At the National Tennis Center, the contest between Zhang Guan and Murray has begun.
"The arc of this ball is really low, isn't Murray afraid of getting off the net!" Zhang Guan thought silently in his heart.
Murray's arc of the ball is extremely low. It can be said this service can be considered one of the lowest arc of the ball among the well-known players that Zhang Guan has faced. Several times Zhang Guan thought that the ball would go off the net, but in the end, the tennis ball flew over the net.
Murray's movement speed is also very fast, so his defensive ability is also very outstanding, but the quality of the defensive ball is relatively average, as previously analyzed by Coach Zhang, Murray's defense is deadly, his defense is constantly killing the opponent's patience, waiting for the opponent to make a mistake.
Murray also knows that Zhang Guan will participate in track and field competitions at night, so he hopes to make a quick decision, so Murray also aimed at this point, playing time and time, looking like nothing but merit.
In the first game of the two sides, both sides started slightly cautiously, obviously testing each other, and after each secured the score, the score was tied 1-1. And then Murray began to become more procrastinated, and from time to time he would use far-reaching summing and landing control to chaos the rhythm of Zhang Guan, waiting for an opportunity to make surprise attacks.
In the first set, both sides dragged into the tie-breaker. In the tie-breaker, Murray had a 4-2 lead and changed sides, but in the final stage of the volley and receiving errors, he unfortunately lost 5-7.
After a game of competition, Zhang Guan has figured out Murray's style of play. At the beginning of the second set, Zhang Guan used Murray to play a little loosely and broke the serve.
The semi-finals of the Olympic Games are also a three-set two-win system. Zhang Guan had already won the first set before, and now he broke serve in the second set. Murray even had a foreboding that he was about to lose.
"It's another 227-kilometer serve, Zhang Guan is still as strong as ever!" Murray looked at the ball speed monitor on the sidelines, his face full of helplessness.
Murray knew that this was a disparity in strength, and the disparity was not even a little bit. Although he is hailed as the "master of tactics" in the tennis world, he is unable to recover from this disparity in strength.
The second set can be said to be a crushing match. Murray finally couldn't resist Zhang Guan's powerful attack. Zhang Guan successfully won the second set 6-2 and successfully advanced to the finals.
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Reporters flocked to the game just after it ended.
"Zhang Guan, tell me about this game!" a reporter asked.
Zhang Guan thought for a while and said, "This game consumes a lot of my energy. Now I do feel a little tired. I also feel very confused during the game. I don't know if I can win the whole game. Seeing Murray perform very well, his performance completely shocked me. The game was difficult, but in the end, I persisted. Now that I have reached the men's singles final, I am very happy."
"Tired? I think you are very energetic. It's not too difficult to compete yet? Murray was almost abused by you in the second set!" A foreign reporter couldn't help but complain.
"Zhang Guan, we look forward to the upcoming final!" another reporter asked.
"My goal is only one, and that is the championship. No matter who it is, I can't stop myself from winning the championship!" Zhang Guan said categorically.
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For those who don't pay much attention to tennis, Zhang Guan's victory over Murray is probably just a victory in the Olympic semifinals and can win at least one medal; but for tennis fans, Zhang Guan defeated Murray and entered Olympic tennis. In the final, it is not just a silver medal, he is only one step away from the golden slam of tennis.
The Golden Slam needs to gather the champions of the four Grand Slams of tennis and the tennis champions of the Olympic Games. Although the Golden Slam only has one more Olympic champion than the Grand Slam, the four Grand Slam matches are held every year, and the Olympic Games are held every four years. In a player's career, he can participate in the Olympic Games three times. Therefore, the difficulty of the Golden Slam is much higher than that of the Grand Slam.
Among the current men's singles players, only Andrew Agassi has won the gold slam, but six have won the grand slam. If Zhang Guan wins the Olympic final, he will become the second in history to win both events.
During the Olympics, people may only be interested in Olympic gold medals and ignore the gold slam, but the Tennis Center will not let go of this great opportunity for publicity. The propaganda staff of the Tennis Center had already written the manuscript and sent it out as soon as Zhang Guan defeated Murray.
"The crown is only one step away from the Golden Slam!"
Under the leadership of the propaganda department, this article quickly occupied the headlines of major media sports or the Olympics section, and also let people who follow the Olympics understand what the golden slam is, and many people on the Internet began to discuss this matter.
"I just learned that tennis still has a golden slam. The four Grand Slams plus the Olympic championship sound so awesome!"
"As long as Zhang Guan can win the championship in the finals, he can win the Golden Slam. This should be the highest honor in tennis!"
"Tennis Golden Slam, if it were placed two years ago, I would not dare to think that our country's players could get the Golden Slam!"
"Zhang Guan is a bull. Someone said before that Zhang Guan participated in several projects, so he wouldn't be able to get a gold medal, but this time those people are dumbfounded!"
"Zhang Guan is invincible, Zhang Guan will win!"
Honor is very satisfying, and the Olympic Games can bring people a sense of national honor. However, there are hundreds of Olympic events and hundreds of gold medals. When the gold medals follow, it is very exciting, but it will inevitably make people numb. The first gold medal may be remembered for the process of winning the championship, the second gold medal may be remembered for the name of the champion, the third gold medal may be remembered for the event of the game, the fourth, fifth, sixth... Maybe, in the end, there is only one number left to remember.
So at this time, you need to add some other ingredients to it, such as how miserable this gold medalist's family is, how much pain this gold medalist has experienced, and so on. However, these lace-like condiments are not more capable of attracting public attention than the topic of Golden Slam. Even if Zhang Guan still has a tennis final to play, people's expectations for the Golden Slam have reached their peak.
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National Sports Stadium.
The athletes who participated in the 1500m preliminaries stepped out of the channel.
"Hey, long time no see, Iguid!" A voice suddenly sounded, and Iguid from Morocco looked back and saw Kiplop from Kenya approaching.
Morocco is a strong middle-runner country, and Iguid is regarded as the leader in the middle-runner in Morocco. However, Kenyan Kiplop who had just spoken is the strongest person in the 1,500-meter middle distance race in Africa. Kiplop is second only to Bahrain's Ramz and is the second most popular to win the 1500m event in this Olympics.
He saw Kiplop come up and say, "Iguid, I have watched the game group, your group is quite strong, South Africa's Devonte, England's Budley, but in your group, there is also a king! He is the king of track and field! How is it, are you worried that you will not be able to qualify?"
"The king of track and field? Huh! A king of track and field who participates in the Olympics by the Olympic B mark?" He smiled disdainfully, "Kiplop, don't joke around, in the 1500m event, Zhang Guan couldn't even make it to the Olympic A mark, but thanks to God, he was able to qualify for the second round.