Chapter 18: Nadal turns
At this time, the temperature was already very high, and the scorching sun swayed on Grosjean's body, which made Grosjean feel extremely restless.
The first game was Zhang Guan's serve, and Zhang Guan certainly had more advantages as a serve, so losing this game was something that Grosjean could accept. However, Zhang Guan's service quality was unacceptable to Grosjean. The heavy gunner's serve is already a sharp weapon, and with Federer's signature topspin serve, it's a huge test for any receiver.
If it is a player of Nadal's level, he may be more capable of solving the current problems, but the current Grosjean has not thought of how to deal with Zhang Guan's serve for a while.
However, at this time, Grosjean did not have time to think carefully about how to deal with Zhang Guan's serve, because his service game was about to begin.
Grosjean is a player who likes to press forward or at the net, and the main purpose of his serve is to win himself a chance to go to the net, which is also known as a serve-net player. The world's most famous serve net player is Sampras, who is eager to try almost every ball on the net.
Serve net players will serve well, excellent serve can make the opponent return the quality of the ball is not high, and this type of player in front of the net reaction is very fast, the feel in front of the net is not only good, can often in front of the net through one or two volleys easy score.
Grosjean's technique is far inferior to Sampras's, especially his backhand skills, which have always been his weakness, but he has excellent serve and agile reflexes in front of the net, which makes him an excellent serve net player and the most important weapon he can currently rank in the top 30 in the world.
Gross tossed the tennis ball high and then swung the racket. The moment the racket made contact with the tennis ball, Grosjean felt that the quality of the ball was not bad.
"Good ball, get ready to go to the net!" Gross had begun to move slightly forward.
However, Zhang Guan had already moved quickly to the position of receiving the ball.
"Like in the video, the movement speed is so fast, ordinary people can only catch this kind of ball with their backhand, but Zhang Guan can rely on his movement speed. Do it with your forehand. But I'm doing a good job, even if you catch the ball with your forehand, I'm afraid it won't be too high-quality...... Sure enough, there's a chance! ”
Grosjean had been keeping an eye on Zhang's serve, and when he saw Zhang's racket swinging, he knew that the ball had a chance to reach the net, and then he quickly rushed to the net and aimed at the ball that had just crossed the net.
"Attack the gap of his backhand!" Grossrang slammed the blow.
The "Whoosh ......" ball quickly flew towards the gap of Zhang Guan's backhand, and then landed and flew out. It's just that the location of this landing is outside the boundary.
"Hey......" The audience let out a burst of regret. Grosjean's shot at the net was beautiful, the timing was good, and the position of the attack was also open on Zhangguan's backhand, which would have been a beautiful blow, but unfortunately it went out of bounds.
"It's a pity, Grosjean's hand is probably not warm up yet, he doesn't control the force well, this ball just needs to be a little bit inside. It's on the line! It would be a nice volley in front of the net! The narrator spoke.
However, Grosjean's face was a little solemn, as the executor of this ball. Of course, he knew he didn't have any problems with his power control, and the ball was supposed to be in bounds, but it flew out of bounds and was only a stone's throw away from the touchline.
"No, according to the strength and direction of my force just now, the landing point I chose is obviously within the boundary. It's so biased, so powerful. Anyway, when I volleyed in front of the net just now, I felt a little weird, as if the ball was fluttering......"
Grosjean had yet to figure out why the ball had landed so far wide, and the course of the match did not allow him to pause and think clearly, he had to start a new serve.
This ball. Grosjean still sticks to the tactics he originally developed, and the way he is used to playing, with high-quality serve and well-timed netting.
"Whoosh!" Grosjean's ball was of extremely high quality, with perfect angle, power, and spin, and landed on the sideline, even though Zhang Guan had an amazing movement speed, only slightly touched the edge of the ball, but failed to catch the ball.
“15-15!” The referee broke the score.
Grosjean nodded in satisfaction, he is a good serve, so in his service game, he will often play aces or serve points.
Grosjean then began to serve a third ball, this time again on the edge of the pitch, just as he did last time. Zhang Guan didn't receive the last ball, so he was also guarding against the landing point on the edge at this time, so he successfully made a return serve.
However, Grosjean struck the ball back to the other side of the pitch and Zhang Guan had to run from the left side of the pitch to the right to return the ball. I saw Zhang Guan quickly rush to the right, and the tennis ball also flew in front of Zhang Guan, and he hit the ball through the net with a sharp forehand.
On the opposite side, Grosjean had already reacted to the net, he moved to the front of the ball with precision, and it was another volley in front of the net, hitting Zhang Guan's gap.
"It's that feeling again, the ball is fluttering!" Grossjean watched as the ball flew out of bounds again.
"What's going on? There was definitely something weird about that ball just now. When I hit the ball, I felt that the ball was so floating, like it was a little uncontrollable. Grosjean felt a little strange, and several possibilities appeared in his mind, but he couldn't be sure for a while.
On the fourth ball, Grosjean still insisted on his netting tactics, and he created opportunities for himself to go to the net by serving and returning the ball, and after three rounds, Grosjean caught the opportunity to go to the net again.
I saw Grosjean rush to the net and hit the tennis ball with a backhand, but Grosjean's backhand level was indeed worse than his forehand level, although this volley was beautiful, but it was still within the range that could be caught, and if it was replaced by a player with a strong backhand, this blow was likely to score directly.
Zhang Guan's ability to move is his biggest guard of honor in defense, and he successfully received this ball, still with a forehand.
Instead of retreating to the back, Grosjean continued to stay in the front, as if waiting for the ball to be returned.
"Do you think my volleys in front of the net are that simple? That backhand just now was just a tactical pressure on you, and now it's the real volley in front of the net! "Grosjean is already in position, and aiming for the tennis ball is a volley, and he is ready to win it with a side spin.
However, when the racket touches the tennis ball, that erratic feeling comes again. Then the ball was a little too big, and Zhang Guan took the opportunity to hit the ball to the backcourt, and Gross had no time to return to the defense, so he could only lose another goal.
The score came to 15-40.
"It's this feeling again, I see, it's spinning! Zhang Guan's forehand return ball has extremely high spin! Oops, how can Zhang Guan know how to use this style of play, this is a way of playing specifically to restrain me from surfing the Internet! Grosjean was in a state of confusion.
In the next ball, Gros made a mistake and a little conservative in the second serve, but Zhang Guan caught the opportunity, continuously attacking Grossrang's bottom line, so that Grosrang could not go to the net, and Grosrang, who lost the big killer of the net, was backhanded by Zhang Guan's continuous attack after seven or eight beats, and then lost the ball. At the same time, he also lost his own serve.
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Nalbandian stared at Zhang Guan in shock
"What I saw, that forehand movement, almost vertical swing, quick head pump! And the spin of the ball, so fast. Hell, this is 'Nadal turn', how could Zhang Guan do this trick! Federer's signature topspin serve coupled with Nadal's spin, how can Grosjean win? (To be continued.) )
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