In the US Open semifinal, Sharapova's opponent was French Amelie Mauresmo
In the latest ranking announced by WTA, Mauresmo ranked first. This year's Mauresmo is in very good shape. In the three Grand Slam events that ended before, Mauresmo has won the Australian Open and Wimbledon.
Sharapova had played against Mauresmo three times before, but there was no victory, so Mauresmo still had a psychological advantage, but after the game began, Sharapova used Mauresmo to slowly warm-up. She used an extremely aggressive play to target Amelie Mauresmo. As a result, Mauresmo lost her serve three times in a row, losing the first set game 0-6, and was shaved by Sharapova.
After the second set started, Mauresmo began to find her state, and in the tenth round, she broke free successfully, pulling back a set 6-4.
In the third set of the decisive game, Sharapova played out. The first game was successfully broken, and the second game was successfully guaranteed. Then the third game was successfully broken again, and then the success was guaranteed. Mauresmo, who was 0-4 behind, had a psychological problem. As a result, she lost two games in a row and lost this set with a 0-6. At the same time, she also lost the entire game.
Sharapova successfully advanced to the final. In the other semi-final, Henin defeated Jankovic, so Sharapova will play against Henin in the final.
In the record of the match between the two, Henin took advantage of 5 wins and 1 loss, and in this year's Australian Open, Sharapova was eliminated by Henin. This year's Henin is also in good shape. She has successfully entered the finals of the four Grand Slams. Although Henin lost to Mauricemo in the finals of the Australian Open and Wimbledon, she defeated Kuznetzo in the French Open and won the championship.
In the US Open final, Sharapova and Henin had a first set match. Sharapova broke twice and Henin broke once. In the end, Sharapova broke another opponent's service game and was the first, to go to the next set.
In the second set, the first six rounds, the two sides successfully defended each other, but in the seventh round, Henin made several mistakes. Sharapova took the opportunity continuously and Henin eventually lost the serving game. The score was 4-3. Each person kept a serving game. In the tenth game, Sharapova succeeded in serving and won again with a 6-4 victory. This also means that Sharapova defeated Henin with a total score of 2-0 and won the current US Open championship.
This is Sharapova's first US Open championship and Sharapova's second Grand Slam championship. After winning at Wimbledon in 2004, the 19-year-old girl once again won the Grand Slam US Open championship trophy.
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Corona Park, Flushing Prairie, Queens, New York.
This park was established in 1939, and the iconic globe is located here. After more than half a century of development, it has become a well-known leisure and entertainment park with complete facilities, including a tennis center, Citi Field, New York Science Museum, Queens Museum of Art, Queens Theater, Queens Wildlife Center, etc.
Today, the US Open Charity Day will be held here. At the tennis center in the park, a lot of spectators have gathered, most of them are Chinese. Some of them are tennis fans. Some came here to see the style of Sharapova and Li Na, but more people wanted to see who would win the championship.
Now Zhang Guan's influence in the world is far above that of Sharapova, not to mention that Flushing was originally a Chinese gathering area in New York, and Zhang Guan can naturally attract Chinese residents nearby.
The organizer specially arranged a tennis mixed doubles match for the Charity Day promotion. The two parties were Sharapova, Zhang Guan, Li Na, and Jiang Shan.
They said it wasn't a competition, it is just a show game. After all, charitable activities cannot allow athletes to shoot the whole game with real swords and guns. The rules refer to the tie-break system.
In the athletes 'preparation area, Sharapova handed the racket to Zhang Guan, and then asked with some uneasiness," You should understand the rules! They serve one ball first, we serve two balls, and then they serve two, another one of us then serve, and so on... "
"Relax, I understand, we have a saying in China, haven't eaten pork and haven't seen pigs run!" Zhang Guan replied in Chinese-style English while smiling.
"Pork? Pig run?" Sharapova pondered for a few seconds before she realized Zhang Guan's consciousness, then made a face at Zhang Guan and said, "You are a pig!"
Zhang Guan smiled and tried the racket in his hand, and he felt quite handy. Then he entered the system and found the skill bar.
"Skill: iron arm, increase the strength of both arms: learned! Skill: move left and right: learned! And move back and forth, also learned! Can these two skills be synthesized? Synthesis!..." Zhang Guan generally learned several master-level skills which cost a dozen skill points.
"In front of Maria, I can't embarrass myself! But it seems like I spent a lot..." Zhang Guan suddenly felt a little vanity, and it was a waste to spend so many skill points at once.
"Although it's quite wasteful, after learning these skills, I can practice with Maria in the future, so it seems worthwhile!" Zhang Guan forcibly made an excuse for himself and comforted the stingy little heart.
At the same time, not far away, Li Na and Jiang Shan were also preparing.
