Chapter 352: The First Championship of the Masters
Following the Australian Open final, Zhang Huasong defeated ATP world No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the semifinals of the Indian Wells Masters. X
And this time it was much easier than winning in the Australian Open final.
When he first entered the tennis world, he defeated the world No. 1 Nadal twice in a row, proving that Zhang Huasong is indeed a genius.
Industry insiders and audiences saw Zhang Huasong's performance, and they all sighed that Zhang Huasong's talent and progress speed were amazing.
Sure enough, it is all-round, what to learn and what to be fine, the tennis world may usher in the era of Zhang Huasong.
While Zhang Huasong easily defeated Nadal to advance to the final, Djokovic's performance in the other semi-final was also impressive.
He beat Roger Federer 2-1 in the semi-finals to reach the final and will face Zhang Huasong for the 2009 Indian Wells Masters.
In this game, Djokovic's always criticized physical fitness was not a problem, and he fought with Federer until the end and won the battle.
After the game, when reporters asked Djokovic about his fitness, Djokovic admitted that he had recognized his problem.
After the withdrawal from the Australian Open caused a unanimous crusade from the media and fans, he decided to change his past and focus on tennis.
During this time, he didn't go out to fool around once, and the media really didn't see any news of Djokovic hanging out in bars, night clubs, dating models and beauties, attending drinking parties, etc.
It's a real shift, but I don't know how long he can last.
However, even if he really changed sex, everyone is still not optimistic that he can defeat Zhang Huasong.
Even world No. 1 Nadal lost a crisp 2-0, and Djokovic is unlikely to be stronger than Nadal.
If he's better than Nadal, it's probably that he's ranked No. 1 in the world, not Nadal.
Although everyone thinks so, Djokovic is, after all, the world No. 3 and a tennis talent that both Nadal and Federer have praised.
He didn't go out to fool around during this time, and when he was in good shape on the court, he may also have the strength to fight with Zhang Huasong.
The exact result will only be known after the final competition.
After the semi-finals on March 20, the women's singles final took place on March 21.
Indian Wells not only has the men's ATP1000 Masters, but also the women's TA1000 crown, which is played at the same time.
For example, in the case of Huaguo's ATP1000 Shanghai Masters, there is only men's tennis, no women's tennis. The TA1000 Crown Tournament is a championship at the Huaguo Open with 1000 points.
However, this time in the Indian Wells TA Crown Tournament, Serena Williams, who won the Australian Open more than a month ago, did not participate, and her sister Serena Williams did not come.
Because William Jr. was playing in the Indian Wells Crown Game in 2001, something very unpleasant happened on the court, and Williams was racially discriminated against by the extreme white fans of the Stars and Stripes in the stands because of the color of his black skin.
Therefore, William Jr. and her sister directly announced after the competition that they would never participate in this competition from now on, and the International Tennis Association and the TA organization also recognized it, and did not force their sisters to participate in this competition every year.
Without world No. 1 Serena Williams, Vera Zvonareva from Russia defeated Serbia's Ana Ivanovic 2-1 to claim the crown trophy.
After the women's singles final, on March 22, the men's singles final began.
When Zhang Huasong walked into the Indian Wells Center Court, the audience of more than 16,000 people immediately burst into warm applause.
More than half of these spectators met Zhang Huasong during last year's Olympic Games. After all, Zhang Huasong's performance at the Olympics was too amazing.
Then, the remaining half also know Zhang Huasong through the Australian Open Grand Slam, the music video of "Zhang Huasong: Victory!", the Laureus Awards Ceremony and "Oprah Talk Show", etc.
There may not be 10 people in the audience who have never even heard of Zhang Huasong's name.
Therefore, many people at the scene are supporters or admirers of Zhang Huasong. There are many more viewers cheering on Zhang Huasong than there are cheering on Djokovic, even though Djokovic entered professional tennis many years before Zhang.
Seeing this contrast in popularity, Djokovic was not convinced!
You know, he is also recognized as a tennis genius! He used to play and play, and he didn't take training and competition seriously, and he got third in the world.
Now, when he gets serious, he thinks he's no worse than anyone else in tennis.
However, it was only after the match started that Djokovic felt something different: Zhang Huasong was much better than he was at the Australian Open.
