I can win the whole game in the end. You all Seeing Murray perform very well, I was completely shocked by his performance. The game was difficult, but in the end I persevered. Now that I have reached the men's singles final, I am very happy."
"Tired? I see that you are obviously full of energy. Is it difficult to compete? Murray was almost turned into a dog by you in the second set!" A foreign reporter couldn't help complaining in his heart.
"Zhang Guan, let's look forward to the upcoming finals!" Another reporter asked.
"I have only one goal, and that is to win the championship. No matter who it is, no one can stop me from winning the championship!" Zhang Guan said resolutely.
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For people who don’t usually pay much attention to tennis, Zhang Guan’s victory over Murray is probably just an Olympic semi-final victory, which can at least win a medal; but for tennis fans, Zhang Guan’s victory over Murray means that he can enter the Olympic tennis competition. In the final, he was not just a silver medal, he was only one step away from the Golden Slam of tennis.
The Golden Slam requires the gathering of the four Grand Slam tennis champions and the Olympic tennis champion. Although the Golden Slam only has one more Olympic champion than the Grand Slam, the four Grand Slam competitions are held every year, and the Olympic Games are It is held every four years. It is considered too much for a player to participate in three Olympic Games in his career, so the difficulty of the Golden Slam is much higher than that of the Grand Slam.
Among the current men's singles players, only Andrew Agassi has won the Golden Slam, but there are six people who have won the Grand Slam. If Zhang Guan can win in the Olympic finals, he will become the second person in history. Male athletes who have won the Golden Slam.
During the Olympic Games, people may only be interested in Olympic gold medals and ignore the Golden Slam, but the Tennis Center will not let go of this great publicity opportunity. The staff in charge of publicity at the Tennis Center had already written the manuscript and would publish it as soon as possible after Zhang Guan defeated Murray.
"Zhang Guan is only one step away from the Golden Slam!" 》
Under the leadership of the publicity department, this article quickly occupied the headlines of the sports section or the Olympic section of major media. It also made people who follow the Olympics learn about the Golden Slam, and many people started discussing it on the Internet. this matter.
"I just learned that there is a Golden Slam in tennis. The four Grand Slams plus the Olympic championship sound awesome!"
"As long as Zhang Guan can win the championship in the final, he can win the Golden Slam. This should be the highest honor in tennis!"
"The Golden Slam of tennis. Two years ago, I wouldn't have dared to think that our country's players could win the Golden Slam!"
"Zhang Guan is awesome. Some people said before that Zhang Guan participated in several events and might not even win a gold medal. This time those people must be dumbfounded!"
"You are invincible with your crown, and you will win with your crown!"
Honors can obviously give people a sense of satisfaction, and the Olympics can bring people a sense of national honor. However, there are hundreds of events in the Olympics, and there are hundreds of gold medals. When gold medals come one after another, although it is very exciting , but it will inevitably make people numb. The first gold medal may be remembered as the process of winning the championship, the second gold medal may be remembered as the name of the champion, the third gold medal may be remembered as the event of the competition, the fourth, fifth, fifth... Perhaps in the end, all that can be remembered is a number.
So at this time, some other ingredients need to be added to it, such as how miserable the gold medal winner's family is, how much pain the gold medal winner has experienced, etc. However, these lace-like condiments are obviously not as capable of attracting public attention as topics like the Golden Slam. Even though Zhang Guan still has a tennis final to play, people's expectations for the Golden Slam have already reached their peak.
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National Sport Stadium.
Athletes participating in the 1,500-meter preliminaries walked out of the tunnel one after another.
"Hey, long time no see, Iguide!" A voice suddenly sounded, and Iguide, a player from Morocco, looked back and saw Kenyan player Kiprop coming over.
Morocco is a strong middle-distance running country, and Igueid is considered the leader in Morocco's middle-distance running events. But the Kenyan Kiprop who spoke is the strongest 1,500-meter middle-distance runner in Africa. Moreover, Kiprop is the second favorite to win the 1,500-meter event in this Olympics after Bahrain's Ramzi.
Kiprop stepped forward and said: "Iguide, I have seen the competition groupings. Your group is quite strong. South Africa's Deventer, Britain's Baddeley, but They are all in your group, and there is also Zhang Guan! He is the king of track and field! How about it, are you worried that you won't be able to qualify?"
"King of track and field? Humph! A king of track and field who competes in the Olympics by relying on the Olympic B standard?" Igueid laughed disdainfully: "Kiprop, stop joking. In the 1500-meter event, Zhang Guan won the Olympic A Even if he can’t get into the bid, he might be able to enter the second round, so he should be thankful!”
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