Nadal blinked and confirmed that one of the two on the court was Federer and the other was Zhang Guan, not two Federer.

"Is it a delusion? Maybe I'm too tired from practicing today! Nadal leaned back on the couch, while Zhang Guan on the TV happened to make a nice change with his forehand.

"With this kind of ball, only Federer would choose to change the line with his forehand!" Nadal sat up jerk and stared at the TV.

If Federer had used a forehand to change the line, Nadal would have taken it for granted, but the use of Zhang Guan made Nadal feel incredible.

Nadal had watched the match between Zhang Guan and Davydenko before, and he also found that Zhang Guan's forehand play was very similar to Federer's, but Nadal did not take it to heart at the time, because there are too many players in this world who are learning or imitating Federer's style of play, and it is not surprising that Zhang Guan imitates Federer's style of play.

And today, when Zhang Guan and Federer competed on the same field, in the case of comparison, Nadal realized that Zhang Guan's tactical play was not only very similar to Federer, it was simply carved out of a mold.

High-level tennis players have their own distinctive technical characteristics, and in the level of Grand Slam seeded players, each person's technical characteristics can be accurate to the way the ball is handled and the details of the shot.

For example, Federer and Nadal have played each other more times in major tournaments, and they have studied each other more thoroughly, and Nadal already knows the way Federer handles the ball. Especially for some difficult balls, only Federer will choose a specific way to return the ball, because only Federer's skill can do it.

"Zhang Guan has studied Federer more thoroughly than I do, and he is still learning Federer's style of play! Now there are so many players learning Federer's style of play, and Zhang Guan is the most similar to what he has learned, just like Federer himself. this game. Federer was in trouble. ”

……

On the field, both sides were very active in running, almost running around in their own half.

Players on both sides are playing in reverse thinking, standing in the opponent's position to consider how to receive the ball, that is, they can see through the opponent's tactical intentions, which makes many tactics on both sides interrupted by the opponent halfway through. The new tactics had to be changed, and as a result, the running of both sides became very frequent.

3-3, 4-4, 5-5, after ten games, neither side was able to complete the break.

In the live broadcast of CCTV, I only heard the commentator say: "Federer's running is becoming more and more active, in the past two years, it is rare to see Federer running so actively, it seems that he is very eager to win!" ”

The commentator next to him, Director Su, nodded: "That's right, but I think it also means that Zhang Guan put a lot of pressure on Federer." forced Federer to respond with active running, and in terms of the current situation on the field, Federer did not get the initiative, and the two sides were still in an equilibrium. ”

"Director Su, why is this happening?" The narrator asked.

"Both Zhang Guan and Federer are very good serves, and both of them looked to be in good form today, although there were occasional mistakes or two. But this mistake is not fatal, so it should be no problem to hold your serve. I want this game. There should be a tie-break. As soon as Su finished speaking, Zhang Guan won the eleventh game with a serve, and the score came to 6-5, and Zhang Guan temporarily took the lead.

The twelfth game was Federer's serve, which was an extremely crucial game for both sides. Federer's ability to hold serve would have gone to a tie-break, and if he had been broken by Zhang, Federer would have lost the second set.

Federer stood on the pitch with no distractions. As the king of tennis. Federer is the world's No. 1 in handling key balls, and his countless major tournament experience has already allowed Federer to develop an iron will and a stable mental quality, and the more he reaches the key ball, the better Federer can play.

In this game, Federer did play well, scoring a service and an ace, and dominated the opening game, and then the continuous forehand pressure after serving directly shattered Zhang Guan's hope of breaking serve, Federer successfully held serve and pulled the score to a 6-6 draw.

"6-6 draw, the two sides will next have a tie-break competition! I think all the viewers must be like me, and they are very much looking forward to the battle between the two sides in the tie-break! The narrator said as he flipped through the materials in his hand.

"Let's take a look at the previous records of both players in the tie-break. First of all, let's look at Federer, in this Australian Open, Federer has experienced a total of two tie-breaks, in the third round of the Australian Open, Federer played a tie-break against the tournament's No. 25 seed Youzhny, Federer won the tie-break with a small score of 7-5; Then, in the semi-finals, Federer and the tournament's No. 7 seed Robredo also played a tie-break, and Federer won the game comfortably 7-2. It's Federer's third tie-break at this Australian Open. ”

"Let's take a look at Zhang Guan again...... Oh, Zhang Guan has never played a tie-break! It's unbelievable! From the first round to the final, Zhang Guan has never played a tie-break, which also shows that Zhang Guan can complete at least one break game in every set of matches before! The next game will be the first tie-break in Zhang Guan's career! After the commentator finished speaking, he took a deep breath and said with some embarrassment: "I have to say that this situation is very unfavorable for Zhang Guan, he has no experience in playing seven games at all, and his opponent Federer's key ball level is the world's first." If I were Zhang Guan, I would rather play a tie-break or two in the previous game, at least to accumulate some experience in tie-breaks. ”

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In the stands, Sharapova looked at Zhang Guan with a worried expression.

"Oops, Zhang Guan has never played a tie-break, the tie-break is completely different from the ordinary game, if the opponent is weaker, he may still have a chance to slowly adapt to the rhythm of the tie-break, but now his opponent is Federer, with Federer's key ball level, he probably won't give Zhang Guan any chance to adapt to the tie-break."

Sharapova involuntarily folded her hands, and all she could do was pray to God.

……

"Finally dragged the game to a tie-break, this game is really difficult enough, Zhang Guan is far more powerful than I imagined." Federer smiled bitterly and wiped the sweat on his head: "Fortunately, Zhang Guan has no experience in the tie-break game, so he can win this set." However, against a player who has no experience in stealing seven games, I really can't win a game. (To be continued.) )

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