A Masters tournament without a master is somewhat embarrassing for the organizers. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAfter so many years of running the Masters in China, this has really never happened.

In fact, in terms of prize money, the total prize money of the Rolex Masters is more than $5 million, which is comparable to the ATP Finals at the end of the year, second only to the four Grand Slams of tennis. Moreover, the ATP1000 level event is also second only to the four Grand Slams of tennis, and there are few stops throughout the year. It can be said that in addition to the four Grand Slams, the Masters is already the highest-grade competition.

It stands to reason that this level of competition is enough to attract players of Federer's and Nadal's level to participate, and it will even be a very important competition, for the sake of prize money and points, so there will always be one or two king-level players attending the Masters over the years.

However, in this year's Masters, the three kings of tennis collectively withdrew.

The three kings of tennis have just been put forward in the past year. When Federer ruled tennis a few years ago, he was the only king; Nadal has always been the second term with Federer, and after he successfully won the Grand Slam in 2010, he was also named the king of the world, and the tennis world has become a situation of Federer and Nadal being the double king; Then in 2011, Djokovic's outburst won three Grand Slams in one year, swept many strong players, and the dominance he showed coupled with his previous fame allowed him to successfully advance to the king level.

Although Murray has not won a Grand Slam yet, he is the only one who can catch up with the three kings in points, but he also withdrew. All of a sudden, the Rolex Masters was dimmed, with only the likes of Ferrer and the likes of Ljubicic, Roddick and Nalbandian, who were past their prime. It is really difficult for such players to support such a large-scale event.

World No. 5 Ferrer became the No. 1 seed in the tournament, but with Ferrer's level, it is clear that he cannot stop Zhang Guan from winning the championship.

Zhang Guan went all the way down to defeat Spain's Ferrero and Odasco in quick succession, and then met Czech Republic's Berdych. In the just-concluded China Open, Zhang Guan once played against Berdych, and after two weeks, Berdych still quickly surrendered.

Zhang Guan then won against Mayer, and in the semi-finals, he met Ferrero early.

Ferrero likes to play some tricky balls, but this also makes his consistency not very good, and sometimes he pursues the landing point too much, and there will be more netting and out of bounds.

If the opponent is not very mobile, or if he is older, Ferrero's style of play will often work wonders, and many veterans will not be able to save some tricky returns. However, in the face of Zhang Guan, the world's mobility ability, Ferrero's style of play was restrained vividly, but Ferrero himself gave away points again and again because of some mistakes.

The technical characteristics of the two also determined the outcome of this match, and Ferrero, the fifth in the world, was completely vulnerable in front of Zhang Guan and quickly lost the match.

Zhang Guan made it to the final, and his opponent was Japan's Kei Nishikori.

Nishikori Kei entered the final is a big upset, and the current Nishikori Kei is outside the top 50 in the world rankings, so before the game, no one thought that Nishikori Kei would go far in the Masters.

Kei Nishikori himself has also been unlucky lately, he entered the tennis world under the name of "Japanese tennis genius". However, it did not achieve results that satisfied the Japanese people. In terms of personal life, the love affair with table tennis player Ai Fukuhara was even beaten by the media.

In this edition of the Masters, Kei Nishikori ushered in an explosion, and his first match was against the French star and world No. 10 Tsonga. Kei Nishikori was shaved 6-0 in the first set, but won two sets in a row 7-5 and 7-6 to eliminate Tsonga, and then he had a succession of fighters such as Mezel, Giraldo, Dolgorolov, Simon and other strong players to enter the final, these opponents are all ranked above Kei Nishikori in the world, and except for Giraldo, the rest of the players are seeded. For an unseeded player ranked outside the top 50 in the world, being able to defeat so many strong opponents to advance to the final can already be regarded as the biggest upset of this Masters.

Of course, Zhang Guan is also ranked outside the top 50 in the world, and he also beat the seeded players all the way to the final. However, no one will regard Zhang Guan as a dark horse, and the only Golden Slam among the world's active athletes deserves to reach the final and then lift the championship trophy.

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Since turning professional in 2007, Kei Nishikori has won the title only in 2008 at the Dearlay Hantan Open, where he played as a qualifier and defeated a number of strong opponents before beating American Blake in the final.

