Whoever kills the cows first, wins

In the second set, the final score was 7-6. Davydenko fell into the tie-break.

In a tennis match, losing a tie-break is a very depressing thing. Being able to reach a tie-break is close to victory. Losing a tie-break is representative of wasting the efforts of the previous 12 games. And losing two tie-breaks in a row will seriously affect the emotions of athletes.

Davydenko's emotions were affected. He was absent in the third set, and he was hesitant both in his action and reaction.

At this time, Davydenko had another old injury. He wondered if his foot injury had recurred, so he seemed a little scared in his foot movements.

In the Australian Open game, when Davydenko faced Zhang Guan, he suspected that his foot injury recurred. However, the MRI results showed that Davydenko's foot injury did not increase, so Davydenko started a high-intensity game.

Today, after losing with his tactics and losing two tie-breaks in a row, Davydenko also appeared to be psychologically loose, and he began to worry about his foot injury again.

Davydenko even has an urge to retire immediately, but thinking about his sponsor, he still decided to insist on completing the game, knowing that losing the game 3-0 and quitting the game because of injuries are two completely different concepts. Especially for sponsors, they prefer athletes to lose miserably than for athletes to retire due to injury.

For sponsors, of course, they want the players they sponsor to get good results, so the sponsorship contract often has reward clauses after getting good results. An injured athlete's value will be greatly reduced, and the sponsor will also suffer heavy losses. Liu Feiren in 2008 is a good example.

Davydenko is worried about his foot injury, but in terms of money, he still stuck to the end, but he lost a bit miserably in the third game, he only won one game at the beginning, Then they lost one after another, and finally lost 6-1 in the third set.

Zhang Guan also once again defeated Davydenko with a 3-0 score and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the French Open.

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After Zhang Guan defeated Davydenko, he immediately rushed to the Susan Stadium, the second largest in the French Open, because Sharapova played at Susan Stadium.

However, as soon as he walked into the player channel of Susan Stadium, Zhang Guan met Sharapova. At this time, Sharapova had red eyes and looked like she had just cried.

"Did you lose?" Zhang Guan calculated the time and found that Sharapova played this game for a long time.

Sharapova's game and Zhang Guan's game took place almost simultaneously. Although Zhang Guan won 3-0, he played a tie-break in two sets, and it took more time. The women's singles project is a three-game two-win system, and Sharapova must have experienced a hard fight in terms of time.

Zhang Guan looked at the Coach Joyce next to her, hoping that Joyce could give him a hint.

Coach Joyce instantly understood Zhang Guan's intentions. He immediately said, "Maria has fought three sets and finally won. She played more than 150 minutes, and the last set played 16 games."

The Grand Slam tie-breaker did not have a tie-break, but a long-set tiebreaker, which means that after the 6-6 score, whoever leads two games will win. This system is even crueler than the tiebreaker and is more intense.

With a silent calculation in Zhang Guan's heart, he played 16 games in the final set and the score was 9-7.

Sharapova said, "My shoulder hurts a lot, so I made too many mistakes today, and it was too difficult to win. I have thought on several occasions that I would lose. After winning, I couldn't help but cry."

Zhang Guan looked at Sharapova with some worry. After the Australian Open, she had been suffering from a shoulder injury. This time, in the French Open, she also suffered from an injury. The next round was the quarterfinals, and the game will only become more and more intense. This made Zhang Guan worry about Sharapova's shoulder injury.

"Who is your opponent in the next game?" Zhang Guan asked.

"It's Anna!" Sharapova then added, "Anna Chuckvitadze."

Zhang Guan nodded suddenly. If Sharapova didn't add his surname, Zhang Guan wouldn't have know which "Anna".

Chakvetadze is also Russian and is also an excellent product on the beauty line of Russian tennis. Like Sharapova, she is a blonde, has a good face, and is also very good. The current world ranking is also in the top ten.

"What about you? Who is your opponent?" Sharapova asked.

"Let me think about it. It seems like the 19th seed, Argentine, called..." Zhang Guan recalled the other party's name carefully. Although Zhang Guan is not a tennis player, he still can't remember some names. Especially the names of players who have not played against him.

"Is it Canas?" Coach Joyce reminded me.

"Yes, Canas!" Zhang Guan said.

Coach Joyce laughed immediately, "I didn't think this year's two cow killers were going to come together! The qualifying players in that area will meet Federer in the semi-finals. This quarter-final is really interesting. The two Cow cow killers will play first, and now the cow killer will have to grab a place!"

"Two cow killers'?" Zhang Guan was stunned, and then asked very uncertainly, "Do you mean Canas and me?"

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"Guillermo Canas is an Argentine. At the age of thirty, he has been playing professional tennis for twelve years. He is a tennis veteran." Coach Zhang said.

"Before Coach Joyce said he was a cow killer, what happened?" Zhang Guan immediately asked.

"Do you remember the two ATP1000 Masters games held in the United States in March? Indian Wells vs. Miami." Coach Zhang continued.

"Remember, the champions of those two stations were won by Nadal and Djokovic respectively." Zhang Guan said.

Coach Zhang slowly introduced, "It is these two games that gave Canas the title of "cow killer". In the Masters Indian Wells station, Federer met Canas in the second round, and then was swept by Canas; and in the Masters Miami game, Federer once again encountered Canas in the fourth round and lost to him again. After Canas defeated Robredo and Ljubicic eventually reached the final, where he lost to Djokovic."

"The two consecutive wins over Federer in two weeks, Canas is very good! At Federer's level, two weeks lost to the same person twice, it is very rare." Zhang Guan sighed.

"It's because Canas is in good shape this year! Think about it. A player who has played professional tennis for twelve years and is thirty years old. If he is strong, he will have achieved good results long ago, and he won't wait until now. Jumping out to be a cow killer'." Coach Zhang smiled and said, "You won against Federer in the Australian Open final, so it is considered a new generation of "cow killer", plus Canas and Nadal, now you three are called the three cow killers! So ah, this quarter-final match between you and Canas is also a battle between butchers', whoever wins will go kill the cow."