Chapter 328: Champion-level performance
After the first round, Zhang Huasong had to rest for three days before starting the second round on January 23.
In the next few days, it's time to watch other people perform.
On January 20, Murray, the No. 4 seed from the United States, was the focus of everyone's attention.
As a result, unexpectedly, Murray's opponent suddenly suffered an old injury halfway through the game, and retired halfway, and Murray automatically advanced, disappointing countless viewers at the scene and in front of the TV.
With the exception of Murray's fans and compatriots who were elated, all the neutral spectators were depressed.
On January, No. 3 seed Novak Djokovic won the first round 6-2, 6-3, 7-5.
Although he also won 3-0 on aggregate, he played 7-5 in the third set, which was far worse than the performance of Zhang Huasong and Nadal, and everyone's expectations for Djokovic's probability of winning the championship were also much lower.
On January 22, the most popular tennis king, No. 2 seed Roger Federer, made his final appearance as the last player in the first round of the men's singles, attracting more than 10,000 fans at Melbourne Park's Centre Court, with a 90% attendance rate.
The attendance rate reached in the first round, which shows that the appeal of the tennis king is still far higher than Nadal.
As a result, he simply won with a score of 6-1, 7-6, 7-5.
Although it was also a 3-0 win on aggregate, the score of each set was even worse than Djokovic's.
If he hadn't won the tie-break in the second set, he might have lost the second set.
The first round of the four-day men's singles was over, and the best performance was Zhang Huasong, a junior tennis brother who participated as a three-no player.
Before the start of the main draw of the Australian Open, no one expected the first round to turn out like this.
Although the first round of matches cannot be generalized due to the differences in opponents and the problems of on-field performance. But when it comes to Zhang Huasong, many things can be speculated.
Because according to Zhang Huasong's previous record of participating in track and field competitions, his competition state has always been very stable, and there will not be too many ups and downs.
The performance in the later games will generally not be lower than the previous performance, unless Zhang Huasong intends to release the water.
Australian Open Grand Slam, since Zhang Huasong is here, it is naturally impossible to release the water.
Everyone can predict that Zhang Huasong's performance in the future will basically not be lower than in the first game.
In such a state, it is not impossible to win the championship!
Although the possibility is not large, it is not zero after all, and it is no longer a situation where no one predicted Zhang Huasong's probability of winning the championship before the start of the Australian Open.
It is in this situation that Zhang Huasong's second round of competition has attracted more attention.
On January 23rd and 24th, the second round of the Australian Open singles began.
Zhang Huasong started the first round early, played the competition on the first day, and rested enough time, so the second round was also the earliest group of participating athletes, and the competition time was 9 o'clock in the morning on January 23.
This time, Zhang's opponent is Beruz from Brazil.
With 978 points and an ATP world ranking of 90th, Beruz is currently the first Brazilian player in men's tennis and one of the players to qualify directly for the Australian Open by ranking.
This is the first time Zhang Huasong has played against a top 100 player in the world, and he is a step stronger than Gloucester in the first round, and the media, spectators, and industry insiders are all watching Zhang Huasong's second-round performance.
Although Zhang Huasong's form is said to have been stable, it was track and field. On the tennis court, whether Zhang Huasong can still be so stable, everyone still needs to verify.
As a result, there were no accidents.
Beruz, the world's top 100 and Brazil's No. 1 men's tennis player, was also beaten 3-0 by Zhang Huasong, with the scores of 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 in the three sets.
Berrouz was slightly stronger than Gloucester and won a total of 4 games against Zhang Huasong, but it still failed to stop Zhang Huasong from advancing strongly.
The media, spectators and industry insiders also once again verified that Zhang Huasong's first round was not a fluke or luck, but a real strength with at least the top few in the world.
Otherwise, they won't be able to beat a top-100 player like Berrouz to the ground.
After the two days of the second round, after the other seeded players finished playing, everyone found that Zhang Huasong's performance was still one of the best.
Although this time it was just one of them, there were not only others who only allowed their opponents to win 4 single games, but also a sweep that only allowed their opponents to win only 2 games in total.
However, Zhang Huasong's performance is still top-level, and it is a championship-level.
As the game progressed, Zhang Huasong's attention became hotter and hotter.
Countless neutral fans began to look forward to Zhang Huasong's game and performance more and more, and more and more expected Zhang Huasong to break into the finals, overturn the throne, and finally win the championship!
On January 25, the day of the 30th Chinese New Year's Eve of the Chinese lunar calendar, Zhang Huasong ushered in his third round of opponents, and he was a strong opponent.
Zhang's opponent is Robredo, from Spain, with 2,390 points and an ATP world ranking of 22nd.
However, Robredo has won an ATP Masters, reached the semi-finals of a Grand Slam tournament and reached the highest ATP world ranking of No. 5 in the world.
And Zhang Huasong's tennis skills are only level 9, the top three in the world. If Robredo can show his highest ranking of No. 5 in the world and play extraordinarily, then Zhang Huasong will be in danger.
This is Zhang Huasong's first test in the main draw of the Australian Open.
Whether Zhang Huasong really has the strength to win the championship depends on the result of his match with Robredo, and there are many media, spectators and industry insiders around the world who pay attention to this match.
It was in such a situation that Zhang Huasong still maintained a stable performance, winning 3-0 directly against Robredo in three sets 6-3, 6-4, 6-1.
In the first and second sets, Robredo did cause some problems for Zhang Huasong.
However, he is no longer the world's fifth-ranked player, he is currently ranked only 22nd, and he is on a downward trend in his career as a whole.
Therefore, Robredo has a big gap with Zhang Huasong in terms of technology, physical fitness, psychological state, etc.
After trying his best to win the first two sets, he completely conceded defeat in the third set, and was beaten 6-1 by Zhang Huasong and lost the game.
After the game, the news that Zhang Huasong defeated Robredo to advance to the fourth round quickly dominated the headlines of many media around the world.
Robredo is one of the 32 seeded players at the tournament, more than a step ahead of world No. 90 Beruz and world No. 138 Glouce.
And Zhang Huasong was able to directly defeat his opponent with a total score of 3-0 without losing a set.
Zhang Huasong's performance is indeed a champion!