And this Masters Cup, let Nishikori Kei find the feeling of the year, he was completely unfavorable, he went all the way to the finals, became a dark horse, and even went black to the end!

Standing on the field, Nishikori Kei was full of ambition, and in the surrounding audience, the audience from Japan had begun to wave the Japanese flag and cheer for Nishikori Kei.

After all, this is Asia, and the venue is only a sea away from Japan, so for Japanese spectators, it is much more convenient to make a two-hour plane to watch the game on the same day than European countries, so many Japanese spectators came to the scene to cheer for Kei Nishikori.

"With so many compatriots supporting me, I must not let them down!" The cheers of the surrounding Japanese audience suddenly made Kei Nishikori have a strong fighting spirit, and he couldn't help shouting while he served.

"Drink!" Kei Nishikori put together an ace on his first serve.

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"Nishikori-kun is very imposing today!"

"Nishiki-kun is also in good shape, another ace!"

"Today's Nishikori-kun reminds me of the final three years ago, when he defeated the American star Blake!"

"Jin Zhijun is like a rainbow, maybe there is hope to defeat Zhang Guan today!"

"Nishikori-kun deserves to be a talented tennis player in Japan, and I believe it won't be long before he has Federer's status! He is the pride of our Japan! ”

"Nishikori-kun has already won the game point, let's applaud him!"

Before he knew it, Kei Nishikori had already won the first game, and then scored another service to win the first game.

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"Kei Nishikori's luck is really good today!" Zhang Guan didn't feel frustrated because he was down 1-0.

In the game just now, Kei Nishikori sent two aces, which Zhang Guan could not do, in addition to Zhang Guan's two service points, one of which Zhang Guan thought was a throw-in, so he was half a beat slower when receiving the ball, and finally found out that it was in bounds, and lost the lead. This kind of luck is so good that even Zhang Guan can't stop it.

"The young man has a lot of momentum, but just because he has a lot of momentum doesn't mean he can bring victory!" Zhang Guan took a deep breath and started his own serve.

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After Kei Nishikori won the first service game, morale was high, and the surrounding Japanese crowd began to cheer for Kei Nishikori more and more.

However, as Zhang Guan said, momentum does not bring a victory, and luck cannot always accompany a person. Sports, in the final analysis, are still a competition of strength, and morale is only part of it.

1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, which is the score of the next five games.

Since winning the first game, Kei Nishikori has lost five games in a row, two of which were broken by Zhang Guan, and the situation collapsed instantly.

The score of the first set was finally fixed at 1-6, and Kei Nishikori was completely defeated, but Kei Nishikori did not give up.

In the first round of the group stage, when he faced Tsonga, he was even shaved 0-6 in the first set, but he didn't move back. The situation is much better now than when he met Tsonga, and at least he got a small score in one game.

"If I lost the first set 0-6, I could get it back, and if I lost the first set 1-6, I would definitely be able to come back and win!"

In the second set, Kei Nishikori stood on the court again with confidence, and then was beaten 0-6 and shaved bald.

After all, Kei Nishikori's strength is only outside the top 50 in the world, and his real level is only the level of the first round of the four Grand Slams.

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Kei Nishikori sat down in the chair with a depressed face, the last time he sat here, he was still comforting himself, saying to himself that 0-6 can be pulled back if he is shaved his head, and 1-6 can be turned into a victory, but he didn't expect that he was greeted by another 0-6 shaved head.

This seemed to be a basin of cold water poured down, instantly waking up Nishikori Kei, he carefully recalled the game just now, but found that the strength of the two sides was really not at the same level.

"Zhang Guan is really strong, compared with Tsonga, Zhang Guan is simply a player of another grade!"

The Japanese audience at the scene has been silenced, and some people have even begun to leave the stadium early, they have seen that the game has been one-sided, and the difference in strength between the two sides makes it difficult for Kei Nishikori to organize a counterattack.

In the end, the dark horse Kei Nishikori did not go black to the end, losing to Zhang Guan in the final, and Zhang Guan also won the Rolex Masters Cup.

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"1,500 points, rules, at least until the start of the China Open next year, I will keep those 1,500 points. Tickets to the Olympic tennis tournament are here! Zhang Guan let out a sigh: "Next, it's time to prepare and go to Las Vegas to get my $300 million appearance fee!" (To be continued.) )