First tie-break

Nadal blinked, confirming that the two of them were Federer and the other was Zhang Guan, not two Federer.

"Is it an illusion? I am probably too tired from practice today!" Nadal leaned on the sofa, and Zhang Guan on the TV set made a beautiful change with his forehand.

"To deal with this kind of ball, only Federer will choose a forehand to change the line!" Nadal straightened up and stared at the TV.

If Federer used the forehand to change the line just now, Nadal will take it for granted, but the user is Zhang Guan, which makes Nadal feel incredible.

Nadal had watched the game between Zhang Guan and Davydenko before. He also found that Zhang Guan's forehand was very similar to Federer's, but Nadal didn't put it in his heart at that time because many players were learning or imitating Federer's play, and it is not surprising that Zhang Guan imitated Federer's play.

Today, when Zhang Guan and Federer competed in the same field, Nadal discovered that Zhang Guan's tactical play was not only similar to Federer's but was carved out in a mold.

High-level tennis players, everyone has their distinctive technical characteristics, and to the level of Grand Slam seed players, everyone's technical characteristics can be accurate to the way the ball is handled and the details of the shot.

For example, Federer and Nadal, the two have met more times in the contest, and they have studied each other more thoroughly. Nadal has already understood the way Federer handles the ball. Especially for some difficult balls, only Federer will choose a certain way of returning the ball, because only Federer's technique can do it.

"Zhang Guan's research on Federer is more thorough than mine, and he is still learning Federer's play! Now there are so many players learning Federer's play even Federer himself. I'm afraid Federer will have trouble in this game."

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On the field, both sides were very active, almost running around in their half.

The players on both sides are playing in reverse thinking, standing in the opponent's position to consider how to catch the ball, that is, they can see through the opponent's tactical intentions, which makes many of the tactics of both sides interrupted by the other half and causing them to use new tactics, so the running on both sides becomes very frequent.

3-3, 4-4, 5-5, after the end of the ten-game, neither side was able to break.

During CCTV's live broadcast, only the commentator said, "Federer's running has become more and more active. In the past two years, we have rarely seen such a positive run. It seems that he is very eager for victory!"

The guest commentator Su nodded his head, "Yes, but I think this also means that Zhang Guan exerted a lot of pressure on Federer, and then forced Federer to have to respond with a positive run. In the situation, Federer did not get the initiative, and the two sides are still in a balance."

"Sue, why is this happening?" the commentator asked.

"Both Zhang Guan and Federer are very good players. Both of them look very good today. Although there are occasional mistakes once or twice, this mistake is not fatal, so they get to keep their serves. The game should be no problem. I think in this game, there will be a tie-break." Coach Su just finished talking and Zhang Guan won the eleventh game with a single-serve on the net, the score came to 6 -5, Zhang Guan temporarily led.

The twelfth game is Federer's serve. This is an extremely crucial game for both parties. If Federer can successfully defend the game, the game will enter the tie-break, and if Zhang Guan breaks, Federer will lose the second set game.

Federer stood on the court with no distractions. As the king of tennis, Federer's key ball-handling is not the world's first. The countless experience of the competition has already allowed Federer to practice the steel-like will and stable psychological quality. The more the key ball, the more Federer can play at a better level.

In this game, Federer did indeed play well. One serve score and one ACE ball took the advantage at the beginning. Afterward, the continuous forehand pressure after the serve directly broke the hope of Zhang Guan, Federer succeeded and pulled the score to 6-6.

"6-6 draw, the two sides will have a match for the tiebreaker next! I think the audience must be like me, looking forward to the match for the tiebreaker match!" The commentator said while reading through the materials in his hand.

"Let's take a look at the record of the two players in the past seven games. First of all, Federer has experienced two tie-breaks in the Australian Open. In the third round of the Australian Open, Federer faced the 25th seed of the game and played a tiebreaker in the game, Federer won the tiebreaker with a 7-5 score; then in the semifinals, Federer and the 7th seed Robredo of the game also played a tiebreaker In that game, Federer easily won with a 7-2 score. It is now Federer's third tie-break in this Australian Open."

"Let's take a look at Zhang Guan... Oh, Zhang Guan has never played a tie-breaker! This is incredible! From the first round to the final, Zhang Guan never played a tie-breaker, which also shows Zhang Guan can easily break at least one game in every previous game! The next game will be the first tie-break in Zhang Guan's career!" The commentator finished, taking a deep breath, and with some sighing, "I have to say that this situation is very unfavorable for Zhang Guan. He has no experience in the tiebreaker at all, and his opponent Federer's key ball level is the world's first. If I was Zhang Guan, I would rather play a tie-break once or twice in the previous game, at least to accumulate some tie-breaking experience."

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In the stands, Sharapova looked at Zhang Guan with a worried look.

"Oh no, Zhang Guan has never played a tie-break. The tie-break is completely different from the ordinary one. If the opponent is weaker, he may have the opportunity to slowly adapt to the pace of the tie-break. But now his opponent is Federer. With Federer's key point level, he may not give Zhang Guan any chance to adapt to the tie-break."

Sharapova folded her hands involuntarily, and all she could do at this time was pray to God.

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"I finally dragged the game to the tie-break. This game was really tough. Zhang Guan was far more powerful than I expected." Federer grinned and wiped the sweat on his head, "Fortunately, Zhang Guan did not have the experience of the tie-breaking game, and this game can be won. For a player who has no tie-breaking experience at all, I will have an easy victory."