Walking out of the Vodafone Stadium, Zhang Guan was surrounded by several reporters, but what Zhang Guan didn't expect was that the reporters who surrounded him were all black-haired and yellow-skinned, and they were all domestic journalists.
"Uncommon! After playing four matches, domestic reporters did not come to interview me so actively! By the way, according to Zhuge, the domestic media have unblocked me, so these reporters have also come." Zhang Guan waved his hand and motioned everyone to ask questions one by one.
"Zhang Guan, I heard that you were banned by the field management center. Is this the case?" The first reporter asked.
Zhang Guan was slightly surprised. He didn't expect the reporter to ask this question first. After a short surprise, Zhang Guan said, "Yes, I am indeed suspended."
"Is the reason for the suspension because the Tian Xie Center does not want you to take part in tennis?" Another reporter asked.
"I don't know about this, you have to ask them." Zhang Guan shook his head.
"You have been promoted to the top eight in the Australian Open, but have been banned in the country, will you feel aggrieved?" The third reporter asked.
Zhang Guan thought for a while and felt that this question was not good to answer positively, so he said, "I am an athlete, all I have to do is play every game! As for the suspension penalty imposed by the Field Control Center, I will strictly execute it during the suspension period, I will not participate in any track and field competitions."
The next reporter couldn't wait to ask, "Are you going to give up on the track and field event for tennis? Is it possible to withdraw from the national track and field team in the future?"
"As long as the national track and field team does not expel me, of course, I will not withdraw from the national track and field team. Although I am now banned from participating in track and field competitions, as long as the national team needs me, I am willing to accept the call-ups at any time!", "I am always ready to serve the country."
"You have now advanced to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open, and talk about your ultimate goal at the current Australian Open!" Finally, a reporter asked a relatively normal question.
"Of course I will win the Australian Open Championship! From the beginning to the end, I only have one goal to participate in the competition, that is to win the championship. This was the case in track and field, but now it is the same in tennis!" Zhang Guan answered without any hesitation.
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After returning to the hotel, remembering that he had just earned the US $300,000, Zhang Guan was in a good mood. Then he turned on the computer, looked at the match table of the next round of the game, and asked Sharapova next to him, "Yes, I suddenly remembered one thing. Since Davydenko participated in many games so frequently, his injuries should not be any less?"
Sharapova thought for a while and then shook her head, "I haven't heard of any serious injuries about Davydenko, he also paid attention to protecting himself in the game."
Zhang Guan found some memories of Davydenko in his mind. In his impression, Davydenko had been involved in a gambling turmoil, and the reason was that Davydenko retired due to injury in the middle of the game, resulting in gambling. The company suffered a lot of losses, so the gaming company reported to Davydenko, and later confirmed that Davydenko's foot was indeed suffering from a stress fracture.
"Perhaps Davydenko has not been affected by a foot injury yet!"
But at this time, Sharapova said, "Davydenko is very good at playing Nadal. He should be the best among male players. Davydenko seems to be very suitable for Nadal. The kind of high spin ball and Davydenko is also very good at playing clay, but he is weaker on the grass, Wimbledon is an all-around court game."
"The clay-court has an advantage for players who play defensively, but the grass is more suitable for players who play offensively. It seems that Davydenko should not be good at players who play offensively. In this case, tomorrow's game I will use offensive play!" Zhang Guan said.
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On the tenth matchday of the Australian Open, the men's singles quarter-finals, Zhang Guan played against No. 3 seed Nikolay Davydenko.
This time Zhang Guan finally came to Rod Laver Stadium, the home stadium of the Australian Open.
Today's Rod Laver Stadium still has four games, starting with two women's singles quarter-finals. Sharapova defeated Chuck Vitazer 2-0, and Christels 2 -1 defeated Hingis. Zhang Guan and Davydenko's match was arranged in the third game, and the last game was Nadal against "Intelligence Cannon" Gonzalez.
The first game of the two sides began, Davydenko took the lead in serving. As a Russian player, Davydenko's serve is relatively sharp. Although his physical talent is average, he can often deliver balls with a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour.
At the beginning of the game, Davydenko seemed to have a very good feeling. He issued ACE twice in a row and scored a start with a score of 30-0. But then, after Zhang Guan pulled back a goal, Davydenko's style of play gradually became more stable, and then successfully saved his serve.
Zhang Guan served in the second set. Three consecutive heavy shots directly hit Davydenko and caught him off guard. Then he relied on one serve to easily win the game.
Immediately after the third and fourth games, neither side took advantage, and the score came to a 2-2 draw.
"Davydenko is more robust than I expected. There are not many opportunities to directly access the net. If you play in front of the net, it seems that it is not suitable to deal with Davydenko. Federer's style of play should be used against him! Zhang Guan remembered Federer's 20-game winning streak against Davydenko in history and felt that Federer's style of play against Davydenko was more reliable.
The next ball, Davydenko's serve was caught by Zhang Guan on the bottom line, and then Zhang Guan used the forehand to spin the ball, constantly playing big angles on both sides of Davydenko's bottom line. The topspin is easier to control the ball's landing point, and this large-angle bottom line ball makes it impossible for Davydenko to have the opportunity to surf the net. Although the speed of the ball is average and the threat is not too great, the high-speed topspin, constantly disintegrating Davydenko's serve advantage.
After holding a couple of shots, Zhang Guan suddenly attacked Davydenko's reverse shot. After Davydenko returned to the ball, he suddenly changed the line of Davydenko's positive shot. Davydenko didn't react, and he missed the goal.
The second ball, Zhang Guan was still the same. The lower baseline received the ball smoothly, then forehand started to play the high-angle ball on the bottom line, and then suddenly pulled the diagonal line to attack the backhand, followed by the sideline front hand, then the backhand shot again. As a result, Davydenko threw another goal.
In the third ball, Davydenko scored a serve, and in the fourth ball, Zhang Guan scored another point with the same tactics. The score of this game came to 15-40, Zhang Guan got a breakpoint.
Davydenko wiped the sweat on his forehead, but he remembered the three balls he had just lost.
"How did Zhang Guan play this way? I remember in the previous video that Zhang Guan rarely used this style of play! This is the standard bottom line offensive play. The bottom line pulls the attack and turns sideways. Is this not Federer's best tactic! Zhang Guan, who is not good at learning so how did he learn Federer's tactic!"
Davydenko felt annoyed for a while because he had lost nine straight games in the face of Federer.