Chapter 357 - The vane of the French Open
On April 24, the Monte Carlo Masters singles 1/4 finals, in the second half, Zhang Huasong faced Andy Murray.
This is an old opponent, having met in the first two Masters, and Zhang Huasong defeated his opponent.
Especially at the Miami Masters, the two met in the final, and Zhang Huasong's victory meant that Murray missed the championship.
Therefore, against Zhang Huasong, Murray is full of fighting spirit.
Although Murray is not good at clay and has not won a clay championship so far, he often plays clay matches, and his experience is definitely looser than Zhang Hua's.
And it ranks fourth in the world, and its own strength is not bad. The so-called lack of good is only compared to Nadal, the king of clay.
Therefore, even though Zhang Huasong has been tempered by Davydenko, after all, he has only played three clay matches, and the quarterfinals with Andy Murray are still a little hard.
This time, although Zhang Huasong took the lead to win the first set with a score of 6-4, he was dragged into the tie-break by Murray in the second set, and finally lost 6-7.
It wasn't until the third set that the two were able to separate the winners, with Zhang Huasong winning 7-5.
In the two consecutive games, it was difficult to win, and Zhang Huasong could no longer see the strong momentum of defeating his opponents 2-0 in Indian Wells and Miami.
Many media and viewers sighed that Zhang Huasong, an all-round genius, finally behaved a little more normal this time and was no longer so demonic.
Many people joked: "Welcome alien Zhang Huasong back to Earth!"
However, Zhang Huasong's difficult promotion not only did not weaken the attractiveness of the game, but made Zhang Huasong's next semi-final more eye-catching.
Many European and American media that are hostile to the East and unwilling to rise in any field began to report on Zhang Huasong's difficult and lucky promotion, predicting that Zhang Huasong's first defeat in tennis may be in his next match.
Naturally, this kind of remark has also won the recognition and support of many ordinary European and American audiences who are hostile to China, and of course it has also aroused the opposition of some fans who worship Zhang Huasong and overseas Chinese.
Fans who support Zhang Huasong and overseas Chinese want to cheer for Zhang Huasong, and those who oppose Huaguo, as well as Nadal's fans and compatriots, want to come and cheer for Nadal's opponents.
As for the neutral audience, just by looking at the pre-match hype, you know that this semi-final must be exciting.
As a result, Zhang Huasong and Federer's semifinal between world No. 2 vs. seventh in the fourth quarter was eye-catching, more attractive than world No. 1 Nadal in the top half vs. Djokovic, world No. 3.
On April 25, in the semifinals of the second half of the 2009 Monte Carlo Masters, Zhang Huasong played against Federer, and Zhang Huasong's game in Monte Carlo was full for the first time.
Blacks, whites, yellows, locals, Europeans, Chinese, more than 10,000 spectators filled the stands.
Moreover, before Zhang Huasong entered the court, he saw that someone outside was asking others to buy a transfer ticket, but it seemed that he couldn't buy it. It can be seen that the spectators who want to come to watch the game are definitely not only these people in the stands.
The combined appeal of Zhang Huasong and Federer is not inferior to the appeal of an international superstar. Even though there are not enough local citizens in Monaco, countless foreign tourists flock to the games, filling the stands.
There are also media predictions that Zhang Huasong may usher in the first defeat of his tennis career, which also makes this match very attractive.
Zhang Huasong is too demonic and too young!
Zhang Huasong was born in 1987, he is only 22 years old this year, and he will not be old until August, and now he is actually only 21 years old, and he has become a ten-time Olympic champion, the king of track and field, a tennis Grand Slam winner, and hundreds of millions of views of single MVs around the world.
While attracting the admiration of countless fans, it naturally aroused the jealousy of many people, and there are still many European and American audiences who have no good impression of Huaguo who want to see Zhang Huasong defeated.
Once the match started, it was a tough match for Zhang, much harder than against Davydenko and Andy Murray.
Although Roger Federer has not yet won the French Internet clay championship and achieved a Grand Slam feat, he is after all the tennis king who has occupied the world number one for a long time, and the clay court is just as good.
