On the evening of June 5, Paris time, the tenth match day of the 2012 French Open tennis tournament continued. In a men's singles quarter-final, the tournament's fourth-seed, new Australian Open champion and defending French Open champion Li Cai fell in straight sets to defeat the tournament's No. 6 seed and Spain's Ferrer to advance to the men's singles semifinals. Li Cai's opponent in the semi-finals will be the tournament's second seed and favourite, the "King of Clay" Rafael Nadal.

This media mainly focused on the news that Li Cai had advanced to the semifinals of the French Open, and it was a pity that he was not eliminated by Ferrer!

The same was true at last year's French Open, where Li knocked out the "King of Clay" Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals of the French Open, which surprised many people.

And in the end, Li Cai also defeated Federer in the final of the French Open and won the first Grand Slam title of his tennis career.

Since then, it has been out of control.

"In the semi-finals of last year's French Open, Li Cai and Nadal gave us a thrilling match, in which Li Cai defeated Nadal 3-1. And in this French Open semi-finals, the two met just like last year, and I don't know if Lee will continue his path as a 'natto killer', or if Nadal can successfully complete his revenge! ”

Because Li defeated Nadal last year, it can be said that he won the French Open championship from him, and in this year's French Open, like last year, the two still met in the semifinals, just like last year's French Open.

This has made many Europeans and Americans who believe in God think that this is God's will to let two players who can enter the French Open finals meet in the semifinals.

On tennis clay, Nadal has been invincible for too long, so any player who can beat Nadal on clay will inevitably attract widespread attention, and defeating Nadal in the semifinals of the French Open Grand Slam will attract even more attention, not to mention that Li Cai is already famous.

He has been praised by the Asian media as the "Prince of Tennis" and "a once-in-a-lifetime tennis genius". ”

Of course, the one who gave Li Cai these titles looked like Neon Country, and it felt very middle-class. But many people think it's good, in line with Li Cai's current age status, and it can be said to be worthy of the name.

It's just that for these two titles, Li feels that it is not as good as the sloth given to him by the European media.

Of course, there are also many people waiting to see Li Cai's jokes. Ever since Li Cai was competing at the Australian Open, he said that he wanted to win the Golden Slam of the year, which has attracted a lot of ridicule. After winning the Australian Open, Li Cai's reputation as a tennis genius was further confirmed, and he was partially away from the goal he said.

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On June 2, at 8 p.m. Beijing time, the French Open men's singles semifinals officially began, at the Phillip Stadium, first between Nadal and Li Cai, and then between Federer and Djokovic.

Nadal and Li Cai met for the second time, which naturally attracted the attention of the world, and the time of the game happened to be primetime, so as soon as the game began, the ratings skyrocketed, easily breaking through the 3% mark, and running towards 4%.

At this time, the domestic time is 8 o'clock in the evening, which is obviously the right time, and it happens to be a weekend night, plus it is the match between Li Cai and Nadal, so there are many spectators waiting in front of the TV, waiting to watch this heavyweight match.

When Nadal entered, the audience immediately gave him warm applause, and they greeted the "king" of the French Open with cheers, and the red and yellow Spanish flags around the court were particularly conspicuous, only in the corner there was a bright five-star red flag fluttering in the French Open court.

When Li Cai appeared, although the applause and cheers were much smaller, Li Cai felt very relieved to see that there were still many overseas Chinese compatriots to support him.

"Sure enough, Nadal is really popular here at the French Open. Even if I won the French Open last year. Li Cai could feel the gap between himself and Nadal from the audience's voices.

Seven years ago, the 19-year-old Nadal played in the French Open for the first time, defeating Federer in the semifinals, defeating Argentina's Mariano Puerta in the final, and won his first Grand Slam title.

And Li Cai's first Grand Slam was also won at the French Open, and the first ATP singles championship was also won in France, and the first Masters trophy was also won at the French Open.

