In the semifinals of the US Open, Sharapova's opponent was Frenchman Mauresmo.

In the latest rankings released by the WTA, Mauresmo is at the top of the rankings. Mauresmo has been in great form this year, winning the Australian Open and Wimbledon in his previous three Grand Slam tournaments.

Sharapova had played Mauresmo three times before, but none of them had won, so Mauresmo still had a psychological advantage, but after the start of the match, Sharapova took advantage of Mauresmo's slow heat and used a very aggressive style of play against Mauresmo. As a result, Mauresmo lost his serve three times in a row and lost the first set 0-6, having been shaved bald by Sharapova.

At the start of the second set, Mauresmo began to find his form and broke in the tenth game to win the set 6-4.

In the third set of the deciding game, Sharapova played her form, breaking successfully in the first game, holding serve in the second, and then breaking again in the third game, and then holding serve again. Mauresmo, who was down 0-4, had psychological problems and lost two games in a row, losing the set again at 0-6, as well as the entire match.

Sharapova managed to advance to the final. In the other semi-final, Henin defeated Jankovic, so Sharapova will face Henin in the final.

In the head-to-head record between the two, Henin has a 5-1 advantage, and in this year's Australian Open, Sharapova was eliminated by Henin. Henin is also in good form this year, and she has successfully reached the finals of the four Grand Slams, although Henin lost to Mauresmo in the finals of the Australian Open and Wimbledon, but defeated Kuznetsova in the French Open to win the title.

In the final of the US Open, Sharapova and Henin fought in the first set. Sharapova broke twice, Henin broke once, and in the end, Sharapova broke one more service game for the next game.

In the second set, in the first six games, the two sides successfully held each other's serves, but in the seventh game, Henin made many mistakes. Sharapova seized the opportunity in a row, and finally lost the service game, and at 4-3, the two held serve each, and in the tenth game, Sharapova successfully held serve and won again 6-4. It also marked Sharapova's 2-0 aggregate victory over Henin to win the US Open.

It was Sharapova's first US Open title and Sharapova's second Grand Slam title. After winning Wimbledon in 2004, the 19-year-old once again lifted the Grand Slam US Open trophy.

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Flushing Prairie Corona Park, Queens, New York.

The park was founded in 1939 and hosted in 1964, where the iconic globe is located. After more than half a century of development, it has become a well-known leisure and entertainment park, and the park has complete facilities. There is the Tennis Center, Citi Court, the New York Museum of Science, the Queens Museum of Art, the Queens Theater, the Queens Wildlife Center, and more.

Today, the U.S. Open Charity Day will be held here. In the tennis center in the park, there are many spectators, most of whom are Chinese. Some of them are tennis fans and come here to catch a glimpse of Sharapova and Li Na, but many more are here for Zhang Guan.

Now Zhang Guan's influence in the world is far above Sharapova, not to mention that Flushing was originally a Chinese gathering area in New York. Naturally, Zhang Guan was able to attract Chinese residents in the vicinity more easily.

The organizers specially arranged a tennis mixed doubles match for the charity day publicity event, and the two sides were Sharapova, Zhang Guan, Li Na and Jiang Shan.

It is said that it is a confrontation match, but in fact, it is just an exhibition game, after all, it is impossible for charity activities to allow athletes to play the whole game with real guns, and the rules refer to the tie-break system.

Athlete Preparation Area. Sharapova handed the racket to Zhang Guan, and then asked a little uneasily: "In terms of rules, you should understand!" They serve first, we serve twice, they serve another two, our other player serves, and so on......"

"Don't worry, I understand, we have a saying in China, haven't you ever eaten pork and never seen a pig run!" Zhang Guan replied in Chinese-style English with a smile.

"Pork? Pig run? Sharapova pondered for a few seconds before she understood Zhang Guan's consciousness, then made a grimace at Zhang Guan and said, "You are a pig!" ”

Zhang Guan smiled, tried the racket in his hand, and felt that it was quite comfortable, and then he entered the system and found the skill bar.

"Skill Iron Arm, increase the strength of both arms, learned! The skill moved left and right and learned! And moving back and forth, I learned too! Can these two skills still be combined? Synthesis! ......"Zhang Guan learned several master-level skills in general, and spent more than a dozen skill points at once.

"In front of Martha, you can't be ashamed! But it seems to be a bit too much...... "Zhang Guan suddenly felt a little vanity, and it was a bit of a waste to spend so many skill points at once.

"Although it's a waste, but after learning these skills, you can accompany Martha to practice in the future, so it seems that it is worth it!" Zhang Guan forcibly made an excuse for himself and comforted the stingy little heart.

At the same time, not far away, Li Na and Jiang Shan and his wife were also preparing.

