On March 14, 2009, in the second round of the men's singles at the Indian Wells Masters, the top 32 seeds in the ATP world rankings, including Nadal, Federer, Djokovic and Zhang Huasong, began to play in this round.

Naturally, they were evenly split between the 32 matches in the second round, trying to get the seeded players to go one more round and make the rest of the tournament more exciting.

Of course, if you lose to a player with a lower ranking than you, there is no way to do it.

Sometimes, it's the upset games that attract the attention of the fans more.

Zhang Huasong's first match will definitely be against a player from the ATP world ranking 32 onwards.

In fact, the first opponent Zhang Huasong faced was a Czech player named Henik, with 1,157 points and currently ranked 61st in the ATP rankings.

With Zhang Huasong's previous level 9 tennis skills, it is no problem to play Hernick.

However, winning the Australian Open, Laureus Athlete of the Year, the popularity of "Zhang Huasong: Victory", appearing on the Oprah talk show, etc., several big news in a row have made Zhang Huasong's usable prestige much more than before the Australian Open.

Therefore, even against the 61st-ranked player, Zhang Huasong upgraded his skills to level 10 before the competition.

He's going to dominate the tennis world like athletics.

Entry, warm-up, draw, Hernick got the right to serve.

Looking at Zhang Huasong, who had just won the Australian Open Grand Slam championship, Hernick was not only not timid, but a little excited!

Zhang Huasong only learned tennis for a few months, and he staged an epic showdown with Nadal for more than 7 hours in the Australian Open final watched by hundreds of millions of viewers around the world and finally won the championship, and became famous in the tennis world at once!

Hernick also wants such a good thing to happen to him!

Although he knows that Zhang Huasong is different and an all-round talent, the technical content of tennis is higher than that of track and field after all, and the probability of accidents during the game is also greater than that of track and field competitions, and there are often upset games!

In addition to Zhang Huasong, there is no example of a player who participated in the Grand Slam with a wild card all the way to the final and won the championship.

As for other lower-ranked players, it is even more common for them to beat high-ranked players in one or two matches.

What's more, Hernik is still No. 61 in the ATP, and he didn't come in with a wild card, but he still has some strength.

Therefore, Henick would love to put on a counterattack for himself as well!

If he can defeat Zhang Huasong, even if he is eliminated in the next round, he will definitely become famous! Even if he can't be defeated, if he can compete with Zhang Huasong like Nadal, he will definitely show his face in front of the media and the audience.

It was in this state of mind that Hernick began to serve.

On the first ball, Henick played at a high level and sent an ace of nearly 200 kilometers.

Although Zhang Huasong upgraded his tennis skills to level 10, he was not teleported. After the ball speed is too fast and the angle is too big, he can't catch up, and there is no way to catch up!

got the ace on the first ball, Zhang Huasong didn't even receive the ball, and Hernick suddenly increased his confidence, feeling that he really had the possibility to defeat Zhang Huasong and become famous.

As a result, Zhang Huasong gave him a strong counterattack in the second ball.

The second ball sent by Hernick was far less fast than the first one, and Zhang Huasong also guessed the direction of his serve, not only took the ball back, but also hit a backhand with a large angle.

Henick barely took it back, but was hit by Zhang Huasong with an anti-eight, couldn't catch up, and lost the second goal.

So, from the second ball, Hernik really realized why Zhang Huasong was able to defeat the world No. 1 Nadal to win the championship.

Moreover, it seems that Zhang Huasong's strength has improved compared to the Australian Open.

In the first game of the first set, Hernick took the initiative on serve, but in the end he only won two balls, including the first ace, and lost the first game.

Even the service game can be lost by a big score, not to mention Zhang Huasong's serve, Hennick was beaten by Zhang Huasong with 2 aces and shaved his head.

Every game in the back was about the same, and when Zhang Huasong served, Hellnick basically couldn't win a single ball.

When Henick serves, although he can occasionally win one or two balls with the initiative, he can never win the whole game.

Only 6 games were played in the first set, Zhang Huasong won the first set with a score of 6-0, and Hernick failed to win even a game.

The more he hit the back, the more frustrated and unconfident Henick became!

originally wanted to make a name for himself by playing with Zhang Huasong, but he didn't expect Zhang Huasong to be so tough, he had no power to fight back!

