Chapter 95: Love-Game (Four Watches)
The match between Jang Guan and Lee Hyung-taek was scheduled for the second game, also to take care of the Asian viewing time, and it was around half past seven in the evening in South Korea at this time, which is a good time for a barbecue restaurant to open its doors and welcome customers.
The TV screen showed Jang Guan vs. Lee Hyung-taek.
"Oh, Lee Hyung-taek's competition has begun!" The man's voice immediately caught everyone's attention, and the Korean commentary on the TV station turned on the touting mode again.
"The match started with Zhang Guan's serve, and if Lee Hyung-taek can break in the first game, he will be in a very advantageous situation!" As soon as the Korean commentator finished speaking, the referee on the TV shouted the "ACE".
At this moment, the Korean commentator suddenly stopped talking, and the barbecue hall was silent, and only the applause of the audience could be heard on the TV.
After a few seconds, the Korean commentator spoke: "Zhang Guan's luck is very good, he sent an ace on his first serve. However, in tennis, ACE balls are not common, especially in the French Open, ACE balls are even more difficult to find, and the average men's choice can only send out ACE balls about 10 times in the whole game! ”
"I see." The narrator's explanation made the Korean audience in the barbecue restaurant breathe a sigh of relief. Only about 10 aces can be sent in a whole game, which obviously shows that aces are very lucky.
And yet in the next second.
“ACE!” It was the voice of the live referee on the TV, and the score in the bottom left corner of the screen also became 30-0.
Zhang Guan sent another ace.
The applause on the TV once again spread throughout the barbecue restaurant, and the sound of "prickly stinging" dripping from the oil on the barbecue stove made these Korean viewers feel so harsh.
The picture of the TV set was aimed at Lee Hyung-taek, who was once again on the sideline of the runway, looking down to see where the ball landed. However, at this time. The referee also stepped down from the high bench in the middle and went close to confirm where the ball landed.
The French Open is a clay court, and the ball will leave traces when it falls, so there is no Eagle Eye imaging system. Before that, when the four Grand Slams did not have an Eagle-Eye system, the French Open was also hailed as the fairest Grand Slam.
In this mechanism, the referee walks down and observes where the ball lands. This is a very common occurrence at the French Open, so the referees on clay courts are busier than the referees on other courts, they have to climb up and down to check where the ball has landed, and the referees on other courts only need to directly mobilize the Hawkeye imaging.
The referee's judgment is still very accurate, and it can be judged from the traces that the ball fell into bounds.
"What? Why is the landing point so accurate? It's on the sideline again! Lee felt a little depressed, and then he continued to start receiving the ball.
This time, the Korean commentator simply didn't say anything, two aces in a row. It's already made him not know what to say.
……
"It still feels good, you can try again!" Zhang Guan smiled slightly, aimed at the sideline again, and served.
“OUT!” The voice of the line referee sounded, signaling the ball out of bounds.
The French Open does not have an Hawkeye system, and Zhang Guan cannot challenge it, and the Hawkeye system in the system has also told Zhang Guan that this is indeed an out-of-bounds ball.
"It's not well controlled. Out of bounds. But two aces in a row, it's already pretty good. Zhang Guan's expression was still very relaxed. Even if it was a mistake, he was still happy with the opening.
However, this one-shot mistake made the Korean commentator excited.
"A mistake! Zhang Guan made a mistake! Good chance, good chance for Lee Hyung-taek! The time for Lee Hyung-taek to fight back is coming! The Korean shouts immediately made the Korean audience in the barbecue restaurant excited.
"I said it can't be an ace ball all the time, it was just Zhang Guan's luck just now!"
"Zhang Guan made a mistake in the first shot, and the second shot will definitely be more conservative. Lee Hyung-taek will be able to recover a point! ”
The next moment, I saw that Zhang Guan was ready for the second shot.
The tennis ball flies over the net and lands on the halfway line, and after landing, the ball that was originally relatively fast is much slower.
Li Hengze ran quickly. He was about to catch the ball, but to his surprise, the ball bounced up to his shoulder.
"It's a topspin serve! How did you bounce so high, this spins so much. Lee had to raise the angle of the return, but although the ball flew over the net, it landed out of bounds.
“OUT!” The referee's ruling Lee Hyung-taek received the serve and went out of bounds, and the score became 40-0.
Lee Hyung-taek shook his head a little annoyed, he didn't expect such a powerful topspin on this ball, and he made a mistake on the serve without psychological preparation.
"Hey......" In the barbecue restaurant, I don't know who let out a sigh first.
At this time, the voice of the Korean commentator sounded again: "The game has just begun, and Lee Hyung-taek has not yet entered the state of the game, and his hand is not very hot, which is also a relatively normal situation." ”
On the TV, Zhang Guan has already started his fourth serve.
With a crisp landing sound, the tennis ball landed ten centimeters inside the sideline, which was a flat serve, so it didn't bounce high like a topspin serve. But the ball still loses a lot of energy when it lands, and the speed of the ball has slowed down a lot when it bounces again.
Lee Hyung-taek swung his forehand and returned the ball to the net.
"Wow!" The audience in the barbecue hall let out a burst of exclamation, as if Lee Hyung-taek had done something great.
In fact, this is just a serve, an ordinary return, and the quality of the return is not high, the landing point is very positive, and the strength is not very sufficient. This level of return is a good opportunity for any receiver to attack.
Zhang Guan responded with a direct forehand, and the tennis ball attacked the other side of the court, and this blow, Zhang Guan added a lot of topspin, and the ball was no less spinning than Nadal's forehand.
"Diagonal!" Lee Hyung-taek quickly ran over, as an Asian athlete, although his strength is average, but his mobility ability is still very good, even if he is 31 years old, he still runs desperately.
The tennis ball landed and then bounced, and Lee Hyung-taek was about to arrive at the position of receiving the ball, he stretched out his racket to catch the ball, but found that the tennis ball had bounced up close to his head.
"It's still so high! It's high-intensity topspin again! Lee Hyung-taek braked sharply, if he didn't stop, he might have to catch the ball with his face. Then he raised the racket and struck it once.
The tennis ball hits the net but doesn't fly to the other end.
Lee Hyung-taek returned the ball without going over the net, and the referee immediately announced that Zhang Guan had won the first game.
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There was silence in the barbecue hall, and three minutes ago, everyone was still fantasizing about Lee Hyung-taek breaking serve in the first game, but three minutes later, Zhang Guan gave Lee Hyung-taek a "love-game".
"What's going on? Didn't the media say that our Lee Hyung-taek player had won? How come you don't even win a goal and lose a game? (To be continued.) )
PS: The fourth shift is delivered, do you still have a monthly pass? If you have one, smash it! I'm going to work on Chapter 5 now.