When the two played the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, Djokovic won the set against Zhang Huasong. If he had had had had his experience and skills, he thought he could have beaten Zhang Huasong.
But now, he has personally felt the great changes in Zhang Huasong, which makes him feel that it seems to be much, much more difficult to defeat Zhang Huasong.
Whether it is the speed of the serve, the power, the angle, the control of the timing, the forehand and backhand return, etc., it is a big step up from the Australian Open.
Djokovic, who originally thought that he should be on a par with Zhang Huasong, played quite hard.
In the first game, Zhang Huasong's serve, the two played a total of 5 balls, but Djokovic only won 1.
Of the four balls he lost, one was an ace with a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour, and the other was a ball that he touched but couldn't catch and went out of bounds.
The remaining two balls were defeated by Zhang Huasong within three rounds by seizing the opportunity or smashing vigorously, or tricky reverse corner return balls.
In the second game, it was Djokovic's serve. He is not bad at physical strength now, and his skills and talents are much beyond ordinary people. It stands to reason that with the initiative in the service game, the odds of winning the second game are very high.
As a result, he won 3 balls with only one ace and two service points, while Zhang Huasong took the lead to get AD points and finally won the game.
Even losing the service game, Djokovic felt that Zhang Huasong's strength and form were very different from those at the Australian Open.
In fact, Zhang Huasong was more surprised than Djokovic.
Zhang Huasong has the skills of sports miracle doctor and god-level physiotherapy, and has a superhuman vision. He could tell that Djokovic's spirits were much better than at the last Australian Open.
With him upgrading his max level, Djokovic can still win him by three goals in one game, which is already very difficult, and he seems to be a little stronger than Nadal.
Perhaps, he has really changed his past, and he has been adjusting his reserve physical fitness during this time, preparing to win a championship at this Masters.
However, it is a pity that I met Zhang Huasong. Zhang Huasong, who has an all-round system, wants to attack the No. 1 position in the world, and if he doesn't succeed, he will be punished by the system, so he can only show no mercy to everyone.
The audience in the evenly matched game likes it very much, but in order to achieve supreme status and popularity, you can only crush the past with the invincible strength of the world, and only then can you become the undisputed king in a field.
can only blame Djokovic and others for being at the wrong time, or the time and space are wrong. Djokovic on Earth was very beautiful in the next few years, but unfortunately this is a blue star, not Earth, and he met Zhang Huasong, who has an all-round system.
In the third game, Zhang Huasong's serve, Zhang Huasong naturally won without surprise.
In the fourth game, Djokovic's serve, he finally won with two aces and a passing talent after repeatedly tugging for a few AD winning points.
In the first set, the two played a total of nine games, and Djokovic lost the first set with a score of 3-6, the same score as Nadal lost to Zhang Huasong in the first set.
This score is not a huge gap, but it failed to drag into the tie-break, proving that there is still some gap in strength.
Djokovic felt a little incredulous.
He feels that he is already a tennis genius, and his physical strength and condition are very good today, but he is not Zhang Huasong's opponent at all.
Could it be that Zhang Huasong is really an all-round talent, who crossed over from the field of track and field to a new tennis world, and is about to sweep the tennis world after only a few months of practice?
After the first set, the two took a few minutes of rest. Djokovic's coach talked to him and the two on the sidelines, and they both felt that the conventional style of play might be really difficult to defeat Zhang Huasong, who had increased his strength a lot and was terrifyingly stable, and he had a strange move.
The so-called trick is to try to widen the angle when serving and returning the ball. Although it is possible to go out of bounds, it is also possible to make a successful crimping.
Whether you can win or not depends on luck, and whether luck is on Djokovic's side today.
In the second set, Djokovic really tried to hit the boundary on both sides as much as possible, whether it was serving or receiving the ball, and widened the distance between Zhang Huasong and the ball.
However, this style of play is really easier to get out of bounds. Moreover, Zhang Huasong is not a vegetarian. Zhang Huasong is faster than Djokovic in sprinting, has better control and returns the ball faster.
As a result, Djokovic's past or back balls were either directly out of bounds, or Zhang Huasong was beaten back, making him embarrassed.
Even when there are successful aces on the serve, there are not many. There were also two balls that were directly challenged by Zhang Huasong to Hawkeye, declaring his ace invalid.