If you continue like this, don't talk about being famous, I'm afraid you'll be laughed to death.

I couldn't win a game with so much excitement in the first set, let alone the back!

In the second set, Zhang Huasong was 6-0 again, directly knocking out Hellnick.

With the exception of the men's singles tournaments at the four Grand Slams, the rest of the tennis tournaments are basically best-of-three matches, including the Masters.

With a total of 12 games in the two sets and just over an hour of play, Hernick couldn't even win a game.

After the match, some TV presenters who broadcast the match lamented: "It's so surprising, it's not that Zhang Huasong won, but that Henick, ranked 61st in the world, didn't win a game against Zhang Huasong in the whole game." Could it be that after more than a month, Zhang Huasong's strength has improved a lot compared to the Australian Open final?"

In addition to Zhang Huasong's iron fans, the audience at the scene was quite disappointed and speechless.

"Damn, two sets 6-0, all bald, Henick might as well surrender before the start of the game, and waste more than an hour of sitting here for us!"

"This match is really boring to watch! The Australian Open final between Zhang Huasong and Nadal is exciting, that's what it's called a game!"

"Yes, the disparity in strength in this game is too great, it's really boring!"

"Zhang Huasong didn't shave his bald head when he participated in the Australian Open and Asian wild card tournaments, and it seems that he is now a big step better than in the Australian Open final!"

"Can't Nadal fight him?"

"I don't know, anyway, judging from the speed of Zhang Huasong's progress in track and field, now that more than a month has passed since the end of the Australian Open, it is really unpredictable to what extent Zhang Huasong's strength has risen. ”

"I hope the opponent behind is stronger!"

In this way, Zhang Huasong's first Indian Wells Masters announced his strong arrival in the form of shaving his opponent's head.

In a best-of-three match, a 2-0 aggregate score is common. But both sets were all 6-0 scores, and the opponent failed to win a single game, but there were very few games.

After all, no one is a robot, and there will always be times when they make mistakes in the game, or when the opponent plays extraordinarily.

What's more, almost all of the top 100 players in the world participate in the Masters, and it is not a friendly match between professional players and amateurs.

In this way, Zhang Huasong can still send his opponent a bald head, what a surprise!

Naturally, now Zhang Huasong's status, everything is worthy of media coverage, not to mention such an unexpected game.

In the second round of the men's singles at the 2009 Indian Wells Masters, Zhang Huasong swept his opponent with a score of 6-0 in both sets and advanced strongly. 》

"Zhang Huasong's strength looks like it has improved a cut from the Australian Open final, can anyone fight Zhang Huasong for a few hours this time?"

"With Zhang Huasong's progress speed and state stability, I'm afraid the tennis world is about to enter the era of Zhang Huasong!"

"After conquering the track and field arena, does Zhang Huasong still have to conquer the tennis world, spanning two different fields and achieving world-class achievements?"

There are also some comments:

Zhang Huasong flew from China to the Stars and Stripes, attended the Laureus Awards, recorded Oprah's talk show, and then signed several advertising endorsements within a few days, and arrived at Indian Wells when the first round of the competition began. As a result, the result of the competition was unexpected by many. It wasn't Zhang Huasong who won, but Zhang Huasong won the first game with a score of 6-0 in both sets, allowing his opponent, ranked 61st in the world, to win the first game without winning a game, and Zhang Huasong's strength is too amazing. ”

Although Zhang Huasong has only won his first Grand Slam title and the first game of the second event has just ended, Zhang Huasong's performance in the first game of Indian Wells makes people feel like they have seen the king of track and field in the Olympic arena. In professional tennis, you really have to be careful of Zhang Huasong!"

After a day of rest, the third round of the men's singles began on March 16.

This time, Zhang Huasong met a Croatian player named Cilic, with 2510 points, and is currently ranked 19th in the ATP world, which is higher than Zhang Huasong's ranking.

However, Cilic did not feel the joy of meeting a player ranked lower than him at all, but his face was heavy.

Understandably, Zhang Huasong's strength has nothing to do with the ATP rankings. After meeting Zhang Huasong, his Masters ended early!

