Although the two-handed backhand play is very aggressive, it may even turn the defense into an attack, but it is still a backhand, after all, it is not as good as the forehand in strength, and because of this, the return of the two-handed backhand will give the opponents more opportunities to serve on the net. It can be said that the playing style is more restrained.
This game in history was originally promoted by Grosjean. Grosjean's serve on the net caused a lot of trouble for Nalbandian. Nalbandian defeated Grosjean after five hard games...
Before the game, Coach Joyce once proposed that if you want to target Nalbandian's double-reverse, the best way is to use the pre-net play to actively serve on the net. However, active style play is a very difficult technique in tennis. This requires players to have accurate judgments and have to be able to predict the ball's coming in advance; it requires players to have delicate skills to hit the ball in the future. The position of the neutral gear; it requires the players to have a quick response, can quickly choose the timing of the net serve according to the changes of the game process, and more importantly, it needs a wealth of game experience, so that you can control the overall situation.
Most of the players who play in the logarithmic net style are all players who serve the net serve. They first get the advantage by serving and then create the opportunity to hit it onto the net. However, this is not the case for a tennis player. Whether he is in his service or if it is his opponent's service, it is difficult to suppress the desire to take the initiative to serve on to the net. He can serve on to the net with most of the ball serve in the game. He is the king of the generation, Pete Sampras.
Sampras was the former king. He has been ranked No. 1 in the world for six consecutive years. He has won 14 Grand Slam titles in his career, second only to Federer.
Sampras's forehand is very powerful, but his backhand level is more general. However, his opponents do not like to play a backhand against him because of Sampras' pre-net skills. It is the first in the world. For example, if a player with a strong backhand wants to fight against Sampras, he will attack Sampras's backhand with his backhand. Volley's attack and the success rate of Sampras' volley attack are also surprisingly high.
In the previous selection of experience books, Zhang Guan also hesitated whether to choose Federer's experience book or Sampras's experience book and finally Zhang Guan chose Federer. However, the opponent he is facing today is a "cow killer", with Federer's game experience stored in Zhang Guan's mind, he can still defeat Nalbandian, but it will take a lot of effort to win in a certain set, a tie-break is possible, and it is even possible to play up to five sets.
Therefore, Zhang Guan decided to come up with a quick and easy decision. He directly purchased the experience book of Sampras and gained the experience of Sampras serving on the net. It also merged the game experience of the two major players.
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In the second game of both sides, Zhang Guan's serve.
Nalbandian remembered the advice of the coach before the game, to force Zhang Guan to make more mistakes, so he deliberately adjusted the position.
The position of the tennis receiver is very important because in many cases, the ability to receive the ball is a small step. Sometimes if the position is closer to one step, maybe you can receive a ball, and if the position is far away. In a small step, the ball will be lost.
The server also needs to adjust the landing point of his services according to the opponent's position, and the landing point will be in a position where the opponent will find it difficult to receive.
In the previous game between Zhang Guan and Grosjean, Grosjean knew that his backhand was not good, so when receiving in the serving position, he would deliberately bias the backhand position, so that if Zhang Guan attacked Grosjean's backhand, Grosjean will find it easier to catch the ball. Today, Nalbandian does not have this problem, so his position tends to be more in the middle. This position is prepared for both sides and is also forcing Zhang Guan to choose a more extreme service point.
"Seeing my position, you should choose a more extreme serve! This way your turnover rate will also increase greatly." Nalbandian thought about it while preparing to receive the ball.
Zhang Guan saw Nalbandian's position and immediately understood Nalbandian's intentions.
"Does he want me to serve some of the more limit-oriented shots? If it was me a few minutes ago, maybe I would do that, but now there is no need, I can allow you to see the world's first net serve!"
Zhang Guan hit a ball towards Nalbandian's backhand.
"The speed of the ball is very fast! But this is also my expectation. Zhang Guan has often served at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour. Before the game, I had trained for this fast serve. This ball is attacking me. The backhand is exactly what I want. My backhand is not as weak as Grosjean. I'm the strongest backhand in the world! Huh? This drop doesn't seem to be too extreme..."
At this time when the tennis ball landed, and the choice of the landing point is not what Nalbandian had imagined. This is not a very limited serve, and it can even be said that it was too lawful.
"This ball seems to be a bit conservative! If you serve this kind of ball, as long as the backhand is not bad, you should be able to receive it! Isn't Zhang Guan very good at fighting ACE or scoring? For this kind of difficulty serving, it is impossible for the server to directly to score, let alone ACE! Why can Zhang Guan do this? Did he miss the serve?
While Nalbandian thought about it quickly in his mind, his body was not idle. Players of his level didn't even have to think about it, and he could make various difficult technical moves based on his conditioned reflex alone.
"Boom!" Nalbandian's signature double-reverse movements returned the ball, as beautiful as a textbook.
"Still attacking my backhand, I can break the ball!" Nalbandian turned back to Zhang Guan's backhand but saw Zhang Guan pressing towards the net.
"Zhang Guan is going for a volley! It served on the net!" Nalbandian was suddenly surprised. Zhang Guan's tactical choice greatly exceeded Nalbandian's expectations. At this time, Nalbandian finally understood why Zhang Guan chose a serve that looks very conservative. Zhang Guan's trick was not a direct serve but a subsequent serve.
"Why didn't I think of it? Zhang Guan just served so conservatively, he didn't want to kill in one hit, his purpose was to hit a net shot later! Is this a deliberate strategy against me? Oops, this ball is out of reach..."
Nalbandian tried to catch the ball, but Zhang Guan had successfully intercepted the net serve, how could he give Nalbandian a chance. Zhang Guan hit the tennis ball with one blow, and the tennis ball flew directly towards Nalbandian's gap.
"15-0!" The referee immediately announced the score.
Nalbandian took a deep breath, "Zhang Guan's mobile ability is so strong, it is indeed very suitable for serving on to the net. It seems that in this game, he wants to break, I can only hope that Zhang Guan makes a mistake!"