The game between Zhang Guan and Lee Hyung-Taik was scheduled for the second game, also to take care of the viewing time in Asia. At this time, South Korea happened to be around 7:30 in the evening. For a barbecue restaurant, it is a good time to open the door to welcome guests.
It was Zhang Guan's game against Lee Hyung-Taik playing on the TV screen.
"Oh, Lee Hyung-Taik's game started!" The person's voice immediately attracted everyone's attention, and the Korean commentary on the TV station opened the touted mode.
"At the beginning of the game is Zhang Guan's serve. If Lee Hyung-Taik can get a break in the first game, he will be in a very advantageous position!" The South Korean commentator just shouted, and the referee on the TV called out the sentence "ACE".
At this moment, the South Korean narrator stopped his words suddenly, and the barbecue restaurant was silent, and could only hear the applause of the audience from the TV.
After a few seconds, the South Korean commentator said, "Zhang Guan's luck is very good. In the first serve, he had an ACE ball. However, in tennis games, ACE balls are not very common, especially in the French Open, ACE balls are more of an encounter but not a request. The average man chooses to only issue about 10 ACE balls in the whole game!"
"It turned out to be this way." The commentator's explanation gave the Korean audience in the barbecue restaurant a big breath. An ACE ball can only be issued about 10 times a game, which shows that the ACE ball is very lucky.
However, in the next second.
"ACE!" This is the voice of the live referee on the TV, and the score in the lower-left corner of the screen also became 30-0.
Zhang Guan issued another ACE ball.
The applause on the TV once again spread throughout the barbeque restaurant, and the sound of "barbara" dripping from the oil on the barbecue stove made these Korean audiences feel so harsh.
The TV screen was aimed at Lee Hyung-Taik, and Lee Hyung-Taik was on the runway edge again, looking down to observe the ball's falling point. However, at this time, the referee also stepped down from the high stool in the middle and confirmed the ball's landing point nearby.
The French Open is a clay court, and the ball will leave traces when it falls, so there is no hawkeye imaging system. Before the four major slams had no hawk eye system, so the French Open was also hailed as the fairest slam.
Under this mechanism, the referee goes down and observes the ball's landing point. This is a very common occurrence in the French Open, so the referee on the clay court is busier than the referees on other venues. Climb up and down to check the ball's landing point, the referee of other venues only need to directly mobilize the hawk-eye imaging.
This ball, the referee's judgment is still very accurate, from the traces can be judged that the ball fell within the boundary.
"What's going on? How can he play so accurately? Is it on the sideline again!" Lee Hyung-Taik felt a little depressed, and then he continued to receive the ball.
This time, the South Korean commentator didn't say anything at all. The two consecutive ACE balls already made him wonder what to say.
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"It feels good, you can try again!" Zhang Guan smiled slightly, aimed at the sideline again, and served.
"OUT!" The line referee's voice sounded, indicating that the ball was out of bounds.
The French Open has no hawk-eye system, and Zhang Guan can't challenge it. Moreover, the hawk-eye system in the system has already told Zhang Guan that this is indeed a ball out of bounds.
"Not well-controlled, out of bounds. But two consecutive ACE balls, it is already very good." Zhang Guan's expression is still very relaxed, even if he made a mistake, he is still very satisfied with this opening.
However, this one mistake made the Korean commentator excited.
"One mistake! Zhang Guan made one mistake! A good chance, a good chance for Lee Hyung-Taik! The time for Lee Hyung-Taik to fight back is coming!" Get excited.
"I said it can't always be the ACE ball, just now Zhang Guan was lucky!"
"Zhang Guan made a mistake, and the second shot will be more conservative, and Lee Hyung-Taik player will be able to recover a point!"
At the next moment, everyone saw that Zhang Guan was ready for the second serve.
The tennis ball flew over the net and landed on the midline. After landing, the faster ball was also much slower.
Lee Hyung-Taik hurried to prepare to catch the ball, but to his surprise, the height of the ball bouncing had reached his shoulder.
"It's a topspin! How can it be so high, this rotation is very powerful." Lee Hyung-Taik had to raise the angle of the return ball, but although the ball flew over the net, it fell out of bounds.
"OUT!" The referee ruled that Lee Hyung-Taik received the ball out of bounds and the score became 40-0.
Lee Hyung-Taik shook his head angrily. He didn't expect this ball to have such a strong spin. Without mental preparation, he was mistaken in receiving the ball.
"Hey..." In the barbecue restaurant, I don't know who made a sigh first.
At this time, the voice of the South Korean commentator sounded again, "The game has just started. Player Lee Hyung-Taik has not yet entered the state of the game, and the feel is not very hot, which is quite normal."
On the TV set, Zhang Guan has started his fourth serve.
With a crisp landing sound, the tennis ball landed ten centimeters inside the sideline. This was a flat serve, so it did not bounce up like a top serve. But the ball still lost a lot of energy when it landed, and when it bounced again, the ball speed had slowed down a lot.
Lee Hyung-Taik forehanded the swing and returned the ball to the net.
"Wow!" The audience in the barbecue restaurant made a sound of an exclamation as if it was Lee Hyung-Taik doing a great thing.
This is only one serve, one ordinary serve, and the quality of the service is not high, the landing point is very positive, and the strength is not enough. This level of service is a good opportunity for any receiver to launch an attack.
Zhang Guan directly hit back with a forehand, and the tennis attacked the other side of the court. In this shot, Zhang Guan added a great force of topspin. The rotation of the ball was no less than Nadal's forehand.
"Diagonal!" Lee Hyung-Taik ran quickly. As an Asian athlete, although his strength is average, his mobility is still very good. Even if he is 31 years old, he still ran desperately.
The tennis ball landed and then bounced, and Lee Hyung-Taik was about to reach the receiving position. He stretched out the racket to catch the ball but found that the height of the tennis ball was close to his head.
"It so high! It's a high-intensity spin!" Lee Hyung-Taik's brakes, if he doesn't stop, he may have to catch the ball with his face. Then he raised the racket and tapped once.
The tennis ball hit the net but didn't fly to the other end.
Lee Hyung-Taik returned the ball without crossing the net, and the referee immediately announced that Zhang Guan won the first game.
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The barbecue restaurant was quiet. Before three minutes, everyone was still dreaming that Lee Hyung-Taik would have a break in the first game. However, three minutes later, Zhang Guan gave Lee Hyung-Taik a "love-game".
"What's going on? Didn't the media say that our Lee Hyung-Taik player would win? Why didn't he win even one point before he lost one game?"