Chapter 335: The Heavenly King Ends
On Centre Court at Melbourne Park, the fourth set of the semi-finals between Zhang Huasong and Federer officially began.
The last game of the third set was Federer's serve, and the first game of the fourth set was Zhang Huasong's turn to serve.
In this set, Zhang Huasong showed the attitude of desperately winning in the 100m trapeze with Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay in the 2007 Stuttgart year-end finals.
On the first ball, Zhang Huasong sent a high-speed ball with a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour.
Although the angle was a little correct, it was picked up by Federer.
But because the ball was too fast and the rebound was too powerful, Federer couldn't adjust the angle of the racket at all.
He just subconsciously stretched out his racket and received the ball, but the ball that came back flew directly out of the bottom line on Zhang Huasong's side.
This is not an ace, but it is also Zhang Huasong's direct serve to score, 15-0.
Zhang Huasong continued to serve the second ball.
This time the ball was a little lower, but it was also as high as more than 100 kilometers per hour, and although Federer took it back, his own body had already rushed far away.
Zhang Huasong hit back with an anti-eight figure, and Federer sighed with joy!
Zhang Huasong 30-0 Federer.
Next, although Federer won a ball, Zhang Huasong still won the first service game smoothly with the advantage of the service game.
In the second game, Federer's serve, Federer had the advantage, Zhang Huasong failed to win this game, and the two sides were tied.
Next, both sides went back and forth, and both played their top level, and everyone's service game was stable and did not lose a game.
In the end, he fought until a 6-6 draw and entered the tie-break.
The tie-break was Zhang Huasong's serve, and Zhang Huasong had the advantage.
The stable state allowed Zhang Huasong to survive even if he was under pressure to lose the entire semi-final after losing this game, and won the tie-break with the advantage of the service game.
In the end, Zhang Huasong defeated Federer with a thrilling score of 7-6 and won the crucial battle of the fourth set.
After playing four sets, the two sides were tied 2-2 on aggregate and needed to enter the fifth set and the deciding set.
If the two sides still tied 6-6 in the fifth set, there would be no tiebreaker!
According to the current rules of the International Tennis Association, after the tiebreaker is tied at 6-6, there is no tie-break, and you must win two games to win.
Even if the score is 100-100 and the game lasts for two or three days, one person must win two games to end the deciding set.
Zhang Huasong and Federer scored 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 7-6 in the first four sets. Three tie-breaks and seven games, a narrow victory of 2 points, almost all of them fought until the end to determine the winner.
Moreover, in the course of the game, there was a situation of repeatedly grabbing AD winning points in a single game.
In the first four sets alone, the two have already played from 19 to 22 o'clock and have been playing for 3 hours.
After entering the fifth set, at this time, Zhang Huasong underwent a systematic transformation and showed his advantages with a young and strong body.
Federer is 28 years old after all, and although it cannot be said that he is already in decline, the ATP world No. 1 being overtaken by Nadal has already shown the decline in his overall strength.
Although his form is picking up since the start of the Australian Open, he is in poor form in front of him, and he has consumed more physical strength than Zhang Huasong in almost every round.
When I played this semi-final with Zhang Huasong so far, the first four sets were also quite anxious.
He doesn't have the metamorphosis physical strength to be able to run a marathon.
As a result, Federer's fitness in the fifth set was a little unable to keep up. Although he will not retire directly like Djokovic, he gradually fell behind in the game with Zhang Huasong.
In addition to winning the first three service games, Federer lost the remaining service games and break games, and failed to bite the score.
In the end, Zhang Huasong did not upgrade his skills, only relied on his level 9 tennis skills and the metamorphosis physical fitness he transformed when he practiced track and field marathon, and still defeated Federer with a score of 6-3!
At the end of the semifinals of the men's singles in the second half of the 2009 Australian Open, Zhang Huasong reversed Federer with a total score of 3-2 to reach the final.
As soon as the game ended, Zhang Huasong threw away his racket and roared to the sky, and Zhang Huasong's fans in the stands and overseas Chinese viewers were crazy, applauding and shouting in celebration.
The host of CCTV Sports Channel excitedly shouted to the national audience:
Zhang Huasong has only been learning tennis for more than 2 months, and for the first time he participated in a professional competition, he defeated tennis king Roger Federer and reached the Australian Open men's singles final, breaking the previous 1/4 finals when Djokovic retired from the tournament and people thought that Zhang Huasong was lucky and picked up cheap to enter the semifinals. There is no doubt that Zhang Huasong is a genius, a peerless genius in the world of sports!"
The guest in the live broadcast room interjected next to him: "No, not only in the sports world, Zhang Huasong has also achieved great success in the music industry, and he has also taught himself several foreign languages, more than most diplomats will do! He should be an all-round genius, not limited to the sports world!"
The host immediately changed his tune and said: "Yes! Zhang Huasong is an all-round genius, and he is a Chinese national!"
The victory of compatriots is the best catalyst for interest, and at this moment, countless Chinese people who knew nothing about tennis before finally felt the joy of tennis!
"Perhaps, I should also learn about tennis!" countless Chinese people thought to themselves while applauding at this time.
At the scene, Federer, nicknamed Cow, gasped and shook his head, shook Zhang Huasong's hand with a gloomy expression, congratulated him, and then left the arena lonely.
The lonely back of the superstar made many of his fans cry, and also made many neutral viewers sad.
After the match, the news that tennis newcomer Zhang Huasong defeated Federer to reach the Australian Open Grand Slam final quickly occupied the front pages of major media around the world.
This news is so shocking!
Although everyone knows that Zhang Huasong is a genius, it is in the field of track and field!
The field of track and field relies more on physical fitness and instant explosiveness, while tennis requires superb skills and continuous combat physical fitness in addition to physical fitness and instant explosiveness!
After all, if you want to win a Grand Slam, you have to play seven games, and each game is a fierce battle of two or three hours.
It is precisely because of this that tennis has a higher influence in the world than athletics.
Many people think that Zhang Huasong has just learned tennis, and it is already a miracle that he can reach the semifinals of the Australian Open for the first time in a professional competition!
In the semifinals, Zhang Huasong faced the king Federer and should have lost!
However, unexpectedly, even the king Federer failed to stop him!
Although it was hard to win, Zhang Huasong finally defeated Federer in a face-to-face match, and did not rely on his opponent to retire halfway through the competition like in the 1/4 finals.
At this moment, no one regards Zhang Huasong as a newcomer anymore!
Just like the Chinese people say, Zhang Huasong is an all-round genius! No matter how unfamiliar the field he enters, no one can treat him as a pure newcomer!
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