Vol 5 Chapter 458: Rescan Masters

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A master tournament without a master is somewhat embarrassing for the organizers. The Chinese Masters has been held for so many years, and this has never happened.
In fact, in terms of prize money, the total prize money of the Rolex Masters exceeding US$5 million is already comparable to the year-end ATP Finals, second only to the four Grand Slam tournaments. And the ATP1000 level tournament is also second only to the four majors of tennis, and there are few stops throughout the year. It can be said that in addition to the four Grand Slams, the Masters is already the highest level of competition.
It stands to reason that this level of competition is enough to attract players of the level of Federer and Nadal to participate, and even as a very important competition. For the sake of bonuses and points, so the Masters over the years, the total There will be one or two players from the Uranus level.
However, this year's Masters, the three tennis kings retired collectively.
The three kings of tennis, a statement that has just been proposed in the last year. When Federer ruled tennis a few years ago, he was the only king; Nadal was the only second term with Federer, and he was also blocked by fans after successfully achieving a Grand Slam achievement in 2010. For the sake of the king, the tennis world became the situation of Federer and Nadal. After the outbreak of Djokovic in 2011, he won three Grand Slams a year and swept a lot of strong hands, showing the dominance. In addition to his previous fame, he also successfully promoted to the level of the king.
Although Murray has not yet won a Grand Slam title, but he is the only one who can catch up with the three kings in points, but he also retired. All of a sudden, the starlight of this Rolex Masters was dim, and only the less powerful first-class players such as Ferrer, as well as Ljubicic, Roddick, and Nalbandian, who had passed the peak Well-known veteran. Such players are really difficult to support such a large-scale event.
Ferrer, ranked fifth in the world, became the No. 1 seed of the tournament, but with Ferrer's level, it is clear that he cannot stop the pace of Zhang Guan winning the championship.
Zhang Guan went all the way and defeated the Spanish players Ferrero and Odasco one after another, and then met the Czech player Bertic. In the recently concluded Chinese Open game, Zhang Guan once played against Berdych. After two weeks, Berdych still surrendered quickly.
Zhang Guan then won Mayer and met Ferrero in the semifinals.
Ferrero likes to play some tricky balls, but this also makes his stability is not very good, sometimes too much pursuit of landing, but there will be more off the net and out of bounds.
If the opponent's mobility is not very strong, or older, Ferrero's style of play often achieves extraordinary results. Many veterans can't save some tricky returns. However, in the face of the world's mobile ability, Ferrero's play was restrained by life, but Ferrero himself, because of some mistakes, sent consecutive points.
The technical characteristics of the two also determined the outcome of the game. Ferrero, the fifth in the world, was completely vulnerable to Zhang Guan and quickly lost the game.
Zhang Guan entered the finals smoothly, and his opponent was Japanese player Nishikori.
Nishikori's entry into the final was a big upset. Now Nishikori is ranked 50th in the world, so before the game, no one thinks how far Nishikori will go in the Masters.
Nishikori himself, who has also recently been out of luck, entered the tennis world under the name "Japanese Tennis Genius". However, it did not achieve satisfactory results for Japanese citizens. In terms of personal life, the love affair with table tennis player Fuyuan Ai was even beaten by the media.
In this Masters Tournament, Nishikori ushered in an outbreak. His first scene was against a famous French player, Tsonga, ranked tenth in the world. Nishikori was shaved 6-0 in the first set, even winning two straight sets with 7-5 and 7-6, eliminating Tsonga, and then he had successive fighters Messer, Girard Dodo, Dolgorolov, Simon and other powerful players entered the finals. These opponents are ranked above Nishikori in the world, and except for Giraldo, the other players are all seed players. For a non-seed player outside the 50th place in the world, being able to defeat so many strong opponents and advance to the finals is already the biggest upset of this Masters.
Of course, Zhang Guan's world ranking is also 50, he also beat the seed players all the way to the finals. However, no one would regard Zhang Guan as a dark horse. The only gold slam among active athletes in the world should have entered the finals and then won the championship trophy.
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Since entering professional tennis in 2007, Nishikori’s only championship was at the 2008 Deerlai Hantan Open. At that time, he played as a qualified player, but he has defeated several strong opponents. In the final, he defeated the American star Blake and won the championship.
