How many decades can there be in life, and Gawain only has one so far, and the second one has not yet been completed, and even Federer only has three decades.
The four giants have joined forces to rule the professional tennis world for a full ten years, which is already shocking; and for Gawain to be the first person to break the shackles of ten years, it is even more extraordinary.
From this perspective, the weight of history is no small matter.
Some media have slightly different ideas.
They believe that the past ten years should be called the "Era of Giants", mainly because the giants have demonstrated top-level competitiveness and raised professional tennis to a new level, not only in terms of championship ownership, but also in their four-way commitment to all events.
Strong, continuous control ability of the top eight.
In the "era of giants", Federer is the first giant and Nadal is the second giant. These giants have remained strong from 2004 to now.
Then, they faced many challenges and impacts, and maintained top performance time and time again. After the big waves, Djokovic and Murray emerged one after another.
In other words, from their point of view, "giants" is a concept, but the "Big Four" are not a whole. After all, Djokovic and Murray had to wait until 2011 and 2012 to truly mature.
Before that, they had competed on the tour for many years, but were not considered giants.
The difference between the two views is that the "era of giants" will not stop at the four giants. Next, there may be five giants, six giants, and even a heyday where all heroes compete for the throne and a hundred flowers bloom.
Therefore, their news reports would not emphasize that Gao Wen broke the "ten-year dynasty" and that the rule of the "Big Four" could not last until 2004; at the same time, their perspective on Gao Wen was slightly different, and the era of giants did not
It did not disintegrate, but ushered in a new prosperous age——
Just like when Djokovic and Murray completed their transformation and successively became the third and fourth giants, the so-called "Big Four" only have a history of just three years.
"From the four giants to the top five in the world, the fifth giant quietly returns to his position!"
"Next stop: giants. Gawain's era has just begun."
"Second in the world, confirmed! Next step, the fifth giant?"
"In the golden age of men's tennis, more peak duels are worth looking forward to."
"Gao Wen not only represents the future of tennis, but also represents the present of tennis."
"Giant? Why not!"
"From challenger to giant, Gao Wen's future has just begun."
Overall, the shock and amazement are the same, and the excitement of all news media can be clearly noticed, but the details are still slightly different.
If you think about it seriously, both ideas are correct and each has its own reasons. The difference is, when will Gawain be able to win the recognition of the giants?
So far, Djokovic has won seven Grand Slams, Murray has won two Grand Slams, and Gao Wen has also won two Grand Slams. Even the Masters champion, Gao Wen, has won two Grand Slams in less than a year.
Reaching the top three times in a row in one year, the speed of collecting championships is not inferior to these two giants.
Perhaps the only thing Gawain lacks is time, time to further prove that he can maintain his peak level for a long time.
The most intuitive thing is——
Monte Carlo.
In the eyes of those picky haters and trolls, Gao Wen did not defeat Federer, nor did he win the Monte Carlo championship. The world's No. 2 player lacks persuasiveness.
“The top five wateriest places in the world.”
"Tiger, are you serious?"
"Please don't let everyone talk about Gawain like a savior. He is not, no, no, he is not even comparable to Murray."
"I really don't know what those people are pretending to be doing? Gawain really has no convincing power at all, okay?"
"I don't like Gawain at all. Period."
"Let me tell you a joke, the second most talented person in the world."
"No. 2 in the world, but lost to Ferrer in Monte Carlo, hahahahahaha, so funny."
"There is something wrong with the ranking system. No matter how you look at it, Gawain is not worthy of being ranked second in the world."
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Voices of criticism and questioning are endless.
But the reality is like this. There are many famous people, and the more negative comments there are, it just proves that no one can ignore Gao Wen’s current momentum——
The fans of the Big Four, the audience who can't stand the media's boasting about Gao Wen, the trolls who just want to be black and black, the blind people who ignore the two Grand Slams and the three Masters championships, make their voices sarcastic, and their activeness
Become another landscape.
However, these negative voices still cannot stop the overwhelming praise and exclamation on social networks and in real life. Chinese media has begun to celebrate the New Year.
"The ranking has reached a new high, ranked second in the new world, Gao Wen!"
"Making history! Gawain's footsteps still haven't stopped."
"Breaking the blockade of the Big Four, Gao Wen continued his strong performance after the Australian Open."
"The miracle of writing came a little earlier than expected, and Gao Wen's world ranking reached a new high."
"History! History! History!"
Of course, there is also the simplest and most intuitive headline:
"Second in the world."
Coupled with the photo of Gawain clenching his fist to celebrate victory, this is enough.
The official media immediately paid attention and reported it, but the liveliest thing was always the netizens. One of the short articles became a hot topic on the entire Internet:
"Evil in the East and Poison in the West, the Southern Emperor and the Northern Beggar possess magical powers, so who is Gawain?"
Hotly discussed across the internet.
The bustling discussion could not stop at all.
Objectively speaking, the failure to usher in a historical moment by winning a game or championship has greatly affected the party atmosphere of the media and netizens.
Moreover, this is only the second place in the world, and has not reached the top of the world. At most, it can only tie the historical record, and its impact is not as good as that of a Grand Slam champion.
Therefore, the follow-up waves are relatively limited. Compared with "the second best player in the world", people are just looking forward to Gawain's follow-up performance more and are full of expectations.
But there is no doubt that the rolling heat wave can still deeply feel the popularity of Gawain on a global scale, and his every move is the focus of attention.
In Monte Carlo, four old faces from the "post-80s generation" finally gathered in the semi-finals, and the new generation's continued rise in the new season seemed to have finally hit a wall.
However!
For neutral fans and the general public, confrontation is exciting, suspense is good to watch, and the contention of a hundred schools of thought among the new and Mesozoic generations can give men's tennis more possibilities.
Here, Ferrer and Monfils both reached the semi-finals, and ensured that one person could reach the finals and attack the Masters championship. From Gauvin's three consecutive Masters championships to last year's Monte Carlo
The championship belongs to Wawrinka, everything makes this year's final full of suspense.
On that side, although Gao Wen lost, he still rose to the second place in the world. As a leader of the new generation, he continued his upward momentum.
All this means that the Mesozoic and Cenozoic generations are rising in an all-round way, and the emergence of new blood will stimulate other players to also break out, thus forming healthy competition, and the game will be better--
There will be more suspense.
Naturally, everyone in the crowd became excited and expressed strong expectations for the clay court season. Monte Carlo was undoubtedly off to a good start.
It is precisely because of this that although the new generation of Gao Wen, Dimitrov and Raonic have not been able to advance to the semi-finals, although Federer and Wawrinka, two players with box office appeal, have also been eliminated early, the industry