Ahhhh!
Ahhhh!
The air burned and the whole place boiled.
When Gawain appeared at the training ground, the audience watching outside the barbed wire instantly burst into incredible screams, sweeping past like a mountain and a tsunami. The rolling heat wave called for the return of midsummer, and the overwhelming shouts came one after another. A wave, as if you can feel the vibration of the ground in a trance.
Gao Wen and Russell walked to both sides of the court respectively, first doing simple batting training as a warm-up, and then entering formal training after their muscles were completely relaxed.
However, every move of Gawain can trigger screams from the surrounding audience, even if it is just the action of cleverly wrapping a tennis ball with a racket, the scene is like an active volcano, continuously erupting, and the hot lava will be erupted in the blink of an eye. The whole place was flooded, no one excepted.
Sampras turned his head and looked at the faces that were distorted by excitement. The heart-rending shouts were overwhelming. He looked crazy as if he was "making a god". The mood that had just been relaxed just now sank a little. , even more nervous than when he was a professional player.
No wonder people always say that coaching is the profession with the highest incidence of heart disease.
Withdrawing his gaze, Sampras glanced at Peart, but Peart was completely unaffected. He was paying close attention to Gawain's training. He seemed to be examining Gawain's physical condition and muscle condition, and then prepared for him. Make a plan for the next physical training session.
This concentration allowed Sampras's complicated mood to calm down a little bit——
As Gao Wen said, there is no need to allocate too much energy to things that have not happened. Move forward step by step and do the present well. This is the most important thing.
Training has begun.
After winning the US Open, exactly three weeks later, the first formal training session began.
Feels great.
Gawain must admit that after going around in a big circle, he returned to the practice field. When his feet stepped on the court ground, he used his toes and soles to feel the rebound of the ground, then ran, chased, and hit the tennis ball with the racket. , find the balance between strength and flexibility, sweat out, this feeling... so familiar, so comfortable and so wonderful.
He missed moments like this.
Temporarily get rid of distracting thoughts and focus wholeheartedly on hitting the ball. Slowly regain the feel and state of hitting the ball, and slowly regain the anticipation and initiation of movement. Things become simple again. Everything is about tennis. Just about tennis, where life blossoms and blooms.
boom! boom! boom!
The crisp sound of hitting the ball is like a symphony.
When Tobias finished handling the matter and appeared at the training ground, the turbulent crowd on the three floors inside and outside was still full of energy, screaming and shouting to continuously release energy, but Gao Wen and Russell's batting training had slowly slowed down. On the right track, the quality of the ball played by both sides can already be seen as a formal match.
"……How about it?"
Tobias came to Sampras and asked in a low voice.
Sampras shook his head slightly and replied in a low voice.
"The feel is still not good."
When competing in the US Open, Gao Wen gradually entered the state and became more and more confident in hitting. He dared to take shots at critical moments, dared to change lines and dared to challenge extreme landing points in corners; and he was always able to hit, especially against opponents. Kei Nishikori and Djokovic played well in the two games.
But now, as he is recovering his feel, Gao Wen needs to leave room for adjustment when hitting the ball. There is a relatively large space left for the baseline and line changes, otherwise there is a risk of going out of bounds.
Such detailed differences are often fatal when facing top players.
Judging from the training match, Gao Wen and Russell's rounds were very powerful, with sufficient power and speed. Naturally, all the fans around him were cheering; but from the quality point of view, Sampras could tell at a glance that he was in good shape. Too far off.
Tobias was not too worried, "Gaowen's hitting was also slightly conservative, which shows that he realized that his condition was not right, so he was in the adjustment stage."
Sampras nodded in affirmation, which is why they need to train, but the training time is so tight now, and he doesn’t know how much power Gawain will be able to recover during the official competition the day after tomorrow. He doesn’t want to worry about it for the time being, so He changed the subject and asked, "Has the signature come out?"
"Well, we played against Mayer in the first round." Tobias didn't show off and gave the answer directly.
"Which Mayer?"
“Argentina’s Leonardo-Mayer.”
As an ATP 250 points event, the Imperial City Open has 32 draws, including eight seed seats, and a total of five rounds of competition to determine the final champion.
This year, a total of four wild cards were awarded, belonging to Bai Yan, Feliciano Lopez, Murray and Gao Wen.
Among them, Murray and Gao Wen both applied for wild cards at the last moment.
Murray has shown good competitive form in Pengcheng and has already reached the finals to face Robredo to compete for the championship. Therefore, he temporarily applied for a wild card in the Imperial City, hoping to further improve his form and then welcome the Master of the Imperial City coming next week. game, but it is not known whose wild card he finally replaced.
As for Gawain, Tobias inquired and found out that he replaced the wild card of Serbian player Viktor Troicki. Last year, Troicki did not undergo a blood test after the Monte Carlo Masters and suffered an international netizen’s mistake. He was suspended from the league and has been preparing for his comeback until recently.
Although all four players received wild cards, their treatment was very different, because the positions of all wild card players must comply with the world rankings——
Murray was ranked eighth in the world before the US Open, so he was ranked sixth seed.
Gao Wen, like Bai Yan and F-Lopez, did not have a very good world ranking before the US Open, so he did not receive any special treatment. He was drawn as an ordinary player and may encounter seeded players in the first round.
Although in the latest week of world rankings, Gao Wen has become a new player in the top 20 in the world, temporarily ranked as high as 15th, but the rules are the rules. He still has to face the same situation as he did before the US Open, and he is still like a newcomer on the tour. Generally, lower your position and challenge your opponent.
This time, Gao Wen's fortune is still not good, but it's not bad either. At least, compared with Bai Yan and Lopez, Gao Wen is already lucky:
Bai Yan will face US Open runner-up Cilic in the first round; Lopez will face third seed Berdych in the first round.
Sampras raised his eyebrows slightly, repeated "l-Mayer" carefully, and then nodded slightly, "As a first-round opponent, it is a test for Gao Wen, but looking at it from another angle, It will also help Gao Wen to regain his touch status, at least, he is not a player with strong impact."
Tobias shrugged lightly, "At least it's much better than the US Open draw."
Sampras recalled the scene after the first-round draw results of the US Open came out, and couldn't help but burst into laughter. His always gloomy mood seemed to brighten a little.
It's also a wild card, from Flushing to the Imperial Capital, but I don't know how Gawain will perform this time.
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