On the court, Zhang Guan and Gonzalez began a forehand confrontation.
Both sides received the ball with their forehand, and it was almost all fancy hits, no strong rotation, no tricky landing points, only speed, and strength.
It seems to the ordinary audiences that the two of them were practicing with the ball, there is no skill and beauty, and there is no change in the tennis ball, but in the eyes of professionals, the two on the court seem to be two fierce beasts colliding with each other.
"How could it be like this! The two are fighting forehand!" Federer frowned, then said, "More importantly, Zhang Guan doesn't seem to suffer!"
Gonzalez's forehand draws power, Federer has learned, Gonzalez's strong forehand hit is enough to make all professional players feel daunting, especially in the quarter-finals Gonzalez relies on strength from his forehand violent play to shattered Nadal's claim to be the world's No. 1 defense. This warns everyone not to go up against Gonzalez's forehand.
However, only one day away from the quarter-finals, a player who could fight against Gonzalez appeared.
At this time, on the court, in the fierce forehand confrontation, Zhang Guan did not suffer. Although the strength of Gonzalez was great, Zhang Guan's strength was not small, and the two sides were probably in a balance.
For Gonzalez, he has never had such a comfortable forehand in the game. Gonzalez's opponents knew that his forehand is very strong, and his backhand is his weaknesses, so they will choose to attack Gonzalez's backhand. Gonzalez needs to switch between forehand and backhand in the game, there is simply no chance to hit the ball with a forehand in a row.
Sometimes Gonzalez takes the initiative on the field. When he can use his forehand continuously, his opponent won't be able to stand Gonzalez's continuous bombardment, and they will often lose after four or five points.
But today, Gonzalez has finally found time to fully play his forehand!
Gonzalez is getting more and more courageous, he feels very happy every time he hits the ball; every time he hits the ball, he can be in a good state; every time he hits the ball, he will use more power. His body was already excited, and at the same time, his emotions became more and more excited.
Gonzalez is the kind of player who will be in a state of excitement once he is excited. He feels that he can play a state of 200%.
Gonzalez began to roar, every time he hit the ball, accompanied by Gonzalez's shout, he did not deliberately shout, but he couldn't help shouting after all he was excited, he began to feel the game brought out his excitement and passion, the wild nature of South Americans, are fully revealed at this moment.
"Gonzalez seems to be in a state of action!" Sharapova looked at Zhang Guan with some worry, but she found that Zhang Guan's expression at the moment looked so confident, so serious, so focused.
Sharapova was slightly surprised. The expression was the same as she first saw on Zhang Guan's face for the first time at the 2005 IAAF Golden League Paris race. Zhang Guan defeated Powell in the 100-meter project and took 9.75 seconds. The score broke the world record at that time, and Zhang Guan at that time had this expression. After that, Sharapova had seen Zhang Guan reveal this expression many times, every time he was accompanied by this expression there was a victory!
I don't know since when but, Sharapova has fallen in love with Zhang Guan's expression, the kind of self-confident contempt, the serious selflessness of self-confidence, the kind of undivided concentration as if it was a monarch welcoming a general, who would exude the unique charm of an alpha male, making Sharapova intoxicated by it.
At this moment, Sharapova can feel that the invincible king on the track and field is back!
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Ten, eleven, twelve...
The two have been on a twelve beat, Gonzalez has been completely excited, he was running more positively, his movements are more stretched, every time he hits the ball it will be accompanied by a loud shout.
"Gonzalez is not fully fired, and Zhang Guan can still match him!" Federer looked at the TV, his expression slightly dignified, he felt Zhang Guan was about to show a new weapon.
Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen...
The confrontation between the two came to the seventeenth beat.
Playing tennis for more than fifteen shots is already a long round. At this time, the athlete's physical fitness begins to be affected. The most direct impact of this physical fitness is reflected in swinging the ball and moving the footsteps. For a dozen consecutive shots, the muscles of the arms will feel tired, which will reduce the swing strength and the control of the shot; while continuous running, the legs will start to listen and be explosive. It will decrease and the speed will become slower.
So in the long round, the server will no longer be active, and the receiver is no longer passive. The two sides can be said to be completely even. At this time, the competition is who will make a mistake first, and once caught by the opponent, a certain mistake means losing the point.
Gonzalez, a "Chilean Cannon" known for his violent style of play, was already physically exhausted. After seventeen consecutive shots, his hitting strength began to decline. After ten shots, he couldn't maintain the hitting state at the beginning.
"Chile Cannon" is about to run out of its ammunition.
However, on the opposite of Gonzalez, Zhang Guan's hitting is still very fierce.
"Whoosh!" Gonzalez came to the catching position when he saw the tennis ball coming, and he tried his best to hit it. However, this time, when the racket came into contact with the tennis ball, he felt that his hand felt heavy again.
Gonzalez knew that this was a feeling of fatigue. At this time, Gonzalez suddenly realized that he had banged his forehand with Zhang Guan for more than 20 consecutive beats.
In daily training, Gonzalez has experienced this feeling countless times, and there will even be more fatigue than now, but that is the type of high-speed ball that comes out of the serving machine. If the server is not tired, he can serve continuously, letting Gonzalez swing continuously, and make Gonzalez feel tired.
In the game, Gonzalez has never encountered such a situation, because no opponent can withstand his continuous forehand bombardment, even a strong defense opponent like Nadal.
Today, however, Gonzalez met Zhang Guan, who also has a strong forehand. More importantly, he dared to fight against Gonzalez's forehand.
"Boom!" Gonzalez returned the ball, but the pressure on the racket did not decrease but increased.
"Zhang Guan's strength hasn't diminished. It's about the same as when he first started. How could this be? Is this guy a humanoid serving machine?"