There are many players in the history of tennis who are more concerned about the rotation of the ball, and if anyone who rotates the rotates the most, it must be Nadal. In particular, Nadal has reached the level of the unprecedented and the non-coming.
The rotation of a professional tennis player's batting is almost 1600 revolutions per minute. Some excellent players can reach about 2,000 revolutions. However, Federer, who is more concerned about the rotation, can reach 2700 revolutions, which is far beyond other pros.
The average speed of Nadal's forehand hit is 3200 rpm, and this is only the average speed. If it is the limit speed, it has exceeded 4000 rpm. In other words, Nadal's ball rotation is twice as fast as other ordinary athletes. This rotation can be said to be Nadal's biggest weapon. It is for this reason that the tennis world calls Nadal's forehand spin as "Nadal turn", and the domestic will also be translated as "Nadal topspin."
As the world's top ten players, Nalbandian certainly has a lot of experience with Nadal. He also knows how difficult Nadal's topspin is. No one can hit this kind of spinning ball, so when Nalbandian saw the swing of Zhang Guan, he immediately remembered Nadal's turn.
"Impossible, in addition to Nadal, no one in the world can hit such a forehand!" Nalbandian closed his eyes, carefully recalling the actions of Zhang Guan.
"Nadal used his left hand, and Zhang Guan used his right hand, but his arm movements are almost the same... It seems that it is the kind of forehand spin, but I don't know how fast the tennis spins are. Look at Grosjean. The speed of the catch should be fast! Even if it is not as good as Nadal, it should be close. No, it is impossible to make a specific judgment by using it. You must know how to beat it." Nalbandian looked at the two players on the field. For the first time, he felt that Zhang Guan might have a higher chance of winning in this game.
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Grosjean, as a player on the field, certainly cannot stare at Zhang Guan's movements all the time, so he is only judging with his feeling when receiving the ball and the uncontrollable return point of the ball, Zhang Guan's forehand hit the ball spins very well.
"This rotation feels so fast! This kind of rotation-oriented play just restrained my volley access. Today's game seems a little difficult to play." Grosjean let his expression grow seriously.
Grosjean was a type of player who was very afraid of spinning the ball at a high speed because after the player hits the ball, the ball has no resistance in the air and will maintain a high-speed rotation. If the opponent presses the net before, they will directly face the spinning tennis ball. In tennis the difficulty of catching the ball is relatively high, and it is also difficult to control the landing point.
To deal with such a high-speed rotating ball, the best way to deal with it is to catch the ball from the bottom line, and the strength must be sufficient. Because after the tennis ball bounces after contact with the ground, it will experience some friction during the period, which will reduce part of the rotation speed, so the difficulty of receiving the ball will be less, and the receiver will be easier to control. The goal was to reduce the opponent's body preparation time as much as possible, to force the opponent to reduce the degree of rotation.
Before the game, coach Joyce developed a strategy on how Zhang Guan should return the ball and pursue rotation as much as possible. Grosjean was a player who was already very active and offensive. With Grosjean's serve, it was not a good choice for him to fight offense, because the serving side must take the initiative, so it is better to use this style of the pursuit of tennis rotation to force Grosjean to make mistakes when hitting a volley.
Grosjean lost his serve inexplicably, and then it was Zhang Guan's serve. Grosjean had to face"Fedler's serve".
"Zhang Guan will attack my backhand again." Grosjean subconsciously leaned back towards his backhand position, which is convenient for improving his receiving reaction. For example, Grosjean was a player whose backhand is weak, every opponent will attack against his backhand, and he is already used to being attacked by his backhand.
However, Grosjean didn't find a way to deal with the topspin, so in this round Zhang Guan, with the backhand of attacking Grosjean, easily saved and scored a point.
"This topspin is annoying, and it is my backhand that is attacking. If I didn't pay attention, I would have fallen behind 3-0, and I must not lose again in the next game. Otherwise, if I fall behind 4-0, it going to be hard to move back in this game." Grosjean wiped the sweat on his head and started his serve.
The scorching sun is like a fire, at this time the temperature of the day has reached its highest, it was a great test for both the audience and the athletes.
In a hot environment, people are already more irritable. Also, sweating will take away a lot of salt in the body, which makes the athlete's physical strength decline quickly, so during this period, the player's unforced mistakes will increase and be more obvious.
The most intuitive manifestation of the increase in unforced errors is during the service, the number of errors on the first serve will increase a lot. For example, now Grosjean has made a mistake in two consecutive serve. So he chose a more conservative serving method. Then, after a stalemate of multiple shots, two consecutive goals were lost.
In the third ball, Grosjean sent an ACE ball, but the fourth ball was successfully received by Zhang Guan. Then, Grosjean made a volley prediction by Zhang Guan in advance. Instead, he played Grosjean and gave him back another point. Let another point be thrown. The score of 15-40 made Grosjean feel that this game would probably be accounted for.
The two great tools for serving net players are serving and hitting a volley. Due to the weather, Grosjean's serve is difficult to maintain at a high level, which means that one of his hands has been cut off, and losing is normal.
Zhang Guan achieved a 4-0 lead, and Zhang Guan then maintained a very high percentage of hits in his serve. Without making a single mistake, the score quickly reached 5-0.
On the sidelines, Nalbandian shook his head slightly, "Grosjean's shortcomings are too obvious, his backhand is not good, Zhang Guan also knows this, and his serve is also directed at Grosjean's backhand, Zhang Guan doesn't even need to chase the angle too much, he only needs to let Grosjean go for an uncomfortable catch."
"But after all, even if you ignore Zhang Guan's serve and forehand topspin, Zhang Guan's basic skills are really good when it comes to techniques. At present, there are no obvious shortcomings, and he is dealing with the ball. He didn't make mistakes in the choice of the ball's landing point. Although there are a few long rounds between the two, how do I always feel that Zhang Guan's game experience is richer than Grosjean!" Nalbandian thought of this, his hands flicking the flowing hair, and instantly felt a lot cooler and more energetic.
"How can I have such a strange idea, how can a 21-year-old track and field player have more experience in tennis than a veteran who has played professional tennis for ten years? This season in Melbourne is too good. It's hot, even my brain is a little bit pumped!" Nalbandian laughed self-deprecatingly.