Chapter 134: Nadal with a weak heart
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Reuters: The 21-year-old will be the final.
On Saturday, in the men's singles semi-finals of the Wimbledon Open, No.2 seed Rafael Nadal knocked out Serbian Novak Djokovic to reach Sunday's final, where Djokovic withdrew midway through injury. In the other match, the tournament's No. 3 seed Zhang Guan also successfully defeated Swiss king Federer to meet Nadal in the final. It is worth mentioning that Nadal and Zhang Guan are both 21 years old, and we are looking forward to a great performance from them in tomorrow's final.
AP: Federer's dream of five consecutive Wimbledon titles shattered
On Saturday, in the men's singles semi-finals of the Wimbledon Open, No.3 seed Zhang Guan eliminated tennis king Roger Federer to advance to Sunday's final. Federer, on the other hand, did not achieve the hegemony of five consecutive Wimbledon titles. In the other semi-final, Djokovic announced his withdrawal due to injury, and Nadal successfully reached the final, making Djokovic the first professional player in Wimbledon semi-final history to retire due to injury.
Reuters: Nadal withdraws from the tournament.
When Nadal's opponent Novak Djokovic announced his withdrawal in the third set, it was also clear who would be selected for the Wimbledon men's singles final - Zhang Guan and Nadal will meet again in the final after the French Open. Djokovic was plagued by back and toe injuries that forced him to give up a chance to reach the final that he never had, and it seems that Nadal, who was a little slow to get into form today, was favored by God, and the early suspension of the match bought him precious time to recover, considering that Nadal has been playing every day since Monday, and two of his matches were fought until the fifth set, so the rest time is too precious for him.
The news reports of the three major news agencies did not mention the detailed process of the semi-finals, but in the eyes of many fans. From the moment Zhang Guan defeated Federer, the result of the final was already predetermined. Zhang Guan would defeat Nadal in the final and then engrave his name on the winner's Challenger Cup.
However, Nadal did not give up, and he even told the media that he could win.
"Praise Zhang Guan's number one favorite, Nadal: I believe I can win the final!" 》
"A lot has changed in the last year and I'm playing better now than I used to, but I have to admit that Zhang Guan is the favourite to win Wimbledon. I'm going to go ahead with confidence and enthusiasm to play this final, to be aggressive, and I'm confident that I can get the final win. ”
Nadal could also become only the second Spanish men's singles player to win Wimbledon since Santana in 1966. He believes that there is still a big gap between himself and Zhang Guan on grass, Nadal said: "Zhang Guan has a variety of skills in front of the net and can control the ball speed very precisely. So I'm going to have to be better than usual in Sunday's game, for example, I'm going to have to improve my slicing and volleying at the net, but I still have plenty of room to improve. ”
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"Nadal won't give up!" Zhang Guan looked at the report on the computer screen, and then said: "Yes, it's all in the final, and of course Nadal won't give up easily." ”
"I think Nadal is a little weak-hearted." Sharapova leaned on Zhang Guan's shoulder and continued: "Nadal is usually a relatively modest person. And his English is not very good, so he will always seem a little shy when facing the media. Claims like this on non-clay are rare for Nadal. But don't take it lightly tomorrow. It's Nadal, after all. ”
"Don't worry, if I win against Nadal tomorrow, I'm one US Open champion away from a Grand Slam." Zhang Guan said with a smile.
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July 8, the last day of the Wimbledon Open. The only match of the day was the final of the men's singles, Zhang Guan against Nadal.
Due to Zhang's outstanding performances in previous matches and Sampras-style play in front of the net, almost all professionals are not optimistic about Nadal. This only stirred up Nadal's fighting spirit.
In the handicap match between the two sides, Nadal played very actively, launching a strong attack in Zhang Guan's service game, so that the two sides were tied in the first game, and then Nadal actually used a small diagonal ball to get the first break point.
"Nadal took the lead, he got the break point, I really didn't expect that this set would be Nadal the first to get the break point, it looks like Nadal is also fighting for the championship, he gave Zhang Guan a dismount!"
Zhang Guan was also shocked, he didn't expect Nadal to launch a strong attack at the beginning of the match, and he also got a break point.
However, Zhang Guan did not give Nadal a chance to break, and he showed that he scored with a powerful inside corner and scored directly on serve, followed by another outside corner to successfully save his own serve.
"It's really frightening, Zhang Guan still kept his serve, looking back on the situation just now is really precarious, Nadal played Allah at the beginning of today, I think Nadal's next service game, will still use this active style of play!" With the narrator's words, the second game also began.
In the second game, Nadal's serve.
The tennis ball flew over the net, which was an inside corner kick and hit Zhang Guan's backhand, Zhang Guan caught the ball with a backhand, but the ball flew out of bounds.
"Upspin serve?" Zhang Guan was a little surprised, the vast majority of people on the grass court will choose a faster flat serve, if the first serve fails, the probability of the second shot to choose to cut the ball is also greater, because the power of the small shot on the grass court is greater, compared to the use of the topspin serve is much less. This was exactly what happened, Zhang Guan didn't expect Nadal to use the topspin ball, so he returned the ball out of bounds.
The next time he served, Nadal still served with topspin, and the quality of Zhang Guan's return ball was not high, and Nadal won another ball, and the score came to 30-0. Nadal then made it 40-0 with an ace, and Nadal had three game points in his hand.
"40-0, it looks like Nadal has won this game. Maybe he will give Zhang Guan a love-game! The narrator spoke.
Zhang Guan also had a hunch that Nadal was very positive at the beginning.
"Looks like Nadal is very well prepared today! He must be eager to win the game. Zhang Guan quickly began to adjust his mentality, ready to deal a fatal blow to Nadal, the "resistant".
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