Forcing backhands with pressure and mobilizing forehands is Federer's most commonly used offensive method.
In a normal game, if both players are on the same hand, it will be easier to attack the forehand with the forehand, but it is more difficult to attack the opponent's backhand with the forehand. If both sides take a right-handed shot and a left-handed shot, it will be easier to attack the opponent's backhand with the forehand, but it is more difficult to attack the opponent's forehand.
However, Federer is not affected by this aspect. Federer's forehand accuracy is too high, so no matter whether the opponent is left-handed or right-handed, Federer's forehand can attack the opponent's backhand. Also, Federer's forehand has a strong spin, which makes it difficult for opponents to catch the ball.
Therefore, a powerful backhand is essential for the opponent. The reason why Nalbandian once became a "cow killer" is that he has the strongest backhand in the world and can compare with Federer's strong backhand. The method chosen by Nadal is fast movement and high spin return, but this method is more useful on red clay ground, and the effect of hard ground and grass will not be as good as red clay.
In the next ball, Federer's used another old trick, he did not try to fight an ACE ball but continued to use an oppressive serve to attack Zhang Guan's backhand position.
"For this kind of ball again, if I use a more reliable way of receiving and serving, it is equivalent to giving Federer a chance to continue to press my backhand; if I fight the diagonal, the possibility of going out of bounds is very high. Fight or not fight, which should I do? If I don't fight, I should use the regular return. Federer must be forced to use his backhand. I will still have to lose. If I fight, I may fail, but there will be a chance of success. It seems that I can only fight it!"
Zhang Guan thought of this and forced the ball back to the diagonal position.
"OUT!" the line referee shouted, Zhang Guan, shook his head helplessly. For this kind of return to be a success, it is not enough with technique alone but also requires some luck.
"Zhang Guan served the ball out of bounds, Federer successfully defended in this game, gaining a game back, the score is now 2-1. Federer has already started to find his game state, in the first few games of this Australian Open, Federer has been performing slower and hotter, but in today's final, Federer entered the game relatively quickly."
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"Federer's strong backhand is difficult to deal with. Although my backhand is not weak, it is a one-handed backhand, after all, it can't be beaten by others. It is my turn to serve the next game. I can also try this trick. I don't know how Federer will deal with his tricks?"
Zhang Guan firmly gripped the racket in the handshake and began to prepare to serve. He threw the ball and slammed it hard.
"Is it still a high-speed flat serve?" Federer started sharply, but then he found that the speed of the ball was not as fast as he thought.
"The speed of this ball is less than 200 kilometers! Zhang Guan is not ready to fight the ACE ball directly. Is this a repressive serve? Is he going to serve on the net!" Federer was immediately warned.
Zhang Guan's service level has helped him score many times in the first few rounds of the game, especially in the following three games. When Zhang Guan made a mistake, he often chose to serve the net for the second serve, so Federer was aware of it immediately.
The tennis ball is flying fast, Federer seems to be prepared to not allow Zhang Guan to surf the net, with a single backhand shot to count the ball, he deliberately increases the intensity, to keep the ball rotating, then Federer looked up, but found that Zhang Guan was still at the bottom line.
"No net access? Zhang Guan is still at the bottom line, he is preparing to hold the ball with me." Federer thought to himself.
He saw that Zhang Guan moved on the bottom line and came to the tennis flight route. His forehand was a blow just like what he did before.
"Huh?" Federer's body hesitated a little. He found that Zhang Guan was attacking his backhand. Of course, this hesitation only occurring as quick as it takes to blink, and then he ran to the position of catching the ball with his backhand.
"The topspin of the ball is very good. The topspin is not worse than my forehand! There is also this drop point, which is very precise. Zhang Guan has great control over the ball. From a technical level, I'm afraid that Zhang Guan is first in the world." Federer commented silently.
Both players are right-handed. While using their forehands to attack each other's backhands, they can maintain sufficient topspin and accurate landing. This requires good skills. Federer is very good at using this kind of attack, of course. Knowing that you can play this type of ball represents that you have the world's top forehand level.
The next point, Zhang Guan is still using the forehand, the attack is still towards Federer's backhand.
"He still attacking my backhand." Federer is still very cautious this time. This kind of ball had a lot of upswing strength, even Federer dared not use too free play to return. If the ball is too unrestrained, it is easy to make mistakes, and it will create opportunities for the opponent to attack; while the opponent will be more cautious, although he will be at a disadvantage, he will not be beaten to death by the opponent.
Zhang Guan attacked again with his forehand and continued to suppress Federer's backhand. Federer's return was also quite satisfactory, without any flaws.
The two sides held each other five times. When Federer thought that Zhang Guan would attack his backhand, Zhang Guan changed the direction of the ball back and suddenly attacked the other side of the court which was Federer's forehand position.
Federer's movement was a little late, he immediately ran to the other side of the court, although he caught the ball, the ball received a little hasty, and in this rush, Federer's return this time revealed a big flaw.
Zhang Guan rushed directly to the net and passed a cutting ball to get the first point.
"In Zhang Guan's last serving game, the two sides didn't have too many holding balls. Zhang Guan can win his own serving game by ACE ball or serve to score. Now, that this ball has passed, Zhang Guan won after several fights, I think this also fully shows that Federer has found the state of the game! Then he will be able to play better and better." The commentator began to tout Federer.
But Federer's expression didn't have the slightest ease, as if he was thinking about something.
"Continuously pressing the backhand and then suddenly turning to the forehand, this is my tactic! And it was the tactic I used in the last game! I didn't expect that Zhang Guan would use my tactics against me!" He suddenly produced a ridiculous feeling.