Match point

Chapter 983 Thoughtful

Sampras and Agassi are both top professional players, and they both know clearly——

Psychological shadows are unclear, but they do exist and are objectively affected.Once it appears, it may take a whole career to carry on.

Obviously, Sampras did not want Gao Wen to have a psychological shadow on the red clay, nor did he want his negative emotions to become a burden that dragged Gao Wen forward.

Agassi was a little surprised. He had known Sampras all his life, but he had never seen the old man so worried about gains and losses.

I thought about it.

"Peter, do you believe that Gao Wen can also make a difference on clay?"

"To be precise, I believe that Gao Wen can do more in tennis. Not just hard courts."

Back and forth.

Then, Sampras turned his head to look at the training ground, looked at Gawain who was sweating on the training ground, and Agassi followed him.

Although the voice was calm, it still couldn't hide the enthusiasm and excitement in Sampras' heart.

"Andre, you have also trained with Gao Wen for more than three months. You should know that this kid is tenacious, persistent and determined."

"Actually, I'm also a little curious about what height he can reach, but I can be sure that it should be more than that. I look forward to his continuous improvement, transformation and growth. Maybe it's not this year or next year. One day in the future, he can also grow into Master on clay and grass.”

"Do you believe?"

Involuntarily, Agassi nodded lightly in agreement, and it took him half a beat to realize his reaction, and he couldn't help showing a shallow smile.

Glancing at Sampras, Agassi couldn't help but chuckle when he thought of the absurdity of the whole situation, "So, what are you going to do?"

"You and I, neither of us are clay court masters, so we can't find another old guy in Europe, right? Do you think Gao Wen's player box is not lively enough?"

This is a fact.

Be it Sampras or Agassi, neither player is a clay court master. Strictly speaking, they are far from the word "master".

They are all typical hard court players who grew up on hard courts in North America. Sampras was born on grass courts, while Agassi performed best at the Australian Open.

As for clay?

In the long history of the entire Open Tennis Championship era, there has not been any clay court master in the United States.

From the past to the present, almost all clay masters come from Europe.

Of course, there are occasional South American players like Gustavo-Kuerten in Brazil and Guillermo-Villas in Argentina.

Now, Agassi understands Sampras' concerns—

Entering the clay court season, who should guide Gao Wen?

First of all, not all players are equipped with different "field" coaches, one on hard court, one on clay court, and one on grass court. This is a fantasy.

Not even the Big Four, because the coaches mainly analyze the game, tactics, and training, and theoretical knowledge is enough, so there is no need to spend a lot of time changing coaches according to different venues.

Of course, the division of emphasis still exists objectively. Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic all have multiple coaches in their teams, and different venues will have some changes in the primary and secondary positions of the coaches. Sometimes, the focus core may be slightly different.

But Gao Wen's situation is that Sampras and Agassi are both typical hard-court players. When it comes to clay, both of them have black eyes.

How to do?
Sampras couldn't help laughing when he heard Agassi's joke, "If possible, I have a candidate, Ivan, he is at home now, what do you think?"

Ivan?

Which Ivan?

There is more than one "Ivan" who can be called a name in professional tennis.

But think about it—

"You mean...Ivan Lendl?" Agassi exclaimed.

Lendl, former Czechoslovakian player.

He used to be all-powerful in the 80s, won many tour championships in the early 80s, but lost four consecutive Grand Slam finals to Maicheng.

As a player, calmness and rationality are his characteristics, but for a long time, he was considered to lack arrogance and psychological weakness, and was criticized by people.

However, in the 1984 French Open final, Lendl defeated McEnroe to win the Grand Slam championship for the first time, and then replaced McEnroe to dominate the men's tennis world.

Topped the year-end world number one in four years before and after, ATP world number one ranking for 270 weeks, eight Grand Slam champions, and eleven Grand Slam runners-up, of which he never reached the top of Wimbledon, twice It was a great regret in his career to fail in the finals.

Lendl's clay court performance is very good. He has won the French Open three times and has 28 clay court championships. The winning rate of the clay court is as high as 81.1%.

In 2012, Lendl and Murray cooperated. At that time, Murray reached the Grand Slam finals many times and ranked second in the world, but he was still unable to pierce the window paper. Therefore, Lendl, who had the same experience, helped Murray broke the shackles, and in just half a year, he was reborn.

Olympic champion, US Open champion, Wimbledon champion.

All of Murray's achievements were achieved under the guidance of Lendl.

Early last year, Murray and Lendl parted ways after suffering from a back injury.

Now, Rendell is in a state of being unemployed at home; moreover, he has settled in the United States and lives in Greenwich, Connecticut, which also means that Sampras is not just talking casually, he has really considered it.

Imagine that a legendary coach is enough to hold the lineup, but Sampras actually wants to invite Agassi and Lendl to the same field?

If it can be realized, Gao Wen's player's box will indeed be very lively.

Agassi looked at Sampras and blinked, "Are you serious?"

Sampras hesitated for a moment, and then laughed, "I wanted to fool you as a joke, but forget it, now is not the time."

"Of course, this is just a joke, not to mention whether Gao Wen can afford the coaching expenses of the three of us, just the cooperation of the three of us..."

Words, without going on, are enough to understand.

Lendl is slow, Sampras is impatient, and Agassi looks slow but is actually a powder magazine. Moreover, all three have their own ideas and opinions, and all three are proud and stubborn.

Now the cooperation between Sampras and Agassi is full of "surprises" every day. If Lendl is added, I am afraid it will really be a mess.

Think about it, Sampras is just thinking about it.

This time, Sampras didn't try to hold back any more, he gritted his teeth hard to meet the confusion in Agassi's eyes.

"My real thought is, clay court season, you pull the trigger, how do you feel?"

said it.

After hesitating and hesitating, Sampras finally spoke out.

Originally, Sampras thought he would explode, but just imagining that he gave up the initiative to Agassi, he couldn't help the chills.

But after he really said it, Sampras found that he was a little relieved, and the big stone in his heart was just removed.

However, Sampras saw Agassi's slow response, and immediately became furious.

"What's your expression like?"

(End of this chapter)