The score came to 40-0, Nadal held three rounds, and it looked like it was going to be a steady win. But in the next point, Nadal had a double-turn error. For Nadal, who holds three points, he has the capital to fight for the serve. Even if it is the first serve error, he still dares to play a high-quality service in the second. However, the fight was a bit too fierce, which caused a double mistake.
The score became 40-15. For the next point, Nadal finally chose a conservative serve after a mistake. After Zhang Guan received the serve, Nadal wanted to fight a more extreme landing point, which was going to the net, Zhang Guan recovered another goal and scored 40-30. In the ensuing goal, a low-quality cut by Nadal was caught by Zhang Guan. Zhang Guan chased the ball three times to equalize the score.
Originally, Nadal still held three rounds, but the score in the blink of an eye became 40-40, which also made Nadal more anxious. The next goal, Zhang Guan, backhand position sideways hit a big with his forehand. The slash, this ball is very difficult, and something unexpected happened to Nadal, Nadal tried to hit a cross ball, but unfortunately, the ball went out of bounds, Zhang Guan took the lead to get the breakpoint.
Losing four goals in a row has a great impact on Nadal. This is not the clay-court he is good at, and he is not dominant in terms of strength, so he is not as calm as he was at the French Open. In the next goal, Nadal chose to attack more eagerly, but he made a mistake when pressing the ball at the high point of the bottom line. Zhang Guan also broke the break in the second game and temporarily lead 2-0.
In the third game, Zhang Guan stepped up the active attack, drove Nadal to move left and right, played a love-game, 3-0 ahead of Zhang Guan, and then in the fourth game, Nadal began to use a high spin and used the forehand to hit back. Although this ball is not as good as it was at the French Open, it is also a "Nadal turn" after all. It still has a certain lethality. In this round, Nadal successfully saved his serve and finally pulled back one of the round.
Zhang Guan was not willing to be outdone. He served the net twice and sent an ACE ball in his serving game. He won three match points 40-0. Nadal successfully crossed the ball with a two-handed backhand. The score was 40-15. However, Zhang Guan served the next ball to score and successfully defended. The score at this time was 4-1, followed by Nadal's serve.
Nadal had good luck in the first three servings and scored three consecutive points, but unfortunately, the return of the fourth ball hung up the net. Zhang Guan chased the score to 15-40. At this time, Nadal remembered the moment when he held the three rounds before being overturned, and he chose the strategy of seeking stability.
"Nadal chose to seek stability, a good opportunity!" Zhang Guan put a small ball in a return, this ball was very sudden and Nadal did not expect it. Nadal hurried to the net and caught the ball, which gave Zhang Guan the chance to press the ball in front of the net. Next, Zhang Guan walked to the receiving position, a high-pressure ball was scoring a point, and the score became 30-40.
Nadal still held around. He continued to serve. After a few shots, Zhang Guan found another chance and put another small ball.
"Are you putting the ball again, the same move, do you think it will be useful to me!" Nadal had already prepared this time, he seemed to have been waiting for Zhang Guan to release the ball, and then made a return.
However, Zhang Guan chose another way of hitting the ball, aiming at the bottom line position, hitting a small diagonal cross ball, and falling right behind Nadal.
"No, it's hitting me from behind!" Nadal tried desperately to chase, but he still didn't catch up, only to watch the tennis ball pop out of bounds.
"40-40, draw! Just now Nadal held three rounds but was immediately leveled by Zhang Guan. This seems to be a replica of the first round, but the difference is that the first round belonged to Zhang Guan, but now it is Nadal's service game if Nadal cares about being broken, he is afraid that he will lose the whole game." The commentator said.
After being chased from 40-0 to 40-40, Nadal was already a little panicked. In this case, he made another mistake, and his second shot was also cracked by Zhang Guan. The result of this round was that Zhang Guan chased five goals in a row after being 0-40 behind, and made another break.
With a score of 5-1, Zhang Guan served the next game. There is no doubt that Zhang Guan successfully defended his game and fixed the first set at 6-1.
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In the CCTV studio, the guest speakers invited today are still under the guidance of Coach Su.
"Nadal played too impatiently. He has been eager to attack and wanted to get a breakpoint, but what this style of play brought was an increase in mistakes, but instead gave Zhang Guan more opportunities, now the score 6-1 fully illustrates this point." Coach Su said.
The commentator next to him should immediately say, "Yes, I usually think that Nadal has always been a player with a relatively stable play style. He is more accustomed to finding opportunities to counterattack in a solid defense. Today Nadal has completely given up the robustness of the past, and chose a strong attack."
"Zhang Guan's performance at Wimbledon is too strong. Federer with four consecutive Wimbledon titles has also been taken lightly by Zhang Guan. I think Nadal has no chance" Coach Su continued, "Perhaps in the next game, Zhang Guan will take away Nadal."
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The strength of the first set of games made Nadal realize that his strong attack was not only unable to bring victory to himself but to make himself lose more thoroughly.
"I originally wanted to try to choose a strong attack, and unexpectedly he won the next game, but I didn't expect to lose even more. It seems that I should not choose a play that is not very familiar." Nadal shook his head, he decided to return to the original style of play, using his most familiar tactics to deal with Zhang Guan.
In the second set, Nadal's serve quality has improved, and he also started to use the bottom line that he is good at. The effect of this is still very good. At least in the first six games, Nadal and Zhang Guan's game became 3- 3 tie.
The bottom line is not completely infeasible on the grass field. With the development of tennis, more and more players are starting to use the bottom line on the grass field, such as the 2013 Wimbledon final, Murray and Germany Jokovic both used the bottom line. However, this also has a certain relationship with the decline of play in front of the net. When the vast majority of players become bottom-line players, naturally, few people play before the net in Wimbledon.
Now Nadal is using the bottom line, this is the set of play he is best at.
"The effect of using the bottom line is pretty good. I run more aggressively. I should be able to delay this set until the tie-break. After the tie-break, I will have a chance. I have a chance to win the game." Nadal thought silently, and he even raised the expectation of victory in his heart.
However, in the next game, Nadal had just burned the fire of hope, but Zhang Guan ruthlessly destroyed his hope, and Zhang Guan completed the break again.
"Aha, Zhang Guan once again broke the break. Now the score is 4-3, and the next is Zhang Guan's serve. It seems that in this game, Zhang Guan will win easily!"