Match point

Chapter 384 Little Abacus
Tennis is not a team sport, as long as you insist on doing yourself well, you don’t need to worry about the harmony of your teammates; but tennis also has conflicts in the locker room, because players often use the same locker room when they participate in tours——

As a sport that has been traveling around the world for a long time, tennis players often lack the company of their families and the opportunity to make friends. Naturally, colleagues who appear around them are the best objects.

If you can make some friends, play games together, and train together, you won’t be so lonely during the year-round, global flight season. There are also many couples and even husbands and wives in the tennis industry.

Conversely, if you make a lot of enemies on tour, then life in the locker room and training ground will face the isolation of being excluded.

French player Marion Bartoli (Marion-Bartori) is a typical example.

She often boasts that her IQ is as high as 175, and she has emphasized more than once that she is the smartest player in the tour, and her words and deeds reveal the arrogance of "other girls are brainless fools"; she has attacked her fellow French players more than once, And withdrew from the national team on the grounds that he did not adapt to the atmosphere of the locker room.

This is true in her words, and even more so in her actual actions. She has directly attacked other players on the training ground and at the press conference many times. Intention, "I am nobler than you."

It is this Bartoli who created countless controversies. He was runner-up at Wimbledon in 2007, champion at Wimbledon in 2013, and one month after winning his first and only Grand Slam title, he directly announced his retirement. This unexpected way ended his career.

Obviously, no one on tour will miss Bartoli.

One more friend is always better than one more enemy if possible.

At this moment, seeing Tim who was a bit dull and dull, obviously powerless in front of Gawain's joke, Tobias couldn't help but chuckled.

"Dominic, do you now regret that you agreed to Gao Wen's training invitation?"

Originally, Tim thought he would nod and make fun of Gao Wen, but he didn't expect that, he silently looked at the ceiling, and said honestly, "No, no, it's just...Gao Wen, don't ask me to sing next time, Don't you hear it? I'm tone deaf."

As a result, Gao Wen nodded heavily, and said very seriously, "I know, it's because of your tone deafness that my singing is so beautiful."

Tim finally lowered his head to keep his eyes parallel, and looked at Gawain helplessly.

Gawain raised his head and laughed.

But just as the laughter overflowed, Gao Wen immediately closed his mouth tightly. The three of them exchanged glances tacitly while keeping quiet. This scene became even more joyful, and the smiles in the eyes and the corners of the mouth were uncontrollable. flow out.

When Raonic entered the player cafeteria, what he saw was a slightly weird scene——

Obviously all the players were smiling, and the brisk atmosphere could be felt between their brows, but one or two of them kept their mouths tightly shut and kept quiet, so that the whole restaurant was filled with a strange tranquility, which seemed abrupt instead. It makes people feel awkward all over.

Raonic then saw Bouchard occupying a table alone and hesitated whether he should go up to say hello.

Raonic and Bouchard are both from Canada, and they have achieved great results together at Wimbledon this year. It stands to reason that the two players should be tied together for publicity, but in fact, the two have almost no intersection. , personality, style, preferences, habits, etc. are all different.

That is, the relationship of passing by and nodding.

Then, Raonic saw Gao Wen, who was smiling and waving his hands actively, and silently clenched his fists with a mouth shape to cheer.

"Milos, come on tonight!"

Raonic is also hesitating whether he should come forward to say hello——

Like Kyrgios in last year's charity exhibition match, he met Gao Wen once, but in just over half a year, it was such an occasion to meet again, and Gao Wen also grew up quickly, beating Kyrgios to advance to the fourth round , is now the hottest topic focus.

Raonic was not sure whether his behavior of greeting Bouchard would be considered close, he was not even sure whether Gawain still remembered him, just like this year at Wimbledon, he offered to greet Bouchard politely, but was rejected Mistakenly thinking that I want to rub the traffic.

But at this time Gao Wen took the initiative to say hello, Raonic's heartstrings were loosened a little, and he also stepped forward to say hello in a graceful manner. No matter what time it is, it is always worth being happy to see the friendly and familiar faces of friends in the tour.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Raonic is also a simple and honest tall man in private. He usually has no expression and is a little dull. He rarely takes the initiative to make friends.

But in fact, he is a sullen and stinky character, and he takes his hairstyle very seriously. Before each appearance, he needs to spend more than half an hour to ensure that his hairstyle can survive the typhoon. Therefore, don’t be fooled by Raoni Kina's expressionless and honest appearance deceived her.

Tobias also greeted proactively, "Milos, cheer for tonight's game!"

Raonic's head was full of question marks, and Tobias' support was a bit abrupt. They should be meeting for the first time, right?But thank you politely.

Tobias' support has his own calculations.

At present, "time, place and people are harmonious", everything is developing in the direction that is beneficial to Gao Wen, and the noise outside the arena is undoubtedly the best foil. According to this trend, Gao Wen may be able to win a historic record breaking The sky-high sponsorship contract really skyrocketed.

But Tobias was keenly aware of one factor that could change the game:
It's not about Gao Wen's ability to advance to the quarterfinals, but about Kei Nishikori's performance.

In the mighty youth storm, "Asian power" is also the key word of this year's US Open. In the women's singles, Peng Shuai advanced all the way to the top [-]. In the men's singles, Gao Wen and Kei Nishikori went hand in hand. There are three Asian players. Players enter week two, which is also uncommon at the majors.

The joint rise of the three players is bound to make more and more big brands pay attention to this Asian power, but at the same time, there must be competition among the three players.

If it is further subdivided, men and women, Huaxia and Neon, in fact, there are still differences in the target audience of the market, but in general, when formulating strategies, Asia is still a whole. Naturally, the performance of the three players may also affect the brand. Our analysis of market value.

Rare things are more expensive, this sentence is applicable at any time.

(End of this chapter)