All-round Athlete

Chapter 834

A Masters tournament without a master is somewhat embarrassing for the organizers. China's Masters has been held for so many years, but this kind of situation has never happened.

In fact, in terms of prize money, the total prize money of the Rolex Masters exceeds 5 million US dollars, which is already comparable to the ATP Finals at the end of the year, second only to the four tennis Grand Slam events. Moreover, ATP1000-level events are second only to the four tennis Grand Slams, and there are not many stops throughout the year. It can be said that apart from the four Grand Slams, the Masters is already the highest-level 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 it will even be regarded as a very important competition, whether it is for bonuses or points. There will be one or two king-level players present.

However, in this year's Masters, the three kings of tennis have collectively withdrew.

The three kings of tennis have only just been put forward in the last year. A few years ago, when Federer ruled tennis, he was the only king; Nadal has always been the second only with Federer, and after he successfully won the Grand Slam in 2010, he was also blocked by fans. For the sake of the king, the tennis world has become a situation of Federer and Nadal. Then in 2011, Djokovic broke out and won three grand slams in one year, sweeping many strong players. The dominance shown Coupled with his previous fame, he also successfully advanced to the level of a king.

Although Murray has not won a Grand Slam championship, he is the only one who can catch up with the three kings in points, but he also retired. All of a sudden, the stars of this Rolex Masters were dimmed, and only players like Ferrer, who were not as strong as first-class players, and players like Ljubicic, Roddick, and Nalbandian who had passed their peak were left in the competition. Well-known veteran. It is really difficult for such players to support such a large-scale tournament.

Ferrer, ranked fifth in the world, became the No. 1 seed in the tournament, but with Ferrer's level, he obviously couldn't stop Zhang Guan from winning the championship.

Zhang Guan went all the way down, defeated Spanish players Ferrero and Odasco one after another, and then met Czech player Berdych. In the just-concluded China Open match, Zhang Guan once played against Berdych. After two weeks, Berdych still quickly surrendered.

Then Zhang Guan won Mayer again, and encountered Ferrero in advance in the semifinals.

Ferrero likes to play some tricky balls, but this also makes his stability not very good. Sometimes he pursues the ball too much, but there will be more nets and out of bounds.

If the opponent's mobility is not very strong, or if the age is too old, Ferrero's style of play can often achieve miraculous results. Many veteran players can't save some tricky returns with their pace. However, in the face of Zhang Guan's mobility in the world, Ferrero's style of play was restrained. On the contrary, Ferrero himself scored points repeatedly due to some mistakes.

The technical characteristics of the two also determined the outcome of the match. Ferrero, the fifth in the world, was completely vulnerable in front of Zhang Guan and quickly lost the match.

Zhang Guan successfully entered the final, while his opponent was Kei Nishikori of Japan.

Kei Nishikori's entry into the final was quite an upset. Kei Nishikori is currently ranked outside the 50th place in the world, so before the game, no one thought how far Kei Nishikori would go in the Masters.

Kei Nishikori himself has been unlucky recently. He entered the tennis world under the title of Japanese Tennis Genius. , but did not achieve satisfactory results to the Japanese people. In terms of personal life, the love affair with the table tennis player Ai Fukuhara was even beaten by the media.

In this year's Masters, Kei Nishikori ushered in an explosion. His first match was against the famous French player Tsonga, who is ranked tenth in the world. Kei Nishikori won two consecutive sets 7-5 and 7-6 when his head was shaved 6-0 in the first set, and eliminated Tsonga. Afterwards, he had consecutive fighters against Mezel and Girard Dolgorolov, Simon and other strong players have entered the finals. These opponents are all ranked above Kei Nishikori in the world, and except for Giraldo, the other players are all seeded players. For an unseeded player ranked outside the top 50 in the world, being able to defeat so many powerful opponents and advance to the finals can already be regarded as the biggest upset of this Masters.

Of course, Zhang Guan's world ranking is also outside the top 50, and he also defeated the seeded players all the way to reach the final. But no one will regard Zhang Guan as a dark horse. The only Gold Grand Slam among active athletes in the world should enter the final and then win the championship trophy.

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Since entering professional tennis in 2007, Kei Nishikori's only championship was in the 2008 Deere Cold Pool Open. At that time, he played as a qualifying player, but he defeated many strong opponents successively. Finally defeated the American star Blake in the final and won the championship.

