On June 2, at 7 p.m. capital time, the French Open men's singles semifinals officially began, and at the Phillip Arena, the match between Federer and Zhang Guan was first held, and then the match between Nadal and Djokovic.

Federer and Zhang Guan played each other for the second time, which naturally attracted worldwide attention, and the time of the game happened to be primetime, so at the beginning of the game, the ratings skyrocketed, easily breaking through the 3% mark, and running towards 4%.

After a series of introductions and warm-ups, the match began, with Federer serving first.

"Steady and steady, reduce mistakes!" Federer muttered silently and began to serve. After more than ten consecutive beats, Federer scored one point first.

"Federer started the game so steadily today!" The narrator couldn't help but speak. In the past, Federer was known for his flashy attack, but today's Federer's style of play has become extremely steady.

Second and third balls...... Federer is still the same, every shot is just right, not very unrestrained, not very conservative, it can be described as flawless.

15-0, 30-0, 30-15, 40-15, 40-30, Federer then won the first game with a strong forehand.

The waves are not shocking, the two sides play in a decent manner, and they can't find anything very bright, which is the evaluation of many viewers on the first game. Before the game, many people thought that the battle between the two strong men was full of highlights and topics, it would be a collision between Mars and the earth, and the game would inevitably be very intense, but the first game was completed and everyone imagined that it was different, and the fierce confrontation did not come.

Zhang Guan looked at Federer on the opposite side with some puzzlement, and he also felt that Federer's style of play today was a little different from the past, and his playing seemed to be a little too stable, although this stability made Federer not make a single mistake in the whole game. did not show obvious flaws, but Zhang Guan did not feel Federer's desire to win.

"How is it like the kind of tactic used by Davydenko, Federer also has to delay until the tie-break? Federer played so steadily, without any flaws, even if I wanted to attack, I wouldn't have a chance, which forced me to play steadily! Zhang Guan shook his head and began to serve.

In Zhang Guan's service game, Federer still chose to play steadily and did not risk attacking at all, which made Zhang Guan relatively easy to keep his serve.

"The first two games. The players on both sides played 1-1, judging from the situation of these two games, the players on both sides played relatively conservatively, probably because at the beginning of the game, the athletes had not yet entered the game, and after all, it was a semi-final, and it was normal to choose a steady style of play. I think that when the players start to get into the competition, it will definitely bring us exciting battles. ”

The narrator began to try to defend the two players on the field. However, it backfired. After four consecutive sets, the players on both sides still played very steadily. The score of the first set came to 3-3.

The six-set match ended, but the audience looked like they were in high spirits, and the whole game was played for six games. Neither side played flashy attacks, and the rest of the time was quiet except for some symbolic applause from the crowd at the end of each game. Television footage swept across the auditorium and was even able to capture some footage of the audience yawning.

Federer has always been known for his flamboyant attacks. Originally, everyone thought that the two of them should be a contest between the tip of the needle and Maimang, but now the two offensive players have begun to fight steadily. Much to the disappointment of many people.

The narrator frowned and continued to say that the two of them hadn't warmed up yet? Obviously impossible, now they have played six rounds of the game, if the difference in strength between the two sides is relatively large, maybe someone will win the game 6-0, as a professional athlete, after six rounds of the game should also find the state of the game.

So why didn't the two attacking players choose to attack? The only explanation is that the tactical choices of these two men were originally like this. Steady and steady, not easy to try to attack.

Thinking of this, the commentator sighed: "It seems that today's game may be a boring and long game." ”

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Zhang Guan tried a few running and attacking plays, and achieved good results in Zhang's own service game, but the effect was relatively average in Federer's service game, with a success rate of less than 50%. With Federer's experience and skill and today's steady style of play, this sudden change of pace is not very lethal, Federer is good at almost all the offensive and defensive rhythms, all of which can be adjusted with only one or two beats.

Zhang Guan could barely catch Federer's flaws, and Federer could not find Zhang Guan's weaknesses either.

Federer's best forehand, on the slow court of France's red clay, is difficult to kill Zhang Guan, and Federer's deliberately conservative style of play makes it impossible for him to score points from Zhang Guan's serve.

In this way, after the score of 5-5, Federer's serve was followed, and then Federer played steadily, and after several long rounds of hold, he saved his serve and rewrote the score to 6-5, and then Zhang Guan's serve.

"It's almost time to attack." Federer silently encouraged himself, and then, Zhang Guan served, after Federer received the serve, he suddenly chose to attack, and after two consecutive shots of strong pressure, Federer made a large-scale transfer and scored a point first.

The whole eleven games were so boring, and now Federer suddenly exerted his strength and played a beautiful transition from defense to offense, which immediately made the audience excited, and those who were dozing off also woke up, and a round of applause rang out from the audience.

Zhang Guan glanced at Federer very vigilantly, and he vaguely guessed Federer's intentions in his heart.

In the next ball, Federer still chose an unrestrained attack after receiving the serve, pressing the forehand, and then preparing for a large-angle transfer, but Zhang Guan was already prepared, caught Federer's ball and then took a preemptive shot, quickly came to the bottom line, and received the ball in advance to disrupt Federer's rhythm of continuing to attack, and then Zhang Guan quickly changed the rhythm of attack and defense, and successfully won this point, and the score became 15-15.

"Sure enough, Federer suddenly exerted his strength in this game and wanted to catch me off guard, he used a psychological warfare!" At this time, Zhang Guan had already seen through Federer's intentions.

In the previous eleven rounds, Federer used a steady style of play, which even made Zhang Guan feel that he had no desire to attack. When the score came to 6-5, Federer only needed to complete a break to win the first set, so Federer suddenly started attacking. With the foreshadowing of the first eleven innings, if Zhang Guan fell into the previous inertial thinking and was paralyzed and careless, it would be easy to lose this game. For Federer, even if his psychological tactics fail, there are seven games to play, so for Federer, a sudden attack in the twelfth game must be a sure win.

But now, Federer's wishful thinking has been spotted by Zhang Guan. (To be continued.) )

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