Melbourne Park, several stadiums that can accommodate tens of thousands of spectators are naturally the place where several seeded players play, although Zhang Huasong is famous, but there is no such treatment to enter the big ball in the first round.

So, Zhang Huasong played on a small pitch at Melbourne Park, with less than 1,000 spectators.

However, the atmosphere was quite enthusiastic, and the audience was full.

Because Zhang Huasong's opponent Gloucester is a local Australian player, he naturally has many supporters.

And Zhang Huasong is a Chinese player, and there are many overseas Chinese in Australia, and there are even fans of Zhang Huasong who came from China.

Those fans are not tennis fans, but Zhang Huasong's fans. No matter what competition Zhang Huasong participates in, as long as there is time and conditions permitting, they will chase after the scene to watch.

So, even though it was only the first round, the stadium's more than 1,000 seats were filled, and there were quite a few Australian and Chinese flags waving.

In the lounge, although Gloucester made a big statement during the reporter's interview, he did not provoke Zhang Huasong face-to-face in the lounge.

After all, Zhang Huasong's status in the sports world is not something he can provoke casually.

Zhang Huasong naturally ignored him, but called up the system and upgraded his tennis skills to level 9.

In June 2007, Zhang Huasong entered the field of track and field for the first time. Just over two months later, in August, he won the 100m World Championships and broke the world record.

And now, he has been learning tennis for more than two months. He himself has long formed the impression of a genius, a demon, and an alien in people's minds.

Therefore, Zhang Huasong has no scruples about upgrading his skills now, as long as there is a time process for upgrading.

It doesn't matter how long it takes, as long as it's not a world-class level that pops out of nowhere.

When he won the wild card tournament in December last year, Zhang Huasong was a level 7 skill. Now more than a month has passed, and upgrading to level 9 is not too much for Zhang Huasong, who has already become an alien.

Level 7 skills are equivalent to the world's top 50 level, level 8 skills are equivalent to the world's top 10 levels, level 9 skills are equivalent to the world's top three levels, and level 10 skills are the world's first level.

However, Zhang Huasong was only upgraded to level 9.

After all, it is a bit unreasonable to be ranked first in the world after just learning tennis for more than two months, and even winning the Grand Slam tournament is overwhelming.

Therefore, Zhang Huasong is ready to use level 9 skills to fight in the first few rounds.

If you can play until you win the championship, it is naturally the best, in case you really encounter a hurdle that you can't pass, it's not too late to upgrade your level 10 skills.

After the skills were upgraded, at 18:50, the staff entered the lounge to inform Zhang Huasong and Gloucester to start entering.

Zhang Huasong and Gloucester each carried their own backpacks with rackets and drinks, and entered the court through the athletes' tunnel. A live camera walks upside down, carrying a camera to record the two entering the stadium.

All the media broadcast live through the live broadcast of the cameraman's footage.

Seeing Zhang Huasong and Gloucester appear at the exit of the athletes' passage, the spectators in the stadium stands burst into warm applause and cheers, and many people waved the flags of the two countries to cheer for the two.

In the CCTV live broadcast room, the host also raised his voice and began to introduce the history, status, venue, points, bonuses and so on of the two athletes and the Australian Open to the audience.

Many viewers in China who watched the tennis Grand Slam for the first time because of Zhang Huasong only knew that the tennis competition venues were not all hard courts, and there were grass, clay and other courts.

Of the four Grand Slams, the Australian Open and the US Open are hard courts, Wimbledon is grass, and the French Open is clay courts.

Hard, grass, red soil, each of which has a wide variation in ball speed, bounce, bounce distance, grip of sneakers when running, and so on.

Athletes who are accustomed to one type of venue often struggle to play on another.

It is not uncommon to hear some athletes with nicknames and titles such as the King of Clay, the King of Grass, and the King of Hard Courts, which actually means that they are only good at one type of court and often win championships, while other courts are often eliminated early.

So, it's not an honorable title for a top player who aspires to a Grand Slam.

Because of the different venues of the tennis courts, it is very rare for athletes to have four Grand Slam titles in their careers, and it is called a Grand Slam, and there are no more than ten men and women in the history of tennis.

Even Federer is still one French Open title away from winning a career Grand Slam. (Note: Roger Federer only won the Grand Slam of his career after winning the French Open on June 7, 2009.) ）

That's only a career slam, and there are only five male and female athletes who can collect all the slams in one year. The earliest was Donald Boogie in 1938 and the latest was Steffi Graf in 1988.

Since Steffi-Graf won the Grand Slam in 1988, no tennis player, male or female, has won four Grand Slam titles in one year.

Steffi-Graf also won the Seoul Olympics in 1988, collecting the Golden Slam in one year, the only annual Grand Slam in tennis history.

With the exception of Steffi Graf, no one else has been able to collect four Grand Slams and Olympic titles in one year to achieve the annual Golden Slam.

Even her husband, Agassi, only completed the career Golden Slam, not the annual Golden Slam.

However, the history of Steffi-Graf is, after all, more than 20 years old, too far away.

Moreover, the influence of women's tennis is still a little worse after all, as can be seen from the number of sets in the game.

The men's tournament is played in 5 sets, while the women's tennis is played in 3 sets. In terms of competitiveness, spectatorship, player strength, ball speed, etc., men's tennis is stronger than women's tennis.

Therefore, if Zhang Huasong can win the Golden Slam within a year, he will almost be able to reach the top of the tennis field.

Of course, 2009 is not an Olympic year, and there is no chance of winning the Golden Slam, so we can only go all out to win the first Grand Slam since Steffi Graf in 1988.

On the field, Zhang Huasong and Gloucester played a few balls and warmed up.

After a while of the heat, the time came to 19 o'clock, the referee walked to the court with a coin, beckoned the two together, and began to toss a coin to decide the serve, and the official match was about to begin.

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