Chapter 60: Runner-up Couple?
On the thirteenth matchday of the Australian Open, the final of the women's singles was held at the Rod Laver Arena. It was a very special game for both sides.
For Sharapova, this is her first Australian Open women's singles final, and Sharapova, who just won the US Open last year, is certainly aiming to win. As for Serena Williams, a long injury that left her to only four tournaments last year has left Serena in doubt and desperate for a Grand Slam title to clear her name.
In the first game between the two sides, Serena Williams played very aggressively in her own service game, and she continued to use her serve and active attack to score, and easily kept her serve. Sharapova, on the other hand, was out of form and made two errors on her own serve, and was broken by Serena Williams at the start of the match. Serena Williams took a 2-0 lead as soon as she came up.
In the third game between the two sides, Serena Williams gave Sharapova a love-game, and in the fourth game, Serena Williams gave Sharapova another love-game after three consecutive service attacks. In the fifth game, Serena Williams still held serve despite many mistakes; In the sixth game, Sharapova finally managed to hold serve, which was the only game she won in the first set.
In the end, Sharapova lost the first set 6-1.
In the first game of the second set, Sharapova made a double service error at the beginning, and then returned the ball twice to the net, and was broken by Serena Williams, although Sharapova got a break point in the second game, Serena Williams finally held her serve. In the third game, Sharapova's serve finally improved, but too many mistakes in the process of receiving the ball caused her to lose another game.
In the next four games, both sides held their serve and the match came to 5-2. And next. But it was Serena Williams' serve to win the game. As long as Serena Williams manages to hold serve, he will win the entire match.
Serena Williams did not disappoint either, holding her serve and winning the set 6-2.
6-1/6-2。 This score is not at all like a competition of the same level, looking at the final score, Sharapova looked lonely. She didn't figure out why she lost so simply until the end of the game.
And Serena Williams looked up to the sky and roared. Last year's injury dropped Serena Williams to 81st in the world rankings, and it was her first Grand Slam tournament since returning from injury, and she made it all the way to the final as an unseeded player and lifted the trophy, leaving her depression in the air clear. Serena Williams has hit back against those who have questioned him with a Grand Slam title, and she looks to be back to her peak form.
At the award ceremony, Sharapova held the trophy of the runner-up in her hand and smiled very reluctantly. And not far away. Zhang Guan sighed a little helplessly, history is still going on according to the original process, and Sharapova's ten-year winless streak in the face of Serena Williams is just the beginning.
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"The first runner-up couple at the Australian Open is about to be born! 》
"In the women's singles event at the Australian Open today, Serena Williams defeated the tournament's top seed Maria Sharapova 2-0. Sharapova unfortunately won the runner-up, and in tomorrow's men's singles final, Sharapova's boyfriend Zhang Guan is about to challenge tennis king Federer. The outcome of this match should be in doubt, Zhang Guan is about to win the runner-up of his first tennis tournament. A couple. Winning the Australian Open men's singles and women's singles runners-up, this has never been done before, and the first Australian Open runner-up couple is about to be born! ”
However, Zhang Guan and Sharapova are still very young, Sharapova is not yet 20 years old and has already won Wimbledon and US Open, two Grand Slam titles, while Zhang Guan, who is not yet 21 years old, has reached the final of a Grand Slam in his first professional tennis competition. They all have unparalleled talents, the future is limitless, the future belongs to them, maybe they really have a chance to become the next Agassi couple! ”
The Agassi couple are referring to American tennis star Andre Agassi and his wife German tennis star Steffi Graf. Both husband and wife are "Golden Slam" winners, meaning that they have won more than four Grand Slam titles in their home career. And also won the Olympic championship. In addition to the Agassi couple, there are also Nadal and Serena Williams who have won the "Golden Slam" in history, and it can be said that the Agassi couple are legends in the tennis world.
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When Zhang Guan saw this title, he quickly closed the webpage, and now Sharapova is very concerned about this Australian Open runner-up, if Sharapova sees this report, she will definitely be stimulated.
"Sure enough, the media is not optimistic about you, just like when I participated in the US Open final eighteen years ago, no one is optimistic about me!" It was a middle-aged Chinese man sitting in front of Zhang Guan who spoke.
This middle-aged man is Coach Zhang Depei.
Zhang Depei had just arrived in Melbourne, and when he got off the plane, he got Zhang Guan to advance to the Australian Open final, and he immediately came to meet Zhang Guan, hoping to help Zhang Guan in the next match.
"Coach, you should have been 17 years old when you won the US Open men's singles title!" Zhang Guan said to Zhang Depei.
"Well, seventeen years and three months! At that time, no one thought that a seventeen-year-old young man, who was also Chinese, could win the US Open men's singles championship! As if reminiscing, Zhang continued: "In the United States, there are very few athletes born among Chinese Americans, so I was looked down upon by everyone, and many people laughed at me, saying that I should have a cooking shovel in my hand, not a tennis racket......"
Zhang Guan listened silently, and Zhang Depei continued: "But I, I won, I defeated the Swedish star Edberg, who was very strong at the time, and won the final championship. ”
When Zhang Depei said this, he suddenly looked up at Zhang Guan, and then said: "No one was optimistic about me back then, but I won the US Open. I've been through it myself, so I'm confident that you can do the same, and you can beat Federer and win the Australian Open! ”
Zhang Guan was a little surprised, he didn't expect the new coach to be so optimistic about himself. But the next moment, Zhang Guan immediately realized that Coach Zhang Depei was encouraging himself.
Zhang Guan and Zhang Depei have only known each other for a day, Zhang Depei's strength is what is his strength, what are the technical characteristics, Zhang Depei also doesn't know anything, and this time the opponent is Federer, so Zhang Depei is difficult to give Zhang Guan guidance in terms of technical guidance and tactical play, all he can do is to encourage Zhang Guan as much as possible.
Zhang Guan couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Coach Zhang Depei has only been here for the first day, and he has begun to perform his duties as a coach, and he is really a competent coach!" (To be continued.) )
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