On the third day of the Australian Open, in addition to the second round of the men's singles and women's singles, the first round of the women's doubles officially began later this day.
On the third matchday, there was still no big upset. From the score point of view, several top players have gradually found the feeling of the game. Of the three golden flowers that the national team postponed, two of them defeated their opponents and were promoted.
On the fourth competition day, the second round of men's singles and women's singles is still in progress, and Zhang Guan and Sharapova will also debut on this day.
On this day, Rod Laver Stadium and Vodafone Stadium are scheduled for five games. Rod Laver Stadium has three men's singles and two women's singles, while Vodafone Stadium has three women's singles and two men's singles.
After Sharapova's first round of competition, she spat out bitter water to the media, all kinds of complaints about the hot weather, so the Australian Open organizers arranged Sharapova's game in the last game, and the venue was adjusted to Vodafone Stadium. Under normal circumstances, according to a game for two to three hours, except for the lunch break, the fifth game will be held in the evening and even at night, at which by then the temperature will drop a lot. This is also a privilege of the top seed of women's singles.
Zhang Guan's game was scheduled for the fourth game, which was the MCA Stadium, the third-largest stadium in the Australian Open.
Today, MCA stadium has arranged a total of four games, three men's singles and one women's singles, the previous games ended quickly, the scores of both men's singles are 3-0, the results of one women's singles was 2-1, and the highest single-set score was 6-4. There were no tiebreaks, and the pace of the game improved a lot.
In the third game, the 8th seed Nalbandian defeated Ecuadorian Lapanti with a total score of 3-0 and successfully advanced to the third round. The next game is the match between Zhang Guan and Grosjean.
"The upcoming round is the men's singles second-round match, against both sides of the men's singles No. 28 seed Sebastian Grosjean and Zhang Guan who played with the sponsor's wild card!" The commentator is not at this time. Forget about the wild card.
While the two players warmed up on the field, the commentator also introduced the first round of the two players.
"Zhang Guan defeated O Rochus with a 3-0 score. I think this was not what everyone expected before the game. However, Rochus was not in the state of the game at the time, and his body had some discomfort. So he lost the game. Today, Grosjean looks pretty good, so Zhang Guan will probably not be as lucky as in the first round." The commentator said.
The narrator had not seen Zhang Guan's first game, so he thought Zhang Guan was able to advance because of Roachus' physical discomfort. Although the narrator is also a tennis professional, the first round of men and women in the Australian Open added up to 128 games. The narrator certainly cannot watch every game. For some games that lack seed players, they often just look at the score.
"Okay, both players are ready, the game is about to begin! The first is Zhang Guan's serve."
At this point, Zhang Guan was already in position, ready to serve. His luck is still good today, and he won against Grosjean when he guessed the correct side of the coin, so he got the opportunity to serve first.
Grosjean stared closely at Zhang Guan, but he remembered the video of the game between Zhang Guan and Rochus.
"Zhang Guan mainly uses flat shots, but the serving speed is very fast. In the video, Zhang Guan's serve seems to be more than 200 kilometers per hour. There is even a serve that exceeds 210 kilometers per hour. The flat shot that reaches 200 kilometers will be easier for me if I catch the ball in the forehand."
Grosjean thought of this, subconsciously leaning towards the backhand position, and deliberately flashed his forehand.
He saw Zhang Guan toss the ball and then swung it out with one blow.
"Come! It doesn't seem to be fast. It's not the same as I expected before the game. The ball speed is less than 200 kilometers." Grosjean suddenly felt a sense of down-to-earth. The biggest worry he had before the game was Zhang Guan's high-speed serving, after all, serving speeds of more than 200 kilometers per hour are not so easy to receive, and today's first ball does not seem to be fast, and it is not much different from the average Grand Slam seed players.
"I thought it would be the kind of high-speed serve. I didn't expect the speed to be slow. I have a chance for this ball! It seems that I will be the first to lead this game." Grosjean moved quickly while thinking. Ready to catch the ball.
Tennis flew past him and bounced on the ground, but the crisp voice on the ground made Grosjean tighten his heart.
"This sound is not a flat serve, but a topspin! It turned out to be a topspin, no wonder the speed is much slower." Grosjean made an instant judgment.
As a professional tennis player, judging the condition of the ball by sound is the most basic skill. Grosjean led this Australian Open seed player, in this regard, it is already very incomparable.