If he didn't win the French Open, it can only be said that his clay strength is slightly inferior to that of hard courts and grass, and it cannot be said that he is weak.
In Federer's career stats, there are still a few clay champions.
At the 2007 Hamburg Masters, Federer defeated clay king Rafael Nadal to win the title.
Even if Federer doesn't win many clay titles, it only shows that he has a low winning rate in the final, but it does not mean that Zhang Huasong can easily beat him.
Because, Zhang Huasong is even worse than Federer, and this Monte Carlo Masters is his first clay match.
No matter how talented he is, no matter how little time he has to adapt, even if it is only ten days and half a month, as long as one or two events, he always needs time.
After the start of the match, Zhang Huasong played hard.
In the first game of the first set, Federer's serve, Zhang Huasong lost without any suspense.
In the second game, Zhang Huasong's serve game failed to establish an advantage. The two repeatedly competed for the AD winning point four times, and Zhang Huasong won this game by luck with an ace.
In the end, the first set of the two was dragged into a tie-break, and Federer won the tie-break on serve.
Zhang Huasong lost the first set of the semifinals and was at a disadvantage, and the fans of the king Federer immediately cheered and celebrated.
However, after the first set of the match, after slightly adapting to Federer's style of play, Zhang Huasong also improved a little. In the second set, Zhang Huasong also won by virtue of the advantage of seven serves.
The aggregate score was 1-1, and the two went to the deciding set.
This time, Federer served again, and Zhang Huasong was in danger.
The two dragged it to a 6-6 draw again, but after accumulating the first two sets, Zhang Huasong finally won the break game for the first time.
This is also the most critical game, allowing Zhang Huasong to take the lead.
With this first break game and the subsequent service game advantage, Zhang Huasong won three games in a row, and finally won the third set with a score of 8-6, and also stumbled to defeat Federer with a score of 2-1 to advance to the final.
As soon as the game ended, the TV commentators who broadcast the game live sighed to the audience in front of the TV:
"It's over, the semifinals between Zhang Huasong and Federer ended with Zhang Huasong's victory, and Zhang Huasong's first defeat in tennis has not yet come!"
"Incredibly, the semi-finals between Zhang Huasong and Federer, the first two sets all went to the tie-break, and the third set also dragged into the long set to tie off, which can be called a real close match. ”
Despite the stumbling victory, Zhang Huasong still beat Federer on clay and reached the final of the Monte Carlo Masters. ”
"The first time he participated in the clay event, Zhang Huasong was not eliminated early, but defeated Davydenko, Andy Murray, Federer and others in a row to reach the final, Zhang Huasong's title of all-round talent is indeed well deserved. ”
Of course, it is not that there are no media outlets that are not optimistic about Zhang Huasong's prospects for the final.
After all, even Federer played so hard. Facing the king of clay Nadal in the final, can Zhang Huasong still win?
Nadal beat Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-2 in the semi-finals in the first half of the tournament and was in very good form.
The Australian Open and Indian Wells lost to Zhang Huasong in two consecutive major tournaments, and it is impossible to say that Nadal does not have a little revenge in his heart.
In this final, Nadal faced Zhang Huasong, and he was definitely full of fighting spirit. Coupled with his clay advantage court, some media predicted that Zhang Huasong might be difficult to win the championship in Monte Carlo!
Judging from the promotion in the semifinals, Nadal is indeed stronger than Zhang Huasong and has more championship appearance.
On April 26, Zhang Huasong's Monte Carlo Masters final against Nadal once again attracted live broadcasts from more than 100 countries around the world.
Although the number of TV broadcasts and viewers of this final did not match the Australian Open final, it was already among the best in the Masters, and it was among the top three TV broadcasts in the history of the Monte Carlo Masters.
Because the epic matchup between Zhang Huasong and Nadal at the Australian Open is too famous.
More than 7 hours of fierce battle, the longest match in the history of the Grand Slam, played from morning to afternoon, even many people who don't usually follow tennis know the news, let alone those tennis fans.
So, when Zhang Huasong and Nadal met again in the tennis final to fight for the title, the match was full of highlights.