And this time in the Masters Cup, Kei Nishikori found the feeling he had back then. He made it all the way to the finals when he was completely unfavorable, becoming a dark horse, and even going to be black to the end!

Standing on the field, Kei Nishikori was full of ambitions. In the surrounding auditorium, the audience from Japan had already begun to wave the Japanese flag, cheering for Kei Nishikori.

After all, this is Asia, and the venue is just across the sea from Japan. For Japanese spectators, it is much more convenient than European countries to take a two-hour flight to watch the game, which is much more convenient than European countries. The Japanese audience came to the scene to cheer for Kei Nishikori.

So many compatriots support me, I must not let them down! The cheers from the surrounding Japanese audience immediately made Kei Nishikori very fighting, and he couldn't help shouting while serving the ball.

Drink! Kei Nishikori hit an ace on his first serve.

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Nishikori-kun is very imposing today!

Nishikori-kun is also in good condition, another ace!

Today's Nishikori-kun reminds me of the final three years ago, when he defeated the famous American player Blake!

Jinzhi-kun's momentum is like a rainbow, maybe there is hope of defeating Zhang Guan today!

Nishikori-kun is indeed a talented tennis player in Japan. I believe he will have the status of Federer in a short time! He is the pride of our Japan!

Nishikori-kun has won the game point, let's applaud him!

Before he knew it, Kei Nishikori had already got the game point, and then scored another serve to win the first game.

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Kei Nishikori's luck is really good today! Zhang Guan did not feel frustrated because he fell behind 0-1.

In the game just now, Kei Nishikori sent two ACE balls, which Zhang Guan could do nothing about. In addition, Zhang Guan had two serve points, one of which Zhang Guan thought was a foul ball, so he caught the ball It was half a beat late, and finally found out that it was in bounds, and lost the opportunity. Even Zhang Guan couldn't stop this kind of luck.

The young man is very imposing, but being imposing doesn't mean he can bring victory! Zhang Guan took a deep breath and started his serve.

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After Kei Nishikori won the first serve, his morale was high, and the surrounding Japanese audience also worked harder and began to cheer for Kei Nishikori.

However, as Zhang Guan said, being imposing does not bring a victory, and luck cannot always be accompanied by one person. In the final analysis, sports is still a competition of strength, and morale is only a part of it.

1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, these are the scores for the next five games.

Since Nishikori won the first game, he has lost five games in a row, 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, Kei Nishikori was completely defeated, but Kei Nishikori did not give up.

In the first round of the group stage, when he encountered Tsonga, he even got his head shaved 0-6 in the first set, but he still didn't move back. The current situation is much better than when we met Tsonga, at least we got a small score in one game.

If I lose the first set 0-6, I can get it back. If it is 1-6, I will definitely be able to turn defeat into victory!

In the second set, Kei Nishikori stood on the court full of confidence again, and then he was beaten 0-6 and shaved his head.

After all, Kei Nishikori's strength is only outside the top 50 in the world, and his real level is only at the level of the first round of the four Grand Slams. With his good condition, he played well and entered the finals, but when he met a real strong player, he immediately realized out of shape.

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Kei Nishikori sat down on the chair with a dejected expression on his face. The last time he sat here, he was still comforting himself, telling himself that 0-6 can bring back a shaved head, and 1-6 can also turn defeat into victory. However, he Unexpectedly, what greeted me was another 0-6 shaved head.

It was as if a pot of cold water had been poured down, instantly waking Kei Nishikori awake. He carefully recalled the game just now, but found that the strengths of the two sides were really not at the same level.

Zhang Guan is really strong. Compared with Tsonga, Zhang Guan is a player of another level!

The Japanese audience at the scene had already silenced, and some even started to leave the field early. They could already see that the game was already one-sided. The gap in strength between the two sides made it difficult for Kei Nishikori to organize a counterattack.

The dark horse Kei Nishikori failed in the end and lost to Zhang Guan in the final. Zhang Guan also won the Rolex Masters Cup.

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1500 points, the rules, at least until next year's China Open, I will keep these 1500 points. The Olympic tennis ticket has already been obtained! Zhang Guan took a long breath: Next, it is time to prepare and go to Las Vegas Vegas took my $300 million appearance fee!

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