"Based on the above standard of spinning, this ball's speed is quite fast, but this kind of serving is too ordinary, I have seen your landing point! Hey, not bad!" The racket stretched out, but the tennis ball had to bounce out first.
"Not received!" Grosjean's heart tightens again.
"ACE! 15-0." The referee immediately announced the score.
"How could this happen, how did the ball just spin so much!" Grosjean saw the situation after the ball land just flashes in his mind.
Originally everything was normal, but after the tennis ball rebounded on the ground, there was an unexpected change in Grosjean. The height of the ball bounced was much lower than what Grosjean expected, and the arc of the ball was also greater than what Grosjean expected. His expectations of the ball were that it would have been much flatter. That is to say after the ball hits the ground, it then bounces in a relatively straight arc, and the trajectory is much lower than normal, so Grosjean would have let the racket reach the ball, and let it reach out of bounds.
The ball movement caught Grosjean off guard, but before he could come up with a solution, Zhang Guan started to serve the second ball.
"Oh!" After the ball landed, it was still that kind of crisp sound, but the ball's drop point was more tricky than before.
"It's still topspin! It's the same as before! This landing point can't be received!" Grosjean suddenly felt that this kind of service made by Zhang Guan had a somewhat familiar feeling, and a name that scares all tennis players inexplicably came up his mind. ,
Roger Federer!
"How can this serve be like Federer's serve? This kind of low-curved top-spin serve is Federer's unique way of serving!" Grosjean let in a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down.
"Mongolian must be blind! This kind of serve is Federer's unique skill, many people can't imitate it, how can Zhang Guan imitate his trick! Don't panic, Federer's signature serve, even I tried a few times occasionally it will also be successful, Zhang Guan cannot master Federer's signature serve." Grosjean relieved himself.
Federer's serve is not the fastest, but it is the most difficult to catch. In particular, Federer is best at serving top spins, and the landing point is extremely tricky, but if it is just a trick, Federer top spinning is the biggest difference from others in rotation. Because Federer's topspin spins very well and has a certain amount of sidespin in addition to topspin when the ball hits the ground and bounces, the height will be lower, the arc will be smaller, and the direction of the ball's flight will also be straighter. This kind of ball is extremely difficult to catch, even if it is caught, they still can't grasp the landing point, so it falls into the passive.
This topspin is Federer's signature serve. At present, no one can imitate this kind of serve. Even in the future, Federer's serve has been analyzed by slow-motion from various angles and has even become a serve in the tennis player textbook. But no one can imitate Federer's serve.
Because Federer's serve is almost impossible to imitate, when Grosjean saw Zhang Guan use the same serve as Federer, he was frightened and chose to bury his head in the soil like an ostrich, and actively determined that Zhang Guan was lucky,
At the next moment, Zhang Guan issued the third goal, and the landing point of this goal happened to be on the line.
"It's still the same as before! The arc of the bounce is so low, this is Federer's kind of serve!" Grosjean's face showed signs of him losing the confidence he had at the beginning of the game.
"Shoot!" Zhang Guan didn't continue to use the topspin for the fourth serve but used a one-level draw to serve. This ball was like a shell and hit the opponent's half.
"215 kilometers!" Grosjean saw the speed and immediately felt tremendous pressure.
"I almost forgot that Zhang Guan was still a super heavy gunner! More than 210 kilometers of flat serve, plus Federer's signature topspin serve, how do I accomplish the break?"
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After the 8th seed David Nalbandian defeated his opponent, he did not leave the court but found a place to watch the game between Zhang Guan and Grosjean. Because Nalbandian's next opponent is the winner between Zhang Guan and Grosjean, Nalbandian needs to observe the status of his opponent in the third round.
Nalbandian is mainly to observe the state of Grosjean. Grosjean let this kind of netizen serve, it is difficult to get entangled, even the No. 8 seed Nalbandian dares not to underestimate the enemy, as for Zhang Guan, he was directly ignored by Nalbandian.
However, at this time, Nalbandian's eyes remained on Zhang Guan's body.
"There is nothing wrong, it is indeed Federer's signature top-spin serve, and Zhang Guan has used it three times in a row. This is no accident. It seems that Zhang Guan has indeed learned this kind of serve from Federer. Grosjean has a bad backhand, as long as you continue to attack Grosjean's backhand position with this top swing, you can easily take the initiative or even score directly. Grosjean wants to break in a certain game, I am afraid it is very difficult."