"Well, the footsteps on the clay court can still be adapted!" Coach Zhang asked.

"It's still a little different from hard ground, and the feel of this shoe is not the same." Zhang Guan stopped and continued: "Overall, this ground is quite flat. ”

At this time, Zhang Guan had changed into tennis shoes for clay, and the texture of the sole was wide-wave groove, which was different from the fine herringbone pattern of tennis shoes on hard courts, and the friction was relatively greater.

Coach Zhang continued: "The flatness of the clay court is definitely not as good as the hard surface, although the surface looks similar, and the foot pedal is the same, but in fact there are still a lot of uneven places, although it is not easy for us to detect with the naked eye, but after the ball falls, it will reflect obvious changes, and the direction of the ball will be affected because of this unevenness, so the variables of the clay court will be greater, and because of this, many players like to choose a more conservative style of play on the clay court." ”

Coach Zhang thought for a while, and then said: "The clay court usually needs more care, and it needs to be leveled and drawn frequently. When it comes to the French Open, although the court will be cleaned up after each day, the high-intensity matches will definitely make the court more uneven, especially the main venues of Philippe Châtier and Susan Lenglen, which will be played for fifteen consecutive days, so when it comes to the later matches, tennis will be more and more affected by the ground. ”

Zhang Guan nodded yes, he knew that once the ground was uneven, the direction of the tennis ball and the speed of the tennis ball would be affected. Then it will affect the player's reception, and even because of the player's tactical choice, it can be said that it will affect the whole body.

I saw Coach Zhang pick up the racket and the ball. walked across from Zhang Guan and said, "Look at this ball!" ”

Coach Zhang swung his racket to hit the ball, a quick flat serve, but after the tennis ball landed, it bounced up, and the speed obviously slowed down a lot.

"See, that's what I mean by 'slow field'!" Coach Zhang spoke.

Zhang Guan opened his mouth and said: "I remember, you talked to me about this. The ground of red clay is not very hard, and there will be greater friction when the ball lands, and the ball loses a large part of its kinetic energy. Therefore, the speed of the ball will be slower. Therefore, it is also called a slow field on clay courts. ”

"Yes, the kind of green clay you see on the southwest coast of the U.S. has a slower pace than clay and is great for beginners, and there were a lot of games on green courts in previous years. It's basically canceled now. In addition, the humidity of the air has a great impact on the laterite field. The higher the humidity of the air, the more sticky the clay court will be, and the more variable the game will be. Coach Zhang pointed to the sky as he spoke, and then said: "But you don't have to worry too much about the air humidity, Paris is the dry season in May, there is very little precipitation, you may have to drink more water when you race, and the temperature in Paris in May is 10-20 degrees Celsius." It's also more suitable for competition, and you don't have to worry about the 40 degrees Celsius weather like the Australian Open. ”

Coach Zhang finished speaking. He pulled out another tennis ball: "Look at this ball again." ”

This time, Coach Zhang did not use the traditional serve action, but directly used a batting action and hit a topspin ball.

The tennis ball bounced off the ground, slowing down again, but the ball bounced high, almost to the position of Zhang Guan's chest. You must know that Zhang Guan is more than 1.9 meters tall, and his chest position is almost the place where many players are slightly lower on the shoulder.

"See? Is it very high? Coach Zhang continued: "This is another big feature of clay courts, the topspin ball can bounce very high, and my topspin level is average, far less than the top players in the world, you know that." Normally Federer plays a spin ball on red soil, and the ball will definitely bounce to the shoulder; In the case of Nadal, the ball often returns to the top of the player's head. ”

"Doesn't that mean that taller people are more advantageous?" Zhang Guan said as he tried to hit a topspin ball. Zhang Guan's spin was not weaker than Nadal's, and the ball bounced directly above Coach Zhang's head after landing.

Zhang Guan was suddenly a little surprised, he didn't expect this ball to bounce so high. On the other side, Coach Zhang continued: "In terms of height alone, it can indeed be said that tall people have an advantage, but don't forget that in the current tennis world, tall athletes use that kind of more violent style of play, and they are often deficient in foot movement, and on clay courts, foot movement is the most important." And because of the slow pace of clay courts, it's easier to catch the ball, even if it's not a tall player! ”

"When you're at the Australian Open, you're often going to win with one hit, and only against Federer can you force you to play longer rounds. In a slow-paced arena like the French Open, there aren't many chances of a one-hit victory, with frequent maneuvers over multiple rounds being the most common. Coach Zhang stretched out three fingers and continued: "So the most important thing to play on clay court is three points, one is agile reaction, the other is rapid movement, and the most important thing is tenacity!" ”

……

Before the French Open, there were three so-called warm-up tournaments, namely the Masters Monte Carlo, the Rome Masters and the Hamburg Masters.

The first of these was the Monte Carlo Masters, and the final was undoubtedly between Federer and Nadal, who had not faced each other on clay since last year's French Open final. As a result, Nadal managed to defeat Federer and defend his position as the "King of Clay".

When Zhang Guan arrived in Europe, the Rome leg of the Masters had just ended, Federer was unfortunately unable to reach the final, while the in-form Chilean cannon Gonzalez made it all the way to the final. In the final, Nadal comfortably defeated Gonzalez to avenge the Australian Open.

Gonzalez's violent style of play is indeed not good at playing on clay, a week later in the Masters Hamburg match, the same clay court, Gonzalez met Nadal again in the quarterfinals, and was still defeated by Nadal, and the final of this game is Federer and Nadal duel, this is also the 11th "cow bean war", most people think that Nadal is about to continue the good form of Rome and win on the field he is good at, However, the result was Federer's victory over Nadal, and more importantly, the deciding set between the two sides was won by Federer 6-0, giving Nadal a zero egg.

At this time, there is only one week left before the French Open, and in the new week, the French Open matchups will also be announced. (To be continued.) )

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