Federer defeated Nadal in the deciding set, ending 81 consecutive victories on natto clay"

"A great athlete needs a great opponent. ↗ , Hamburg, Germany, local time on May 20, the third part of the French Open warm-up tournament and the last important warm-up event Hamburg Clay Masters Finals, the 11th episode of the "Cow Bean War" was staged, and finally the world No. 1 Federer lost one set first, and swept the opponent in the last two sets, defeating Nadal 2-6/6-2/6-0, ending Nadal's 81-match winning streak on clay, and defeating Nadal on clay for the first time. Both will take a week's break to prepare for the French Open, which starts in seven days. ”

This is a report by a certain domestic media, and then some details of the game are described, which are relatively pertinent.

Foreign media reports are not so regular, and many media have even started the French Open championship guessing session.

A British media outlet wrote: "Federer finally defeated Nadal for the first time in his sixth clay-court meeting, and Federer is close to 4-7 in the head-to-head meeting. However, it is worth noting that in the final set of the match, Federer broke three consecutive serves to defeat Nadal 6-0. I think Federer must have found a way to deal with Nadal, and if the two meet at the French tennis finals on June 10, Federer will have a better chance of winning!"

The British media is clearly more bullish on Federer.

The French media, on the other hand, are more optimistic about Nadal, who has already won here twice in a row, and has a larger audience base in Paris than Federer.

Although Federer defeated Nadal in yesterday's Masters Hamburg to win the title, it cannot be ignored that the two have a record of playing on clay, and Federer is still at an absolute disadvantage with 5-1 win. But the fact that the last five meetings have all come in finals also tells us that Federer can only be called the "second best on clay". In yesterday's match, we saw Nadal try to suppress Federer's backhand with his forehand and not give Federer too many forehand opportunities. And on this clay court, Federer's backhand is clearly no match for Nadal's powerful forehand. Federer's French Open crown this year is more intense than ever**, and he will be assisted by coach Roche from the start of the clay season, with the old Australian who will stay with Federer to play and train in Europe throughout the clay season. However, even so, the author is still more optimistic that Nadal will complete the French Open three consecutive titles. ”

Zhang Guan read several more news reports about the French Open final, and found that the entire European media was talking about Federer and Nadal. In addition, Djokovic is the most talked about by the media. His impressive performances in the months following the Australian Open and the quarterfinals of last year's French Open were seen by the media as a potential to win the title. It is worth mentioning that Djokovic has risen to sixth place in the latest ATP world rankings.

"It's all about Federer, why didn't you see my news. I haven't appeared on the field for a few months, and the media habitually forgot about me?" Zhang Guan searched for a long time, and finally found a report related to himself.

This is an article written by a former tennis professional named Gordons, which is also a prediction for the French Open, and some of it mentions Zhang Guan.

Zhang Guan's successful victory at the Australian Open a few months ago represents a successful transition for the world king of track and field, but since the end of the Australian Open. Zhang Guan did not participate in any tennis matches. At the Masters Indian Wells, Masters Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome at the Masters, and the just-concluded Masters in Hamburg, we didn't see Zhang Guan. ”

"I suspected that Zhang Guan was suffering from an injury, but according to reliable sources, Zhang Guan has started working with former French Open champion Zhang Depei, and Zhang Guan has been training for months. Although we don't know the exact situation yet, we have learned from the organizers of the French Open. Zhang Guan has confirmed that he will not miss this year's French Open. ”

"Even though his new coach Zhang Depei was once the youngest French Open champion, I still don't think Zhang Guan is a candidate for the French Open title. My judgment is based on the fact that Zhang Guan's style of play is not suitable for the rhythm of the game on clay. At the Australian Open, Zhang Guan's fast serve is very threatening, but the speed of the ball on clay will be greatly reduced, and Zhang Guan has used a lot of tactics in front of the net in the Australian Open, but we all know that the tactics in front of the net are not suitable for playing on clay......"

Zhang Guan carefully read the entire report, and the author who wrote this report, Gordons, is not blacking Zhang Guan. It's just that some corresponding analysis was made through the tactics used by Zhang Guan in the Australian Open, and the analysis is quite reasonable.

The high-speed flat serve has always been a great scoring tool for Zhang Guan, but on clay courts, the power of the fast serve will be greatly diminished, and the ace at the French Open is mainly based on angle rather than speed. In addition, Zhang Guan's play in front of the net shown in the Australian Open. It is also not applicable to the French Open. In Gordens's view, Zhang Guan's two major scoring weapons have been abolished, and the prospects of the French Open are naturally worrying.

"When we get to the French Open, let you see how powerful the running and attacking methods are!" Zhang Guan looked at his watch: "How did I forget about this matter, the matchup table for the French Open should come out today, it has been several hours, and the matchup table must have been announced a long time ago! If there is no accident, I will meet Davydenko again in the round of 16." ”

In the four Grand Slams, the 32 seeded players are grouped in a fixed position, but the seeded players can only meet until the third round at the earliest, so now Zhang Guan is most concerned about the opponents in the first two rounds.

Since he has not participated in any tennis matches for more than three months, he has been overtaken by Djokovic, Murray, Haas and several others, and has fallen to the fifteenth place in the world, so he will be placed in the 2/4 zone.

Zhang Guan clicked on the page of the French Open, and the grouping of athletes had just appeared, and Zhang Guan found his place in the rapid 2/4 zone. only to find out that his opponent is an Asian name and his nationality is Korean.

"Hyung-taik-lee, it's Lee Hyung-taek! That Korea is the first in Asia. No, now that I'm the number one in Asia, Lee Hyung-taek should be squeezed to the third place in Asia. Zhang Guan thought about it and found that he didn't seem to know much about Li Hengze, so he searched for Li Hengze's name.

Lee Hyung-taek, a veteran born in 1976, is 31 years old this year, started playing professionally in 1995, and has been playing for 16 years, winning the ATP only at the 2003 Sydney Open, and the best result in a Grand Slam was the round of 16 at the 2000 US Open. The current ranking is 42nd. A player of this calibre is no threat to me!"

Zhang Guan didn't care that his opponent was Li Hengze, a player who had played tennis for more than ten years and could only rank in more than 40 places, and had only won one ATP championship, so in Zhang Guan's opinion, there was no threat at all.

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"French Open First Round: Lee Hyung-taek vs Zhang Guan, Men's Tennis Asia's "No. 1" Battle!"

This article in the "Korea Herald" introduced that Lee Hyung-taek would meet Zhang Guan in the first round of the French Open, and then this article quickly caused a discussion among the South Korean media and the public, and most of the discussion was "Lee Hyung-taek can become the first tennis player in Asia as long as he defeats Zhang Guan"! )

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