All-round Athlete

Chapter 193 Send an ACE

In the semi-finals of the US Open, Sharapova's opponent is the Frenchman Mauresmo.

Among the latest rankings released by the WTA, Mauresmo ranked first. This year's Mauresmo is in very good condition. In the three Grand Slam events that ended before, Mauresmo won the Australian Open and Wimbledon.

Sharapova had played against Mauresmo three times before, but without a win, so Mauresmo still had an advantage psychologically. However, after the game started, Sharapova took advantage of Mauresmo's slow heat. characteristics, using a very aggressive style of play against Mauresmo. As a result, Mauresmo lost his serve three times in a row, lost the first set 0-6, and was shaved bald by Sharapova.

After the start of the second set, Mauresmo began to find his own form, and successfully broke serve in the tenth game, winning the set 6-4.

In the third set of the deciding game, Sharapova played her best form. She broke serve in the first game and kept serve in the second game. Then she broke serve again in the third game and then kept serve again. Mauresmo, who fell behind 0-4, had a psychological problem. As a result, he lost two games in a row, and then lost this set 0-6, and also lost the entire game.

Sharapova successfully advanced to the final. In the other semi-final, Henin defeated Jankovic, so Sharapova will face Henin in the final.

In the head-to-head record of the two, Haining has the advantage of 5 wins and 1 loss, and in this year's Australian Open, Sharapova was eliminated by Haining. This year, Haining is also in good form. She has successfully entered the finals of the four Grand Slams. Although Haining lost to Mauresmo in the finals of the Australian Open and Wimbledon, she defeated Kuznetzo in the French Open Baby, win the championship.

In the final of the US Open, in the first set between Sharapova and Henin, Sharapova broke serve twice, and Heinin broke serve once. In the end, Sharapova broke the opponent's serve by virtue of one more serve. Go to the next city first.

In the second set, in the first six rounds, the two sides kept serving each other successfully, but Haining made many mistakes in the seventh round, and was seized by Sharapova in a row, and finally lost the serve game. With a score of 4-3, the two Each of them kept a serve. In the tenth game, Sharapova successfully kept her serve and won another 6-4 victory. This also marked that Sharapova defeated Henin 2-0 with a total score and won the US Open championship.

This is Sharapova's first U.S. Open title and Sharapova's second Grand Slam title. After winning Wimbledon in 2004, the 19-year-old once again won a Grand Slam US Open championship trophy.

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New York, Queens, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.

The park was established in 1939 and once held in 1964, the iconic globe is located here. After more than half a century of development, it has become a well-known leisure and entertainment park with complete facilities, including tennis center, Citi Field, New York Museum of Science, Queens Museum of Art, Queens Theater, Queens Wildlife Center, etc.

Today, the US Open Charity Day event will be held here. In the tennis center in the park, many spectators gathered, most of them are Chinese. Some of them are tennis fans and came here to see Sharapova and Li Na, but more people came here for Zhang Guan.

Now Zhang Guan's influence in the world is far higher than that of Sharapova, not to mention that Flushing is originally a Chinese gathering area in New York, so Zhang Guan can naturally attract nearby Chinese residents more easily.

The organizer specially arranged a tennis mixed doubles match for the Charity Day publicity activity. The two sides were Sharapova, Zhang Guan and Li Na and Jiang Shan.

It is said to be a confrontation match, but it is actually just an exhibition match. After all, charity activities cannot allow athletes to play the whole court with real swords and guns. The rules refer to the tiebreaker system.

In the athlete preparation area, Sharapova handed the racket to Zhang Guan, and then asked with some concern: "In terms of rules, you should understand! They serve one ball first, we serve two balls, and their other player then Serve two, our other player serves, and so on..."

"Don't worry, I understand, we have a saying in China, have you never eaten pork or seen a pig running!" Zhang Guan replied in Chinese English while smiling.

"Pork? Pig running?" Sharapova pondered for a few seconds before she understood Zhang Guan's consciousness. Then she made a face at Zhang Guan and said, "You are the pig!"

Zhang Guan smiled, tried the racket in his hand, and found it to be quite comfortable, then he entered the system and found the skill column.

"Skill Iron Arm, increase the strength of both arms, I learned it! I learned the skill to move left and right! I also learned the ability to move forward and backward! Can these two skills be combined? Synthesize!..." Zhang Guan learned it like a local tyrant Several master-level skills cost more than a dozen skill points at once.

"You can't be ashamed in front of Martha! But it seems like you spent too much..." Zhang Guan suddenly felt that he was a bit vain, and it was a waste to spend so many skill points all at once.

"Although it is quite wasteful, after learning these skills, I can practice with Martha in the future. It seems worthwhile!" Zhang Guan forced himself to find an excuse to comfort his stingy little heart .

At the same time, not far away, Li Na and Jiang Shan are also preparing.

"Don't forget what I told you last night, I have to give way to Zhang Guan for a while!" Li Na said to Jiang Shan: "After all, Zhang Guan is not a professional tennis player, and he may not even reach the amateur level. Sarah Although Lapova is good, no matter how good she is, it is impossible to play one against two. In this charity exhibition, shaving someone's bald head is not good."

