"Cow Killer" War, Zhang Guan Advances to the Men's Singles Final Four

On the evening of June 5, Paris time, the tenth match day of the 2007 French Open tennis tournament continued. In a men's singles quarter-final, the tournament's No. 15 seed and new Australian Open champion Zhang Guan defeated the tournament's No. 19 seed and Argentine star Canas 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the men's singles semi-finals. Zhang's opponent in the semi-finals will be the tournament's top seed, Swiss king Roger Federer.

This media mainly focused on the news of Zhang Guan's advance to the semifinals of the French Open, but the focus of most other media was on Federer's encounter with Zhang Guan again.

"In the final of the Australian Open in January, Zhang Guan and Federer gave us a thrilling match, in which Zhang won 3-0 against Federer. In the semifinals of the French Open, these two are about to meet in advance, I don't know if Zhang Guan will continue the road of 'cow killer', or Federer can successfully complete revenge! ”

Federer is the No. 1 seed and Zhang Guan is the No. 15 seed, and the gap between the two sides is a bit big from this number, but considering that Zhang Guan defeated Federer in the final of the Australian Open, the match between Zhang Guan and Federer is still very eye-catching.

On the tennis court, Federer has been invincible for too long, so any player who can defeat Federer will inevitably attract widespread attention, and defeating Federer in the Grand Slam final will attract even more attention, not to mention that Zhang Guan is already famous.

There are also many people waiting to see Zhang Guan's jokes. Since Zhang Guan won the championship at the Australian Open, it is equivalent to more solidifying Zhang Guan's reputation as a talented athlete, and this fame will naturally be more black, and there are not a few jealous people, so many people are also looking forward to Zhang Guan's loss.

On this day, the other two matches of the French Open quarterfinals also ended. Djokovic won comfortably 3-0 against Andreev. Defending champions Rafael Nadal also won 3-0 against Moya, both of whom won with ease, and in the other semi-final against Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

Djokovic has made rapid progress this year, and he has already won three ATP tournaments this year, a figure behind Federer and Nadal. But on clay. Djokovic has never yet defeated Nadal. The most recent clay-court clash between the two was in the semi-finals of last year's French Open, when Djokovic retired from 2-0 down due to injury. In the final of the Indian Wells Masters after the Australian Open, Nadal also won the championship against Djokovic.

Today's Djokovic is still immature, and Nadal is known as the "King of Clay", so both tennis professionals and ordinary fans are almost one-sided favorites on Nadal to win.

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At the same time, at the General Administration of Sports, Director Liu has been received by a deputy director.

"Look, Director. This is the calendar for the next three months, the blue is the schedule of the track and field competitions, the green is the schedule of the tennis competitions, and the days when the track and field competitions and tennis competitions are played at the same time, I marked them in red. You see, there were days when they coincided. Director Liu opened his mouth to introduce.

The deputy director nodded, without words, after Director Liu observed his words. He continued: "If it's a normal match, it doesn't matter if we sacrifice it at the tennis center. After all, athletes go abroad to compete for the glory of the country, track and field and tennis are not separated from each other, but the tennis Grand Slam competition is the top event in the world, and it is really a pity not to let Zhang Guan participate. ”

Director Liu secretly glanced at his notepad. Then he continued: "You see that from June 25th to July 8th, it is the time of Wimbledon, which is one of the most important Grand Slam tournaments in the world, and during this period, there are three competitions: the CAAF Grand Prix Czech Republic, the CAAF Grand Prix Croatia and the IAAF Golden League Paris. If you add the preparation time before and after, you will not be able to participate in the CAAF Grand Prix Czech and Athletics Grand Prix Lausanne. ”

The deputy director nodded silently, and Director Liu continued: "If you look at the US Open again, it will be from August 27th to September 9th, during which there will be the World Athletics Championships, the Golden League Zurich Station, and the Athletics Federation Grand Prix Italy Station. ”

"The World Athletics Championships are also one of the more important competitions!" The deputy director spoke.

"You're right." Director Liu nodded, and then continued: "But no player in our country has participated in the men's singles competition of Wimbledon and the US Open, as long as Zhang Guan can appear in Wimbledon and the US Open, it is equivalent to filling a gap for my country's tennis!" ”

The deputy director's eyes narrowed slightly, and the words "fill in the blanks" were obviously very much to his appetite.

These four words are indeed very powerful for the people who pursue political achievements the most, but Director Liu felt that this was not enough, so he decided to add another fire, only to see Director Liu then speak: "Zhang Guan won the Australian Open tennis championship at the beginning of the year; Today's French Open tennis tournament has also entered the semi-finals, with great hopes of winning the championship; If Zhang Guan can win Wimbledon and the US Open next, he will have won the tennis Grand Slam! ”

"Slam?" The deputy director's eyes lit up, of course he knew the meaning behind the tennis Grand Slam, so he then asked: "Is there any hope for the Grand Slam?" ”

Director Liu immediately nodded: "I have a lot of hope, if Zhang Guan can work harder at the Olympic Games next year, then the Olympic champion will be the Golden Slam." ”

The deputy director was a little moved, but he was not fooled by Director Liu, but said: "You just said that Zhang Guan has entered the semifinals of the French Open, who is his next opponent?" Is there a good chance of winning the French Open? ”

"Zhang Guan's next opponent is Federer." Director Liu said while secretly looking at the deputy director, but at this time, the deputy director's expression was a little frozen, obviously a little worried about whether Zhang Guan could defeat Federer, after all, Federer's fame is too great.

Director Liu immediately said: "In the Australian Open final at the beginning of the year, Zhang Guan defeated Federer to win the championship, and defeated Federer 3-0!" ”

The deputy director's expression suddenly stretched a little, he thought for a few seconds, and said, "Put these documents here with me first!" When it comes to Monday's meeting, the General Administration will discuss it first, and then notify you! ”

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On June 7, in the semifinals of the women's singles, Sharapova lost to Ivanovic and stopped in the semifinals, but for Sharapova, who played with an injury, the results of the semifinals have made her more satisfied.

And on June 8, the two semi-finals of the men's singles will also be decided at Phillip Stadium.

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