Vol 4 Chapter 144: Quarterfinals (three more)

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Zhang Guan's opponent in the third round, John Isner, was one year older than Zhang Guan. Isner, like Zhang Guan, also transferred to the profession in 2007. But Isner is not a rookie with no game experience. He used to be the tennis champion of the American College Sports Association ncaa, and he has entered the All-American star team every year.
Isner is 2.08 meters tall. He used to be a basketball player in middle school, but white basketball players in the United States are not so mixed, so Isner changed to playing tennis, and achieved very good results.
Isner caused some trouble to Zhang Guan during the game. Isner's height made him serve very well, and Isner is also very good at serving the Internet, which makes Isner can The smoother delivery and the tall arm length of Isner's hitting strength are also great, which is very helpful for playing the cement field. At the same time, Isner, like the vast majority of American athletes, is relatively full of energy.
In the first set match between Zhang Guan and Isner, the two sides reached a tie-break. Isner’s serve time was very good. Zhang Guan did not get a break after many attempts, but at this time Zhang Guan also Slowly became familiar with Isner's rhythm and sending, and finally won the tiebreak, leading 1-0.
In the second and third sets that followed, Zhang Guan's changeable play and quick offensive and defensive transitions made Isner lose his rhythm. To make matters worse, Isner had several serving errors and failed Internet access. It also led to Isner's subsequent weakness. He lost the next two games 4-6/3-6.
Zhang Guan advanced into the fourth round of the U.S. Open with no surprises. The opponent in the fourth round is still not a seed player.
Zhang Guan originally thought that he would meet the 13th seed Frenchman Gasquet or the 21st seed Spanish Ferrero in the third round, but both seed players were eliminated in the first two rounds, but instead It was another Spanish player Fi Lopez who made it to the fourth round. He will be the opponent of Zhang Guan's next game.
Philip Lopez is 1.87 meters tall and has a very good image. He has a star face and was once known as a "girl killer".
Lopez is also a strong serve player, and his serve is hard enough, so he can often serve ace. This feature of his is also accompanied by more errors. On average, every time Lopez successfully sends out two ace balls, there will be a double-error.
In the game, Lopez has more unforced errors. Under Zhang Guan's offensive pressure, Lopez had as many as 12 unforced errors in the first set. Facing opponents of this level of Zhang Guan. There are three or four mistakes in a set, and there are dozens of mistakes, and more than ten unforced mistakes in a set are basically moving closer to the rhythm of the set.
Lopez caused Zhang Guan less trouble than Isner, and finally Zhang Guan advanced to the quarter-finals with a score of 6-4/6-4/6/2, and Zhang Guan's opponent in the next game is the fifth The seed Native American Roddick.
Roddick was the 2003 US Open champion. Last year's US Open also reached the finals, eventually losing to Federer and finishing second. And this year, Roddick's luck was also very good. In the second round, he met Argentina's Acasuso. In the match, Acasuso retired due to injury. In the fourth round, Roddick faced nine. No. 1 seed Czech Berdych, who also retired due to injury after the start of the game, Roddick successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
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September 5, the tenth day of the 2007 US Open. The most focused game of the day was the fifth seed Roddick challenged top seed Zhang Guan.
The game goes to the quarterfinals settlement. Roddick is the only remaining native American player. The American audience also has high hopes for Roddick. Therefore, this game also attracted many audiences to watch the game. Many Americans expect Roddick to beat Zhang Guan and advance to the semifinals.
Zhang Guan also has many supporters. Because the US Open is near the famous Chinese community in New York, Chinese spectators will certainly support Zhang Guan. The momentum on the stadium is not weaker than that of Roddick’s supporters.
The first game of the two sides began. Since the two played for the first time and reached the quarter-finals, the two sides were more cautious in the first four rounds. One was to test each other, and the other was to warm up.
Roddick's serve was indeed great. He made four aces in his first two servings, and Zhang Guan did not let him make four aces in his first two servings.
After four games, the two sides scored 2-2.
In the fifth game, Roddick's serve, he began to strengthen the offensive, and the service point became more extreme. You know that Roddick was called "the world's first serve". On the fast court of the US Open, Roddick's super-fast serve can score as long as it has a good landing point.
Roddick's serve is a stunt, but his volleying skills before the net are very rough. No matter the timing of rushing the net, the choice of the front of the net, and the feel of the volley, the prediction of crossing the ball is more It was terrible. Many times Zhang Guan played some cross balls. Roddick often judged the wrong direction and ran in the opposite direction. Sometimes, even if the judgment is correct, Roddick's control of the racket, strength, and angle are not good at home.
With Roddick's failed interception in front of the net, Zhang Guan took the lead to get a break point instead. Then Roddick once again frantically cut the ball and directly attacked Zhang Guan's backhand position, but he did not expect Zhang Guan to have already waited in place. With the tennis ball coming, Zhang Guan adjusted his footsteps and won with a single blow.
"Although Roddick serves very hard, the ball dealer is really average! There is also a problem in judging the ball's landing point. No wonder he has never been able to beat Federer. With Federer's elegant attack, Roddick cannot win. "Zhang Guan got a break, he felt that he should have won the game steadily.
The score rose alternately, and finally Zhang Guan won the first set with a score of 6-4 with a break in the game.
Roddick is a very experienced player after all. During the break between the two sets, he adjusted his tactics. He felt that he still had to play his best while avoiding the shortcomings and maximize the speed of his serve.
The second set began with Roddick's serve.
Between Roddick throwing the ball and swinging, the tennis ball suddenly appeared in Zhang Guan’s half, and the afterglow of Zhang Guan’s eyes captured the position of the ball, but then he gave up receiving the ball. The speed of the ball made Zhang Guan not allowed at all. on.
The speed indicator on the side of the court showed a speed of 233 kilometers per hour. Unless the ball rushed head-on at this speed, it was impossible for the receiver to catch it.
The serve of 233 kilometers per hour detonated the audience instantly.
"Serving at a speed of 233 kilometers per hour, it is indeed Roddick! The Roddick we remembered is back!"
On the next ball, Roddick made the same blow again, and a serve of 227 kilometers per hour won another point.
Immediately after Roddick made a mistake, Zhang Guan played a cross-ball on the second serve and delivered a point, but then, Roddick relied on a quick serve to rewrite the score to 40-15.
"Good thing, Roddick! It's time to play like this and play to your strengths. You don't have to pursue a too tricky serve angle. As long as the ball speed is fast enough, the opponent is just as difficult to deal with!"
In the fifth ball, Roddick was a more conservative serve, but the speed of the ball was extremely fast. With this ball, he also won his own serve.
"241 kilometers! My goodness, the serve at 241 kilometers per hour is very close to the 245 kilometers per hour that Roddick himself maintains! This is the strongest serve Roddick I remember!" The commentator was surprised Sighed.
Roddick looked up at the sky and vented the frustration of losing the first set.
"It looks like Roddick is playing, and the next game will be difficult for Zhang Guan to play." (To be continued.)
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