Zhang Guan shouted at the rest area beside the court.
"Thanks to Federer's slow start at the beginning, I got a break at the beginning of the game, otherwise, in this game, I would have to reach the tiebreaker. I have never played a tiebreaker in seven games!" Zhang Guan remembered the process of his promotion all the way. He always broke in every game and never played a tie-break.
"Perhaps so far, only Federer can force me to hit the tiebreaker!" Zhang Guan thought of it, while changing a new racket, and walked onto the field.
The first game of the second set was Zhang Guan's serve game. Unlike the beginning of the game, both sides had better feel and condition, but their physical strength was not as abundant as the opening game.
It is precisely because of the rise of the state and the decline of physical strength that the two sides began to hold the ball more and more. At this time, the two are like two masters playing, constantly setting traps for the other, and constantly looking for the other's flaws.
In the first four serve games, both Zhang Guan and Federer have succeeded in ensuring that neither side can get a breakpoint.
After the fourth game, the two sides reached a 2-2 draw. Federer used the gap between the two games to request a short timeout. He said his clothes were soaked, so he had to change his clothes. The referee agreed to Federer's request.
Federer took out a new shirt from his bag while beginning to recall the last game.
"How did Zhang Guan guess that I was going to use a backhand to change the line?" Federer shook his head somewhat depressed. Although he won his serve with the advantage of serving, Zhang Guan saw through every single one of his tactical intentions in the game.
"This is the first time? This has to be the first time Zhang Guan saw through my tactics! It seems that Zhang Guan studied me very well before the game, and it feels like Ljubicic, also I don't know much Zhang Guan knows about my tactics."
Ljubicic is Federer's friend. In the future, Ljubicic will become Federer's coach even after retiring. This is enough to show that the relationship they have only seen is very good. Among the active players, Federer knows best, in addition to the old opponent Nadal, it should be Ljubicic.
However, Federer felt at this time that even his friend Ljubicic could not have seen his tactics so many times like Zhang Guan.
"It seems something is wrong!" Federer intuitively told himself that there was a problem. He recalled the previous games and the moment Zhang Guan saw his tactics. He always felt something was wrong.
"How do I feel that Zhang Guan seems to be using my method to deal with me!" Federer closed his eyes silently, constantly simulating the situation just now, but this time, he regarded himself as Zhang Guan.
"If I were Zhang Guan, in that situation, I would choose..."
Federer seems to be playing chess with himself at this time, but he can understand the intention of the next step when he sees the move, and also simulates many possibilities in his mind.
"Zhang Guan's handling of the ball is very reasonable, and if it is mine, I will do the same."
Gradually, Federer had a strange feeling, he felt like he was playing against himself.
"Fight against another "I"?" Federer opened his eyes violently, turning his head to look at Zhang Guan who could not see in the distance. A bold thought flashed from Federer's mind.
"Maybe I can try and treat Zhang Guan as another "me" to deal with him!"
Federer took to the court again, and now it was Zhang Guan's serve.
Zhang Guan's first serve once again grabbed the lead with an ACE ball.
Immediately after the second point, Zhang Guan used the initiative of serving to continuously press Federer. Federer did not find a chance to fight back in a few consecutive shots. Zhang Guan successfully won the second point.
On the third point, Federer judged the position of Zhang Guan's serve. After successfully receiving the ball, he used a line change to balance the situation. At this time, Federer was also ready to practice his ideas.
"If it were me, this ball would be pulled to the diagonal!" Federer made up his mind and then ran to the other side of the court, in case Zhang Guan suddenly attacked the diagonal.
Zhang Guan attacked Federer diagonally.
"Guess the right, I will cut the frontcourt for the next point!" Federer put himself in the position of Zhang Guan and concluded again.
He saw Zhang Guan cut the ball with a forehand, tennis with a very high speed, and landed in the frontcourt.
This ball is not easy to catch, because the ball's sidespin is very strong. Although the ball's landing point is in the bounds, after the bounce, due to the side spin, it will fly quickly out of bounds, if Federer did not prepare in advance, he will have to be very passive.
However, Federer had already guessed Zhang Guan's intentions. He hurried away and attacked Zhang Guan's backline directly.
"I guessed it again!" Federer continued the ball, but he was not a little happy, because he has confirmed that Zhang Guan's treatment of the ball and the tactics used are the same as his tactical ideas.
"Zhang Guan not only understands my tactical play but also imitates my tactical play. How did he do it? Is it possible he is a mind reader?" Federer was a little confused. He was hesitant to catch the ball, and Zhang Guan scored another point.
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At a fitness training center in Melbourne, Nadal dragged his tired body off fitness equipment. He looked at the electronic clock on the wall and found that it was time for the Australian Open men's singles final.
Nadal thought of the Australian Open final and shook his head in frustration. In this Australian Open, Nadal was eliminated by Gonzalez and stopped in the quarterfinals. He lost a chance to challenge Federer again. This is precisely the reason why Nadal's fighting spirit was aroused. For several days, he was immersed in high-intensity training, he did not even watch the Australian Open finals.
Now that Nadal had just finished a day of training, he suddenly remembered that it was time for the Australian Open finals, so he walked to the TV and muttered to himself, "The finals should be in the second set, Federer should be 2-0 ahead?"
The live broadcast of the game appeared on the TV, and the score displayed in the lower-left corner surprised Nadal.
"Federer lost in the first game? Will Federer lose to Zhang Guan? How did he lose? This is the only game that Federer lost in the current Australian Open! Now it is the second set, a 4-4 draw? Is Zhang Guan so powerful?"
Nadal, holding a bottle of water, sat on the sofa and began to appreciate the match between the two.
"It's so fierce! Zhang Guan's return is good, and he has a Federer style..." Nadal suddenly felt that the tactics of the two players were very similar, just like a set of systems.
"Both players have right-handed cards and both have one-handed backhand shots. How can they play the same? It feels like two Federers are playing!"