Xinhua News Agency, Melbourne, January 20 (reporter Hao Yalin Yue Dongxing) before the game, I’m afraid no one expected that this game would decide such an unexpected result in such a thrilling way.
On the 20th, the 20-year-old Greek tennis star sisippas come to fame in an activity in the 2019 top 16 Australian men’s singles. After three hours and 45 minutes of battle, he met Federer for the first time in a single match, and he succeeded in picking down the King of Switzerland.
“He is a legend of tennis, and I respect him very much. It is a dream come true to fight with him in rodravale.” Sisippas said after the game.
No. 14 seed sisepas is the youngest player in the top 20 ATP at present. This year is his second time to enter the Australian Open. When Federer won the Norman Brooks Challenge Cup in 2004, sisepas was still under 6 years old, but now he can compete with the King star he saw on TV that year.
“If you want to defeat him, you must be mentally prepared and firmly believe that you can defeat such a player. I will do my best to prepare for this match.” Sisippas said in an interview before the game.
On the court, the Greeks did show the momentum of “wu”. They played very actively and forced the King of Heaven into the dilemma of “robbing seven” three times.
The competition was in a state of glue from the beginning. In the first set, two people “robbed seven” and fought until 11:11. Sisippas is tall and has long arms and abundant physical strength. The number of ACE balls in the first set, the speed of serve or the scoring rate of serve are almost the same as Federer. Even, in terms of non-forced mistakes, sisypas is also better than Federer at 9:15. After nearly an hour of competition, Federer won the first set with 7(11):6.
In the second set, it was another draw to “grab seven”, and sisypas won with 7:6(3). This result greatly inspired the Greeks. He then won the third set with a strong strength of 7:5, and also let the balance of Victory gradually lean towards him.
The outstanding performance of sisepas also made Federer, who has always been elegant and natural on the court, a little anxious. After going out of the border return, Fei Tianwang couldn’t help putting his hands on his waist and looked serious. He seemed to be quite angry with his performance.
The “six champions” of the competition will have to take out their best skills to deal with such a difficult opponent, forehand counterattack, backhand cutting, crossing, volley in front of the net, short ball playing…… The wonderful duel between the two made the audience on the scene shout loudly, and the applause and cheers rang at rod Laval Stadium. Even the “Old Notes” who had always been calm and restrained in the media could not help following the rhythm of the competition or sighing with their arms, or the town arm shouted loudly.
In the fourth set, sisippas, holding two sets of victory, was full of momentum. In the first set, three ACE balls were launched, making Federer not win the whole game. In the end, sisepas 7:6(5) won the third “grab seven” and also won the game.
After the victory, sisippas took a deep breath with excitement, covering his face with his hands. Federer is hard to hide a trace of exhaustion and loss. He had 12 chances to break the game, but he didn’t catch it once, which made him feel “very frustrated”.
“I have too many regrets tonight.” Federer said after the game. “I lost to a better opponent. He held on and created opportunities for himself in some points to keep calm, which was not easy, especially for young players.”