And now, with five French Open titles in his hands, Nadal is back in the ring, where he was crowned, and meets Li Cai.

I just don't know if he is the "son of the French Open" in the past, today's "King of Clay" Nadal, and meets today's "Prince of Tennis" and Li Cai, who wants to dominate the tennis world, but I don't know who can win between the two and ascend to the supreme throne.

The romantic French fans shouted passionately, and the overseas Chinese who supported Li Cai, set the whole stadium on fire, so that the heat in the stadium continued to heat up, and the air was filled with a sense of suffocation before the game, and just when the audience's tolerance was about to reach the limit, the game finally began.

"Almost the whole audience is cheering and cheering for Nadal, except for the Chinese audience in the center, today's Phillip Stadium is obviously Nadal's home stadium, I don't know if this is still 16 years old Li Cai, will it cause huge psychological pressure, frequent mistakes? After the commentator asked himself, his voice suddenly stopped, because Li had just started the first serve of the match, revealing that the match had begun.

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The night before the match, Nadal was watching Li Cai's game and studying Li Cai's style of play and movements.

Although most of the experts are supporting themselves, Nadal does not feel that he can win safely, and Nadal watched the match between Li Cai and Gasquet in the round of 16, and Li Cai's performance made Nadal's heart full of fear.

Although Gasquet is still a distance from top tennis players, he is also a first-class tennis player, and Li Cai can play 6:0 in three games, which is very difficult, so to speak, Li Cai is much stronger than Gasquet to crush his opponent.

So after the match, Nadal was in his room and began to watch the video of Li Cai's first few rounds of the French Open for analysis and research.

"Rafael!" a familiar voice rang out from behind Nadal, speaking from his uncle and coach Tony. I saw Tony walk up with a large bottle of champagne in his hand.

"Tomorrow you win Li Cai, after washing away the shame of last year, let's open this bottle of champagne to celebrate! I have been looking for a long time to find the high-quality champagne in France. Tony said with a smile on his face.

"Uncle, I haven't played against Li Cai yet! Li Cai is a very strong opponent, wouldn't it be too early to talk about this kind of thing?" Nadal said helplessly.

Nadal was visibly annoyed, and his mood suddenly became a little irritated, and while he was still having a headache about how to deal with Li Cai, his uncle was discussing the post-match celebrations.

"Uncle, Li Cai is very strong. I'm not going to be able to beat him!" Nadal said, just trying to get his uncle out of the way so he wouldn't bother him.

Toni put down the champagne, looked at Nadal very seriously, and said, "Why do you have such a strange idea? Listen, Rafael, this is the French Open, this is the clay court, and you are the king here, no one can beat you on this court! Don't be affected by last year's defeat." ”

"I ......," Nadal could speak, realizing what his uncle Tony meant.

Nadal is indeed the king of the French Internet clay arena, he has won five French Open titles, known as the "King of Clay", the media praise has put too much pressure on him, he wants to keep his throne in the French Open, maybe it is so, he seems to care a little too much about this, in the face of Li Cai, who defeated him last year, such a strong opponent, he began to look forward. He became a little unconfident, he was worried that he would not win, that he would lose the match, that he had achieved the title of "King of Clay" at the French Open.

At this moment, Nadal suddenly woke up, he understood what his uncle meant, and instantly regained his self-confidence.

"That's right, my uncle is right, I am the king of the French Open, the "king of clay", I will definitely be able to win the final victory! No one in this arena can beat me, not even Li Cai, who defeated me last year!" Nadal's eyes were full of confidence.

Tony next to him smiled with satisfaction, his purpose had been achieved.

For his nephew Nadal, the world's top tennis player, there is no need to give him technical guidance, and the coach is not allowed to enter the court in tennis matches, so the temporary tactical guidance is not very effective, and it is all up to the athletes to adjust on the spot. Especially when there is only one day before the game, as a coach, the only thing you can do is to help your players mentally, so that he has the confidence in the game and believes that he can beat the opponent.