Looking at Tobias in front of him, he dug a hole and jumped, but at the critical moment he showed amazing explosive power and turned the tide on the edge of danger. The whole atmosphere suddenly became cheerful and relaxed.
A smile appeared in Gawain's eyes, "Thank you for the compliment."
After all, what Tobias just said, comparing him to Li Na, was indeed a compliment.
Tobias's smile also bloomed. He had been paying attention just now. Gawain's conversation and humor obviously did not conform to people's stereotypes of Asians.
Not only is he generous, but he also advances and retreats appropriately, even facing Sampras with ease, which is in sharp contrast to Macdonald next to him.
This made Tobias feel a little interesting.
Originally, the Pac-12 championship game had no appeal to Tobias. He just came here for a vacation to relax. Even if the Bruins won the championship, he didn't think it would be a big deal. It was just an NCAA game anyway. Neither was the U.S. Championship game. After the game, Sampras pulled him over to congratulate the team. He was also in low spirits.
That's why there was no opening in the front.
But now it seems that this Gao Wen is indeed interesting. Compared with his performance on the court, the temperament displayed by his behavior off the court is the most important - this is the so-called superstar potential; however, competitive sports are special, personality Charm is important, but personal strength and performance on the field are more important.
Tobias naturally knows this clearly, so fun is just fun and nothing more.
"Li Na just won her second Grand Slam title in January. Now everyone is staring at the Chinese market. She is a hot and popular figure. How about you, are you also looking forward to making history? Let the world of tennis listen too. Got some boys’ names?”
Tobias said it half-jokingly, but at least the first half was sincere——
In January this year, Li Na reached the top of the Australian Open and won her second Grand Slam championship trophy, further creating history. Now her commercial value has reached a new peak. After all, the Chinese market is a piece that can be seen all over the world. It’s a big cake, who doesn’t want a piece of it?
However, compared to the comprehensive breakthroughs of female players, the performance of male players is completely defeated. So far, no Chinese male tennis player has been able to break into the top 100 in the world. Compared with female players, Olympic doubles champions and Grand Slam champions Doubles champions, Grand Slam singles semi-finals, and the collective advantage of many players ranked in the top 100 in the world are simply heaven and earth.
Not to mention Li Na’s two Grand Slam singles championship trophies.
It is precisely because of this that Tobias's words are a little ridiculing - but not malicious.
Gawain pursed his lips slightly and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Who knows what will happen next? We should be full of expectations for the future, right?"
There was no direct response, but a rhetorical question showed a posture, meeting Tobias's eyes with neither humility nor arrogance.
Tobias was slightly surprised, and looked at Gawain with a hint of amusement.
Sampras could feel the brief collision and hit Tobias directly, "John, your behavior is very rude."
Tobias did not push back and immediately said, "Sorry, I'm always like this. I joke without sense, so I don't have many friends around me anymore."
A self-deprecating joke immediately relaxed the atmosphere. Gawain was not aggressive, but followed Tobias's words and joked, "Run! Peter, run!"
He shouted in the tone of the movie "Forrest Gump", as if to tell Sampras to get away from this bad friend. The laugh effect was very good and successfully made everyone laugh.
The conversation didn't last long, and then Purcell and Di Giulio came over in a hurry, hoping to take a photo with Sampras, and then Gao Wen and Macdonald gave up their positions.
"Gawain, are you okay?" MacDonald lowered his voice and looked at Gawain worriedly.
Gawain laughed heartily, "Mike, I'm fine, everything is fine, let's make history together!"
Laughing and laughing, Gao Wen and MacDonald once again joined their teammates in celebrating.
After Sampras, who stayed where he was, saw off Sale and Di Giulio, he had time to bump into Tobias' shoulder, "What happened to you just now?"
Tobias chuckled twice, "I just thought that kid was a bit interesting, so I gave it a try. Maybe he is indeed worth looking forward to."
Sampras looked a little speechless looking at his friend's face full of bad humor.
Tobias was a tennis player by training, but due to his limited talent, he later switched careers to become a sports agent at the suggestion of legendary superstar John McEnroe. In the blink of an eye, he has been in the industry for nearly two decades and has now become Senior Broker with the West Coast Division of IMG Brokerage.
IMG Agency, simply put, is one of the top sports agency companies in the world. Even if it takes away this "one", there will be no problem.
Their business covers football, basketball, rugby, golf, baseball, etc., and they have countless top stars. In the field of tennis alone, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova ( Maria-Sharapova) and other names are prominently listed.
As mentioned before, Tobias's own sports career is mediocre, and now he has been hoping that the clients he helps with business can write legends, so that he can sit in the player's box, watch the Grand Slam finals, and share the joy and joy together. Happiness, so he is very interested in talented players.
Currently, Tobias's main focus is on Bulgaria's young talent Grigor-Dimitrov. This player is known as "Little Federer" because his technical style and tennis talent are indeed very good. Like Federer when he was young, he did well after entering the professional arena.
At the Australian Open at the beginning of the year, Dimitrov advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time, and the future is promising.
But unfortunately, Tobias has always lacked a little luck. The players he represents have not been able to win a Grand Slam championship so far, and the exploration of commercial value has not been able to open up a new situation, so he has always been in the middle management of IMG agency. Hovering on the edge, unable to go any further.
Whenever he sees a young player with potential, whether he is really interested in signing or not, Tobias always likes to tease him, just like the weird uncle who always haunts family gatherings.
Sampras glanced at his friend and couldn't help but want to complain, but there was no chance. Reporters came out of nowhere and surrounded Sampras, hoping that he could make a comment. Views on this game, and Tobias disappeared quietly among the crowd——
That public face had indeed merged into the sea in a single turn and could never be found again.
Sampras was overwhelmed by the crowd in an instant and had no time to look for Tobias. The top priority was to brace himself to deal with the media.
