Zhang Depei is a Chinese-American tennis player who won the 1989 French Open and was runner-up at the 1996 Australian Open and US Open. It is worth mentioning that he was only 17 years and 3 months old when he won the French Open, and he was also the youngest ever winner of a Grand Slam men's singles competition. Zhang Depei's best all-time ranking was No. 2 in the world, and that year's No. 1 in the world was Sampras.

After Zhang Depei retired, he transformed into a tennis coach and has made some achievements, but the most well-known Zhang Guan is the Japanese player Kei Nishikori, since Zhang Depei became the coach of Kei Nishikori, Kei Nishikori's results have skyrocketed, not only won the runner-up of the US Open, but also climbed to the top five in the world. This also fully shows that Zhang Depei is still very capable as a coach.

In addition, apart from Zhang Depei, Zhang Guan has no other better choice. Tennis, like other professional sports, usually changes coaches in the offseason, and those good coaches have already been hired by other players in the offseason, and now it's January, and the whole tennis season has just begun, so naturally no players will change coaches. Therefore, being able to find a coach of Zhang Depei's level is already a big surprise for Zhang Guan.

So Zhang Guan immediately said: "Then let Coach Zhang come as soon as possible and reimburse him for the air ticket." Although he won't be able to make it to the semi-finals, he will definitely be able to make it to the finals. Martha also made it to the semi-finals, and Coach Joyce has a lot of work, so I can't keep rubbing her coach! ”

……

For Gonzalez, beating Nadal to reach the semi-finals of a Grand Slam has already set his personal best, and his previous Grand Slam best result was only in the quarterfinals.

"My next opponent is Zhang Guan, this is really a good group!" Gonzalez was still looking excited, and the victory over Nadal in such an important match was indeed a great celebration for him.

"If it's Davydenko, it's a bit of a problem for me. Davydenko has a lot of experience in the game, and he always cracks my forehand and makes me get blocked and I can't find the feeling of the game. But fortunately, Zhang Guan helped me kill Davydenko, and I will play a tennis rookie in the next game, and it looks like it will not be a problem to enter the final! Gonzalez continued.

At this time, Gonzalez fully showed the natural optimism of the South American player.

However, Gonzalez's coach said: "I don't think you should be too careless, although Zhang Guan is playing in the Australian Open for the first time, he is not an ordinary rookie. He's got a lot of maturity in all the skills he shows, and you've seen the fight he had with Davydenko. Zhang Guan's forehand is very accurate, and he uses a baseline offensive tactic similar to Federer's; And his service level is also very good, but he has sent out more than a dozen aces in a game! I made a statistic that more than 70% of his serve can speed more than 200 kilometers per hour, which is better than you! ”

"Better than me! That's when I didn't give it my all! Gonzalez snorted coldly and continued: "Wait and see, the game the day after tomorrow, I will do my best!" Zhang Guan's serve is good? The forehand is also good? Then I'll beat him with my serve and forehand! ”

……

The Australian Open is on its 11th matchday.

First started in the women's singles semifinals. Serena Williams beat Vaydisova 2-0 and Sharapova beat Clijsters by the same scoreline. Today's Australian Open final will be a contest between Serena Williams and Sharapova.

However, this was not a great result for Sharapova, who is known to be Sharapova's nemesis, and Sharapova has barely won a few times against Serena Williams. Although Sharapova's first Grand Slam title came against Serena Williams, Sharapova has not won against Serena Williams since the 2004 WTA Finals. Then when Sharapova faced Serena Williams, she was winless for ten consecutive years.

After the two semi-finals of the women's singles. The Rod Laver Stadium also had the most important match of the day, with Federer facing Roddick in the men's singles semi-finals. Roddick is the sixth seed in the tournament and was once considered the favourite before the tournament. Although his record against Federer is 12-1, Roddick is an absolute disadvantage. But in the second half of last year, the famous tennis coach Connors became Roddick's coach, and Roddick has improved rapidly. Roddick's only victory against Federer came at the Kujan Classic before the Australian Open.

The Kujan Classic was only a week away from the Australian Open, which means that Roddick had beaten Federer a week earlier, so many people thought that Roddick would cause Federer a lot of problems and maybe beat Federer again; Others say it was a battle for Federer's revenge.

However, the result was a shocking result, as Federer needed just 83 minutes to finish the match, 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 to sweep Roddick out in straight sets. Roddick was not able to cause Federer the slightest problem.

……

Federer has booked the Australian Open champion

Defending champion Federer beat sixth seed Roddick to reach the final this afternoon, but for many, the Australian Open title has been out of the question. Although the other semi-final of the men's singles has not yet begun, it is clear that neither Gonzalez nor Zhang Guan will be able to beat Federer in the final. So Federer can be said to have won the Australian Open championship in his arms. ”

This report speaks to the hearts of many people, Federer is in good form now, from the first round to the semi-final victory over Roddick, Federer won 3-0 without dropping a set.

In pre-tournament media predictions, the only seeded players who could cause problems for Federer were Nadal, Ljubicic, Roddick and Nalbandian. Among them, Nadal and Nalbandian are both well-known "cow killers"; Ljubicic is a close friend of Federer's and knows Federer's style of play very well; Roddick, on the other hand, won just last week against Federer, and it can be said that all of them are likely to beat Federer.

The current situation is that Nadal lost to Gonzalez, Ljubicic was eliminated in the first round, Roddick was unable to stop Federer's progress, and Nalbandian lost to Zhang Guan. In the eyes of the media, the four possible winners of Federer are all out, so it is believed that Federer has already decided to win the Australian Open.

As for Gonzalez and Zhang, a new world No.1 and a first-time professional rookie, no one is optimistic that Zhang or Gonzalez can beat Federer, even though they have played well in the early rounds. Therefore, the match between Zhang Guan and Gonzalez is also nicknamed the "Australian Open runner-up battle". (To be continued.) )

PS: The fourth watch is completed, and I can finally sleep with peace of mind. If you still have a commuter pass, please vote for a few!