Chapter 57: Advance to the Australian Open Final
Gonzalez sounded the horn of a counteroffensive and he took action at the same time, but this does not mean that Gonzalez's counteroffensive will be effective.
After all, this is Zhang Guan's serve, and the server has an advantage, not to mention that Zhang Guan's service level is still very good, and it is very good for ordinary players to be able to defend Zhang Guan's serve.
In the face of Zhang Guan's strong defense, Gonzalez only had a strong attack.
Although Gonzalez is very good at attacking, he chooses to attack strongly in the opponent's service game, and the odds of success are still not high, in this game, Gonzalez chose to attack three times, all of which ended in failure, and in the end he was not able to break Zhang Guan's serve.
The score came to 5-3, and if Gonzalez couldn't hold his serve, the first set would have been over.
At this time, Gonzalez needed a timeout to think about it carefully, but Gonzalez couldn't wait to prove that his forehand was stronger, so he quickly started his own serve, and then the two sides started a forehand competition, after a battle, in the case of a deuce, Gonzalez's own two mistakes buried his own serve, Zhang Guan also won the first set of the game between the two sides with a score of 6-3.
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The game finally went into a timeout, and Gonzalez slowly calmed down and began to analyze the current situation.
"It's normal that I can't take Zhang Guan's serve, but my serve was broken by Zhang Guan! Why is that? Gonzalez recalled the first set and began to think.
"Zhang Guan's power is really great, not only on the serve, but also on the connecting serve. He can match me in terms of strength, so my style of play, which is biased towards power and speed, is not a big threat to Zhang Guan. ”
"The other thing is a forehand fight! That's right, I lost on a forehand match! Gonzalez quickly realized the problem: "My forehand shot is about 25 beats. Beyond 25 beats, my strength can't support that kind of high-intensity shot, the ball speed will drop down, and the control of the ball will be problematic. But Zhang Guan seems to be able to hold on longer than me, he can still maintain a high intensity of hitting the ball after 25 beats, maybe he can hold on to more than 30 beats! A five-beat gap! ”
Gonzalez took a deep breath, although there was only a difference of five beats, but the master's move was originally a battle of points. These five beats are enough to decide the winner.
"The forehand is not Zhang Guan's opponent at all, and I can't get any bargains on the serve, what should I do?" Gonzalez was a little anxious, his two strongest weapons were the serve and forehand, but in the face of Zhang Guan, his two strongest spears were of no use, and it was not the strong shield that stood in his way, but two sharper spears!
"What to do? What am I going to do? Gonzalez was a little flustered because the break between sets was coming to an end. The second set was about to begin, and Gonzalez hadn't found a way to deal with Zhang.
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Close-ups of the two contestants are shown on the TV.
"Gonzalez has lost!" Federer sighed softly.
Milka was a little puzzled, and she said: "The best-of-five game is only now the first set. The game can only be regarded as just beginning, why is it so early to decide? ”
"Look at the expressions on both of them. Gonzalez must be very confused now, he can't find a way to deal with Zhang Guan at all. Gonzalez's characteristics are very distinct, but at the same time his style of play is too one-dimensional. In the forehand fight just now. Gonzalez had put out his best form, but lost to Zhang. Federer continued: "If you look at Zhang Guan, he's very confident now. Just like he did when he was in athletics. Zhang Guan was already the top athlete in the world, and although tennis is a new field for him, he has clearly found a strong mentality in this new field. I think the big picture is decided. ”
"Then your opponent in the final will be Zhang Guan?" Milka spoke.
Federer nodded: "yes, I think that could be the toughest race I've had this year." ”
"Why do you think so? Is it harder to deal with Zhang Guan than against Nadal? Milka asked.
"Maybe it's really harder than playing Nadal, because I don't know much about Zhang Guan." Federer took a deep breath and continued: "Unknown opponents are always the most terrifying. ”
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The second set between Zhang Guan and Gonzalez began.
Gonzalez continued his offensive style of play, while Zhang Guan also continued to play against Gonzalez.
1-0,1-1,2-1,2-2…… The score between the two sides seemed to be very tight, and after ten games, the score of the two sides came to a 5-5 draw, and both sides were able to hold their serve all the time.
In this set, Gonzalez's serve was better and he was very lucky, with Zhang Guan almost winning break points in two games, but Gonzalez saved his serve with successful serves.
In the eleventh game, Zhang Guan successfully held serve, and the score came to 6-5, and in the next twelfth game, Lady Luck finally did not continue to favor Gonzalez, he had a double error, this time the double error also became a turning point in the game, after holding multiple balls in a row, Gonzalez still lost this game, failed to take the second set of the game to the tie-break.
"Now the aggregate score between the two sides is 2-0, and for Gonzalez, it is on the verge of life and death. In the semi-finals at a Grand Slam level, there are few players who can complete the comeback after being down 0-2! The commentator looked at the information in his hand and continued: "And Zhang Guan, if he wins this game, he will also make many history." He will become the first player to qualify for a wildcard tournament in the Australian Open men's singles final; He is also the second player after Ivanisevic to enter the Grand Slam men's singles final with a wild card qualification; He will also become the first player to reach a Grand Slam final in his first professional appearance. ”
In the third set, Gonzalez's form declined, especially his serve, which was much worse than the first two games, which made it impossible for him to maintain his advantage in the service game and gave Zhang Guan several break opportunities. ”
Zhang Guan didn't want to drag the game too long, so he continued to fight Gonzalez, deliberately raising the tempo of the game. In this kind of fast-paced game, mistakes on both sides increase, but with the same mistakes on both sides, the lagging side will obviously be at a greater disadvantage. If the leader makes a mistake, at most he concedes a goal and loses a point, and if the laggard makes a mistake, it means that the game is buried.
The increasing number of mistakes made Gonzalez impatient, and he became more and more anxious, which in turn caused him to make more mistakes. In just the third game, Gonzalez was broken by Zhang Guan, and the reason for the break was precisely because Gonzalez made two double service errors.
"Gonzalez's mentality is wrong." Federer went on to comment: "The game is over early! (To be continued.) )
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