"yeah!"
Gao Wen raised his hands high and cheered, with a bright smile on his lips, as if he had won the French Open with just this point.
Pure and sincere, able to deeply feel the joy and happiness from the heart.
At the same time, Nadal on the other side of the court also smiled and gave a thumbs up to Gawain, expressing his praise again. This point is indeed wonderful.
On the side of the court, Uncle Tony and Roig exchanged glances, mixed with surprise, and then both of them applauded Gawain.
With two consecutive points, Gao Wen really showed his own style, changing in the strong confrontation and cleverly using the characteristics of the clay court to create opportunities.
On the whole, Gao Wen is still in a transitional period. He has not been able to completely get rid of the habit of hard courts, nor can he fully adapt to the characteristics of clay. It is not only basic skills such as movement and hitting, but also tactical layout and hitting selection. You can also see the imprint of "hard court player".
At this time, one can see Gawain's youthfulness and lack of competition experience——
On the clay court, it still seemed strange and unaccustomed, especially since I had no previous experience of switching in the middle of the season. Everything seemed chaotic.
He needs more time to switch from hard court mode to clay court mode and restructure his game. Even the way he thinks needs to be adjusted.
Until today, they were finally able to be 100% sure that Gao Wen was indeed a first-year student on the professional tour, and nothing could be faked.
But in this situation, we have to admit that Gao Wen once again showed his tennis wisdom, fully finding the most suitable and appropriate way in his current situation and arsenal, improving his competitiveness, continuing the confrontation, and Try to find a way to turn the situation around.
rare!
Really rare!
Why are Courier and Agassi, two players who came from the North American training system, able to break through their shackles and reach the French Open?
Is it because their playing style is suitable for clay court?
of course not.
But because of their tennis intelligence, they are all players who are good at thinking and adjusting, finding ways to use their strengths on surfaces where they are not good at.
From ancient times to the present, it has never been easy to perform wonderfully on different surfaces, from hard courts to clay to grass.
It is precisely because of this that Rod Laver's feat of completing the annual Grand Slam in 1969 is considered to be a feat that is difficult to replicate-at that time, all four Grand Slams were grass-court events, which also meant that , the annual Grand Slam does not need to switch venues, just ensure the state.
At the same time, Agassi and later Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic received countless praises when they completed the Grand Slam feat. It is also the same reason. Because the four Grand Slams cover three different venues, they are difficult and open. The early years of the game were completely different.
In 2017, someone once made a statistics:
Among the current players, who can reach the top and win the championship across three different surfaces: hard court, clay court and grass court?
Here, regardless of the size of the event, as long as it is an ATP-level event, it can be included in the statistics. However, the statistical results show that the numbers are far lower than imagined.
The Big Four are of course included.
In addition, Fei Lopez, Kohlschreiber, Seppi, Isner, Gasquet, Querrey, Agut, Cilic, Dimitrov, Ti M. Pui, that's all.
Fifteen people in total.
In other words, even including the ATP champions with 250 points, only the above fifteen active players can do this.
Lucas Puy, the new generation of French player born in the 1990s, is the last player to accomplish such a feat.
It stands to reason that the differences between different venues are shrinking. At the same time, the playing styles of players on different venues are becoming more and more similar. In addition, after 2017, the "post-95s" have fully emerged, spanning the three venues. The difficulty of achieving the feat of winning the championship should be gradually reduced.
However……
not at all.
From 2017 to 2022, for five years, this list still stayed at the "fifteen people" position without any changes.
It wasn't until the Mallorca Open in June 2022 that Tsitsipas won the championship and completed the last piece of the grass-court championship puzzle. Only then did he become the only player to win the championship on different venues in five years.
Among other new generation players, Zverev Jr., Rublev, Monfils, Kei Nishikori, Schwarzman, Busta, etc., all lack grass-court championships; Medvedev, Fritz, etc. Others lack clay court champions; Coric, Berrettini, etc. lack hard court champions.
As for other young players not mentioned, they may lack more than one field type championship.
This seems very meaningful.
Professionals continue to emphasize that the new generation has not been able to rise mainly because the four giants are too strong, even if the pattern changes later——
First, Murray almost retired due to injury, so that the "Big Four" became the "Big Three". Then, both Federer and Nadal often played in and out due to injuries, so that the ATP became a group of heroes to surround Djokovic. It’s a strange situation, but giants are giants, and their deterrence still exists objectively.
However, is this really the case?
In fact, as time progresses, and Djokovic is no exception, the number of entries has decreased rapidly, the schedule has been streamlined, centered around the Grand Slams, and even the Masters has occasionally been absent, which has also made the two hundred and fifty points tournament , the competition pattern of the 500 points competition is completely open.
Despite this, the younger generation of players still have not been able to grow up quickly and establish their own dominance.
From the "post-90s" to the "post-95s", there are only four players who can win championships on different venues, namely Dimitrov, Thiem, Puy and Tsitsipas.
This phenomenon deserves careful consideration.
His eyes returned to Gawain.
Objectively speaking, the grass court season has not yet started, and the clay court season has just arrived. Gao Wen has not played an official match yet, it is just a training match. Therefore, whether Gao Wen can continue his strong performance across three different venues and even reach the top Winning the championship is still an unknown.
However, unlike those "brainless" media, they have now seen Gao Wen's training matches and seen Gao Wen's tennis wisdom——
In less than four days, it can be seen from the movement of his steps that Gao Wen is still very raw and still has a lot to learn. However, at the tactical level, Gao Wen has gradually figured out his own clay clay style. Little by little, we adjusted from the hard court tactical framework.
Roig deeply appreciates this.
So far, there are countless praises surrounding Gawain, and they are of various types. Gawain's tactical layout and game wisdom have also been recognized countless times.
However, switching venues is another matter. Even Murray, the "tactical master", has no obvious difference in his playing style on different venues. On the contrary, Federer and Nadal, two "retro style" players, often Adjust your playing style and tactics according to different venues.
Gawain is more like the latter, which is the fundamental reason why Roig once again looked at Gawain with admiration.
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