"Don't forget what I told you last night, I'll have to let Zhang Guan for a while!" Li Na said to Jiang Shan: "Zhang Guan is not a professional tennis player after all, and he may not even be able to reach the amateur level. Although Sharapova is powerful, no matter how powerful she is, it is impossible to fight one or two, this charity exhibition match, shaving people's bald heads is not good-looking. ”

"Don't worry, I can't forget it, just let them have a few points. I see the way you look. Jiang Shan was full of confidence and continued: "Anyway, I haven't played mixed doubles with you for a long time, and my hands are a little raw." ”

Jiang Shan is also a professional athlete, and has also won the mixed doubles championship of the National Games, although the strength is not enough to participate in the ATP Grand Slam events, and he has been retired for a long time, but he has been engaged in tennis coaching, and his skills are not rusty. What's more, Jiang Shan once played mixed doubles with Li Na back then, and they are husband and wife, and the cooperation between them is even more powerful than that of ordinary mixed doubles players.

Zhang Guan is a track and field athlete, and his tennis strength is naturally inferior to Jiang Shan, who was born as a professional athlete, so this game is basically Sharapova's one-on-two. And doubles is a sport that tests cooperation, and a layman like Zhang Guan appears in the doubles arena. Not only does it not help, but it is also likely to be held back.

Therefore, in the opinion of Li Na and his wife, the difference in strength between the two sides is too big, and there is no suspense about the outcome of this exhibition match at all.

Finally. In the cheers and applause of the live game, the athletes of both sides walked onto the field. 、

Jiang Shan served first, and it was Sharapova who received the ball.

I saw Jiang Shan send a very ordinary ball in a textbook serving position, this ball does not have any rotation, the speed is not fast, and the landing point is also very good.

Sharapova easily returned the ball to Lee's side, again without exerting much force, and Li Na raised her hand to return the ball to Sharapova, who then Sharapova returned the ball to Lee. Li Na returned to Sharapova......

Sharapova and Li Na hit each other back as if warming up, and Zhang Guan and Jiang Shan simply stood there, stunned to watch the performance of the two female players.

In the exhibition game, of course, you have to play a few tacit balls first.

The two of them played back and forth for four or five beats, which was considered to warm up first, and then Sharapova took the lead in making changes, and she hung a diagonal violently. Returned the ball to Jiang Shan's side. The power of this ball, although average, still carries some topspin. For tennis players. Upspin is the most common way to return the ball.

Before the match, Zhang Guan had already told Sharapova that Jiang Shan used to be a professional tennis player and was very good at playing mixed doubles, so Sharapova added topspin to the return, and she was not worried that Jiang Shan would not receive it.

An ordinary topspin ball that is not fast, of course, it is difficult for Jiang Shan. But at this time, Li Na suddenly coughed lightly at Jiang Shan twice, and Jiang Shan immediately realized that this was to ask him to concede the ball. So Jiang Shan returned the ball to Zhang Guan's side.

In terms of the quality of the return, the return is very poor. Opponents can easily volley in front of the net. Of course, this was Jiang Shan's deliberate, he deliberately made a good ball for Zhang Guan, so that Zhang Guan could score the first point first.

Zhang Guan did not miss this opportunity, and directly made a tennis volley and hit a tricky angle. Jiang Shan and Li Na didn't try to catch the ball, which was considered to be a point for Zhang Guan.

The score of this tie-break game became 1:0, and it was Zhang Guan's turn to serve.

"I don't know what Zhang Guan's service level is, he should be able to serve successfully, if he fails to serve twice, he won't look good on his face. Even if the quality of the serve is not good for a while, I will help him adjust it normally. Li Na thought silently, she was still worried about Zhang Guan's successful serve.

Zhang Guan started to serve, he threw the tennis ball into the air, and his body also made a serve position.

"The height of the toss is just right, the posture is also very standard, and it is quite good to have this serving posture at the amateur level! It seems that there is still a bit of the feeling of European and American athletes serving, which should have been taught to him by Sharapova. While Li Na silently gave an evaluation in his heart, he didn't forget to sneak a glance at Sharapova.

The next moment, a yellow shadow suddenly flew past Li Na, and before she could even react, the tennis ball had already flown over.

“ACE!”“ 2-0”

"What! How fast is this serve! I haven't reacted yet! Li Na looked back at the tennis ball that had rolled behind him. As a professional tennis player, he immediately judged that the ball would definitely travel at a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour.

Serving at speeds of more than 200 kilometers per hour is extremely rare, even in men's Grand Slam events, and as a women's player, it is almost impossible to catch a serve that exceeds 200 kilometers per hour.

Jiang Shan also has an incredible face, as a professional tennis coach, of course he can see that Zhang Guan's serve is not so easy to catch even if it is placed in a Grand Slam match, with the current level of Li Na, even if he receives this serve, there will definitely be no quality of receiving the ball at all.

"How can this serve be so fast! I don't know which Grand Slam player's serve I thought it was! Zhang Guan, a track and field athlete, was able to send such a ball, it should be just a coincidence......"

(Note: The tennis speed written earlier is in miles per hour, because the information I checked at the time was miles per hour, but this unit may be a little awkward to read, so I will convert it to kilometers per hour in the future) (To be continued.) )

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