"Your opponent in the next round is not Ljubicic, but Mathieu." Coach Zhang continued: "Matthew won three sets in a row after dropping one set first, and defeated Ljubicic 3-1. ”

"Matthew? The Frenchman? I remember he was ranked 40th in the world, how could he be so good and be able to beat Ljubicic? Zhang Guan asked in surprise.

"It's not Matthew's problem, it's Ljubicic's problem. Matthew is a normal player, but Ljubicic's play is really poor, grabbing one of them on 11 break points, how can he not lose in such a state. So you don't have to worry about the next game, just play your normal strength.

Zhang Guan nodded yes, but at the same time felt sorry for Ljubicic. At the Australian Open, Ljubicic was ranked No. 4 in the world in the ATP rankings, and has now fallen to No. 15 in the world. This year's Ljubicic is obviously not in good shape, with an upset in the first round of the Australian Open, a third-round stop at the French Open, and now Ljubicic also lost in the third round at Wimbledon.

Zhang's opponent in the next round, Matthew, whose full name is Paul Onlly Matthew, is a Frenchman, 25 years old, ranked 41st in the world, one place below Verdasco, whom Zhang just beat. However, Matthew played well at Wimbledon this year, beating 17th seed Espany Ferrer in the second round and 15th seed Ljubicic today.

In the eyes of many people, Matthew has shown a dark horse posture, and some people expect Matthew to be dark to the end, including Matthew himself.

But Matthew also knows that his opponent in the next round is Zhang Guan, a rival far stronger than Ljubicic and Ferrer, and perhaps even the strongest opponent in the world on the grass of Wimbledon.

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On June 30, although the Wimbledon schedule was seriously delayed due to consecutive days of rain, the heavy rain throughout the day made the 30th the most delayed day. However, the organisers of the tournament, the All England Club, insisted that there would be no matches scheduled on Sunday (July 1). Traditionally, Wimbledon is a rest day without matches, but the recent rain around London has kept the tournament postponed. By the 30th, there were still a lot of third-round matches left to play in the men's and women's singles, and it was reasonable to use the weekend to catch up on missed matches, but the British clearly did not intend to do so, and they still chose to follow tradition.

In the six days since Wimbledon started in 2007, there was only one day without rain. The rest of the race day was filled with rain of all kinds: light rain, pouring rain or intermittent showers. Since the field is an open-air grassland, as long as there is rain falling down the game, the game will be interrupted, but fortunately, the game has reached the third round, and the number of games has been greatly reduced, so as not to affect the overall process of the game.

On the eighth day of Wimbledon, on Centre Court, after the fourth round of the two women's singles matches, the second round of the two men's singles matches will follow. First up was Federer's match, who was against Germany's golden boy Haas. The game was over before it started. Haas withdrew due to abdominal discomfort and Federer was able to advance, becoming the only player to enjoy four consecutive days off at Wimbledon this year, and he even had time to book a hairstylist. Go and get yourself a new hairstyle.

On the other side, Federer's old rival Rafael Nadal was much more miserable, as the rain had cost him all three of his previous matches. Today, Nadal has to spend four consecutive days in the tournament. And because of the rain and the delay of the match, Nadal has to face the devil's schedule of five matches a week.

The match between Zhang Guan and Matthew was originally held on Centre Court in the fourth game, but due to Haas's retirement, Zhang Guan's match was also brought forward, and he will start the battle with Matthew in the third game.

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In the first set, Matthew served first. Matthew's first serve level is very good, with speed and angle, but his second serve is really a bit bad, for Zhang Guan, Matthew's second serve can be said to be no threat. So at the beginning of the game, Zhang Guan entered the state relatively quickly, and then took advantage of the weakness of Ma Xiu's hand feeling was not very hot and the weakness of the lack of strength of the second serve, and then the two sides protected the serve, and the score became 3-1 after four games, and Zhang Guan temporarily took the lead. At this time, Zhang Guan played more actively and actively, and Ma Xiu was obviously not very suitable for Zhang Guan's style of play, and Zhang Guan was broken in the fifth and seventh games, and Zhang Guan took the lead 6-1 in the first set.

In the second set, Zhang Guan added changes to the line and strengthened his return. And Matthew was not willing to fail, after absorbing the lessons of the first set defeat, he also made tactical adjustments, increased the rotation of the ball and the change of the landing point, transferred Zhang Guan on the two wings, and successfully kept his first three service games, but then Matthew made two unforced errors in his own service game, Zhang Guan did not miss the opportunity, successfully broke serve to lead 5-3, and then easily held serve in the ninth game, and then won 6-3 again.

In the third set, Zhang Guan continued his previous good form, breaking Matthew's serve and establishing a 2-0 lead. In the ensuing match, Zhang Guan played aggressively, giving his opponent no chance on his serve, and he broke again in the third and fifth games to extend his victory 5-0. In the sixth game, Zhang Guan's serve won the match, at this time he felt hot and attacked, and the general trend of Matthew had completely lost his resistance, Zhang Guan easily held serve and won the third set 6-0, thus defeating Matthew 6-1/6-3/6-0 and successfully advancing to the quarterfinals of Wimbledon.

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Who Can Stop Zhang Guan? 》

Zhang Guan won again, beating France's Matthew 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 in today's match. This year's Wimbledon is a big 'dark horse' Matthew did not continue to be black to the end, and this result did not exceed everyone's expectations before the game, with Zhang Guan's current state, Matthew is indeed impossible to defeat him.

It is worth noting that Zhang Guan has not lost a single set of Wimbledon so far, he has swept his opponent 3-0 in every match, and no opponent can support more than 10 games in a set! There were even several 6-0 comes. This fully shows Zhang Guan's super strength on the grass court, he is like Sampras back then, the playing style in front of the net dominated Wimbledon, I think Wimbledon will soon usher in a king from the East, from Asia, from China! Who else can stop Zhang Guan's progress now? (To be continued.) )

PS: The first chapter is delivered, ask for a guaranteed monthly ticket, thank the silent sage, and the young embarrassed Sika for rewarding.