"Don't forget what I told you last night, go easy on Zhang Guan!" Li Na told Jiang Shan, "Zhang Guan is not a professional tennis player after all, and may not even reach the level of amateurism. Although Sharapova is powerful, no matter how powerful, it is impossible to win against two people. For this charity exhibition, it is not good to shave others."
"Relax, I didn't forget, I'll let them have a few points. I think you should act with your eyes." Jiang Shan said with confidence, "It's been a long time since I was paired with you, and my hands are a little bit alive."
Jiang Shan is also a professional athlete and has won the Mixed Doubles Championship of the National Games. Although he is not strong enough to participate in the ATP Grand Slam tournament and has retired for a long time, he has been engaged in tennis coaching and his skills are not new. What's more important was that Jiang Shan had been paired with Li Na in mixed doubles, and also, they were husband and wife. The cooperation between them was even better than the average mixed doubles players.
Zhang Guan is a track and field athlete, so his tennis strength is naturally not as good as that of professional athlete Jiang Shan, so in this game, it Sharapova's one against two. Also, the double is a test of coordination. Zhang Guan, a layman who appears in the doubles, will not only be unhelpful but also likely to be behind.
Therefore, in the eyes of Li and her husband, the strength gap between the two sides is too great, and there is no suspense in the victory and defeat of this exhibition game. If they don't give up points, Zhang Guan and Sharapova may not get one point on their side.
Finally, in the cheers and applause of the live game, the athletes of both sides stepped onto the field.
Jiang Shan took the lead and Sharapova received the ball.
Jiang Shan served a very ordinary ball with a textbook-like serving posture. The ball did not have any rotation, the speed was not fast, and the landing point was also very good.
Sharapova easily returned the ball to Li Na's side without too much force, and Li Na raised her hand and returned the ball to Sharapova, then Sharapova returned the ball to Li Na, then Li Na will return to Sharapova...
Sharapova and Li seemed to be warming up, hitting each other's ball serve, and returning the ball. Zhang Guan and Jiang Shan simply stood there, staring at the performance of the two female players.
For exhibition games, of course, you need to play a few tacit balls first.
The two played back and forth for four or five beats, which was the first warm-up, and then Sharapova took the lead in changing. She hung a diagonally back posture and returned the ball to Jiang Shan. Although the strength of this ball is average, it still carries some upswing. For tennis players, topspin is the most common way to return the ball.
Sharapova had already told Zhang Guan before the game that Jiang Shan was a professional tennis player and was very good at playing mixed doubles, so Sharapova added a topspin to the ball and she was not worried that Jiang Shan would receive it.
An ordinary topspin that is not fast, of course, is not difficult to reach for Jiang Shan, but at this time, Li Na suddenly coughed twice at Jiang Shan, Jiang Shan immediately understood, this is to ask him to let the ball go, so Jiang Shan returned the ball to Zhang Guan's side.
In terms of the quality of the return, the return is very poor, and the opponent can easily intercept it in front of the net. Of course, this was intentional by Jiang Shan. He deliberately made a good shot for Zhang Guan, letting Zhang Guan take the first point first.
Zhang Guan did not miss this opportunity, directly played a tennis volley in a tricky angle. Jiang Shan and Li Na didn't try to receive the ball, so it was a point for Zhang Guan.
The score of this tiebreaker became 1-0, and then Zhang Guan served.
"I don't know how good Zhang Guan's serve is. He should be able to serve successfully. If his double serve fails, his face will not look good. Even if the serving quality is not good for a while, I will help him adjust it properly." Li Na thought silently that she was still worried about Zhang Guan's successful serve.
Zhang Guan started to serve, he threw the tennis ball into the air, and his body also made a serving posture.
"The height of the tossing is just right, and the posture is also very standard. It is quite good to have this serving posture at an amateur level! It seems that the ball serve had a feeling that was similar to that of European and American athletes serving, which should have been taught by Sharapova." While silently commenting in her heart, she also took a peek at Sharapova.
At the next moment, a yellow shadow flew by Li Na's side suddenly, and she couldn't even react without the attention, and the tennis ball had already flown by.
"ACE!" "2-0"
"What! How fast is this serve! I haven't reacted yet!" Li Na looked back at the tennis ball that had rolled behind him. As a professional tennis player, she immediately judged that the speed of this ball must exceed 200 kilometers per hour.
Serving speeds over 200 kilometers per hour is extremely rare even in the Grand Slam men's competition. As a female player, it is almost impossible to catch a service over 200 kilometers per hour.
Jiang Shan also showed an incredible face. As a professional tennis coach, of course, he can see that Zhang Guan's serve will not be easy to receive by others even in a Grand Slam match. The level, even after receiving this serve, certainly does not have any quality of reception.
"How come this serve is so fast! I don't know if there any famous grand slam serve? Zhang Guan is a track and field athlete who was able to serve such a ball, it should be a coincidence..."