Match point

Chapter 1107 Smile Radius
Victory belongs to Gao Wen.

This means that after the Australian Open, Gao Wen completed the feat of defeating members of the Big Four to reach the championship for the second time in a row, and it was within just two months.

It also meant that, seven days after turning 19 and 110, Gawain unlocked the "Beat the Big Four" achievement badge, three of which came in majors.

At the same time, it means that Gao Wen has become the second youngest player in history to complete the feat of "winning back-to-back consecutive Masters championships immediately after reaching the top of the Masters for the first time" after Nadal.

It also means-

Media, shut up.

History, written again!
As far as Gao Wen knows about the distant future, in the past 20 years, there are only thirteen players who have unlocked the achievement of "beating the Big Four":

Wawrinka, Del Potro, Cilic, Berdych, Thiem, Kei Nishikori, Tsonga, Dimitrov, Simon, Kyrgios, Tsitsipas, Zverev Jr., Dmitry Wedev.

that's all.

There are only thirteen players out of tens of thousands in the professional tennis world. From a side view, this once again proves the magnificence and greatness of the era of the Big Four.

Among them, the players who accomplished such a feat in the Grand Slam are quickly narrowed to three, Wawrinka, Berdych and Tsonga.

In addition, when the Big Four were number one in the world at the time, there was only one player who accomplished such a feat, Tsonga.

Data, don't lie.

After a simple inventory, it can be seen that the difficulty of obtaining the badge of "beating the Big Four" is not weaker than that of the Grand Slam, or even stronger than that of the Grand Slam.

So, what if the timeline is brought forward to 2015?

That is the moment——

So far, there are only five players who have the honorary badge of "beating the Big Four clubs" in their careers:

Wawrinka, Berdych, Del Potro, Simon, Tsonga.

period.

Literally, "a handful."

Nowadays!

In this club, another member was added, Gao Wen, who was born in 1995.

The wave of youth is coming in an all-round way.

Of course, if the media just wants to find trouble and continue to rant, that’s fine—Gowan has never beaten Federer in a Grand Slam; Their achievements are still not as brilliant as Tsonga.

Lists, comparisons, can never be exhausted.

But, this time, the media won't.

The reason is very simple:
Gao Wen achieved the feat that Tsonga and Berdych have not been able to accomplish so far, reaching the top of the Grand Slam champion, and the number of two championship trophies has already tied Murray.

Without a doubt, this is the best proof.

Therefore, those noisy voices disappeared in an instant, the world finally quieted down, and the cheers, applause, and applause became clear again.

Moreover, this time it was in Indian Wells, Gao Wen's second home court, which was of great significance. More than [-] spectators at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden witnessed it on the spot.

One point at the end of the match point, it was unbelievable, to draw such a game to an end in such a way, which proved once again that Gao Wen deserved it.

but!

An unexpected episode at the end of the game unintentionally interrupted the blowout passion and heat wave——

Gao Wen, who was completely immersed in the game, really forgot the score, and was still preparing for the next point, meticulously, completely unaware:
I have already won.

Gao Wen stared round his eyes, full of disbelief, and subconsciously looked towards the player's box.

Sampras smiled very happily, heartlessly; Agassi and Pelt were also talking and laughing in a relaxed manner, with brisk and natural expressions——

It was rare for them to see Gao Wen's stupid appearance, and it was conceivable that this would become their joke for teasing Gao Wen in the next period of time.

These expressions also confirmed to Gao Wen:

The champion, indeed, has arrived.

The audience roared with laughter. Who would have thought that Gao Wen would show such a simple and honest appearance?
Gao Wen: Look up at the sky.

He also scratched his head in embarrassment, and then he showed an incredible smile, a little embarrassed and a little clumsy, and then laughed.

When he was about to take a step, he remembered something, turned around and walked towards the caddy, and gave the innocent child a big hug.

"Sorry, obviously I was out of my mind just now, you did a great job."

The caddy didn't expect such treatment at all, and was so excited that he didn't know what to do, so he stammered in response, "No, no, no, no."

Gao Wen simply handed his racket and the tennis ball that should be returned to the caddy, "a small gift", then patted the caddy on the head, turned around, and ran all the way to the net, Federer had already waiting there.

The caddy was stunned. He lowered his head to look at the racket in his hand, and turned to look at his caddy friend. He didn't react for a while.

Then, he noticed envious looks from the surrounding audience stands, and some even whistled, and finally he got a real feeling.

Happiness and joy erupted suddenly, and the caddy held Gao Wen's racket tightly in his arms, as if embracing the most precious gift in the world.

Gao Wen trotted all the way, shook his head lightly, and smiled apologetically at Federer from a distance, apologizing for this episode.

Despite the loss, Federer smiled kindly, stretched out his right hand, and tightly held the right hand extended by Gao Wen.

Taking advantage of the trend, he gave a hug and patted Gawain on the back. Federer said with a smile, "Why, are you going to play another game?"

Gao Wen also laughed out loud, "Why don't you stay next time? Actually, my knees are trembling right now, and I've exhausted my last bit of strength to maintain my image, boo!"

As he spoke, Gao Wen put his fingers on his lips and made a secret gesture, which made Federer laugh happily——

Compared with such a polite scene, such a small joke is obviously more wise, clearly expressing Gawain's respect for Federer:

In this game, both sides have indeed given their all.

Although it is a three-set two-win game, and the score of each set does not see "seven" - that is, "7:5" or "7:6" score; but the content of each set is different. Very rich, both players have reached the extreme within their own state range, burning all the energy.

victory?fail?
Perhaps, the game must decide a winner, but there is more than one champion.

Federer could hear the respect in Gao Wen's words at once, and the smile in his eyes also surged. He stared at Gao Wen and said sincerely.

"You deserve this victory."

"I'm already worried that when I come to Indian Wells again next year, this home stadium will have to be deducted from my empire map."

Responding to the ridicule with ridicule, Federer laughed at himself about the "global home stadium", but the subtext was to praise Gao Wen for his excellent performance to conquer the audience.

Heroes cherish heroes.

After a short meeting, the two players can deeply feel each other's respect and admiration in a few words.

They all know that these victories and losses are just the beginning of countless confrontations in the future.

(End of this chapter)