The world's strongest second shot

In front of the TV, Federer is also watching this game, because the winner of this game will be Federer's next opponent.

Although the media has been hyping Zhang Guan and Gonzalez in the end, who can only get one runner-up, and Federer has defaulted the Australian Open champion, but the tennis king did not dare to take it lightly. Federer even felt that if the opponent was Gonzalez, it would be easy to say, but if the opponent was Zhang Guan, he might encounter some trouble. Gonzalez has been playing professional tennis for eight years. Federer still knows Gonzalez's technical characteristics, but Federer's knowledge of Zhang Guan is very limited. Federer can only collect information about Zhang Guan through a video of him in the first few rounds of the game.

From the first round, Zhang Guan will show a different weapon in each game, heavy artillery serves, fast movement ability, high spin return, play in front of the net, 100% challenge to Hawk-Eye success, bottom line offensive type play... Federer even felt that Zhang Guan is still hiding some of his other secret weapons.

At this time, the TV showed that Zhang Guan's second shot speed had reached an astonishing 204 kilometers.

"Second serve at a speed of 204 kilometers per hour!" Federer was taken aback, but then he immediately said, "Zhang Guan is really good enough, but Zhang Guan's ball is very clever, he uses reverse thinking. In the case of a mistake, Gonzalez must think that Zhang Guan's second serve is slow, and Zhang Guan uses this kind of psychology on Gonzalez to grab a fastball, but this ball should only be used once and next time Gonzalez will be prepared, Zhang Guan's play will not work."

As soon as Federer finished speaking, he heard the referee "OUT" shouting from the TV.

"Huh? Zhang Guan is out of bounds again and again!" Federer's girlfriend Mirka said.

"Zhang Guan's serve today is not very stable! The angle he chose for this ball is too extreme!" Federer shook his head, and then said, "Zhang Guan is affected by Gonzalez. Gonzalez's first two serve games performed well and scored several ACEs. Zhang Guan is also a very good player in high-speed service. He wants to get back the court through the serve. In this way, he might as well come to the net with a serve, which is better than a mistake made now."

"Do you think Zhang Guan will serve another fastball? Just like before." Mirka asked.

"He certainly will not. After the last point, Gonzalez was already prepared, and the 204 km second serve was just because Zhang Guan's luck was good. Since its luck, he can't keep his luck going. I think this time, he might be a lot more conservative. Serving on to the net is still a good choice for Zhang Guan." Federer said as he nodded.

Then, the line referee shouted from the TV, "ACE!"

At the same time, the broadcast lens also gave a big close-up of the ball speed display card, which was again a number beginning with "2".

"201 km / h!" Federer suddenly felt a hot feeling on his face.

...

"The second serve of the last ball was your good luck, you haven't had such good luck this time!" Gonzalez was thinking, a yellow shadow flashed from Gonzalez's eyes again, it was a tennis ball that landed on the ground and popped out of bounds.

Gonzalez still did not move, he was stunned on the spot, because he felt that this scene seemed familiar, until the referee called "ACE", Gonzalez did not recover.

"This is impossible! The second serve is still so fast!" Gonzalez turned his head to look at the ball speed display card and saw the number "201" above.

"Another second shot with a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour!" Gonzalez felt something bad. If the occasional second shot with a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour can be explained by luck or coincidence, but the ball exceeded 200 km twice in a row. For a 200km second shot, the chance of luck or coincidence is relatively low.

"Oh! Oh! Oh! At 201 kilometers, it was a second shot with a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour! Although Zhang Guan made two consecutive mistakes, he brought us two-second shots with a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour! If I didn't see it with my own eyes, I would have never believed that someone can serve twice in a row with a speed of more than 200 kilometers! In the case of a mistake, Zhang Guan can also deliver such a fastball, he is indeed a world champion! Zhang Guan's psychological quality is too strong!" The voice of the commentator was higher and higher.

Federer took a deep breath in front of the TV. He looked at Zhang Guan, who was preparing to serve the third ball and murmured, "I thought Gonzalez's second serve was enough. I didn't expect Zhang Guan's second shot to be even harder than Gonzalez."

"Yeah, and the success rate of the second serve is much higher than that of Gonzalez, at least there are no double errors!" Mirka said from the side.

