Melbourne, seventh matchday of the Australian Open.

The competition on this day was very intense, with several key battles. In the Women's Singles, Serena Williams will face Jankovic and Sister Na will also face Safina, as well as the likes of Mauresmo, Dementieva and Kuznetsova. In Men's Singles, in addition to the clash between No.6 seed Roddick and No.9 seed Ancic, Federer will also face a challenge from young player Novak Djokovic.

Aside from the ongoing matches on the field, the most talked-about topic was Zhang Guan's victory over Nalbandian.

An unseeded player's victory over a seeded player can be regarded as an upset, and an unseeded player's victory over the No. 8 seed is a big upset.

There are so many matches going on every day at the Australian Open that it's impossible to make every match a battle in the spotlight. When Zhang Guan defeated Grosjean before, although it attracted some attention, it was very limited. But this time Zhang Guan's victory over Nalbandianke is completely different, Nalbandian is a veteran powerhouse after all, and with the name of the world's No. 1 backhand, and is the No. 8 seed in the tournament, he can defeat Nalbandian, and the gold content is much greater than the previous victory over Grosrang.

All of a sudden, the video of Zhang Guan's match with Nalbandian became a popular object among fans, and everyone was eager to know how Zhang Guan defeated Nalbandian. And when the fans saw Zhang Guan's use of the net-front play, they were all surprised. In today's tennis world, almost everyone in singles is using the baseline style of play, and the style of play in front of the net has almost been eliminated.

Some of the older fans, especially those over the age of 40, have lived through the era of Sampras, which was the most popular style of play. So when they saw that in the game video, Zhang Guan used the style of play in front of the net, it immediately evoked the memories in their hearts, and that nostalgia exploded. This nostalgia is originally a very touching and beautiful thing, so there are many old fans in their forties and fifties who have become fans of Zhang Guan after watching Zhang Guan's victory over Nalbandian.

Among the younger generation, especially the fans who have only started to pay attention to tennis after 2000, they have always accepted the baptism of bottom-line play, and what they have seen is Federer's gorgeous base-line attack and Nadal's tenacious base-line defense. Playing in front of the net is a very new thing for them. Although the error rate of playing in front of the net is very high, as long as the volley in front of the net is successfully made, the ornamentation is indeed better than the bottom line pump, and it is precisely because the error rate is relatively high that the audience will look more exciting, so some fans who like freshness and excitement have also become fans of Zhang Guan.

In addition, Zhang Guan is also the world's most famous track and field athlete, he is a well-known sports star, and has a wide fan base. Some tennis fans themselves will also look at other sports. When a more familiar star achieves results, the attention itself is several levels higher than that of a new face.

Within a day, Zhang Guan was the most popular player at the Australian Open, and people talked about Zhang Guan even more than Federer and Nadal.

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Evening. Federer ended his campaign in the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 3-0 aggregate win over Novak Djokovic, a young and promising youngster.

By this time, Djokovic was already showing his edge, and he was ranked 16th in the ATP year-end ranking in 2006, compared to the beginning of 2007. He won a series of prizes including the Adelaide hard court championship, and he also rose to 14th in the world rankings. However, the tennis prodigy is still a little far from Federer's level now, even if he is constantly trying to attack Federer's SLR with double reversal. But because of his own mistakes, he finally lost to Federer.

So far, Federer's promotion has been very smooth, since the first round, Federer has won his opponent 3-0 in every match, and according to Federer's current form, it seems that he has won this year's Australian Open championship.

Federer took a dip in the jacuzzi, and when he stepped out of the bathroom, he found his girlfriend Milka fiddling with her laptop.

"Roger, Mr. Roche called just now, saying that there is a very interesting game, let you take a look, I have found the video of the game for you." Milka said as she placed her laptop on the table.

Mr. Roche in Mirka's mouth is Federer's tennis coach, Roche can be said to be the most well-known tennis coach in the world. However, Roche only gives Federer some guidance before the tournament, and does not play with Federer around the world on weekdays.

Hearing that it was Roche's designated match, Federer didn't dare to be careless, he quickly wiped his hair with a towel, sat down on the sofa, and said, "Who is playing against whom?" ”

"Zhang Guan vs. Nalbandian." Milka replied.

