Federer was shocked to finally realize that Zhang Guan's speed had increased, and he had never seen a tennis player move so fast, not even Nadal, who was so mobile.

"I almost forgot that Zhang Guan is the fastest person in the world. But tennis is not the same as sprinting, tennis requires countless emergency stops, running so fast, can his knees stand it? Federer thought as he watched as Zhang Guan picked up a backhand over the net.

"Pick the ball? This is a chance to smash me! However, this ball, Zhang Guan can only take it like this. You get the ball, but you're still going to lose the game. Federer got in front of the ball with a couple of small steps, followed by a powerful smash.

The tennis ball hits the ground, then bounces high, and the next landing point will be out of bounds.

"It's so high, Zhang Guan definitely can't catch it!" Federer looked up at the ball, then at Zhang Guan, only to find that Zhang Guan was running towards the spot where the ball landed.

"Does Zhang Guan still want to catch this kind of ball? Even if this kind of ball is successfully caught, it will be completely passive, not to mention that at such a long distance, it is difficult to control the landing point. Federer thought to himself.

As the main court of the Australian Open, the Rod Laver Court covers the largest area in Melbourne, and there is a large gap in the front and back, left and right, and there will be a 6.4-meter gap outside the front and rear sidelines of the standard tennis court, while the empty area left in the front and back of the Rod Laver Court is more than 10 meters, because the position on the edge of the court also has to sit the line referee and the caddie who picks up the ball, and large cameras must be placed, which requires more space. Moreover, in the world's top competition, the 6.4-meter gap is not enough for players to show their strength, so the open space on the edge of the court of this top-level competition is larger than that of a standard tennis court.

At this time. Zhang Guan had moved to the edge of the pitch, and behind him was the line referee, and this was where he fell.

I saw Zhang Guan swing his racket and hit the ball in the air with a volley, which happened to hit the falling tennis ball, and then the tennis ball turned into a long arc. Leaped over the net and landed in Federer's half.

"Wow!" The audience was full of cries of surprise.

Tennis balls fall almost vertically, and it is very difficult to hit a falling tennis ball with this kind of volley, and if the timing is not right, it will hit the ball in the air. Moreover, the position of Zhang Guan's shot has reached the edge of the court, close to 10 meters from the sideline, and the distance from the sideline to the net is 11.885 meters, plus the distance from the opponent's half, the actual distance of Zhang Guan's ball is more than 25 meters. For the general audience. It was not easy to catch the ball and land it in bounds.

Federer was also taken aback, according to the normal rhythm, players will definitely use a pick-up when they catch this kind of high-altitude ball that falls like an out-of-bound, because the difficulty of the pick-up is low, and the success rate is very high, but the pick-up will have a major disadvantage. That is, the ball will bounce higher, which will give the opponent a chance to continuously high-pressure balls.

And Zhang Guan didn't use a pick. He grasped the moment the ball fell and then volleyed it, so that the ball would be a relatively low arc, and Federer would not be able to use the high ball smash continuously. However, this technique is extremely difficult and requires excellent ball control.

"This ball is beautiful!" Federer also had a feeling of being amazed. However, he showed no mercy in his hand movements, and the powerful forehand topspin continued to launch the attack, and this time Federer chose to land all the way up front.

Zhang Guan was still moving fast, and he was already moving towards the sideline after completing that ultra-long volley, and then received the ball with a difficult forehand with one hand. Federer then attacked the diagonal backfield. Zhang Guan ran to the position again and completed the catch.

At this time, Zhang Guan was mobilized by Federer to run all over the field, which seemed to be completely passive, but in fact it had reversed a lot of the situation.

After another three beats, Zhang Guan finally caught a chance to catch the ball more comfortably by running.

"It's now!" Zhang Guan held the racket with both hands and struck a forehand.

"It's a pretty fast ball, so it shouldn't have a very strong spin." Federer looked at the incoming tennis ball and was ready to catch it.

However, the moment Federer received the ball, there was an uncontrollable feeling on the racket.

"What a strong spin! This spin is about the same as Nadal! How can such a fast ball still spin at such a high speed? ”

During the tennis ball, the player's strength determines the speed of the ball, and the degree of friction between the racket and the ball determines the spin of the ball. But you can't have both fish and bear's paws, a ball with a high speed can't have a strong spin; In the same way, a ball with strong spin cannot have a high velocity. This point is actually the most evident in table tennis, such as the chipper of the table tennis team, the ball has a strong rotation, but the speed of the ball will be relatively slow.

Among tennis professionals, Nadal is the most spin-minded, even sacrificing some speed for the spin of the ball, and Nadal's early serve was even seen as a major weakness because of the pursuit of spin too much.

Now Zhang Guan's counterattack is on par with Nadal in terms of spin, but it has a faster ball speed than Nadal. This is a situation that Federer has never encountered.

"What's going on? With such speed and such strong spin, Zhang Guan didn't hit this quality return in the first two sets...... Wait a minute, could it be that Zhang Guan has been hiding his strength? ”

The thought came to Federer's mind and could not be dissipated for a long time.

"Impossible! Zhang Guan was already strong enough in the first two sets, and if he was still hiding his strength, how powerful would he be! ”

……

“40-15！” The referee called out the score, and Zhang Guan successfully pulled a goal back.

"Whoa......

"Wow, oh, oh......"

The applause and cheers instantly engulfed the entire stadium.

This goal, from the moment Federer completed the smash, Zhang Guan was originally a losing situation, but he pulled back little by little through a volley from the edge of the court, and then suppressed Federer with a forehand, and finally completed the reversal and won the ball. In a continuous competition of more than ten beats, both sides played at a very high level, and the audience was even more fascinated.

Sharapova looked at Zhang Guan with admiration on her face, and muttered to herself: "How do I think that Zhang Guan has suddenly become stronger in this game!" (To be continued.) )

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