What is the biggest highlight of the 2015 clay court and grass court seasons?
Can Nadal reach Roland Garros again? Can Djokovic challenge Federer for the throne of "King of Grass"? Can the challengers led by Wawrinka and Gao Wen continue their strength? Can Youth Storm's performance meet expectations? Can a new generation rise?
Yes, not entirely.
The above-mentioned topics are all hot topics, but the one that bears the brunt is the historic reshuffle of the world rankings——
Gawain, currently ranked third in the world, is about to become second in the world, and even hit the number one spot in the world.
In fact, this is a simple math problem.
After the Australian Open and until the US Open, all tournaments are opportunities for Gao Wen to continue to improve his world ranking points. His resume is blank; but in direct contrast, other players are facing different pressures to maintain points. , Any ups and downs in performance may lead to fluctuations in rankings.
After the "Sunshine Double Crown" reached the top, everything was already a matter of time.
In other words, Gao Wen surpassed Federer and reached second place in the world ranking. This is something that will happen sooner or later. The key is when will it happen?
Which race? In what way? Can Gawain and Federer face off in a head-to-head showdown?
These details are the focus of discussion.
It is precisely because of this that at every tournament during the clay court season, the same questions will be repeated over and over again, focusing the attention of the world.
but!
I never expected that in Monte Carlo, the first clay court event, things would happen like this——
Federer, the runner-up in Monte Carlo last year, suffered an upset loss to Monfils and stopped in the top 16. His instant world ranking points plummeted by 510 points.
Before Monte Carlo, the world ranking point difference between Federer and Gao Wen was only 215 points. This also means that even if Gao Wen takes a truce this week and does not compete, he can complete the overtake and create history while lying in the swimming pool on vacation. Become second in the world.
What's more, Gawain didn't.
Not only that, Gao Wen also successfully entered the quarterfinals in Monte Carlo, earning 180 points. Not only will he successfully overtake Federer, but he will also further widen the points gap with Federer. In the next clay court season, he will become the "world's No. 1 player". 2. In the battle for "two", win some opportunities for yourself.
History is written like this.
Accident!
Very very unexpected!
Originally, people were expecting that Gawain and Federer would meet up with the semi-finals, face off, and determine the number two in the world through a victory or defeat. Just like the championship trophy, the "number two" in the world also needs a Huashan sword debate. The ultimate showdown will be decided, which is enough to make the blood boil.
However, no.
Federer was knocked out unexpectedly, and the matter was settled.
Immediately afterwards, Gao Wen also stopped in the quarterfinals, but the second place in the world was already confirmed.
This is what the "World Ranking" is. Different from the championship, this list is determined based on the performance in the past year. It does not depend on the championship of one game or one stop. Long before the results come out, the long-term accumulation has already The direction was determined.
Although Federer and Gauvin did not have a head-to-head confrontation, Gauvin's performance in defeating Federer to win the championship in Indian Wells was convincing enough. Then, everything was reflected in the world ranking points, pushing Perform a new historical feat.
Of course, the Monte Carlo event is still ongoing, and the world rankings will not be updated for the time being. You need to wait until next Monday for the system to complete the update.
However, the news media couldn't wait to start publicizing and building momentum. With Federer's elimination, a lot of news was flying all over the sky——
Gao Wen will soon be ranked second in the world.
This means that Gao Wen is about to play the French Open as the second seed; this means that Gao Wen equals history and becomes the third Asian/Asian singles player after Zhang Depei and Li Na to reach the second highest world ranking; This means that Gao Wen has once again raised the limits of Asian men's singles players to a new level.
More importantly, sit back and look at one:
Until the US Open, Gao Wen still had a lot of room to increase his points. Although the point difference between him and Djokovic was huge, there was not no chance.
Whether it is Zhang Depei or Li Na, all Asian singles players have never touched the historical heights. The opportunity has once again come to Gao Wen. Standing at the crossroads of making history, Gao Wen's next performance is also worth looking forward to.
Next, the competition between Gao Wen and Djokovic will be even more exciting. In addition, there is Federer who is eagerly preparing to regain the world's second place, coupled with Murray and Nadal who continue to attack, the men's tennis world is indeed It's exciting.
The Monte Carlo Masters is still going on, but social media can’t wait to blow up.
The moment that has been waited for and waited for, discussed and discussed hotly, arrived early in Monte Carlo. After a brief period of panic and confusion, all the emotions were released.
However, "history" is indeed history, but the reporting perspective is slightly different.
The reason is not complicated.
Since the 21st century, men's professional tennis can be divided into two eras, with the first week of February 2004 as the watershed, becoming the two eras before the Big Four and after the Big Four:
The former was the end of the golden era when hundreds of schools of thought contended, and then Federer reached the top of the world.
The latter is a long dynasty in which the four giants work together to dominate the professional tennis world.
However, strictly speaking, the "Big Four Era" should also be divided into two parts, one before the other.
In the first week of July 2011, Djokovic reached the top of the world rankings, using the ranking as a benchmark to divide the era of the Big Four.
Previously, it was the era of Federer and Nadal playing each other. In the past seven years, the two players only lost the two Grand Slams once, the Australian Open and the US Open. Together, they won the championships in all important events, truly creating a new era. era.
After that, there was an era when Djokovic and Murray emerged one after another and reshuffled the cards. They raised the competitive level of professional tennis to a new level in all aspects, and stimulated and promoted each other to compete with each other. Men's tennis ushered in its heyday.
In other words, there are still differences among professional opinions in the professional tennis community on how to define the "Big Four Era".
Some media believe that
"The fifth pole has officially made its debut, and the era of the Big Four is facing the crisis of collapse."
"Ten years of history have reached a turning point. Gao Wen has broken the dominance of the Big Four and is about to become the new world No. 2."
"Finally! The post-90s generation has stepped onto the stage of history. Can Gao Wen become the next world number one?"
"The era of giants is facing crisis for the first time in ten years, and Gawain is becoming a disruptor."
"Witness history, for the first time since the first week of February 2004, an unfamiliar face has entered the top two in the world."
"The world of men's professional tennis has changed, and a glorious decade has reached a turning point."
"Gawain, the history maker from China, single-handedly broke the ten-year dynasty!"
boom!
Boom boom boom!
In their view, the "Big Four" are a whole. Even if Djokovic and Murray emerged after 2011, they are still tied to the title of the Big Four, replacing Federer's emergence in 2004. In ten years, what Gawain attacked was the "Four Giant Dynasties" for ten years, and the shock and impact were naturally more intense.
ten years.
The first player to break the dominance of the Big Four in exactly ten years is indeed extraordinary.
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