Chapter 327: Dark Horse
As a result of the coin toss, Gloucester got the serve and took the lead in the first game.
Gloucester is ranked 138th in the world at ATP, and his strength is still good.
In tennis, the serving side has an advantage. If you serve well, send an ace out, and the opponent won't even receive the ball and win a ball.
Seeing Gloucester get the serve, many local fans in the stands began to shout and cheer for Gloucester, and many people clamored for him to serve a few aces and win the first game directly.
Gloucester naturally also wanted to send an ace ball, so that Zhang Huasong didn't even have the power to fight back.
However, his strength is too far from Zhang Huasong.
Maybe he can occasionally send out ace good balls with good power angles, so that Zhang Huasong can't catch them, but there are definitely not many such balls.
At least, the first ball he sent not only did not hit an ace, but was easily received by Zhang Huasong.
Others are slow to enter the game, but because of the system's skills, Zhang Huasong enters the state quickly.
Glouce's first ball was not difficult, and Zhang Huasong's ferocious counterattack made Gloucester unprepared. Gloucester received the ball in a hurry, but hit it back directly out of the boundary of Zhang Huasong's side.
In the first game of the first set, Zhang Huasong 15-0 Gloucester.
Next, Gloucester didn't send a single ace, he won only one ball in this game, and then he simply lost the first service game.
In the second game, it was Zhang Huasong's turn to serve, and Gloucester was directly shaved and bald, not winning a single ball, and Zhang Huasong sent two aces.
The Australian audience at the scene and in front of the TV was expecting Gloucester to beat Zhang Huasong home in the first round, as he said in his pre-match interview!
As a result, I didn't expect that it was not him who beat Zhang Huasong home, but Zhang Huasong who beat him into a sieve.
Throughout the game, Gloucester won two games with just a few aces or a few good shots on serve, and then lost the first round cleanly with a total score of 3-0 and went home.
The scores were 6-1, 6-0, 6-1 in the three sets, and Gloucester lost without temper.
Speaking of which, Australia is not a country friendly to China, and the anti-Chinese atmosphere is relatively heavy, and it is common to see news that overseas Chinese are discriminated against and even treated unfairly in Australia.
Therefore, although Zhang Huasong is a world superstar, he is still hostile to some local Australian audiences.
Why did Gloucester say that before the game? In fact, in addition to disappreciating Zhang Huasong's tennis strength, it also has the meaning of pleasing domestic audiences.
As a result, I didn't expect him to have such a big difference in strength with Zhang Huasong, which completely disappointed the audience who were expecting him to beat Zhang Huasong back to Huaguo.
As a result, some of the Australian spectators, who were quite dissatisfied with the game, left the stadium before the game was over, and Gloucester also left the stadium in disgrace after the game.
Only Zhang Huasong and the overseas Chinese audience at the scene happily celebrated Zhang Huasong's first victory in the main draw of the Australian Open, which was also the first victory of Chinese men's tennis in a Grand Slam tournament.
Of course, many Australian viewers shouted Zhang Huasong's name, applauded, and congratulated him.
After all, everyone's personality is different, and every country has people with different perspectives.
The deep hatred between Dongying and Huaguo has Dongying people who like Huaguo, not to mention that Huaguo and Australia do not have much enmity.
With Zhang Huasong's performance in the Olympics, he also has a lot of fans in Australia.
In January, the Northern Hemisphere is in winter, and due to the weather, there are no world-class major events in the Northern Hemisphere, only countries such as Australia and Brazil in the Southern Hemisphere are suitable for outdoor competitions.
The Australian Open was the first tournament of the 2009 season, and it was also the first major tournament in the world of 2009.
The first is always the most concerned, with live broadcasts in more than 100 countries and regions around the world, and the international attention is unprecedented.
On the first day of the tournament on January 19, only No. 1 Nadal played among the four seeded players.
Federer, Djokovic and others will have one per day for the next three days, so that the outside world can keep an eye on the Australian Open every day.
Therefore, in the match on January 19, the most popular in the first round of the Australian Open men's singles are Rafael Nadal and Zhang Huasong.
Nadal also won all three sets in the morning, without dropping a set, and the scores in the three sets were 6-2, 6-0, 6-2.
After Nadal's match, the media was full of praise, saying that Nadal was in hot form, worthy of being the world No. 1, and his opponent was almost powerless.
Unexpectedly, after the evening game, Zhang Huasong, a three-no-no player, turned out to be more powerful than Nadal, and beat his opponent 6-1, 6-0, 6-1 in three sets, and the score gap was bigger than Nadal.
The score between Zhang Huasong and Gloucester was the most disparity of the score on this day.
After all, the gold content of the Asian wild card championship is too low, and many foreign media have analyzed that Zhang Huasong's time to practice tennis is too short after all, and it is estimated that most of the players who have entered the Australian Open main draw are in one round.
As a result, Zhang Huasong not only did not have a first-round tour, but also broke into the second round with such a strong attitude, which was better than Nadal's performance.
This time, the media around the world are excited!
More exciting than reporting on Nadal!
After all, Nadal's victory is expected by everyone, and only Zhang Huasong's unexpected win, and it is a big win, is more worthy of everyone's report!
Although Gloucester is ranked low in the world, only 138th in the ATP, he has to rely on a wild card to participate.
But based on an analysis of Zhang Huasong's match with Gloucester, some media outlets have also come to a surprising conclusion that Zhang Huasong may have the strength to win the championship.
Although this point of view is a bit shocking, according to the analysis of Zhang Huasong's serve, receiving, smashing, running speed, physical fitness and other aspects in the first game, Zhang Huasong really has the possibility of winning the championship.
Could it be that Zhang Huasong wants to replicate his experience in the 100-meter dash in 2007? More than 2 months into the industry to win a world-class championship?
Zhang Huasong's own popularity, coupled with the crushing victory in the first game, has made Zhang Huasong's attention unprecedentedly high, and there is even a tendency to surpass Nadal and keep up with Federer. (Nadal has just reached the ATP No. 1 rankings, and his popularity is not as popular as Federer's years of world No. 1 popularity.) )
After all, in addition to the fans of the parties, neutral audiences like to watch dark horses and unpopular.
Zhang Huasong, a three-nil player who has just entered the tennis world, is undoubtedly the best dark horse in the minds of countless people!
If Zhang Huasong can go all the way and finally win the championship, it will be fun, and neutral audiences will like to see it the most.
Just like the Danish fairy tale of the European Championship in football in 1992 and the Greek fairy tale in 2004, it has always been talked about by neutral fans.
["Urban Almighty Superstar" is first released from the original version of the Chinese network, update the latest chapters as soon as possible, ask for subscription, ask for monthly ticket support! ] 】