After four games, Djokovic didn't win a single game and was about to be shaved in the second set.
As a result, he could only give up the unrealistic and risky style of play, and still fight against Zhang Huasong according to the conventional style of play.
Then, he finally won a game on his serve.
However, in the end, he still lost the game with a score of 6-1, which was one more game than the second game between Nadal and Zhang Huasong.
It seems to prove from the side why Nadal is the number one in the world and he is only the third in the world.
Not to mention beating Zhang Huasong, it is about catching up with Nadal and Federer, Djokovic still has a long way to go, and it is not as simple as controlling his off-court activities.
And the technology, training, etc., you have to keep up!
In the end, Zhang Huasong defeated Djokovic 6-3, 6-1 in two sets, 2-0 on aggregate, and won the 2009 Indian Wells Masters.
A reporter commented in the post-match report: "Before 2009, tennis was the stage for Federer. He has been the No. 1 ATP world champion for more than four consecutive years, has won 13 Grand Slam titles, and has been named Laureus Male Athlete of the Year for four consecutive years. The name of Fei Tianwang is well deserved. ”
In the second half of 2008, Federer's form declined, losing to Nadal at the Olympics and the French Open, and even the world No. 1 position was replaced by Nadal. Therefore, after entering 2009, everyone thought that from 2009 onwards, they would enter the era of Feiner hegemony. If Djokovic corrects his playful nature, he may become a triwizard contest. ”
As a result, I didn't expect a track and field athlete Zhang Huasong to run halfway. He didn't practice his track and field properly, but he came to play tennis. The future development prospects of tennis may not be the era of Fena hegemony or triumph competition as we imagined, but the era of Zhang Huasong's success. ”
Judging from the performance of the Australian Open Grand Slam and the Indian Wells Masters, Zhang Huasong defeated the world No. 1 Nadal twice in a row, the world No. 3 Djokovic twice, and the world No. 2 Federer once. ”
"Judging from the process of the game, Zhang Huasong's strength in the main draw of the Australian Open is much stronger than the Asian wild card tournament of the Australian Open, and this Indian Wells Masters is much stronger than the Australian Open. Referring to the history of Zhang Huasong's participation in track and field competitions, we will understand that with Zhang Huasong's state, his strength can only rise, not fall. ”
"Nadal's three can't even win against Zhang Huasong, who has only been practicing tennis for a few months, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to win again in the future. ”
However, because the Australian Open and Indian Wells Masters are both hard courts, Zhang's strength on grass and clay is unknown. Perhaps, we will have to wait for a different court to see if Nadal, the king of clay, can defeat Zhang Huasong on clay. ”
"Otherwise, Zhang Huasong may really dominate the tennis world like track and field!"
As soon as this report came out, it immediately aroused opposition from many people.
Although Zhang Huasong's strength is very strong, it is too nonsense to say that the tennis world has entered the era of Zhang Huasong after only participating in two matches!
Federer's title is stacked with years of ATP world No. 1 rankings and more than a dozen Grand Slam titles.
The current Zhang Huasong is not to mention Federer, but also with Nadal and Djokovic, and he is still far from the number of champions.
Moreover, both of these matches were hard courts. Zhang Huasong's strength on red clay and grass still has to wait.
If Zhang Huasong can win the Grand Slam and complete the first tennis Grand Slam since Agassi in 1999, it will only mean that Zhang Huasong is qualified to compare with Federer.
If you really want to surpass Federer, you have to talk about the number of championships and the number of weeks in the ATP world rankings.
Alternatively, you can take a Golden Slam.
Because, Federer has not yet won the Grand Slam. If Zhang Huasong can finish first, he can talk about surpassing Federer.
Naturally, this argument has been refuted by Zhang Huasong's fans.
However, the rebuttal is not strong enough. After all, it is a fact that Zhang Huasong has a small number of champions. Tennis is not like sprinting, the fastest run is the world record, simple and straightforward.
Therefore, Zhang Huasong's fans can only refute the fact that Zhang Huasong has defeated Nadal, Federer, and Djokovic in succession, telling those who think that Zhang Huasong is unlikely to surpass Federer, and it is only a matter of time before Zhang Huasong surpasses Federer.
Sooner or later, tennis will be ruled by Zhang Huasong, just like track and field.
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