"It's raining so hard!" Zhang Guan looked at the sky and felt helpless.

Wimbledon is held during the rainy season in the UK, so it's normal to have rainy days. Fortunately, the rain in this season is mainly showers, and the arrival will be relatively sudden, often just now it is still windy and sunny, and in the blink of an eye it will rain heavily, and after the heavy rain, it will be the sun shining on the earth. Therefore, it is not uncommon in history for Wimbledon tournaments to be cancelled due to rainfall.

Zhang Guan's match was played on Court 2, which was originally Wimbledon's No. 1 court, but when the new No. 1 court was built in 1997, it became Wimbledon's No. 2 court.

Wimbledon courts are not covered with canopies, so if it rains, the lawn must be covered. However, the retractable canopy system is being built and will not be completed until 2009 at the pace of the British project.

Fortunately, the heavy rain came and stopped quickly, and when the rain stopped, it was sunny again.

As Zhang Guan's opponent, the American veteran Jimel Storber certainly hopes to win, although the strength of the two sides is really a little different, but Jimel Storber is still looking forward to a miracle.

Zhang Guan served first, but the rain and humidity made the grass of Wimbledon appear more slippery, and Zhang Guan's serve speed this time became faster, and Gimel Storber even felt that he didn't see the shadow of the ball, and the tennis ball had already landed and popped out of bounds.

"Such a fast serve! I didn't see the landing point at all. Sure enough, on the grass court, Zhang Guan's heavy artillery serve has been greatly improved, and this time it has just rained, the ball will become faster and more difficult to catch. Gimel Storber turned his head in disbelief, looking at the tennis ball that was still rolling on the ground, to confirm that Zhang Guan had completed the serve.

"Out!" the line referee's voice rang out, and Jimmel Stuber's face was filled with joy.

"Out of bounds. No matter how strong Zhang Guan is, he will make mistakes, and his first time participating in Wimbledon and his first time participating in grass courts, he will definitely be nervous. This is the 'Seed Graveyard', and many seeded players are destined to fail, and maybe this will bless me with the championship!" said Jimmel Stuber, who seemed to see a glimmer of victory.

However, Zhang Guan raised his hand and signaled to the presiding judge: "I want to challenge!"

This sentence reached Jimmel Stober's ears, and instantly made his mood fall from the vantage point like a roller coaster.

"How did I forget Zhang Guan's ability, Zhang Guan's success rate in challenging Hawkeye is 100%!" Jimel Storber shook his head helplessly.

The French Open is played on clay. The tennis ball will leave a ball mark after landing, so there is no need for the Hawkeye challenge system, and Zhang Guan naturally has not challenged Hawkeye in the French Open, which makes many people forget that Zhang Guan's success rate in challenging Hawkeye is 100%.

Wimbledon officially introduced Hawkeye technology for the first time this year, becoming the third Grand Slam tournament after the US Open and Australian Open to introduce this technology, and because this is the opening match and the first ball, Zhang Guan's Hawkeye challenge is also the first Hawkeye challenge in Wimbledon history.

After hearing Zhang Guan's request for challenge, the referee was slightly surprised for a second. Only then did I remember that this year's Wimbledon had introduced the Hawkeye Challenge system, and then at the referee's signal, the operator hurriedly pressed the start button of the Hawkeye system.

Zhang Guan chose to challenge Hawkeye, which should be the first time in Wimbledon history. At the Australian Open earlier this year. Zhang Guan once showed the audience 100% success in challenging Hawkeye, and now at Wimbledon, Zhang Guan has to show his special ability again. The narrator said that a simulated image of the Hawkeye system had already appeared on the TV screen. It's an in-bounds.

Sure enough, Zhang Guan's challenge was successful, and Wimbledon made the first ever Hawkeye challenge. The result ended in success. The referee of this match should feel a lot of pressure now!" the commentator said with a smile.

Zhang Guan continued to serve, the first serve is still so fast and extreme, and the landing point is almost all attached to the sideline, of course, this extreme serve also has a one-serve error, but Zhang Guan used the tactics of serving to the net in the second serve, making up for the mistake of one serve, and gave Gimel Stalluber a love-game in the first game.

"Zhang Guan leads Gimel Stuber 1-0, I think this result is not as unexpected as everyone expected, and now many experts are optimistic that Zhang Guan will win Wimbledon. And with the level of serve that Zhang Guan showed just now, coupled with that beautiful serve at the net, Jimel Storber is afraid that it will be difficult to get a break! Next is Jimmel Storber's serve, and we can only wish him to keep his serve. The narrator's words already reveal a complete disapproval of Gimel Storber.

In the second game, Jimmel Stuber's serve game was played, and Zhang Guan combined running tactics with net attack, using running attack tactics to disrupt Jimmel Stuber's rhythm and seek opportunities to attack at the net. This seemingly extreme offensive style of play has received very good results, directly beating Jimel Stober, and Zhang Guan successfully got the break.

"If I had been ten years younger, I would have been able to catch that ball just now!" Jimmel Storber shook his head, he was in no mood to resist. The veteran couldn't keep up with Zhang Guan's offensive rhythm at all, and the idea of retiring was once again born in his heart.

The next game did fall into the rhythm of Zhang Guan. In Zhang's serve, he only needs to do two things, one to fight for an ace and the second to serve directly to the net, and Jimel Storber has no way to deal with this tactic. On Gimel Stober's serve, Zhang's aggressive play at the net could easily turn the tide of the match.

"Zhang Guan's core tactic today seems to be to attack on the net, his tactical choice is very correct, at Wimbledon, the play in front of the net is definitely the most powerful style of play. The commentator took a deep breath and continued: "Today's Zhang Guan, as if I saw the football king Sampras of the year, yes, this is simply Sampras's possession, I really didn't think that in this era of popular bottom-line play, there are players with such excellent skills in front of the net!"

Zhang Guan eventually managed to win his first Wimbledon match, with a score of 6-1, 6-2, 6-0 indicating that he won very easily.

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Sampras's stunt reappears at Wimbledon, will he be the next Wimbledon king?"

In the first round of the men's singles at Wimbledon this afternoon, the third seed Zhang Guan easily defeated the American player Jimmel Storber 6-1/6-2/6-0. The Samprasian "backhand return straight push, or its highly concealed downspin cutting return, forced Gimel Storber to actively run back and forth between the two opposite corners to receive the ball, followed by the same "Samprasian" volley in front of the net...... This set of tactics is so nostalgic! We seem to see Sampras back on the Wimbledon court again! Zhang Guan has perfectly inherited Sampras's style of play, will he be the next king of Wimbledon? It seems that it is only a matter of time before Zhang Guan wins Wimbledon, and perhaps in two weeks, we will be able to see him win the Wimbledon Challenger Cup! )

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