It's just that he must not be shaved by Zhang Huasong like Hellnick, then it will be a shame and a big shame!

Therefore, Cilic played quite risky.

If you don't take risks, you can't do it!

The industry knows Zhang Huasong's state! If you want to compare stability and ability with Zhang Huasong, it is nonsense.

As a result, Cilic is hoping to win a few games on his own serve.

Eventually, Cilic achieved his goal.

Through continuous attempts, he finally won the second set by serving three aces in a row and a direct serve point from Zhang Huasong catching the ball out of bounds in one of his service games.

The final score was 6-0, 6-1, and although Cilic was also cleanly beaten by Zhang Huasong to a total score of 2-0, he still won at least one game in the process, and was not completely shaved like Hennick.

Such a score is not so conspicuous when a strong player plays a weak player in a professional tournament.

After the game, as Cilic expected, although the media were also admiring Zhang Huasong's state and strength, not many media reported that Khnick's head was shaved.

finally escaped the media and audience discussion on the cusp of the storm.

After two games, Zhang Huasong scored 2-0 on aggregate, and almost didn't give his opponent any chance, Cilic served riskily and won a game by luck.

With such strength, many people feel that the champion of this Indian Wells Masters may really be taken away by Zhang Huasong.

In such an atmosphere of discussion, on March 18, in the fourth round of men's singles, Zhang Huasong's third match, he welcomed ATP world No. 4 Andy Murray.

Because Zhang Huasong is not seeded in the top four, he is bound to meet a top-four player before the semi-finals.

For Zhang Huasong, this is a no-brainer.

However, for Andy Murray, this is undoubtedly a signing.

Even in the face of Nadal, Federer and others, Murray has the strength to fight.

But against Zhang Huasong, Andy Murray could not win. Although his performance was a little better than that of Hernick and Cilic, he was only as good as he was.

In this game, Zhang Huasong still won with a total score of 2-0, and the scores in the two sets were 6-0 and 6-2 respectively.

As the fourth-seeded player in the ATP world, Murray only won 2 games in total against Zhang Huasong, and Zhang Huasong's strength was really amazing.

Fourth-placed Andy Murray lost to Degan, and in the quarter-finals on March 19, Zhang Huasong won the same easily as ATP-ranked Argentine Del Potro, with a score of 6-1 in both sets.

Although he didn't shave his head, there was a huge disparity.

Zhang Huasong won all of his matches 2-0 and reached the semifinals of Indian Wells in 2009 without dropping a set.

On the morning of March 20, in the men's singles semifinals, Zhang Huasong faced Rafael Nadal, and Federer faced Djokovic.

Following the Australian Open final, Zhang Huasong and Nadal once again staged a peak showdown.

This match was seen by Nadal as a battle for revenge.

The Australian Open battled with Zhang Huasong for 7 hours and 18 minutes and finally lost, and Nadal has been haunted by it.

He thinks that his strength will not be worse than Zhang Huasong, but his physical strength is a little worse than Zhang Huasong in the Australian Open final. Therefore, this Indian Wells Masters, he has been making physical reserves for this Masters since the end of the Australian Open.

He believed that he would definitely meet Zhang Huasong again! Even if he was not in the same district, he would meet in the final in the end.

As a result, they were placed together in the top half of the bracket and met early in the semi-finals.

It's okay when they meet, Nadal thinks that as long as he defeats Zhang Huasong and proves that he is still the number one in tennis!

In this match, Nadal showed a higher level of physical reserve and strength than the Australian Open, but he did not meet Zhang Huasong in the Australian Open final.

Now Zhang Huasong has upgraded his tennis skills to the full level, and he is no longer the opponent who was on a par with him in the Australian Open final.

As a result, after the match began, Nadal was shocked to find that even though he had made sufficient preparations to deal with Zhang Huasong, the result was more difficult than in the Australian Open final.

On the surface, Nadal was much worse than in the Australian Open final.

Not only did he not be able to fight with Zhang Huasong for a few more hours, but he didn't even bite the score, and he couldn't get in the seven games.

In the end, Zhang Huasong won two sets in a row with a score of 6-3, 6-2 and entered the final of the Indian Wells Masters, disappointing many viewers who wanted to see Zhang Huasong and Nadal have another classic matchup.

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