"Don't worry, I won't forget, it's enough to give them a few minutes. I see you acting with winks." Jiang Shan continued confidently: "It's been a long time since I played mixed doubles with you, and my hands are a little raw."

Jiang Shan is also a professional athlete and has won the mixed doubles championship in the National Games. Although he is not strong enough to participate in the ATP Grand Slam and has retired for a long time, he has been working as a tennis coach and his skills are not unfamiliar. What's more important is that Jiang Shan and Li Na once played mixed doubles in the past. In addition, they are husband and wife, and their cooperation is even stronger than that of ordinary mixed doubles players.

Zhang Guan is a track and field athlete, and his tennis strength is naturally not as good as Jiang Shan, a professional athlete, so this game is basically a one-on-two match with Sharapova. Moreover, doubles is a sport that requires coordination. If a layman like Zhang Guan appears in the doubles field, not only will he not be of any help, but he may even hinder him.

Therefore, in Li Na and his wife's opinion, the difference in strength between the two sides is too great, and there is no suspense about the outcome of this exhibition match. If there is no handicap, Zhang Guan and Sharapova may not get a single point in practice.

Finally, amidst the cheers and applause of the live game, athletes from both sides stepped onto the field. ,

Jiang Shan took the lead to serve, and it was Sharapova who received the ball.

I saw that Jiang Shan served a very ordinary ball with a textbook-like serving posture. The ball did not have any spin, the speed was not fast, and the landing point was easy to catch.

Sharapova easily returned the ball to Li's side, also without exerting too much force, and Li raised his hand and returned the ball to Sharapova, and then Sharapova returned the ball To Li Na, and Li Na to Sharapova...

Sharapova and Li Nao seemed to be warming up and hit the ball back to each other. Zhang Guan and Jiang Shan simply stood there, watching the performance of the two female players in a daze.

For an exhibition game, of course you have to hit a few tacit shots first.

The two played four or five shots back and forth, which was considered a warm-up first, and then Sharapova took the lead in making a change. She slammed the ball diagonally and returned the ball to Jiang Shan's side. Although the strength of this ball is average, it still has some topspin. For tennis players, topspin is the most common way to return the ball.

Zhang Guan had already told Sharapova before the game that Jiang Shan used to be a professional tennis player and was very good at playing mixed doubles, so Sharapova added topspin to her return. She was not worried that Jiang Shan would catch the ball. less than.

An ordinary topspin ball that is not fast is of course not difficult for Jiang Shan, but at this moment, Li Na suddenly coughed twice at Jiang Shan, Jiang Shan immediately understood that he was asking him to give up the ball. So Jiang Shan returned the ball to Zhang Guan's side.

In terms of the quality of the return, the return of the ball is very poor, and the opponent can easily volley in front of the net. Of course, it was Jiang Shan's intention. He made a good shot to Zhang Guan on purpose and let Zhang Guan get the first point first.

Zhang Guan didn't miss this opportunity either, he directly volleyed a tennis ball and hit a tricky angle. Neither Jiang Shan nor Li Na tried to catch the ball, which was regarded as a point for Zhang Guan.

The score of this tiebreak became 1:0, and it was Zhang Guan's turn to serve.

"I don't know how good Zhang Guan's serve is. He should be able to serve successfully. If he fails both serves, he will lose face. Even if the quality of his serve is not good, I will help him adjust it to normal." Li Na thought silently, she was still worried about Zhang Guan's successful serve.

Zhang Guan started to serve, he threw the tennis ball into the air, and his body also made a serving posture.

"The height of the throw is just right, and the posture is also very standard. It's pretty good to have this serving posture at the amateur level! It seems to have a bit of the feeling of European and American athletes, which should be taught by Sharapova." Li While silently commenting in that heart, he did not forget to take a sneak peek at Sharapova.

The next moment, a yellow shadow suddenly flew past Li Na. She didn't pay attention to it, and before she could even react, the tennis ball had already flown by.

"ACE!" "2-0"

"What! How fast is this serve! I haven't realized it yet!" Li Na looked back at the tennis ball that had rolled behind him. As a professional tennis player, he immediately judged that the speed of this ball must exceed 200 kilometers per hour.

A serve with a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour is extremely rare even in the men's Grand Slam events. As a female player, it is almost impossible to catch a serve with a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour.

Jiang Shan also had an unbelievable expression on his face. As a professional tennis coach, he could certainly see that Zhang Guan's serve just now was not so easy to catch even in a Grand Slam match. level, even if he receives this serve, there is definitely no quality of the ball to speak of.

"Why is this serve so fast! I don't know which Grand Slam star's serve! Zhang Guan, a track and field athlete, was able to serve such a serve, it should be just a coincidence..."

(Explanation: The tennis speed written above is in miles per hour, because the information I checked at the time was in miles per hour, but this unit may be awkward to read, so I will convert it into kilometers per hour in the future)

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