Chapter 366: Full Slam

After the semifinals of the US Open, the biggest news was not that Zhang Huasong reached the final, but that Argentina's Del Potro defeated Nadal and Federer in succession to reach the final. 35xs

"In the semifinals of the US Open men's singles, Zhang Huasong defeated Andy Murray 3-0 to advance to the final, and is about to achieve the first annual Grand Slam in 21 years in tennis!"

Argentina's Del Potro set a personal best to reach his first Grand Slam final with back-to-back victories over Nadal and Federer!'

The most excited about this result is the media of the Stars and Stripes who are unwilling to win the championship of Zhang Huasong.

They have published articles commenting that if Del Potro can defeat Nadal and Federer in a row, it is possible to defeat Zhang Huasong!

At this edition of the US Open, Del Potro is in supernatural form, and it is entirely possible that he will defeat Zhang Huasong and win his first career Grand Slam title. At the same time, it also prevented Zhang Huasong's annual Grand Slam and ATP from reaching the top.

Of course, in fact, reasonable people know that Zhang Huasong's championship is unstoppable!

Judging from the process of the semi-finals, Zhang Huasong won 3-0 against Andy Murray, while Del Potro won 3-2 against Federer.

Although Federer is ranked higher in the world than Andy Murray, there is not too much difference in strength, and it cannot be said that Del Potro, who defeated Federer, is better than Zhang Huasong, who defeated Andy Murray.

After all, at the Montreal Masters in Canada just past, Andy Murray defeated all the giants to win the championship.

Therefore, judging from the different process and results of the semifinals, Zhang Huasong's strength is still far stronger than Del Potro's.

Many people believe that the sixth annual Grand Slam in the history of tennis, the first annual Grand Slam in more than 20 years after 1988, is on Zhang Huasong at this year's US Open.

The previous annual Grand Slams were too far away from the modern age, and even the most recent was 1988, 21 years after that.

At that time, television broadcasting was not as developed as it is now, and even many older fans did not get to witness Steffi Graf's annual Golden Slam/Annual Grand Slam.

It's much better now, not only is there more online media, but the quantity and quality of live broadcasts on TV and online media are much better than they were in 1988.

After Wimbledon ended and Zhang Huasong won his third Grand Slam of the year, many fans around the world couldn't wait for the start of the US Open.

Now, Zhang Huasong has successfully reached the final, and the opponent is not a strong opponent like Nadal and Federer.

Not only Zhang Huasong's fans and compatriots in China, but also many neutral viewers are waiting for the birth of the first annual tennis Grand Slam of the new century.

On September 13, the men's singles final of the 2009 US Open Grand Slam officially began, with China's Zhang Huasong facing Argentina's Del Potro. 35xs

More than 20,000 seats were full of seats at the competition site, and there were tens of thousands of fans who could not buy tickets outside the stadium, so they could only watch the live broadcast under a few large LCD screens temporarily installed by the organizing committee.

In the stadium, Zhang Huasong fans and supporters of different colors held five-star red flags or banners with Zhang Huasong's name on them to cheer for him, looking forward to Zhang Huasong's victory.

The number of countries and television stations around the world broadcasting the tournament is also the highest in the history of a Grand Slam, comparable to the Olympic Games.

This is the biggest event in tennis in recent years!

After a simple warm-up, at 9 a.m., the finals officially began.

In the first game of the first set, Del Potro drew serve.

Despite facing Zhang Huasong, who is now favored by the world, Del Potro is not afraid at all.

The successive victories over Nadal and Federer, who are the world's No. 1 and No. 2, gave Del Potro strong confidence. If today's final can defeat the strong with the weak and defeat Zhang Huasong, who is optimistic all over the world, to win the championship, then he will become famous!

Moreover, this US Open, his state is indeed superb!

In the first ball, Del Potro didn't try it at all, and he wasn't afraid of going out of bounds, so he directly hit an ace close to 200 kilometers, grazing the edge of the landing area and flying out of the bottom line, Zhang Huasong didn't even receive the ball.

Suddenly, the few supporters of Del Potro in the audience immediately applauded.

In Argentina, Del Potro fans and compatriots who were watching the live broadcast also applauded:

"Good shot!"

"Yes, hit him with an ace, so he can't even catch the ball!"

