Match point

Chapter 1312 Balanced Distribution
When people expect a perfect draw, what exactly are they expecting?
balanced.

It's like the World Cup.

Although the knockout stage is the matchup for the championship, many fans believe that the real excitement is in the group stage and the first half of the knockout stage.

As a result, teams from different countries appeared one after another, showing their strength on the World Cup stage; and taking advantage of the situation that the strong teams have not yet fully entered the state, they created dangers, even tied or even defeated the strong teams. Thrilling and suspenseful is always full of surprises.

Second, the traditional strong teams use the group stage to practice coordination and find their status. They hope that after entering the knockout stage, they will prepare for the championship step by step. The closer the first half of the game, the closer and more intense it may be. You come and go. Collisions are often full of surprises, reinterpreting competitive sports.

It is precisely because of this that when drawing lots, people often don't want to see groups with too much difference in strength:

Although the one-sided crushing looks relaxed and refreshing, there is no thrilling chemical reaction; moreover, the strong teams did not feel the intensity of the competition in the group stage, and may not be able to keep up with the rhythm in the knockout stage, but the upset stopped early. It is a result that fans do not want to see.

Therefore, the death group is very good, exciting and exciting, but the real perfect draw still needs to pay attention to balance after all.

Generally speaking, event organizers favor the death group, because it means a strong collision, which means that the strong team may be out early, which means blood and horses, which is beneficial to the ratings; neutral fans and the general public prefer balance, where a hundred flowers bloom, The wonderful duel of the heroes competing for the throne is beautiful——

It is precisely because of this that every time the results of the Champions League or the World Cup draw come out, and the shocking death group is seen, netizens are clamoring for "shady".

Obviously, the audience is looking forward to seeing a more balanced draw, not only to support their own teams, but also for the strong matchups in the knockout stage.

Tennis, too.

This year's French Open draw is called "perfect", not only because of the top eight matchups, but also because each division is relatively even, which is indeed rare.

In the 2/4 area, Murray is in charge, and the quarter-finals will face Ferrer.

Like the 1/4 zone, Murray and Ferrer are also the bright spots in the stable performance of this year's clay court season, and the matchup is just right.

The former, unbeaten in the clay court season, is second only to Djokovic in winning odds, and Djokovic is the only two players who have won all the French Open warm-up matches this year.

The latter is still "stable". Although there is no championship in the clay court season, Ferrer's competitiveness should not be forgotten at any time in any event.

If the two players meet in the quarter-finals, there should be a hard fight. Murray temporarily leads with [-] wins and [-] losses, but Ferrer keeps winning on clay.

In addition, Simon, Pospihill, Kyrgios, Isner, Goffin, Cilic, Troicki, Mayer and other players have gathered, and there are high-profile new-generation players who also have performances Always stable Mesozoic players, although there is a lack of clay court masters, their strength is average.

Among them, the most concerned is undoubtedly Kyrgios, whose upset performance against Federer in Madrid made people believe that he can make a difference.

But the real professionals will pay attention to the performance of Goffin. The small player just beat Tsonga in Rome last week and advanced to the quarter-finals thanks to Murray's retirement. Dismounted and regretted to stop——

Don't forget that Belgium also has a large number of clay courts. The players emerging here cannot be called clay court experts, but they are definitely not weak.

Maybe, with a little luck and a little spark, there could be a dark horse in this division.

In the 3/4 area, Federer sits in charge, and the quarter-finals face Berdych.

Whether Federer or Berdych, they are both familiar faces. The overall performance of the two players this year on clay court has been slightly up and down, with high moments and low moments, so the focus is not on their strength, but on reaching Roland Garcia. The state after Los.

Of course, there is no need to repeat these.

The real fun in this division is in the other players:

For one thing, two French locals who are focusing on wanting to enter this division, Monfils and Puy, and two wild card local players.

Compared with Australia, this generation of French players is very comprehensive. Tsonga, Monfils, Gasquet, and Simon all occupy a place in the professional tennis world, each with its own strengths and styles; People are anxious, there is only one Pui at the moment.

This year's French Open, the performance of the host players has also attracted much attention.

Secondly, a series of focus figures worthy of attention, Wawrinka, Gulbis, Karlovic, Schwarzman.

Come three, the clay court masters with strength, Jia Lopez, Pablo Cuevas (Pablo-Cuevas), Krizan, Lajovic, Granollers, Damir-De Zuhe (Damir- Dzumhur) blah blah blah.

Objectively speaking, Federer and Berdych are not authentic clay court players. At the same time, their status has fluctuated this season. Partitioning has become the biggest highlight of this year.

Especially Monfils and Wawrinka, these are two names that must not be ignored. They both have the ability to attack towards the quarterfinals.

Dead partition?

Can't tell.

However, professionals also expressed that this should be a division with a relatively open competitive landscape, especially before the top eight, there should be a scuffle.

In the 4/4 area, Gao Wen was in charge, and the quarterfinals faced Nadal.

If you must choose the death division, then it must be here. Whether it is Gao Wen or Nadal, they will not easily give up the victory; moreover, this group of quarter-finals is also the closest, most intense, The most suspenseful group, anything is possible.

Of course, if the two players want to advance to the quarter-finals, they also need to go through some tests, especially Gao Wen, the first clay court Grand Slam is not so easy.

In the partition, you can see a series of familiar names:
Tsonga, Dimitrov, Fognini, Robredo, Anduar, Querrey...

Moreover, it is particularly noteworthy that the names of a series of "post-90s" new generation players such as Coric, Sock, Busta, Tim, etc. are all crowded here, plus Dimitrov and Gao Wen Falling into this division, this is also dubbed by the media as the "Youth Storm" gathering place.

The media once again emphasized that Gao Wen is definitely the leader of the younger generation. It is precisely because of this that young players are eager to defeat Gao Wen to prove themselves, and as the season progresses, there will be more and more challenges like this. To the French Open, they seem to have a chance.

However, "balance" is definitely the main theme of this year's draft, even in small divisions.

The above-mentioned players are all scattered in different positions of the draw. If they want to advance to Gao Wen or Nadal, they may need to face competition with each other——

This means that the difficulty of Nadal and Gao Wen's draws is relatively average; at the same time, it also means that there may be wonderful duels in every round, and the highlights of the event are distributed in every day of the first week.

(End of this chapter)