About thirty-six hours later, Raonic updated his personal injury status through his personal social network account:
Because the injury to his right thigh was slightly more severe than expected, after many inquiries and discussions, he will accept the doctor's recommendation and undergo a minor surgery.
He is expected to miss the game for three to five weeks to complete the treatment before the injury worsens, and hopes that the injury that has been bothering him for some time will heal.
This also means that Raonic will miss the entire clay court season, including the French Open; however, according to the doctor's plan, he will strive to return during the grass court season and start rehabilitation and training with Wimbledon as the goal. Looking forward to it
Hope to be able to return to London and join this year's competition.
From the ATP to the official social network accounts of the four Grand Slams, all of them forwarded and commented on Raonic’s update——
I hope Raonic can recover as soon as possible.
Regardless of whether you like Raonic or not, and whether you are a fan of Raonic or not, for the majority of fans and spectators, no one wants to see injuries, because this is cruel and arrogant for professional players, and it is easy to
It can ruin a player's decades of hard work.
Moreover, the good show of "Big Four VS Challengers" and the "Youth Storm" of the new generation are all directly related to Raonic. If people expect that this year's men's tennis will be more exciting, then they
It requires the comprehensive rise of more young players.
All kinds of things, people sincerely hope that Raonic can overcome the injury and see him in the grass court season.
After releasing the official news, Raonic sent a text message to Gao Wen:
"In the grass season, can I reserve a practice match in advance?"
Sure enough, Raonic is still Raonic. Even the text messages are full of politeness, but you can feel between the lines that he has restored his faith.
There are many important things for injury recovery, the most important of which is the faith and determination of the person involved.
Now, Raonic has taken a firm step.
So Gawain replied with a message.
"A practice match? No problem. How about we book another official match at the All England Club?"
On that side, Raonic needs to fight injuries.
Here, Gao Wen and Dimitrov's journey in Monte Carlo continues. Although the two of them stopped in the quarterfinals in singles, they made great progress in doubles.
After defeating the top seeds Bryan Brothers in the second round, the Gaowen combination continued to encounter high-ranking seeds, this time the fifth-seeded Spanish combination——
Marcel-Granollers and Marc-Lopez.
Granollers is a strong player in the Spanish Legion, and his singles ranking was as high as 19th in the world. At the same time, he is also a doubles master, and his doubles world ranking was as high as 4th.
In fact, Granollers' record on the court is not brilliant. He has reached the Grand Slam doubles finals four times in his career, but unfortunately finished second in all of them, which can be called tragic.
The game that Granollers is most widely known to fans is a victory without a fight——
It happened at the French Open in 2016. He was about to face Nadal in the third round, but Nadal had to withdraw before the game due to a serious injury to his right wrist. This was the only time in his career that the "King of Clay" withdrew from the French Open due to injury.
Walked Granollers into the fourth round of the French Open.
However, immediately after the fourth round, Granollers lost to Thiem in four hard sets and was unfortunately eliminated. Three French Open fourth rounds and one US Open fourth round were his best results in the Grand Slam singles arena.
And Marc Lopez is the least famous among the three "Lopez"s in Spanish tennis, because he mainly plays doubles and is rarely active in the singles arena.
But in fact, in the Spanish Legion, Mark Lopez is almost a mascot-like existence. His sunny and cheerful personality and cute and humorous conversation not only allow him to become friends with everyone, but also in the Davis Cup.
In team competitions, it can always create a lively atmosphere.
Perhaps, Fey Lopez plays the role of captain, while Marc Lopez plays the indispensable lubricant of the team.
In 2014, Mark Lopez partnered with Granollers to advance to the French Open men's doubles final; in 2016, Mark Lopez first partnered with Fey Lopez to reach the French Open, and then partnered with Nadal to win the Rio Olympics.
Won the men's doubles gold medal.
Later, in 2021, Granollers, who was born in 1986, was still competing on the court and reached the men's doubles final at Wimbledon; while Mark Lopez, born in 1982, chose to retire and became Nadal's coach
The newest member of the team, interestingly enough, he is only four years older than Nadal.
Currently, Mark Lopez is ranked fifth in the world in doubles, and Granollers is ranked seventh in the world in doubles. In addition, Granollers is still ranked 75th in the world in singles. In this Monte Carlo Masters, the two
His partner is ranked fifth seed.
Compared with the Bryan brothers, the Spanish combination is an orthodox clay court expert, and both players are also doubles masters with strong strength.
For Gawain and Dimitrov, this pairing is obviously more difficult to deal with than the Bryan brothers, and each game becomes more severe.
But looking at it from another perspective, the challenge against clay court experts and doubles masters is exactly what Gao Wen and Dimitrov need.
After facing Ferrer in the singles, Gao Wen came to the doubles arena and faced the Spanish clay court master again. This clay court season is in full swing.
The competition is indeed very, very difficult.
"2:6".
Gao Wen's combination lost one set first.
After entering the second set, the Spanish combination still firmly maintained their advantage, continued to put pressure on Gao Wen, and took the lead in grabbing the match point opportunity.
At "4:5", the Gao Wen combination faced the test of six match points one after another. Seeing that the Spanish combination was about to take the victory, they still relied on their iron will to save all six match points and survive.
After getting over the predicament, drag the game back into balance and keep up the good work.
Among them, the third match point is on.
Gawain crossed the court from the bottom line, and with lightning speed, he hit the "outside-in" straight line winning point that circled the post with a sliding split. His skills shocked everyone and the whole court was surging.
Immediately afterwards, the fourth match point came.
Dimitrov's one-handed backhand volley in front of the net created a backhand hook, destroying Granollers' volley in front of the net. Although Granollers' second reaction was very fast, he still successfully completed the hit, but it was obvious that
There was no quality, Gao Wen used a forehand tap to find an opening to score.
These two points can be regarded as the essence of the second set. They condensed the eighteen martial arts of both sides and made the fans in the audience mesmerized, cheering and applauding continuously.
"7:5".
In the second set, Gao Wen's team had the last laugh. Their amazing performance of saving six match points ignited their high morale. The two young people worked hard to even the score with consecutive breaks and guarantees. This wonderful game has never been seen before.