"Come on, Xiaode, defeat Zhang Huasong!"

Although Zhang Huasong has many fans in Argentina, when Zhang Huasong and his compatriots face the decisive match, all the Argentines will definitely support Del Potro.

However, compared to the audience around the world who expects Zhang Huasong to achieve the annual Grand Slam, there are too few Argentines!

Just like the number of spectators in attendance, Del Potro's supporters may be less than 10, while Zhang's supporters are more than 70, and only a small number of viewers are purely neutral, hoping to see a good matchup.

Of course, for players of the caliber of Zhang Huasong and Del Potro, the influence of the audience on them is minimal, and the key is to look at their own strength and presence.

Zhang Huasong's strength is naturally no problem, and he has been in New York for more than ten days, and his condition has been adjusted to the best.

And Del Potro, this is the closest he's ever gotten to a Grand Slam title. Having already won back-to-back victories over Nadal and Federer, he naturally doesn't want to fall in front of the finish line.

For the second goal, Del Potro sent another good shot. Although Zhang Huasong took it, he was very reluctant to receive it, and was smashed by Del Potro in the opposite direction, and Zhang Huasong was out of reach!

The second ball was won by Del Potro using his service advantage.

Seeing this scene, Del Potro's supporters were naturally very happy and applauded!

However, these two goals are just Del Potro's extraordinary play!

In the third goal, Zhang Huasong defeated Del Potro and won this goal, which made everyone realize why Zhang Huasong was able to sweep all the way from the first round to the semifinals with an aggregate score of 3-0.

Del Potro is in good form, though. Coupled with the initiative advantage in the service game, he won the first game after competing with Zhang Huasong for two AD winning points.

Zhang Huasong lost the first game of the first set.

This is also the first time that Zhang Huasong has been in a situation of falling behind in the US Open.

But those who know the ball can see that Zhang Huasong's strength is indeed stronger than Del Potro. Del Potro barely managed to win the first game by relying on the advantage of serve.

Sure enough, in the second game, it was Zhang Huasong's turn to serve, and Del Potro only won one ball and lost the second game.

In the next match, Del Potro was really hard, very hard, and in good shape, relying on the advantage of the service game to win three games against Zhang Huasong in the first set.

However, there is indeed a gap in strength! Despite Del Potro's extraordinary performance, he still could not defeat Zhang Huasong.

After the first set, Zhang Huasong did not lose a game of serve, while Del Potro lost two service games.

As a result, Zhang Huasong won the first set with a score of 6-3. Although this is already the smallest set for Zhang Huasong to win a single set at this US Open, a win is a win.

Moreover, it was not won by chance.

With a score of 6-3, the score difference is still relatively large.

As soon as the first set ended, Zhang Huasong's fans and supporters naturally cheered, and it seemed that they had seen Zhang Huasong lift the US Open championship trophy and achieve the grand slam of the year.

And Del Potro's supporters are devastated by the gloom!

Everyone can see that Del Potro's performance and performance are not inferior to his two matches with Nadal and Federer.

However, Zhang Huasong's strength is indeed a lot higher, so that even if Del Potro plays extraordinarily, he can't defeat Zhang Huasong.

The second and third sets were the same as the first.

Del Potro won a few games, but he couldn't win the whole set.

The score was 6-4 in the second set and 7-5 in the third.

Del Potro played better from set to set, and in the third set, Del Potro almost dragged the match into a tie-break. But in the end, he failed to do so and was defeated by Zhang Huasong 7-5!

Despite losing the most games, Zhang Huasong defeated Del Potro 3-0 on aggregate to claim the 2009 US Open Grand Slam title.

From the first round to the final final, Zhang Huasong did not lose a set, and swept all 3-0, which can be called tough, much better than his performance on French red clay and Wimbledon grass.

Since then, Zhang Huasong has also won all four Grand Slam titles in 2009, completing the first annual Grand Slam since 1988, which is also a goal that Federer has been pursuing for ten years and has not yet completed.

