Chapter 8 208 km (Crow's Eyes Drifting Red Plus Change)
The Australian Open is on its second day, with both Zhang Guan and Sharapova in action. In addition, there are Nadal, Blake, Clijsters, Ivanovic and other famous players on the field.
Sharapova's match was the first of the morning, while Zhang Guan was the second of the morning, although the two were not playing at the same venue.
Sharapova is the No. 1 seed in the women's singles at the Australian Open, and her debut will be held at Rod Laver, the largest court of the Australian Open and the main court of the Australian Open, named after Australian tennis star Rod Laver. In addition to Sharapova's match, Men's Singles second seed Rafael Nadal will also be held here. Yesterday's match between Federer and Mauresmo was also played at the Rod Laver Stadium.
Playing at Rod Laver is the privilege of the first and second seeds at the Australian Open, and Zhang Guan and his opponent O'Roches are not even seeded players, so it is naturally impossible to enjoy the treatment of playing at Rod Laver. However, considering Zhang Guan's fame, Zhang Guan's game was arranged at Vodafone Stadium.
Vodafone Stadium is the second largest tournament venue in the Australian Open, second only to Rod Laver Stadium, the naming rights of this stadium Vodafone Group bought, but later Vodafone was imaged because of the financial crisis, and did not continue to buy the naming rights of the court, and Hisense continued to take over, so the court will be renamed Hisense Stadium in the future.
The first match at Vodafone Stadium was the women's singles Ivanovic against the teenager Kim Jiuci, who was far inferior to Ivanovic in terms of technique and experience, so in the end Ivanovic defeated Kim Jiuci in straight sets 6-2 and 6-0 to easily advance to the second round.
Next, it was Zhang Guan's turn to match O'Roches.
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"I didn't expect the first game to end so quickly, it's my turn to play, Martha's side should have just finished the first set!" Zhang Guan picked up his backpack and walked onto the field.
"Compete in a professional tennis tournament for the first time and be rewarded with a skill point." The voice of the system suddenly sounded. gave Zhang Guan a small surprise.
"I didn't expect to change to a new project, there will also be rewards, although there is only one skill point, but mosquito meat is also good!" Zhang Guan thought as he walked out of the athlete's passage.
"Shh......h Then when Roches came out, the crowd didn't give him a lot of cheers, but at least no one was cheering.
"Oops. He has really become a public enemy of the world! I don't think I've ever encountered this very often! The audience booed, it felt weird. Zhang Guan didn't care, but continued to maintain his original smile.
In the track and field competitions that Zhang Guan participated in before, whether in Asia or Europe, as long as Zhang Guan appeared on the competition field, he would definitely be applauded by the audience, because Zhang Guan was the strongest track and field athlete in the world and the brightest star of track and field events. It's like Federer's place in tennis, no matter what level of tennis. As soon as Federer showed up, he was sure to get applause and cheers.
Now, Zhang Guan has entered a new field of sports, although he is still very famous. However, he has never achieved much and is obviously unlikely to be recognized by the audience, and coupled with the pre-match wild card qualification and championship declaration, Zhang Guan has almost become the public enemy of the Australian Open audience, so it is not surprising that he was booed by the audience after his appearance.
After introducing the players and referees on both sides. Zhang Guan and Roches began their pre-match warm-up exercises. Although this is the most ordinary warm-up, it has attracted the attention of many people, because Zhang Guan's strength in tennis is still unknown. Therefore, everyone hopes to estimate Zhang Guan's strength through a few warm-up balls.
Rochester also had this plan, he hoped to test Zhang Guan first through warm-up exercises, but Zhang Guan did not give him this opportunity, but just waved a few times as a symbol of inaction, even if he completed the warm-up. After a few probed shots, Roches found that Zhang Guan did not accept the offer at all, so he gave up the temptation and signaled to the referee that he was ready for the game.
Zhang Guan's luck today is not bad, and he guessed the front and back of the coin before the game, so he can serve first.
"The tournament is about to begin, and this is one of the most anticipated matches of the day, with the world's strongest track and field player, Zhang Guan, bringing us his tennis debut! I don't know if Zhang Guan can surprise us again. ”
"Okay, the game starts, Zhang Guan takes the lead! Hopefully he can successfully complete his first serve at the Australian Open. ”
I saw that Zhang Guan was ready to serve, and Rochester, who was opposite, had a serious expression.
"Zhang Guan is about to serve, I don't have any information about Zhang Guan here, what kind of ball he is good at, I don't know at all. So what kind of ball will he send next? Is it the easiest flat shot? The most common cutting serve? Or is it a more controllable topspin serve? What will be his choice of location? Won't it be extreme? Anyway, will he fail to serve! It's hard to say, after all, it's the first ball, the first time I played professionally, the first time I served, my hands were shaking...... "Roches's mind kept coming up with all sorts of fragments.
Zhang Guan threw the ball away and then hit the tennis ball.
"The serving action is very standard, there is no cutting, and it is really a flat serve! For a tall athlete of this size, the strength will generally be more sufficient, and the possibility of using a flat serve will definitely be slightly greater, which is what my coach expected before the match. Rochester was overjoyed, feeling that the game was completely under his control and that victory was only a matter of time.
However, the next moment, a yellow light flew by, and Rochest's body did not react at all.
"What just flew by? Is it a ball? Roches felt like he was wandering.
“ACE,15-0。” The referee's score instantly brought Roches to his senses.
"Ace ball! That thing was a ball just now! Rochester was momentarily overwhelmed.
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The audience was also in an uproar, and most of them didn't realize what had just happened when they heard the referee shout a 15-0 scoreline.
"Dad, what's the matter with ACE?" A young spectator in the audience asked his father, who apparently didn't know much about tennis, so he wasn't as surprised as the others.
However, his father was in a state of surprise, and it was not until he heard the child's voice that he came to his senses and then explained: "The ace ball is the ball that falls in the effective area after serving, but the opponent does not touch the ball, so as to score directly." ”
"And what if the opponent touches the ball?" The young audience then asked.
"If the opponent touches the ball, it's not called an ace, if the opponent touches the ball out of bounds or under the net, it can also score, but that's called a service score." The father continued.
"So why 15-0 instead of 1-0? Can you get 15 points all at once? The young audience then asked.
"Tennis scores are 15, 30 and 40, and when both sides are 40, it is counted as a draw, and one side needs to win two goals in a row. And in the tie-break, there are 1, 2, 3, and 4 to calculate the score. My father explained as he looked at the electronic screen on the sidelines that showed the speed of the ball.
"Zhang Guan's serve speed is so fast, I don't know what the specific number is? Oh my God, a 208 km/h serve! (To be continued.) )
PS: The third chapter is delivered, and there have been a lot of monthly passes in the past two days, thank you! Tomorrow Monday, I have to go to work again, and the normal update time will be resumed, one chapter in the morning and one in the afternoon.