On January 15, the 2007 Australian Open tennis tournament officially began.

In the men's event, Federer, Roddick, Djokovic, Safin, etc., all defeated their opponents, and the only big upset was the fourth seed Croatian star Ljubicic who lost to the American Fish. Although Fish once entered the top 20 in the world, in recent years due to a wrist injury, can only win some low-level tournaments, this time the Australian Open did not qualify, but the match with a total score of 3:1, easily defeated the world No. 4 Ljubicic to advance to the second round.

In the women's event, Mauresmo, Serena Williams, Kuznetsova, Petrova, Dementieva and Jankovic also beat their opponents.

Zhang Guan and Sharapova's match was scheduled for the second day, so they did not appear on the first day of the Australian Open.

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"Your next opponent is O'Roches." After Coach Joyce finished speaking, he carefully looked at Zhang Guan's reaction, and then sighed a little helplessly, and then said: "It seems that you haven't heard of this player at all. ”

Zhang Guan replied honestly: "I really don't know him, you know, I don't know many tennis players, and they are all well-known players like Federer and Nadal." ”

"Roches is actually a well-known player, he is the Belgian tennis brother, he won the French Open men's doubles in 2004." Coach Joyce opened his mouth to explain.

"Men's doubles champion at the French Open! That should be a lot of strength, but he's not seeded this time, so what's his world ranking? Zhang Guan immediately asked.

"Rochester's highest ranking in the world is 24, but now he's outside the 50th ranking, so he's not seeded." Coach Joyce went on to explain: "Roches's registered height in the ATP is 168 centimeters, but his actual height is only 165 centimeters. Arguably the shortest of the active ATP tennis professionals. ”

"Oh!" Zhang Guan suddenly felt a lot easier, in Zhang Guan's opinion, in the sport of tennis, a height of 165 cm must be a great loss in the game, not to mention that Zhang Guan's height is more than 190 cm, and the height gap is so big. Zhang Guan felt that his advantage was even greater.

However, Coach Joyce went on to say: "The European media gave Roches a nickname, 'Giant Killer'. ”

"What? Such an arrogant nickname! Zhang Guan's eyes widened.

"Arrogant? It's nothing compared to you, you dare to shout even the Australian Open champion! It's embarrassing to say that people are arrogant, and Rochester has won the Wimbledon doubles championship anyway. Sharapova interjected from the side.

Zhang Guan smiled awkwardly and motioned for Coach Joyce to continue explaining, so Joyce continued: "Don't underestimate Rochest, although he is only 165 cm tall, his skills are very good, if his height is taller." With his skills, there is certainly more to it than what he has achieved now. ”

"And what are the characteristics of Rochest?" Zhang Guan asked very seriously.

"To put it simply, Roches is characterized by consistency and stability. Roches moves quickly, plays very tenaciously, has a strong ability to hold the ball, and is very consistent in receiving and returning the ball, and sometimes even when he has the opportunity, he will not take the initiative to attack, but continue to hold on to the opponent. That's why his style of play is grinding. For those players who rely heavily on serve and have poor holding ability, Roches's style of play is and can restrain them; At the same time, for some players who are unstable in their performance. Also easily beaten by Rochesters. Joyce spoke.

"So how should the game be played? What should I do to him? Zhang Guan asked.

"Actually, I think you have an absolute advantage now, because you have never played in tennis, so no one knows your characteristics and playing style, so they can't target you. Roches doesn't know you well, so I recommend choosing to use the quick fix method first and play a little more aggressively. Catch Roches off guard. If you can't win quickly, then you have to hold on to Rochester, and I think with your current strength, even if you do, Roches is no match for you. Coach Joyce held out a finger. Then he said: "In the game, the most important thing you need to pay attention to is to play steadily, your strength is stronger than Rochester, as long as you play consistently, the victory will definitely belong to you!" ”

At this time, Sharapova came from the side, delivered a glass of juice to Coach Joyce, and said to Zhang Guan at the same time: "When you are competing, you have to be serious, don't think that people are short and let their guard down, this kind of short players often have a lot of experience in fighting against tall players, because their opponents are always taller than them, so they are very difficult, just like Henin!" Enn is also a Belgian! ”

Sharapova said this, and there was obviously a childlike vindictiveness in her tone. Belgian tennis queen Henin is only 167 centimeters tall, which is considered short among female athletes, but she has repeatedly suffered Sharapova, such as last year's Australian Open, where Henin eliminated Sharapova.

Coach Joyce moistened his mouth with juice, and continued: "Zhang Guan, except for me and Martha, I don't think anyone knows how strong your strength is, I think tomorrow's game, you will definitely give the world a big surprise!" When the time comes, the entire Australian Open will definitely be shocked by you! ”

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O'Roches looked at the table with a smug smile on his face.

"I really won the jackpot, but I didn't expect my opponent in the first round to be Zhang Guan! I heard that it was supposed to be Gocchioni, but if it was Gocchioni, I'm afraid I'd have to work hard, and my least favorite fight is the men's doubles player! But Zhang Guan's words...... Hahaha! Roches couldn't help but laugh happily.

"A guy who has never played professionally, a guy who got an ATP professional tennis player certificate by performing for charity, a guy who gets a wild card by sponsorship, and more importantly, he's a track and field athlete at all! What's the difference between this and a first-round bye! ”

"No, there's a difference! Zhang Guan's first time participating in a tennis tournament will inevitably attract the attention of the world, and maybe it will be a global live broadcast! If I beat Zhang Guan in the competition, it will definitely be the headlines of tomorrow! ”

Rochester suddenly felt that happiness came so suddenly, for an athlete who is not even a seeded player, while abusing vegetables, he can also get a high media exposure, this is really a big hit!

Just then, Roches' cell phone rang, and it was his agent calling.

Rochester picked up his phone and said, "Tom, what's the matter?" ”

"It's about tomorrow's game, I just got a call from the sponsors, and they want your match against Zhang Guan not to end so quickly, and try to take as long as possible, preferably more than three hours for the whole game. They offer you a $100,000 bonus, which is yours as long as you can get more than three hours. You should understand what that means! The agent spoke.

"I understand that sponsors want to increase exposure!" Rochester then joked, "But three hours is a bit difficult!" I'm afraid that if I'm not careful, I will blow up Zhang Guan in thirty minutes! Hahahaha...... But don't worry, if that's the case, I'll definitely secretly release the water and deliberately lose a few games to him! (To be continued.) )

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