Match point

Chapter 1249 Harvest Mulberry
Indeed, the clay court is still unfamiliar to Gao Wen; furthermore, the professional arena is still full of freshness to Gao Wen. It is obviously not that easy to maintain a stable state and high-frequency output throughout the long season , the test is phased.

But at the same time, Gao Wen is still learning and growing, and all the tests will become nourishment, little by little to sculpt Gao Wen's appearance as a top player, so whether it is clay or a long schedule, these challenges will become Gao Wen's different stages. A brand new topic, stay hungry.

Against Ferrer, the second set was in a desperate situation, and he was about to lose the game in straight sets. However, Gao Wen still found a way——

Just like the Australian Open final at the beginning of the year.

Gao Wen once again proved with practical actions that tough nerves and unyielding will are his labels, which are even more important than talent or technology.

Then, the game went to the final set.

but!

Clay is not a hard court, Monte Carlo is not Melbourne, and most importantly, these are two very different games, everything is different.

In the final set, Ferrer once again proved his true qualities as a "stable man". He was not affected by the second set at all, and his performance was still conscientious.

Standing on the clay, Ferrer was like a duck to water, and his physical and mental impact was relatively limited. He quickly gained the upper hand in the third set.

Ferrer was still the first to break serve, which also meant that in three consecutive games, Gao Wen's serve was the first to lose and he was in trouble.

Such a small detail is more intuitive than those technical statistics. On clay, the stability of Gao Wen's serve is obviously not as good as hard court. The reason is comprehensive, not simply a deviation in a certain link, but The adaptation and adjustment of the overall red clay is still in progress.

For example, the tactical combination of serve, the choice of route and landing point.

For example, the choice of shots after serving, and the layout of offensive tactics.

For example, the impact from the opponent's return ball should be adjusted on the spot.

Etc., etc.

At the same time, another detail also proves this point——

Break success rate.

In the deciding set, although he suffered a break first, Gawain was not without chances. He won five more break points later, looking for opportunities to reverse the situation in Ferrer's serve.

However, unfortunately, none of the five break points were realized, which directly proved that Gao Wen was not as good as Ferrer in terms of key points.

Of course, Ferrer was able to firmly hold the top ten or even the top five positions in the world in the era of the Big Four, and has repeatedly contributed top performances in the Masters and Grand Slams. He has proved his ability; but it can still be seen from the side However, red clay is still difficult for Gao Wen.

In the end, in the whole game, Gao Wen got thirteen break points in total, and only cashed in twice, with a break success rate of 15.38%, which is very fatal.

“6：2”、“5：7”、“6：4”。

Ferrer defeated Gao Wen, advanced to the semi-finals with his head held high, and gave Gao Wen his first defeat of the clay court season——

In other words, the stable guy from Spain gave Gao Wen a good clay-court training session.

This loss means a lot.

Not only did it mean that Gao Wen’s first clay-court event in his career stopped at the quarter-finals, creating his personal worst result in the Masters; it also meant that Gao Wen’s winning streak in the Masters came to an end, and finally ended at [-] consecutive victories. It is a pity that he was not able to further improve his historical record.

Embarrassed.

However, any record is like this, where there is a beginning, there will be an end; after creating a benchmark, it must wait for future generations to break it, which is always the case.

The existence of records is meant to be broken and surpassed.

Perhaps, Gao Wen's winning streak in the Masters has stopped, but he still wrote a series of miracles——

From Paris to Indian Wells to Miami, he has won three Masters championships in a row; and, so far, he has played in the Masters five times in his career and has never been out in the first game.

But they don't know when the next player who can create such a feat will appear; in addition, Gao Wen's footsteps of writing records in the Masters will continue.

When the quarterfinals of the 2015 Monte Carlo Masters were all over, the results were more or less disappointing.

After Gao Wen and Dimitrov stopped successively, in the match against Nadal, Raonic was "2:5" behind in the first set and retired due to injury.

The injury is still the quadriceps.

Since the second half of last year, Raonic has been suffering from right thigh muscle strain, and was even forced to withdraw from the year-end finals competition; after examination, it was not too serious, so Raonic adopted conservative treatment , but in the past few months, there are still some repetitions.

Moreover, the most severe challenge came in Monte Carlo. When facing Nadal, Raonic could not even finish the first set. The same injury, the situation became more and more serious, so that he persisted Race is no longer possible.

The situation is not good.

This also means that the "Youth Storm" all stopped in Monte Carlo, and the younger generation came to the clay court, and their power was suddenly reduced.

In fact, this is not surprising.

As I said before, the younger generation of players basically grew up on hard courts. The overall game style is still suitable for hard courts. After coming to the clay court, it is obvious that they are not acclimatized. They have to wait until the "post-95" generation of European young players. Only when you grow up will you change--

Although Zverev Jr., Medvedev, Berrettini, Hurkac, etc. are all typical hard court players, they also performed well on clay; and, besides them, Sisipas , Rudd and other players performed better on clay courts than on hard courts, showing the potential of clay court experts.

So far, the three protagonists of the Youth Storm have all stopped in the top eight of Monte Carlo, and have not been able to make further progress. In addition, Wawrinka, Tim, Pui, etc., who have already been out of the game before, gradually began to emerge. Challengers, in the end, The top four in Monte Carlo are all familiar faces:

In the first half, "Djokovic VS Nadal".

In the second half, "Ferrer VS Monfils".

Four, all are "post-80s"——

Ferrer was born in 82, Nadal and Monfils were born in 86, and Djokovic was born in 87. They are also the mainstay of today's professional tennis, and they are in their prime.

After experiencing the turbulent waves of the new generation in the first quarter of 2015, when it came to the clay court season, the Mesozoic generation made a collective roar in the first clay court masters, strongly declaring their presence, not just the "big four" VS Challenger", and the battle of "Mesozoic VS New Generation" is also going on.

Especially considering the existence of Monte Carlo as the vane of the French Open, does the top four lineup mean that the Mesozoic will fully counterattack in the second quarter?

But is that really the case?Is Youth Storm really a disappointment?Is the Challenger frenzy really hitting the wall head-on?

Obviously, people have not forgotten the most important thing in Monte Carlo this week -

The world rankings have been turned upside down, something that has been expected and expected, hotly discussed and hotly discussed, even without waiting for the clay court season to go further, it has already happened.

(End of this chapter)