Rochus was sitting on the side of the court, his face was as somber as the sky before the typhoon.
For a professional tennis player, losing a game is not terrible. What is terrible is not knowing how he lost.
In the Australian Open game, the men's project adopted a five-set, three-win system, so losing the first set is only a slight disadvantage for the players, which is still an acceptable thing.
"I just lost one set, and then I can come back three consecutive sets, the victory is still mine!" Rochus clenched his fists tightly, and then thought, "I didn't seem to have anything in the previous game. Too many mistakes and the tactics I used are no problem, so how did I lose?"
"There should be two reasons. First, I didn't understand Zhang Guan, so I was caught off guard by him. Second, maybe it was because, in the previous set, Zhang Guan had better luck. Players can't always have good luck. As long as I firmly implement my tactics, the next game will win!"
In tennis competitions, coaches are not allowed to guide the players, even if they are shouting from the seats, they may be ejected by the referees. Therefore, tennis players must have the ability to analyze the game independently and adjust the tactics according to the situation. Of course, this ability can also be regarded as a kind of game experience.
At this time, Rochus did not realize that his game experience is not as good as Zhang Guan. He did not even think in that direction. A man with eight years of game experience and a men's doubles Grand Slam champion player, how can they think that their game experience is not as good as a rookie who played for the first time?
After a short break, the two teams started the second set.
Rochus still carried out the tactics of the previous set unwaveringly, dragged the game into the long set, and then defeated Zhang Guan with his own experience.
In the first game of the second set, with Rochus' serve, his tactics seemed to work, and he had a 30-0 advantage at the beginning. However, Zhang Guan suddenly exerted his strength, relying on his strong mobile ability, forcibly surfing the serve for two consecutive times, without allowing Rochus to delay the game, and the score became 30-30.
Rochus's tactic is to drag the game into the long market and to achieve this goal, Rochus will choose a stable style of play. The more stable the game, the fewer mistakes, and the more difficult the opponent will find opportunities, so more will be easier to extend the number of rounds of the game.
Zhang Guan quickly understood Rochus's tactical intentions, and coach Joyce had coached Zhang Guan before the game. In the face of this protracted play, there are two conventional ways to win, one method is compared with the opponent. His patience has to be better than opponents; another way to win is to use very unrestrained play and forcefully create opportunities.
Zhang Guan chose the latter method. Although Zhang Guan will not lose to Rochus if he is more patient, the longer the game, the more rounds, the more his technique is leaked, and at the same time the easier it is to be studied by opponents. Zhang Guan is participating in a formal tennis match for the first time. For other players, Zhang Guan is still an unknown number, so quick battle and quick decision, and end the game as soon as possible, to avoid spilling too much strength, is in Zhang Guan's interests.
Zhang Guan set the score to 30-30, the two sides evenly divided, it sounds like evenly matched, but this is Rochus' serve, a tie means Rochus is at a disadvantage.
The next ball, when Rochus returned the ball, Zhang Guan once again chose the front-pressure type of catch, still very fast movement speed, still a very fierce blow.
"30-40!" Zhang Guan took the lead for the first time in this round.
Rochus gritted his teeth in exasperation. He was not the kind of player with a fierce style of play. What he was best at was mobility. But when he faced a player with more mobility than him, he suddenly felt that he was so powerless.
Subsequently, Rochus was once again broken by Zhang Guan's serve.
In the second game, Zhang Guan still managed to secure his serve, and in the third game, Rochus finally kept his serve for the first time.
In the next four games, neither Zhang Guan nor Rochus completed the break. At this time, the score in the second set came to 5-3, and Zhang Guan temporarily led.
At this time, Zhang Guan won two counts, and for Rochus, his serve must be kept, otherwise, he will lose the second set. But even if Rochus kept his serve, in the next serve of Zhang Guan, Rochus must still finish the break, so that the games in the second set will continue, and with the service level of Zhang Guan, Rochus wanted to complete the break, which is almost an impossible task.
"It's Zhang Guan's serve again in the next game. His ball speed is so fast. It is not easy to control the landing point when receiving the serve. How can I break his serve game?" Rochus began to think.
But Zhang Guan immediately told Rochus that he didn't need to think about how to break because Rochus didn't keep his serve.
At the end of the second set, Zhang Guan finally won the second set with a score of 6-3.
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In a five-set, three-win game, if you lose one set, you can still accept; if you lose two sets and win one set, the one lagging will also feel better, but to lose two sets to let the opponent get a match point, the mood of the laggards will be completely different.
"What's going on? How could this be? I lost two sets in a row! I lost two sets to a track and field player! I was broken twice in the last set! What the hell is going on? Why is this happening? Is Zhang Guan stronger than me?"
This idea flashed from Rochus's heart and was then magnified infinitely like a prairie fire.
"Impossible, Zhang Guan is a tennis rookie. How could I not even beat a rookie! How could my strength not even be a rookie? Zhang Guan relies on the sponsor's wild card to stand in this field. A sponsored foreign card player, how could I not be as good as him!"
Rochus tried to convince himself for various reasons, but when he remembered Zhang Guan's high-speed serve and Zhang Guan's powerful mobility, the reasons he looked for were all so pale and weak. In the face of hard power, what is the use of objective reasons?
Rochus' mentality has reached the brink of collapse.
Then in the first game of the third set, Zhang Guan's serve.
"Catch, you must catch the ball! No, I still have to break. As long as I can complete a break, the advantage will come back to me!" Rochus' standard reveals persistence and perseverance.
"Whoosh!" The tennis rushed over, and Rochus immediately reached out the racket to block, before stopping the yellow ball shadow flew by.
"Blocked!" Rochus swung swiftly and returned the ball, but he felt unusually light, and he didn't feel the tennis ball touching the racket at all.
"What's going on?" Rochus turned his head to look away. There was no ball on his racket, and tennis had already popped out of bounds.
At the moment just now, Rochus did not stop the tennis ball, all he stopped was the illusion left by the tennis ball as it passed.
"217 kilometers! My goodness, the service speed is over 210 kilometers per hour, and it is already close to 220 kilometers! There is no way to get it! Zhang Guan has also issued a serve over 200 kilometers per hour, which is a super heavy gun!" While the voice of the narrator's excitement sounded, endless exclamations and shouts came from the audience.
Rochus looked at the score on the display card, his expression froze for a moment.
"This serve is faster than before. The original Zhang Guan's serve can be faster! Even at this speed, I can't guarantee that I can return the ball to the circle. What should I do? Can I even win?"
At this moment, Rochus finally collapsed.