tennis giant

Chapter 376 Four consecutive victories!
The Montreal Masters, founded in 1881, is also known as the Canadian Open, and its total prize money this season has reached 520 million US dollars.

In this event, there are a total of 64 main draws, and there are 16 seed players, and An Sheng is the 11th seed among them.

For Ansheng, the draw this time is actually pretty good. In the first three rounds, he should not encounter opponents who can pose a threat to him.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon on August 8, An Sheng ushered in his first opponent after returning from injury. He was the young player from Russia, Kacharov.

It is worth mentioning that Kacharov, who was born in 1996, is very young, and his performance this season can be said to be very good. The current ATP ranking has reached 49th, and the upward momentum is very obvious .

Therefore, like An Sheng and Zverev, he is also a member of the new generation of players with high expectations.

In this way, it is inevitable that Kacharov will be "caught" by the media and compared with the leaders of the new generation of players such as An Sheng and Zverev.

It may be for this reason that for this game, facing An Sheng, Kacharov had a very strong desire to win, eager to prove himself, he is no worse than An Sheng.

As for Kacharov, who has a height of 198, his style of play and characteristics are very obvious, and the key lies in the sending and receiving link.

But whether it is serving or receiving, Kacharov's strength has not yet reached the peak of the 80 stage. What's more, the stability of the serve he relies on most is not high.

In this way, is there any suspense in this game?
In the first set, Kacharov still had a little resistance, but in the second set, he was beaten out of temper and had no fighting spirit.

In the end, it took only one hour and 35 minutes for Anson to easily defeat Kacharov with a disparity of 6-2, 6-1.

According to statistics after the game, An Sheng's first serve success rate was as high as 86%, and his second serve success rate was more than [-]%. Regardless of whether it was the first serve or the second serve, his scoring rate was above [-]%.

It can only be said that this game is a "slaughter", ruthless and completely crushed!
Turning around, on August 8, Anson ushered in his second opponent, Kevin Anderson from South Africa.

This is not the first time An Sheng and Anderson have played against each other. Before that, they have fought several times, and An Sheng has won without exception.

That being the case, there is no doubt that An Sheng has an absolute advantage in this game, both in terms of strength and mentality.

Anderson's style of play is actually similar to that of Kacharov before him, and even worse, because he is taller, reaching 2 meters.

It can be said that the power of his serve is regarded as the top among professional players, but correspondingly, his too long height also limits his flexibility to a large extent.

As I said before, tennis is an extremely comprehensive sport. If you want to reach the top level, you must not have too obvious flaws.

If facing ordinary opponents, Anderson can use his serve to cover up or avoid exposing his flaws, but when facing An Sheng, he has no way to do this.

As a result, there was not much suspense. An Sheng once again defeated Anderson 2-0 and successfully advanced to the third round of the Montreal Masters.

And after a day of rest, on August 8, An Sheng ushered in his third opponent, he is Querrey from the United States.

This is a veteran player who has been playing in the tennis world for more than ten years. As far as his ATP ranking is concerned, he is not bad. He has been in the top 50 in the world all these years, but he has achieved very few memorable results. Not much.

To be more specific, he is a "thousand-year foil". He has participated in various competitions every time, but he has never been the protagonist.

And An Sheng originally thought that a player like Querrey should have some flaws, otherwise, after playing for so many years, there will always be some bright moments.

But in fact, after watching Querrey's previous game video, An Sheng was quite surprised to find that Querrey didn't seem to have any obvious weaknesses.

Whether it's serving, receiving, or forehand and backhand skills, or footwork, it's all okay.

This is a bit strange. Could it be that it is just because Querrey has never been lucky enough, so he has not won any decent championship in the past ten years?

After some thinking, coupled with the analysis of his coach Thomas, An Sheng realized that Querrey's ability seemed flawless, but in fact it was full of flaws.

In other words, compared to other top players, Querrey's various abilities are a little bit worse.

And when An Sheng and Querrey actually played against each other, he found that it was easier than facing other players. He almost didn't need to specifically target, because no matter what ability the opponent had Advantage.

From this, it can be said that in this game, An Sheng played very "recklessly", playing as he wanted, and suppressing Querrey to death, there was no room for turning around.

In the end, An Sheng once again defeated his opponent with a score of 2-0 and advanced to the semi-finals of the upper half.

And if it is said that the results of the first three rounds of the competition have not exceeded everyone's expectations, after all, An Sheng has shown very strong strength before, and it is no surprise that he can sweep all the way.

But when the fourth round of the race ended, everyone was shocked.

Anson's opponent this time is his "nemesis", the rising star from Germany, Zverev.

There is no doubt that the match between the two of them has become the focus of this round of competition. Even in the lower half, there are many good players in the match, such as Federer, but this still cannot stop people from looking at An Sheng and Zverev's attention.

After all, people have seen too much of Federer's game, and he has reached the end of his career. Even if he can last another year or two, he will have to retire in the future.

And what people are most concerned about is naturally who can stand up and take his place after he retires!
Judging from the current situation, An Sheng and Zverev are the two most promising young players.

In this way, the duel between the two of them was full of booing and attention!

Originally, people thought that this match should be a fierce duel where sparks hit the earth, and the two sides would inevitably fight to the death.

But in fact, the trend of this game was not as intense as everyone imagined, instead, there was a one-sided situation.

In the first set, as soon as it came up, An Sheng found that Zverev was a little slow and didn't feel good.As a result, An Sheng was naturally relentless, seized the opportunity, and broke serve twice in the second and fourth rounds, thus easily winning the first set.

And when the game came to the second set, Zverev's condition recovered, and he had basically reached his peak state, but even so, An Sheng was not weak at all.

Even, judging from the scene, An Sheng still had a faint advantage.

After that, Zverev only held on for four rounds. In the fifth round, An Sheng broke serve in one round, and then fell into a slump and was completely suppressed by An Sheng.

In this way, An Sheng once again won a complete victory with a score of 2 to 0, and used this to complete a clean four-game winning streak!

An Sheng's strength has begun to be gradually revealed.

(End of this chapter)