Match point

Chapter 927 A Chance

There is no doubt that people always like to witness history. It is precisely because of the difficulty of creating history that it is rare, so the moment when history is born is always particularly precious.

such as.

In the Olympic Games, the moment of witnessing the [-]-meter trapeze battle and breaking the world record has surpassed the simple victory and defeat, and has become a moment for human beings to challenge themselves, challenge their limits and even challenge taboos. The energy of the tsunami.

The charm of competitive sports is undoubtedly revealed——

"Higher, faster, farther".

Professional tennis is no exception.

In the same event, the feat of defeating the top three players in the world in a row is rare; if it is a top event, it is even more rare.

once.twice.three times.

In the years of the Open, men's singles and top events, such incidents only occurred three times in total.

In 1994, at the Stockholm Masters, Becker defeated the world No. [-] Michael-Stich, the world No. [-] Ivanisevic, and the world No. [-] Pete Sampras to become the champion.

In 2007, at the Montreal Masters, Djokovic defeated the world's No. [-] Roddick, the world's No. [-] Nadal, and the world's No. [-] Federer to become the champion.

In 2020, in the year-end finals, Medvedev defeated the world's third Tim, the world's second Nadal, and the world's number one Djokovic, including all the group matches and knockout matches, and finally reached the championship.

Just three times.

Of course, the specific situation of the specific game, from the field conditions to the state of the body to the impact of injuries, the reasons are complex and diverse, but no matter from any point of view, in the same event, beating the top three players in the world is an important task. A feat, which is why it is so rare in the long river of history.

same.

Since the rise of Federer and Nadal successively, the men's tennis world has been turned upside down, and it has accelerated from the era of competing for the throne to the era of top superstars.

It is precisely because of this that in the same event, defeating the giants more than once has become a test that every player must go through to become the champion.

Since 2004, in nearly 20 years, in the same event, only four players have defeated the three giants.

In 2007, at the Madrid Masters, Madrid was still an indoor hard court at that time, which belonged to the European indoor hard court season. It was later changed to a clay court. Nalbandian defeated the third seed Djokovic and the second seed. Dahl, No. [-] seed Federer, top champion.

Moreover, the unseeded player Nalbandian, in that year, defeated Berdych in the first round and del Potro in the second round, and won the championship five times.

In 2008, at the Hamburg Masters, Nadal defeated Murray, Djokovic, and Federer respectively to become the champion.

In 2010, in the year-end finals, Federer defeated Murray, Djokovic, and Nadal respectively to become the champion. In addition, he also defeated Soderling, the world's No. One, third, fourth, fifth.

Strictly speaking, the above three times are more or less debatable.

First, although Djokovic had already risen to third in the world ranking in 2007, at that time, there was no concept of "Big Three" or "Big Four", and Djokovic had not yet completed his transformation. Not to mention dominance, it was not until 2011 that the times gradually changed.

Secondly, Murray had already reached fourth place in the world ranking in 2008, but similarly, Murray had not completed his transformation at that time, and he still experienced a period of struggle with ups and downs. It was not until the 2012 season that he broke through himself and joined hands. Djokovic built a new era of the Big Four.

In other words, the concept of "beating the three giants" should not have historical weight until after 2012.

So--

In 2014, at the Toronto Masters, Tsonga defeated Djokovic, Murray and Federer respectively to become the champion.

This is worth admiring.

From any point of view, it is a feat to be able to defeat the top three players in the world or the three giants in the same event in a row, and it is not an exaggeration to call it history.

In the long years since professional tennis entered the open era for nearly half a century, only seven players were able to leave their names.

Especially the latter.

The "Big Four", for the past ten years, have been a unique existence for men's tennis. Maybe they will be injured, maybe they will suffer upsets, maybe they will be in a sluggish state, so that their world rankings cannot be firmly dominated The top three and top four, but their dominance is beyond doubt.

First of all, the positions of world number one and world number two can never be shaken.

Secondly, the championship of the Grand Slam and the Masters can be said to be impenetrable.

In other words, the concept of the "Big Four" itself has surpassed the deterrent power of the world rankings and has become an ultimate challenge for men's tennis today.

Any player!
If you can beat a giant in a Grand Slam, you will undoubtedly be able to make headlines; if you can beat two giants in a row in the same Grand Slam, then it is definitely an achievement worthy of special mention. Just look at del Potro and Wawrinka.

So, what about beating the Big Three in a row?

Unheard of.

As the reporter said, because the dominance of the Big Four is really too strong, they often consume all their energy after defeating one giant, and end up in front of the second giant. The champion has been locked.

three?

Difficult to climb to the sky.

Moreover, is it still a grand slam with a five-set best-of-three system?
Daydreaming.

Even, no player has such an opportunity. After defeating the two giants in a row, there is no one standing in front of the third giant.

Until today, Gao Wen appeared.

After defeating Nadal and Murray successively, and fighting his way out of the dead second half of this year's Australian Open, Gao Wen finally won the ticket for the ultimate challenge in today's men's professional tennis.

Just this moment, just this one chance, is worth going down in history.

What's more, things are far more than that.

Gao Wen will also challenge another historical record, becoming the first men's singles player in history to win back-to-back championships after reaching the top of the Grand Slam for the first time.

In such an important and special match, Gao Wen was about to face the third giant, everything collided like this and a chemical reaction occurred.

Shocking!

Nobody can say no, literally, nobody!

So, the moment Gao Wen won the match point tonight, the minds of the reporters exploded and fireworks were set off, and one or two were so excited that they were about to faint.

At this moment, how could they easily let Gao Wen go?
Looking at Gao Wen in front of him, it was like seeing a pack of prey. His faintly glowing eyes could not hide his urgency and desire at all.

The line of sight was superimposed on Gao Wen's body one by one, two by three, and all the oxygen factors were filled with intense tension and anticipation. It was so hot that it was suffocating, and it was enough to ignite the air without a flame.

A little spark?
Then the whole scene is about to detonate. Faced with such a historical moment, the blood has already started to burn.

(End of this chapter)