"It's this one! I know that Zhang Guan defeated Nalbandian 3-0, and I was also surprised when I heard about it yesterday, I know Nalbandian's strength best, although he has affected his form because of injury, but that sharp backhand is still the best in the world. And Zhang Guan was able to defeat him, which is incredible. I wanted to look for the footage of this game yesterday, but I had to prepare for the match against Djokovic, so I didn't watch it. Federer clicked his mouse and started playing the video of the game.

"Zhang Guan is a one-handed backhand! And like me, it's a right-handed grip...... The feeling of his backhand return looks so familiar! Federer said as he watched the footage.

"Of course you will feel familiar, don't you think Zhang Guan's backhand is very similar to your backhand?" Milka spoke.

"It's really like my backhand, but it feels more powerful than my backhand! But even so, it can't deal with Nalbandian! You see, Nalbandian's backhand change line, he can't catch it. Federer began.

The video of the game quickly moved on to the second game.

"It's a serve!" Federer sighed lightly and continued: "Zhang Guan is the fastest man in the world, he must have a strong ability to move, and his style of play using the serve to the net is also normal. And this style of play is really quite restrained by Nalbandian's backhand. ”

"The timing of the net was very good, and the landing point of the shot was well controlled, which happened to be where Nalbandian couldn't catch it. Well, Zhang Guan's serve to the net looks very proficient, just with this hand serve to the net, it is estimated that he has the level of a Grand Slam seeded player! Where did he learn this, from Sharapova? ”

"Huh? How to catch the ball and also go online! It's not a good choice to surf the Internet, and it works! Federer's expression finally changed, and he understood by this time why Coach Roche would let him watch the game specifically.

"This ball is going to the net too! Tennis ball? Pretty! The ball was played so beautifully and it totally mobilized Nalbandian! ”

"Still online! There's no need for this ball, wouldn't it be better to volley from the baseline! Sure enough, it was out of bounds. But it's not that the ball is out of the question, it's just a little bit unlucky......"

The more Federer watched it, the more serious he became, and he couldn't help but get caught up in the game, and at the same time, his mind was also thinking about how he would react if he faced this kind of ball.

The footage went on to the third set between the two sides, and Nalbandian was out of shape because he was worried about his injury, and Federer paused the video, knowing that there was no point in continuing to watch the footage, and that Federer had all the information he wanted.

"That's right, it's a way to play in front of the net! This is the world's top tennis play! This style of play reminds me of Sampras! Federer's breath suddenly became short, and he closed his eyes and remembered the scene at Wimbledon in 2001.

In 2001, Federer, who was not yet 20 years old, met Sampras, who beat the Wilbledon king on grass, and that was also Federer's famous battle.

But Federer knew that he was not facing Sampras in his heyday, when Sampras was 30 years old and his speed was not as good as ever, and Sampras's best play in front of the net lost the support of speed and was greatly reduced.

For Federer, it is a great pity that he failed to compete with Sampras at his peak, especially in recent years, when Federer has stood on the top of the world, and this feeling of regret has become even stronger.

And now, Federer has seen this world-class tennis style again, and the fire in his heart is burning again, and he feels that he finally has a chance to make up for this regret!

"I really want to compete with Zhang Guan! Let's see when I can meet Zhang Guan. Federer immediately looked for the table and then had a look of disappointment on his face.

"Zhang Guan is in Zone 3 and I am in Zone 1, and we won't be able to meet until the finals! How so? ”

In the Australian Open seeding group, the No. 1 seed is in Zone 1, the No. 2 seed is in Zone 4, the No. 3 seed is in Zone 3, and the No. 4 seed is in Zone 2, and the semi-finals are the players from Zone 1 against the players from Zone 2, and the players from Zone 3 against the players from Zone 4, which means that players in the top half of the region want to meet players in the lower half, and only in the final.

"It's only the fourth round, and Zhang Guan's fourth round hasn't started yet, can he make it to the final? Zhang Guan's third sector also has Davydenko, who is likely to meet in the quarter-finals, while Nadal is in the fourth zone and could be a qualifier in the fourth division. Zhang Guan needs to win these two before he can enter the finals, can he do it? By the way, Zhang Guan's fourth round has not started yet, let's see who his opponent is in the fourth round! ”

Federer immediately found the fourth-round matchtable and saw Zhang's opponent.

"What's this tough guy!" (To be continued.) )

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