"Hawk-Eye System Innovation Co. Ltd.? Sounds related to the Hawk-Eye system, is it the Hawk-Eye system supplier?" Zhang Guan asked.
Zhuge Wenbo nodded, "Yes, that is the company that provides the Hawk-Eye system for the major tennis courts in the world. They have the exclusive patent for the Hawk-Eye system, and they have the only certification of the International Tennis Federation. Also, they said as long as you are willing to take the test, they can give you an appearance fee of 300,000 Australian dollars."
"That's a lot! I remember in the Australian Open's quarter-final win, the prize money was $300,000!" Zhang Guan said.
Before the 2008 financial crisis, the exchange rate of the Australian dollar was not much different from that of the US dollar, but after the 2008 financial crisis, the sharp depreciation of the Australian dollar gradually became less valuable than the US dollar.
For the current Zhang Guan, the appearance fee for ordinary events is 100,000 US dollars, so 300,000 US dollars is a relatively high number.
Zhang Guan thought about it and asked, "How are they going to test it?"
"They prepared a high-speed serve machine, and then serve twenty balls, as long as you can judge them right. Of course, if one or two are wrong, I believe everyone can accept it." Zhuge Wenbo then asked, "Are you confident? If not, I can push it away."
"What did the main committee of the Australian Open say?" Zhang Guan then asked.
"The Australian Open main committee also hopes you can participate in the test." Zhuge Wenbo said with a smile, "They are willing to provide the venue of Vodafone Stadium as a test, but they are not here to test whether the Hawk-Eye system is easy to use but to attract the media attention and increase ratings, which is in line with the Australian Open's usual style... "
Among the four Grand Slams, the Australian Open's game time is not suitable for European and American audiences to watch the game, the Australian population is not large, and the tennis market is not as good as the other three Grand Slam events, so the Australian Open is ranked at the bottom of the four Grand Slams position. It is for this reason that the sponsors of the Australian Open have always been regarded as the most utilitarian, even the US Open, which has a high degree of commercialization of sports, is ashamed of itself.
Zhang Guan thought for a while and said, "I have some confidence to go. There are the 300,000 US dollars in appearance fee. My usual appearance fee is 100,000 US dollars, and then I will judge whether or not the 20 ball is out of bounds which is equivalent to giving me a ball worth 10,000 US dollars each! But if you think about it, the psychology is still a bit unpleasant, and it looks like I am playing tricks in the game."
"I think you should go." Coach Joyce next to him suddenly said.
"Why?" Zhang Guan asked.
"If you are sure that you can judge the 20 goals, I suggest you go well. You need to show the world your powerful ability, and more importantly, it can give your opponents greater pressure!" Coach Joyce said.
Zhang Guan didn't immediately understand what "more pressure" was referring to. Coach Joyce then explained, "The Hawk-Eye system is mainly used to judge whether the ball has gone out of bounds, so it is only compared to the landing point of tennis. The Hawkeye system works only when it is at the limit. Generally, the in-bound or out-of-bounds balls are not available! Many experienced players will use the opportunity of the Hawk-eye challenge on some key points. For the payer's opportunity to challenge with the Hawk-Eye means that the player can be bolder in handling the key ball and choose a more intense or extreme play. I think you must have a deep understanding of this."
Zhang Guan nodded. It was precisely because of the 100% success rate of the Hawk-Eye challenge that he dared to use a more extreme play against Haas because Zhang Guan did not have to worry about the referee's misjudgment. And after using the Hawkeye challenge, Haas became more conservative.
Thinking of this, Zhang Guan said, "I understand, if the opponent knows that I can accurately judge whether the ball is out of bounds, then when playing with me, they will dare not to choose a very extreme landing point, and the play will not be too intense, right?"
Coach Joyce nodded, then said, "And your next opponent is Davydenko, the way to deal with Davidenco is very simple, you only need to let Davydenko know that your strength is above him."
"Davydenko!" Zhang Guan flashed the nickname "Model Worker" in his mind.
"Davydenko is a different kind of tennis player. His talents are average, his physical fitness is average, his mobility is very average, and his technique is very general. It can be said that he has no technical characteristics at all. He will participate in any competition he can participate in regardless of the size of the competition and the location of the competition. At present, he can get the third-place position in the world, not because he is strong enough, but because he has participated in enough games." Coach Joyce said.
The world ranking of tennis is calculated according to points, and athletes can get the corresponding points by participating in the game. The points of different levels of competition are also different. Of course, most slam champions can get 2000 points, and the score of general small games is much less. The lowest level of ATP250 events, the championship points are only 250.
Generally, high-level athletes rarely participate in low-level competitions. For example, Federer participates in more than a dozen competitions in a year. In addition to Grand Slam competitions, they mainly participate in ATP1000 competitions such as Masters competitions. Federer will not participate in ATP500 and ATP250 events.
Unlike Davydenko, even if it is the lowest ATP250 event, Davydenko will participate in it as long as time permits. Davydenko's strength is relatively weak among the top-ranked players in the world, but in the ATP250 competition, it is still more than enough to abuse vegetables. There are more competitions, Davydenko's points have also been brushed up, so his world ranking is in third place. But if we talk about overall strength, Davydenko may be the weakest among the top ten in the world, that is, the 14th Djokovic and the 15th Murray in the world may be better in strength.
Players such as Davydenko's "labor model" can be said to compete purely to participate in the competition. Of course, it is best to get good results in the competition. If you can't get good results, they will not be discouraged.
Also, Davydenko's stability in the game is very high. If he meets a weaker opponent, he will win the game; when he meets an opponent with similar strength, Davydenko will work hard to fight; but when he encounters an opponent who is stronger than him, Davydenko often starts to take up a protective play to avoid injury. For example, in the 2006 US Open, Davydenko met Federer half-finally. Davydenko knew that he could not win against Federer, and he lost three straight sets. At the end of the game, he flew to the other end of the earth to participate in the China Open game.
Therefore, Coach Joyce felt that the best tactic when facing Davydenko was the so-called "strength persuasion."