Federer was a little confused at this time. As a professional player, his ideas were repeatedly guessed by his opponents, which was a very uncomfortable experience. This is like the fighting between the two armies. The tactics carefully prepared by one side is constantly being seen by the opponent. As the commander, the mood must be very bad.
So far, Zhang Guan has guessed Federer's intention six times. Although this number is not a lot, at most six points have been lost, but if it is placed on the key ball, even if Zhang Guan guessed it once, for Federer it is a fatal blow.
The score for the set is now 5-4. It is a more critical moment. For both parties, each ball is a must.
The score for the game is 30-0, Zhang Guan only needs to win two more points to win this set game.
Zhang Guan served again, and it was still a ball within a speed of up to 210 kilometers per hour. Zhang Guan was hoping to make a quick decision.
If it is a normal player, he certainly won't be able to catch the ball, but Zhang Guan's opponent is the peak Federer, and now Federer is extremely focused. He knows the power of Zhang Guan's serve, so he focused all his attention on receiving the serve.
Federer successfully caught the ball.
But then, Federer fell into a passive position again. He was mobilized back and forth by Zhang Guan again and again. After insisting on six rounds, he still lost the ball.
In the bottom line, it is normal for the receiver to run left and right by the server, and Federer is already used to this situation. Looking at the score of 40-0, Federer sighed in frustration. In this level of competition, as long as Zhang Guan's discontinuity appears to be wrong, it will be extremely difficult for Federer to complete the break.
At this time, Zhang Guan holds three rounds, which means that Zhang Guan has six opportunities to serve. In this case, even if the first service game fails, Zhang Guan dares to continue to fight in the second serve. So next, Zhang Guan chose the ultimate serve method, a second serve error, then another server error, and finally issued an ACE ball in the second serve, winning the game.
"Congratulations to Zhang Guan, he won the first game with a score of 6-4!" The commentator eased his tone, and then said, "I didn't expect that Zhang Guan would win the first set! Knowing that in the prediction before the game, everyone would think that it will be a one-sided game, Federer may win by crushing him, but what we did not expect is that Zhang Guan was the first to win the set. In this case, we don't have to worry about the game-ending 3-0, we have at least have more than 3 rounds!"
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In CCTV Studios, the narrator and the guest Coach Su are all very happy. Before the game, the foreign media were not optimistic about Zhang Guan. Many media thought that Zhang Guan would be defeated 0-3, and now Zhang Guan won the first set. The disc made the two have a feeling of raising their eyebrows.
In the director room at the back, Director Du, who is in charge of CCTV Sports Channel, is concerned about the ratings.
"Melbourne has a time difference of two hours from here. Five o'clock in the afternoon is equivalent to three o'clock in the afternoon. Although it is not a prime time for viewing at seven in the evening, today is, after all, today is a weekend, and the ratings will be higher than usual. There are quite a few." Director Du looked at the information in his hands. This is the rating statistics made just before the game started.
"The ratings in the previous period were 1.015%, which has already risen. This number is almost the rating of the Dayao game!" Director Du is still slightly dissatisfied. After all, Dayao's game is in the morning and morning. The ratings are lower than those in the afternoon. If the ratings of 1.015% are in the morning, it will be about 0.8%.
"Although there is a big star like Zhang Guan, the enthusiasm of the audience is still far less than that of basketball. But the game is just beginning, and the ratings will always increase slowly to about 1.5%!" Director Du calculated silently.
The ratings of 1% are already very high for general games. For example, in the NBA regular season, the ratings of the Rockets and Dayao are about 1%, and some key games such as the Chinese Super League, ratings are almost 1%. If it is the European Football League in the second half of the night, the domestic ratings are probably not even 0.2%.
Under normal circumstances, the Grand Slam finals are not likely to have a 1% rating in the country. After all, the tennis audience is not as much as basketball, football, but today's game is different. Because Zhang Guan participated, so 1% for the ratings is a bit low, and CCTV's internal rating target is 1.5%. This number is also very high during the period from 3 to 5 pm.
"The viewing statistics for this period should be made. I don't know if it reached 1.5%." Director Du was thinking, and one of his subordinates came over with a paper form.
"Director, did the audience statistics come out this time?"
"Has it reached 1.5%?" Du asked immediately.
The other party nodded, Director Du took a breath, stretched out his hand to take over the viewing statistics, and looked down.
"This is... 2.033%! The ratings have broken 2%!" Director Du exclaimed.
If you watch the prime time after 7 pm, some contests can reach more than 2% of the ratings, but if the games start at 3 pm, very few can reach 2% in the ratings.
"Why is it so high? The statistics in the last period have just broken by 1%. Why did the ratings increase so high in such a short period?" Director Du asked.
"It seems that Zhang Guan won the first set. Then the ratings suddenly increased dramatically!"
"Zhang Guan won the first set! It turned out to be this way." Director Du's face was suddenly full of joy, and he said to himself, "He won the first set, and the ratings have rushed to more than 2%, if he wins another set, maybe the audience rating can reach 3%!"
It was already a remarkable achievement to have a 2% rating in the live game in the afternoon, and if it can reach a 3% rating, it can be said to be an abnormal performance.
Director Du, as the director of the sports channel, is very familiar with the viewing habits of domestic audiences. Domestic audiences are roughly divided into three types. The first type is hardcore fans. This kind of audience will go to watch no matter how the game is played out. Taking the national football game as an example, even if the loss is really bad, these fans will insist on watching the whole game.
The second type of audience is a selective audience. They are used to watching the beginning of the game. If the game is well played, they will continue to watch it. If the game is not satisfactory, they will not continue to watch. If it is in a national football game. If the opening game is played smoothly, this kind of audience will insist on sitting in front of the TV, but if the opponent scored several points in the first half, then this kind of audience will not continue to watch the second half of the game.
The third kind of audience is those who are accustomed to watching the Shunfeng Bureau. This kind of audience is often a "pseudo-sports fan". This kind of audience will only watch the game when the party they support leads. For example, for the large number of "pseudo fans", many people are afraid that even the 11 players who played in the national football team are not clear, but if they play smoothly in the national football team, such as leading the first half by one or two points, then this type of fans will have interested in watching the second half of the game, otherwise, they will not watch the game.
Tennis has a strong mass found in the country, and many people simply don't understand the sport, so in a short period, the third kind of audience is added, that is, "pseudo-net fans". The rules of tennis are not very clear, but after hearing that Zhang Guan leads Federer 1-0, they will begin to pay attention to this game, or only begin to pay attention to this sport. This is also the case on how the ratings will soar rapidly in a short time.
"After today's game, there will likely be a lot of tennis spectators! The new audience with 1% ratings must be managed to retain these new audience groups." Director Du thought of this and picked up the phone. The guide room was dialed.
"Tell the studio that there must be some basic rules interspersed, and there are many new audiences who are watching this game."