ten years!
How many decades can there be in life, Gawain only has one so far, and the second one has not yet been completed, and even Federer only has three decades.
The four giants have joined forces to rule the professional tennis world for a full ten years, which is already terrifying; and the fact that Gao Wen can become the first person to break the shackles of ten years is even more extraordinary.
From this perspective, the weight of history is no small matter.
Some media have slightly different ideas.
They believe that the past ten years should be called the "Era of Giants", mainly because the giants have demonstrated top-level competitiveness and raised professional tennis to a new level, not only in the ownership of championships, but also in their four-way commitment to all events. The ability to continuously control the top and top eight teams.
In the "era of giants", Federer is the first giant and Nadal is the second giant. These giants have remained strong from 2004 to now.
Then, they faced many challenges and impacts, and maintained top performance time and time again. After the big waves, Djokovic and Murray emerged one after another.
In other words, from their point of view, "giants" is a concept, but the "Big Four" are not a whole. After all, Djokovic and Murray had to wait until 2011 and 2012 to truly mature. Before that, they had been on tour for many years, but were not considered giants.
The difference between the two views is that the "era of giants" will not stop at the four giants. Next, there may be five giants, six giants, and even a heyday era in which all heroes compete for the throne and a hundred flowers bloom.
Therefore, their news reports will not emphasize that Gawain broke the "ten-year dynasty" and the rule of the "Big Four" did not last until 2004. At the same time, their perspective on Gawain was slightly different. The era of giants did not It did not disintegrate, but ushered in a new prosperous age——
Just like when Djokovic and Murray completed their transformation and successively became the third and fourth giants, the so-called "Big Four" only have a history of just three years.
"From the four giants to the top five in the world, the fifth giant quietly returns to his position!"
"Next stop: the giants. Gawain's era has just begun."
"Second in the world, confirmed! Next step, the fifth giant?"
"In the golden age of men's tennis, more peak duels are worth looking forward to."
"Gawain not only represents the future of tennis, but also represents the present of tennis."
"Titan? Why not!"
"From challenger to giant, Gawain's future has just begun."
Overall, the shock and amazement are the same, and the excitement of all news media can be clearly detected, but the details are still slightly different.
If you think about it seriously, both ideas are correct and each has its own reasons. The difference is, when will Gawain be able to win the recognition of the giants?
So far, Djokovic has won seven Grand Slams, Murray has won two Grand Slams, and Gao Wen has also won two Grand Slams. Even the Masters champion, Gao Wen, has won the Masters in less than a year. Reaching the top three times in a row in one year, the speed of collecting championships is not inferior to these two giants.
Perhaps the only thing Gawain lacks is time, time to further prove that he can maintain his peak level for a long time.
The most intuitive thing is——….
Monte Carlo.
In the eyes of those picky fans and trolls, Gao Wen did not defeat Federer and did not win the Monte Carlo championship. The world's second best player lacks persuasiveness.
"The top five wateriest places in the world."
"Tiger, are you serious?"
"Please don't let everyone talk about Gawain like a savior. He is not, no, no, he is not even comparable to Murray."
"I really don't know what those people are pretending to be high about? Gawain is really not convincing at all, okay?"
"I don't like Gawain at all. Period."
"Let me tell you a joke, the second most talented person in the world."
"No. 2 in the world, but lost to Ferrer in Monte Carlo, hahahahahaha, it's so funny."
"There's something wrong with the ranking system. No matter how you look at it, Gawain doesn't deserve to be ranked second in the world."
Rustling.
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Voices of criticism and questioning are endless.
But the reality is like this. There are many famous people, and the more negative comments there are, it just proves that no one can ignore Gao Wen’s current momentum——
Fans of the Big Four, spectators who can't stand the media's boasting about Gauvin, trolls purely for the sake of blackmail, and blind people who ignore the two Grand Slams and three Masters championships, make their voices sarcastic and active. Become another landscape.
However, these negative voices still cannot stop the overwhelming praise and exclamation on social networks and real life. Chinese media has begun to celebrate the New Year.
"The ranking has reached a new high, the new world's second, Gawain!"
"Making history! Gawain's footsteps still haven't stopped."
"Breaking the blockade of the Big Four, Gao Wen continued his strong performance after the Australian Open."
"The miracle of writing came a little earlier than expected, and Gawain's world ranking reached a new high."
"History! History! History!"
Of course, there is also the simplest and most intuitive headline:
"Second in the world."
Coupled with the photo of Gawain clenching his fist to celebrate victory, it was enough.
The official media gave and reported immediately, but the more lively ones were always the netizens. One of the short articles became a hot topic on the entire Internet:
"Evil in the East and Poison in the West, the Southern Emperor and the Northern Beggar possess magical powers, so who is Gawain?"
Hotly discussed across the internet.
The bustling discussion could not stop at all.
Objectively speaking, the failure to usher in a historical moment by winning a game or championship has greatly affected the party atmosphere of the media and netizens.
Moreover, this is only the second place in the world, and has not reached the top of the world. At most, it can only tie the historical record, and its impact is not as good as that of a Grand Slam champion.
Therefore, the follow-up waves are relatively limited. Compared with the "second in the world", people are just more looking forward to Gawain's subsequent performance and are full of expectations.
But there is no doubt that the billowing heat wave can still deeply feel the popularity of Gawain on a global scale, and his every move is the focus of attention.
In Monte Carlo, four old faces from the "post-80s generation" finally gathered in the semi-finals, and the new generation's continued rise in the new season seemed to have finally hit a wall.
However!
For neutral fans and the general public, confrontation is exciting, suspense is good to watch, and the contention of a hundred schools of thought in the new and Mesozoic generations can give men's tennis more possibilities.
Here, Ferrer and Monfils both reached the semi-finals and ensured that one person could reach the finals and attack the Masters championship. From Gauvin's three consecutive Masters championships to last year's Monte Carlo The championship belongs to Wawrinka, everything makes this year's final full of suspense.
On that side, although Gao Wen lost, he still rose to the second place in the world. As a leader of the new generation, he continued his upward momentum.
All this means that the Mesozoic and Cenozoic generations are rising in an all-round way. The emergence of new blood stimulates other players to also have an outbreak, thus forming a healthy competition and the game will be more enjoyable——
There will be more suspense.
Naturally, the melon-eating crowd became excited one by one and expressed strong expectations for the clay court season. Monte Carlo is undoubtedly off to a good start.
It is precisely because of this that although the new generation of Gao Wen, Dimitrov, and Raonic were not able to advance to the semi-finals, even though Federer and Wawrinka, two players with box office appeal, were also eliminated early, the industry People are still very satisfied with the results.
Even applauded as a warm welcome.
So, what’s next? .
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