And this time the Masters Cup let Nishikori find the feeling of the year. Without being optimistic, he reached the final all the way, became a dark horse, and even would be black!
Standing on the field, Nishikori was full of ambition. In the surrounding auditorium, spectators from Japan had begun to wave the Japanese national flag and cheered Nishikori.
After all, this is Asia, and the venue is just across the sea from Japan. For Japanese audiences, a two-hour flight to watch the game, you can go back and forth that day, which is much more convenient than European countries, so there are many Japanese audience came to the scene to cheer for Nishikori.
"So many compatriots support me, and I must not let them down!" The cheering sound of the Japanese audience around him suddenly gave Nishikori a strong fighting spirit. While serving, he couldn't help shouting.
"Drink!" Nishikori spelled out an ACE ball for the first time.
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"Jin Zhijun is very imposing today!"
"Jin Zhijun is also in good shape, it is another ACE ball!"
"Today's Jin Zhijun reminds me of the final three years ago, when he defeated American Blake!"
"Jin Zhijun's momentum is like a rainbow, maybe there is hope to defeat Zhang Guan today!"
"Nishikori is worthy of our talented tennis player in Japan. I believe that it will not take long for him to have the status of Federer! He is the pride of our Japan!"
"Jin Zhijun has got the game, we will applaud him!"
Unconsciously, Nishikori had already got the game, and then scored a serve to win the first game.
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"Today Nishikori's luck is really good!" Zhang Guan did not feel frustrated because he was 0-1 behind.
In the previous game, Nishikori sent out two ACE balls, which Zhang Guan couldn't do. In addition, Zhang Guan also had two serving points, one of which Zhang Guan thought was an out-of-bounds ball, so he received the ball. When I was half a beat slow, I finally found out that it was in the circle, and I lost the opportunity. This kind of luck was so explosive that even Zhang Guan couldn't stop it.
"The young man is full of momentum, but the momentum does not mean that it can bring victory!" Zhang Guan took a deep breath and began his serve.
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After Nishikori won the first serve, the morale was strong, and the surrounding Japanese audiences began to work harder to cheer Nishikori.
However, as Zhang Guan said, the momentum is not enough to bring a victory, and luck cannot always be accompanied by one person. Sports, in the final analysis, is still a contest of strength, morale is only part of it.
1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, this is the score of the next five innings.
Since winning the first game, Nishikori lost five consecutive games, two of which were broken by Zhang Guan, and the situation collapsed instantly.
The score of the first set was finally fixed at 1-6, Nishikori finished the defeat, but Nishikori did not give up.
In the first round of the group stage, when he encountered Tsonga, he was even shaved 0-6 in the first set, but the result was not moved back. Today's situation is much better than when I met Tsonga, and I got at least a small score in one game.
"In the case of 0-6 losing the first set, I can pull it back. If it is 1-6, I will definitely be able to defeat it!"
In the second set, Nishikori once again stood on the field with full confidence, then was beaten 0-6 and shaved.
After all, Nishikori’s strength is only in the top 50 in the world, and his true level is only the level of the first round of the four majors. With his good performance, he entered the finals, but when he met the real strongman, he immediately appeared The original form.
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Nishikori sat on the chair with a frustrated look. When he sat here last time, he was still comforting himself, saying to him that 0-6 can be pulled back by shaving his head, and 1-6 can also defeat defeat, but he did Unexpectedly, I was greeted by another 0-6 shaved head.
This seemed to be pouring down a pot of cold water, instantly waking up Nishikori. He carefully recalled the game just now, but found that the strength of both sides was really not on a level.
"Zhang Guan is really strong. Compared with Tsonga, Zhang Guan is a player of another grade!"
The Japanese audience at the scene had already silenced, and even some people began to leave early. They have seen that this game has fallen to one side. The difference in strength between the two sides makes it difficult for Nishikori to organize a counterattack.
Dark Horse Nishikori still didn't get a black one in the end. The final lost to Zhang Guan, who also won the Rolex Masters Cup.
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"1500 points, rules and regulations, at least until the start of next year's Chinese Open, I will keep these 1500 points. The Olympic tennis tickets have been handed out!" Zhang Guan breathed out: "Next, it is time to prepare, go to Russ Vegas took my $300 million appearance fee!" (To be continued.)