Tennis is not a team sport. As long as you insist on being yourself, there will be no problem. There is no need to worry about the harmony of teammates; but tennis also has locker room conflicts, because players often use the same locker room when participating in tour events——
As a sport that travels around the world for a long time, tennis players often lack the company of their families and the opportunity to make friends. Naturally, the best friends are their colleagues who are around them.
If you can make some friends, compete in matches and train together daily, you won't be so lonely during the year-round, global flying season. There are many couples and even couples in the tennis industry.
On the other hand, if you make a lot of enemies on tour, then life in the dressing room and training ground will face the isolation of being excluded.
French player Marion-Bartori is a typical example.
She often boasted that her IQ was as high as 175. She emphasized more than once that she was the smartest player on the tour, and her words and demeanor revealed the arrogance of "other girls are brainless idiots"; she attacked her fellow French players more than once, And he quit the national team on the grounds that he could not adapt to the atmosphere in the locker room.
Her words are true, and her actual actions are even more true. She has directly attacked other players on many occasions at the training ground and at press conferences. The arrogance and isolation shown in her gestures have always refused to be associated with other players, and she has not concealed it. Plan, "I am nobler than you."
It is this kind of Bartoli who has created countless controversies. She was the Wimbledon runner-up in 2007 and the Wimbledon champion in 2013. She also announced her retirement directly one month after winning her first and only Grand Slam championship. An unexpected way to end his career.
Obviously, no one on tour will miss Bartoli.
If possible, one more friend is always better than one more enemy.
At this time, looking at Tim who was a little dull and slow, he was obviously helpless in the face of Gawain's joke, and Tobias couldn't help but chuckle.
"Dominic, do you regret agreeing to Gawain's training invitation now?"
I originally thought that Tim would nod and tease Gawain, but unexpectedly, he looked at the ceiling silently, and then said honestly, "No, no, it's just... Gawain, don't instruct me to sing next time, Didn't you hear that? I'm tone-deaf."
As a result, Gawain nodded heavily and said with great seriousness, "I know, it's because you are tone-deaf that my singing voice is so beautiful."
Tim finally lowered his head to keep his eyes level, and looked at Gawain helplessly.
Gawain threw his head back and laughed.
But the laughter just overflowed, and Gawain immediately closed his mouth tightly. The three of them exchanged glances in a tacit understanding while keeping quiet. This scene became even more joyful, and the smiles in his eyes and corners of his mouth could not be controlled. flow out.
When Raonic entered the players' restaurant, he saw a slightly weird scene——
Obviously all the players were smiling, and the light atmosphere could be felt between their brows, but one or two of them kept their mouths shut tightly and remained quiet, so that the whole restaurant was filled with a strange tranquility, which seemed abrupt instead. It makes people feel awkward all over.
Then, Raonic saw Bouchard occupying a dining table alone and hesitated whether he should go up and say hello.
Raonic and Bouchard are both from Canada and have achieved good results together at Wimbledon this year. It stands to reason that the two players should be bundled together for publicity, but in fact, the two have almost no intersection. , personalities, styles, preferences, habits, etc. are all different.
It's just a matter of nodding as you pass by.
Then, Raonic saw Gao Wen, who was smiling and actively waving hello, and silently cheered with a fist in the shape of his mouth.
"Milos, come on tonight!"
Raonic was also hesitating whether he should step forward to say hello——
At last year's charity exhibition match, he, like Kyrgios, had a chance encounter with Gao Wen, but in just over half a year, it was such an occasion to meet again, and Gao Wen also grew up quickly and defeated Kyrgios to advance to the fourth round. , is now the hottest topic.
Raonic was not sure whether his step forward to say hello would be considered as being too close. He was not even sure whether Gao Wen still remembered him. Just like at Wimbledon this year, he took the initiative to greet Bouchard politely, but was ignored. I mistakenly thought that I wanted to take advantage of the traffic.
But at this moment, Gao Wen took the initiative to say hello, and Raonic's heartstrings relaxed a little, and he generously stepped forward to say hello. No matter when, it is always worth being happy to see the faces of friendly and familiar friends in the tour.
"haven't seen you for a long time."
Raonic is also a tall and honest man in private. He usually has no expression and is a bit dull. He rarely takes the initiative to make friends.
But in fact, he is a sultry character who takes his hairstyle very seriously. He spends more than half an hour before each appearance to ensure that his hairstyle can survive a typhoon. Therefore, don’t be fooled by Laoni. Qi's honest look with no expression deceived him.
Tobias also greeted proactively, "Milos, do your best for the game tonight!"
Raonic's head was full of question marks, and Tobias's support was a bit abrupt. It must be their first meeting, right? But thank you politely.
Tobias' support has his own agenda.
At present, "the right time, the right place and the right people", everything is developing in the direction that is favorable to Gao Wen. The uproar outside the stadium is undoubtedly the best foil. According to this trend, Gao Wen may be able to score a historic record-breaking The sky-high sponsorship contract really skyrocketed.
But Tobias keenly noticed a factor that might change the situation of the battle:
It's not that Gawain can advance to the quarterfinals, but how Kei Nishikori performs.
In the mighty youth storm, "Asian power" is also the key word of this year's US Open. In the women's singles field, Peng Shuai advanced all the way to the top 16. In the men's singles field, Gawain and Kei Nishikori advanced side by side. Three Asians Players enter the second week, which is also not common in the majors.
The rise of the three players will inevitably make more and more big brands pay attention to this Asian force, but at the same time, there will inevitably be competition between the three players.
If further broken down, men and women, China and Neon, in fact, the market target audience is still different, but overall when formulating strategies, Asia is still a whole, naturally, the performance of the three players may also affect the brand our analysis of market value.
The saying that rare things are valuable is applicable at any time.