When Zhang Huasong won the last ball, TV commentators from all over the world excitedly commented:

At the end of the match, Zhang Huasong defeated Del Potro 3-0 on aggregate in the final to win the 2009 US Open Grand Slam title. As a result, Zhang Huasong won all four Grand Slam titles in 2009 and completed the great feat of the annual Grand Slam. In the 100-year history of tennis, only five people have completed the annual Grand Slam, and Zhang Huasong is the sixth. After Steffi-Graf in 1988, Zhang Huasong was the first athlete in 21 years to complete the annual Grand Slam achievement, and he did so before Federer. ”

With the points of this US Open championship, Zhang Huasong will also reach the top of the ATP world number one after tomorrow's list update with 11,960 points. ”

"According to the popularity value of the international star popularity list updated in the early hours of this morning, Zhang Huasong won the US Open finals broadcast live in more than 100 countries around the world and watched by hundreds of millions of viewers, and after winning the annual Grand Slam achievement, he will be among the top ten international superstars on the international star popularity list updated in the early hours of tomorrow morning!"

"On the list of international superstars who are all Europeans and Americans, Asians and Chinese will appear for the first time!"

"U.S. Open champion, Grand Slam of the year, ATP No. 1 in the world, international star popularity list at the top of the superstar...... After today, please call Zhang Huasong the king of the world!"

Huaguo, because of the time difference, although it is already early in the morning at the end of the game, and tomorrow is Monday, and there is still work or study, there are still countless people watching the live broadcast of the US Open in front of the TV or computer across the country.

Zhang Huasong's parents, girlfriend, relatives and friends, school classmates, alumni, teammates and coaches of provincial and national teams, college students, middle school students, civil servants, office workers, individual industrial and commercial households, bosses, etc., there are definitely more than 100 million people watching this live broadcast across the country.

When the match ended, when the CCTV commentator announced that Zhang Huasong had won the championship and became the first annual Grand Slam in the world tennis world in more than 20 years, and was about to reach the top of the world, all the audience felt very excited, and a strong sense of pride came to their hearts.

This is the first time that a Chinese person has reached the top of the world in mainstream tennis in Europe and the United States, and he has completed the Grand Slam ahead of time than the king Federer, and it is also the annual Grand Slam, which cannot help but make people proud of their compatriots!

At this moment, many people who watched tennis for the first time fell in love with tennis and decided to watch tennis games often in the future, and if they had time, they could also learn tennis.

Scene, as soon as the game was over, Del Potro almost collapsed from exhaustion.

He's so hard!

The semi-final against Federer took four hours to complete all five sets. Although the final did not last that long, Zhang Huasong put more pressure on Del Potro than Federer.

Two high-intensity matches in a row have kept Del Potro's body under high pressure.

Now, the game is over, and he has lost the championship, and the belief that supported him has suddenly disappeared, and all the exhaustion in his body has come up at once, making him almost collapse.

Fortunately, this match was only played in three sets, and he finally stood up and did not fall, but watched Zhang Huasong on the opposite side celebrate winning the championship.

On the other side of the court, Zhang Huasong threw away his racket and slowly spun around, waving his hand in celebration and thanking the audience.

The spectators in the stands were already on their feet.

Countless fans and supporters of Zhang Huasong clapped wildly and screamed, shouting Zhang Huasong's name.

Other neutral spectators, even Del Potro supporters, all stood up and applauded Zhang's victory and the first annual Grand Slam in more than 20 years.

After a few minutes of celebration on the court, the organizing committee began to set up the podium and held a grand award ceremony.

Zhang Huasong and Del Potro returned to the break room, wiped their sweat, and came out in clean clothes.

First up was Del Potro's runner-up trophy.

With his previous performances against Nadal and Federer, and against Zhang Huasong in this final, Del Potro has won the respect of many audiences.

After all, at this US Open, Del Potro is the only athlete who has allowed Zhang Huasong to lose more than 10 games in three sets, which deserves everyone's recognition and encouragement.

After Del Potro received the award, it was Zhang Huasong's turn to take the stage to accept the award!

When Zhang Huasong stood on the podium and announced Zhang Huasong as the 2009 US Open men's singles champion, and Zhang Huasong received the US Open championship trophy from the president of the International Tennis Association and kissed the trophy, tens of thousands of spectators inside and outside the court erupted in continuous and enthusiastic applause and cheers.

Countless viewers in front of the TV and computer are also paying tribute to Zhang Huasong's annual grand slam!

Today is destined to be a day in the history of world tennis!