Federer's eyebrows suddenly frowned, and Mirka's words were exactly what Federer was worried about the most. Although it is not common to play very hard on the second serve, there are still a few people among the professional players. However, with the second shot, only the player with such high accuracy such as Zhang Guan can send out a fastball like this. Of course, the retired player Sampras was not counted by Federer.

A player's second serve level is directly related to the player's chance of being broken. The poorer the second serve level is, the easier the opponent will break. While if the second serve can still be maintained at a high level, it will be difficult to break.

"If Zhang Guan has been able to maintain this level of service, it is unlikely that I will break his serve! But the men's singles game is very long, the Grand Slam is a long game, and the player cannot keep it forever. This kind of serving can't hold up. I think in the later games, Zhang Guan and Gonzalez's serving rhythm will slow down." Federer continued to watch the game, and Zhang Guan appeared on TV again. He made another mistake.

"Oh, Zhang Guan made three consecutive mistakes! He seemed a bit unable to find his serve." The commentator's voice sounded.

Zhang Guan shook his shoulders and made three consecutive mistakes, which he did not think of himself. At this time, he could not help but start to review himself.

"These servings are too unrestrained, and the angle is not well controlled. This kind of service that requires both speed and angle is really difficult. It seems that fish and bear paws can't have both speed and angle. You still need some luck to serve. The next serve should be stable!"

Zhang Guan is preparing for the second serve, and the audience is waiting to see.

"Whoosh!" This time the speed was not as fast as the previous two goals. Zhang Guan was seeking stability, but even then, the speed of this ball reached 192 kilometers, much faster than the average player's second serve.

Gonzalez was more prepared to catch the ball than before, and the speed of the ball was not as fast as the previous two, so Gonzalez caught the ball and returned the ball backhand.

Zhang Guan went forward, and he also cut the ball with his backhand. This was unexpected by Gonzalez. Gonzalez had run in the wrong direction. When he was ready to catch the ball, it was too late.

The score came to 40-0, Zhang Guan got the game.

"Although Zhang Guan's second serve did not exceed 200 kilometers this time, the speed still reached an astonishing 192 kilometers per hour, which is similar to the average ball speed of other players' first serve. Three consecutive high-speed second serves, and the accuracy rate is 100%, it can't be a coincidence, but his real strength. Zhang Guan's serve is not only sharp but also his second serve is so powerful! This reminds me of the former king Sampras, his second serve is so strong! Perhaps Zhang Guan hopes to surpass Sampras' second serve and become the new 'world's strongest second serve'!"

In the voice of the narrator, Zhang Guan ended the game with an ACE ball, and the two sides made a 2-2 tie in the first set.

...

After the fourth set, the game entered a short break.

The sunshine in Melbourne is still very bright, but Gonzalez sat in the chair, but his expression was very gloomy.

"What does Zhang Guan mean? Are you hitting me back again? I made two double errors in the last game, and in this game, Zhang Guan made three successful second shots. Are you telling me that his second serve is better than me!"

Gonzalez was originally a very grumpy person, but he also knew that bringing anger into the game was not a good thing, so he worked hard to take a deep breath to calm himself down.

"The current score is 2-2. In the last four games, Zhang Guan and I both scored by serving. It can be said that the first four games are a competition for serving. I have watched the video of Zhang Guan's game, his net play is very sharp, and he can explode Nalbandian; also, he has a solid foundation in the forehand of the bottom line. Davydenko lost to Zhang Guan's bottom forehand. But in today's game, Zhang Guan is completely fighting with me. He didn't use the bottom line. He also played a few times before the net. Why?" Gonzalez closed his eyes and thought silently.

At the next moment, Gonzalez opened his eyes, "I see! Zhang Guan must be very afraid of my forehand attack, he feels that if he fights forehand, he will not my opponent, so he is not willing to fight me. Hold the ball, but use a lot of quick serves to shorten the number of rounds held! Oops, almost hit!

At this time, Gonzalez seemed to be looking for a guiding light. He thought Zhang Guan was afraid to fight his forehand. He remembered that he could use his forehand to attack Zhang Guan. Gonzalez's blood boiled.

"Yes, I will insist on a forehand attack in my next game, let Zhang Guan know the power of Chilean cannon!"