Will Zhang Huasong's first clay match continue his previous miracle victory, and will he continue his momentum of consecutive victories over world No. 1 Nadal?
Will Nadal be able to defeat his opponent and avenge his defeats at the Australian Open and Indian Wells Masters to defend his title as the king of clay?
Both fans and neutral spectators are looking forward to this match.
The peak showdown full of suspense is always so exciting.
Once the game started, the process didn't disappoint either.
In the first set, Nadal really defeated Zhang Huasong 6-4 with his strong clay court strength, and Zhang Huasong couldn't even drag it into the tiebreaker.
However, in the second set, Zhang Huasong dragged the game into a tie-break game with the advantage of first serve and won the tie-break and won the second set.
Seeing this scene, many people remembered Zhang Huasong's match with Davydenko and Federer, and some people thought to themselves: "Is Zhang Huasong going to stage a drama of losing a set first and then reversing to win?"
Just in everyone's anticipation, the third set began.
There was no tie-break in the third set, and sure enough, there was a long-awaited long-awaited long-awaited fight by many neutral viewers.
Zhang Huasong and Nadal fought for a long time, until the score exceeded 10 draws, Nadal finally played extraordinarily, broke one of Zhang Huasong's serves, and then used his service game initiative to defeat Zhang Huasong smoothly with a score of 13-11.
As soon as the match was over, Nadal threw away his racket and roared to the sky, venting his excitement.
Defeated at the Australian Open by a newcomer to tennis, or in an epic showdown that lasted more than seven hours, Nadal's frustration was beyond words.
I don't know how many TV stations have been broadcast that game repeatedly, and fans don't know how many years they have to talk about it. And Nadal is the tragedy of that game, the background of Zhang Huasong's victory.
This time, finally got revenge, stopped Zhang Huasong's winning streak, and also gave Zhang Huasong the first defeat of his tennis career, so it's no wonder Nadal was so excited.
Nadal's fans and compatriots in the stands were also very excited, screaming in celebration.
Zhang Huasong's reputation as an all-round genius is too loud, and his record of not tasting defeat since entering the tennis world is also very strong.
Although the Monte Carlo Masters stumbled in the process of reaching the final, Nadal's supporters were still worried that the demonic Zhang Huasong would defeat Nadal again.
Thankfully, nothing like that happened in the end.
Nadal eventually defeated Zhang Huasong to win the Monte Carlo Masters, defending his title as the king of clay.
Although the king of clay is a bit embarrassing for Nadal, who is aiming to win a Grand Slam, it does prove that Nadal's dominance on clay is recognized around the world.
After winning the Montacarlo Masters, it also bodes well for the French Internet Clay Open in one month.
In tennis, the Monte Carlo Masters has always been the bellwether of the French Open.
One is that Monaco and France are geographically close to each other and have similar climates. The second reason is that the two games are not far apart, and the state of the players will not be too different. The third reason is that both matches are clay courts, and the nature of the courts is the same.
Looking at it this way, you know that the player who won the Monte Carlo Masters will not have a bad result in the French Open, and the chances of winning the championship are higher than others.
Judging from the historical facts, this has indeed been proved. A number of Monte Carlo Masters champions have won the French Open Grand Slam since then, including Nadal in previous years.
In the first four years, as long as Nadal won the Monte Carlo Masters, he won the French Open Grand Slam in the following years, four consecutive years, which perfectly reflects the role of the French Open weather vane.
Now in his fifth year, Nadal has already made history by being the first player in history to win five consecutive Monte Carlo Masters.
There are seniors who have won more Monte Carlo Masters titles than Nadal, but no one has won more of his streak.
After winning this title, Nadal's prospects of winning the subsequent Grand Slam of the French Open are also infinitely promising.
It's no wonder his supporters are so happy.
Zhang Huasong looked at Nadal, who was celebrating wildly, and was a little depressed.
I thought I would have completed the Grand Slam and Master Kim achievements this year, shocking the world!
It seems that this year is not over!
However, this failure also gave Zhang Huasong a great gain.
Waiting for the French Open in a little more than a month, he believes that he will surpass Nadal on clay, and Zhang Huasong wants to break the so-called French Open weather vane.
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