In the rest area next to the court, Zhang Guanzheng shouted luck.

"Thanks to Federer's slow start to the game, I was able to get a break at the beginning of the match, otherwise I would have had to go to a tie-break. Anyway, I've never played a tie-break! Zhang Guan remembered how he progressed all the way, always breaking serve in every set, and never played a tie-break.

"Maybe so far, only Federer can force me to hit the tie-break!" Zhang Guan thought as he changed to a new racket and walked onto the court.

The first game of the second set was Zhang Guan's serve, and unlike at the beginning of the match, both sides felt and were in better shape, but their physical strength was not as abundant as in the opening game.

It is precisely because of the rise of the state and the decline of physical strength that the two sides hold each other more and more, and the two at this time are like two masters playing against each other, constantly setting traps for each other, and constantly looking for each other's flaws.

In the first four service games, Zhang Guan and Federer both managed to hold serve, and neither of them was able to get a break point.

After four innings, the two sides were tied at 2-2, and Federer took advantage of the two games to ask for a short timeout, saying that his clothes were already soaking wet and that he had to change clothes. The referee, of course, complied with Federer's request.

Federer pulled a new outfit out of his bag and began to recall the previous game.

"How did Zhang Guan guess that I was going to change the line with my backhand?" Federer shook his head a little depressedly, although he won his service game with the advantage of serve, but Zhang Guan also saw through Federer's tactical intentions again in this game.

"How many times has this been? I can't even remember how many times Zhang Guan has seen through my tactics! It seems that Zhang Guan studied me very thoroughly before the game, and I feel that Ljubicic does not know my tactics as well as Zhang Guan. ”

Ljubicic is a close friend of Federer, and in the future, Ljubicic will become Federer's coach after retiring. This is enough to show that the relationship between the two is very good. Among the active players, the one who knows Federer best, in addition to his old rival Nadal, should be Ljubicic.

However, at this time, Federer felt that even his friend Ljubicic could not see through his tactics so many times like Zhang Guan.

"Something seems wrong!" Federer's instinct told him there was a problem. He recalled the previous games, recalled the moment when Zhang Guan saw through his tactics, and always felt that something was wrong.

"How do I think, Zhang Guan seems to be using my methods to deal with me!" Federer silently closed his eyes, his mind constantly simulating the situation just now, only this time, he thought of himself as Zhang Guan.

"If I were Zhang Guan, in that situation, I would choose ......"

At this time, Federer seemed to be playing chess with himself. Seeing the moves, he can understand the intention of the next step, and at the same time simulate multiple possibilities in his mind.

"Zhang Guan's handling of the ball is very reasonable, and if it were me, I would do the same."

Gradually, Federer had a strange feeling that he was fighting against another self.

"Fighting another 'me'?" Federer opened his eyes sharply, turned his head to look at Zhang Guan not far away, and a bold idea flashed through Federer's mind.

"Maybe you can really give it a try. Treat Zhang Guan as another 'me'! ”

Federer took to the court again, and now it was Zhang's turn to serve.

Zhang Guan's first serve led him with an ace.

Immediately after the second goal. Zhang Guan took advantage of the initiative of serving and pressed Federer continuously, and Federer did not find a chance to counterattack after several consecutive shots, and Zhang Guan won the second ball smoothly.

On the third ball, Federer judged the right landing point of Zhang Guan's serve, and after receiving the ball smoothly, he used a line change to tie the situation. At this time, Federer was also ready to put his ideas into practice.

"If it were me, this ball would be diagonal!" Federer made up his mind and ran to the other side of the pitch to prevent Zhang Guan from suddenly attacking the diagonal.

Zhang Guan really attacked Federer directly on the diagonal.

"You guessed it. I'll cut the front for the next goal! Federer put himself in the position of Zhang Guan and made up his mind again.

I saw Zhang Guan cut the ball with a forehand, and the tennis ball landed in the front court with a very high speed.

This ball is not easy to catch, because the side spin of the ball is very strong, although the ball lands in bounds, but after bounce due to the side spin, it will fly quickly out of bounds, if Federer is not prepared in advance, it will be very passive.

However, Federer had already guessed Zhang Guan's intentions, and he flew fast and attacked Zhang Guan's backcourt touchline with a pick.

"I guessed it right again!" Federer didn't feel any joy when he took the ball, because he had confirmed that Zhang Guan's handling of the ball and the tactical play he used were exactly the same as his own tactical thinking.

"Zhang Guan not only understands my tactical play, but also imitates my tactical play, how did he do it? Is there really anyone in this world who can read minds? Federer was a little distraught, and he hesitated a little to catch the ball, and Zhang Guan took another point.

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At a gym centre in Melbourne, Nadal dragged his tired body off a piece of gym equipment. He looked at the electronic clock on the wall and saw that it was the Australian Open men's singles final.

Nadal shook his head depressedly when he thought of the Australian Open final, this Australian Open, Nadal was eliminated by Gonzalez, stopped in the quarterfinals, and lost a chance to challenge Federer again. And because of this, it only aroused Nadal's fighting spirit, and for several days he was immersed in high-intensity training, and he did not even watch the next match of the Australian Open.

Now that Nadal had just finished a day of training, he suddenly remembered that it was the time for the Australian Open final, so he walked to the TV and muttered to himself: "The final should be played in two sets, is Federer already 2-0 ahead?" ”

A live feed of the match appeared on television, and the score in the bottom left corner surprised Nadal even more.

"Federer lost the first set? Will Federer lose to Zhang Guan? How did he lose? This is the only set Federer has lost at this Australian Open. Now it's the second set, a 4-4 draw? Zhang Guan is so powerful? ”

Nadal sat down on the couch with a bottle of water in his arms and began to enjoy the match between the two.

"It's so intense! Zhang Guan's return was good, quite Federer's style...... "Nadal suddenly felt that the tactical play between the two was very similar, it was like a system.

"Both of them are right-handed, both are one-handed backshots, how to play the same way? It feels like two Federers playing! (To be continued.) )

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