In the last week of April, the Pac-12 championship game came to an end. The UCLA Bruins successfully won the local derby and defended their championship. After the game, major news media also reported on it.
The layouts are large and small.
Titles come in all shapes and sizes.
Among them, the "Los Angeles Times" report is considered the most sincere - no matter what, this is a Los Angeles derby, and they naturally need to give some face.
“The Bruins successfully defended their title—
Freshmen dominate the game."
In the report, the "Los Angeles Times" believed that the two freshmen Gao Wen and McDonald were worthy of the key core.
The former defeated the Trojans' strongest player, Saramento, and his impeccable performance allowed the Bruins to seize the opportunity; the latter gave the opponent a head-on blow when their counterattack started, ending the battle before the game fell into a further stalemate.
The most surprising thing is that both Geelong and Thompson lost, and the Bruins relied on their "weak links" to win - last season, whether it was doubles or the fourth, fifth, and sixth singles, it was indeed the Bruins' shortcomings.
, but this season, the Bruins have shown a new look.
Does this mean that the Bruins, who unfortunately missed the championship in the National Championship finals last year, can go one step further this year?
UCLA has such expectations from top to bottom, but they still need to ask their competitors if they agree.
Obviously, in May Madness, top players from all over the United States will appear one after another, which also means that the competition will become more intense, but we don’t know how the Bruins and Trojans will perform.
This is the third time in just one month that the "Los Angeles Times" has reported on the Los Angeles derby, and the fourth time that Gao Wen's name has been seen in the report——
It is worth mentioning that Gao Wen is also the only player in the Bruins team to maintain a complete victory this season. He can win as long as he plays and has played the key role many times.
Slowly, slowly, the residents of California began to become familiar with this name. Although the influence of NCAA tennis is still a little weak, I saw this name again and again, and each time it was followed by a series of praises. Naturally, I
Leave an impression in your mind.
So, can this "Mr. Key" continue his magical performance and shine on the stage of the United States Championship?
Gu Xiao was having breakfast at Starbucks, thinking that he should go to the library to study later. There was a presentation that needed to be prepared next week, and there was also a group project that also needed to prepare some materials. Thinking of so many things made his head feel a little bloated.
, waved his hand distractedly, as if he wanted to put aside his distracting thoughts for the time being, and then focused on the "Los Angeles Times" on the table.
In fact, he didn't know what he was looking at, he just flipped through it to divert his attention, reading the meaningless words word by word, and then he noticed a strange name.
"Wen-Gao".
Are you sure this isn't pinyin? Why does it look like the name of a compatriot?
Gu Xiao's eyes moved upward again, the thoughts in his mind were brought back, and he read it again carefully, and then he became vaguely interested.
Gao Wen, like him, is an international student, but he studies hard in the library day and night, makes progress every day, and does not listen to what is going on outside the window, while this classmate is sweating in the tennis court and achieving great results. Gu Xiao is a little bit
Surprisingly, I didn't notice the news about the tennis team at all.
tennis?
Gu Xiao is indeed a bit unfamiliar. After thinking about it seriously, he has only heard of the names Zheng Jie, Yan Zi, Li Na, and Sun Tiantian, because they have created many good results in the Olympics, and Li Na also won the Grand Slam championship at the beginning of this year.
, but there is no impression of the male players.
So, now you can actually see the names of their men's tennis players in the "Los Angeles Times"? Is this awesome?
As soon as his eyes turned, Gu Xiao took advantage of the situation to search on his laptop and browsed a few times. Unexpectedly, he discovered that this was not the first time that the "Los Angeles Times" mentioned Gao Wen. This compatriot young player was still attracting attention in the NCAA.
Based on his imagination, he posted a post on Tieba.
"Excuse me, what is the level of being the main player of the NCAA tennis championship? This year, there is one of our compatriots among the main players of the UCLA championship."
Gu Xiao left a post casually without thinking much about it, then he forgot about it, hurriedly finished his breakfast and went to the library to study.
It wasn't until he was getting ready to go to bed at night that Gu Xiao remembered this incident and reopened the post. He originally thought that no one would pay attention to it, but he didn't expect that he would receive more than a hundred replies in the blink of an eye - Li Na won the second place at the beginning of the year.
After the Grand Slam championship, the discussion of tennis in China has indeed reached a new level.
"NCAA? That's the amateur level, right?"
"What champion? Why haven't you heard of it?"
"Main player? Are you sure you are the main player? Not a bench player, right?"
"I haven't seen any domestic news at all. Is it true?"
"Not at the level of a top expert."
"It's not worth paying attention to. Let's wait until it reaches Kei Nishikori's level before paying attention."
After browsing through it briefly, most of them were as confused as he was. The NCAA's mass base in the country was very low, and tennis was even more ignored. There were many voices making fun, questioning, and complaining. Obviously no one could say
Come up with a reason.
However, there is a netizen who is slightly more professional.
"Semi-professional level. UCLA is a first-level NCAA league and has outstanding strength. Being able to occupy the main role in the team and win the championship with the team is already very good and worthy of praise.
However, there is still a big gap between youth tennis competitions and professional competitions. The overall level of the NCAA is almost the same as that of youth competitions. Current performance does not guarantee that you will be good when you turn professional in the future. I can only say that it is worthy of attention.
But to take a step back, men’s tennis in China is really in a state of collapse right now. Young people should be encouraged if they can have good prospects. So, who are you talking about?”
I see.
Gu Xiao gently raised his chin, showing a look of understanding, and then replied to the post, "Gaowen, it seems he is a freshman."
I didn’t expect that there would be a follow-up, and the reply came quickly.
"It's interesting. I just did some research and found out that this is the first Chinese player to serve as the main force in the NCAA Division I league and win the championship with the team! There really was no such player before!"
"Gao Wen! I actually saw his photos and information on the official website of the UCLA Bruins, as well as photos of the team celebrating the championship together. Haha, when I suddenly saw such news, I couldn't help but feel a little...
I'm so happy. Compared to women's tennis, our men's tennis lacks too much attention."
"However, the NCAA's league championship has limited gold content, and only the national championship has a little weight. No wonder there is no news in the domestic media now."
"By the way, May Madness is coming soon. If you are interested, you can pay attention and take a look. Who knows, maybe there will be unexpected surprises?"
Gu Xiao was stunned for a moment, Crazy May? What is that? Carnival?