In the flash of lightning, Gawain had thousands of thoughts in his mind——
Since the new season, he has been trying to get rid of the fixed impression of his previous life, because his appearance has changed history. The butterfly effect is producing a series of chain reactions. People and things that were once familiar are changing, and dominoes are being toppled.
Change the trajectory of progress.
If you continue to make judgments based on your own familiar impressions, you may be the one who suffers the backlash in the end.
From Melbourne to Indian Wells and Miami, from Monte Carlo to Paris, in just half a season, Gao Wen has slowly entered the state, begun to learn to live in the present, and accept the reality that this is a parallel universe.
Everything familiar has gone off the rails.
Not only his own fate, but also the fate of others has opened a new chapter, and everything is heading towards an unknown future.
But now, looking at Dimitrov in front of him, Gawain couldn't help but recall the trajectory he was familiar with. Everything seemed to be happening again, and even worse.
In his previous life, Dimitrov's 2015 season was also a disaster.
After entering the grass court season, he first failed to defend his title in the second round at the Queen's Club, and then was upset in the third round at Wimbledon. After losing a huge amount of points, the world ranking fell off a cliff and fell out of the top 30.
When Wimbledon came to an end, Dimitrov first announced his breakup with Sharapova, and then parted ways with meritorious coach Rashid to end their cooperation.
Disaster, a complete disaster, but if you think the disaster ends here, you would be too young and naive. In fact, this is just the beginning.
After Wimbledon, Dimitrov slid further into the abyss of hell. He was ups and downs in purgatory. He was eliminated early in all competitions, large and small. He was still able to win games, but it was difficult to sustain——
For a long time, Dimitrov was unable to win more than three consecutive games, and his good form came and went like a power outage.
Moreover, the number of first-round exits in different events also gradually increased. From the initial "unexpected upset" to the later "usual", Dimitrov's halo of genius gradually dissipated, and he slowly withdrew from the top ranks and became a
A mediocre member of the tour who can no longer see the light.
In the two full years from 2015 to 2016, the best results in the Grand Slam were only two events, one at the beginning and one at the end. The Australian Open in 2015 and the US Open in 2016 broke into the fourth round respectively, and all other events were stopped.
The first week was abysmal with no hope in sight.
The world ranking even fell out of the top fifty.
What's worse is that during this period, Dimitrov seemed to be in confusion, lost his judgment, kept hiring unknown coaches, changed three coaches in two years, and
Not to mention the coaching ability, even the basic running-in time is not enough.
So, we fell into a vicious cycle.
Although Dimitrov is indeed talented, his psychological softness and harsh self-requirements have become shackles that restrict his free play——
To a certain extent, he is exactly the same as Federer in his youth, even his weaknesses are exactly the same.
Later, Federer met Milka.
Although Mirka is arrogant and picky, no one can deny that Mirka is the missing piece of the puzzle for Federer.
Milka gave up her unsuccessful professional tennis career for Federer and became the woman who stood behind Federer. She not only tolerated him, enlightened him and encouraged him, but also became the most important spiritual pillar in Federer's team, helping Federer complete his final transformation.
Federer himself admitted that without Milka, he would not be who he is today.
Unfortunately, Dimitrov did not have such good luck——
In other words, Dimitrov also met his piece of the puzzle, Sharapova. Similarly, Dimitrov once proposed to Sharapova.
However, they were unable to continue to support each other, and from here on, Dimitrov embarked on another path.
This trough lasted for two full years and was not broken until 2017.
In 2017, Dimitrov first reached the semi-finals at the Australian Open and ushered in a breakthrough; then he won his first career Masters championship in Cincinnati; and he broke out at the end of the year and won the year-end finals championship.
, and won the most important championship trophy in his career.
The timeline is back in front of you——
Indeed, when Gawain's butterfly flaps its wings, history has slightly deviated from its track, and one miracle after another that has not happened is taking place.
However, it does not seem to be a good thing for Dimitrov.
The grass-court season has just begun, and Dimitrov has already parted ways with Rashid. Putting aside Rashid's importance as a meritorious coach for the time being, this also means that when the grass-court season faces heavy pressure to maintain points,
Dimitrov will compete alone without a coach.
In Gao Wen's view, tennis coach is a special role——
In addition to collecting information before the game, analyzing the situation, and formulating tactics, they also play the role of support and become a spiritual pillar.
In this way, when players stand on the court and fight, they can clearly know that they are not fighting alone.
But now, Dimitrov has no backing.
Originally, Gawain was thinking that history has changed, maybe Dimitrov will not make the same mistakes again, maybe he, a little butterfly, can bring more positive effects by flapping his wings hard, but why now it seems that things are getting worse.
Is it getting worse?
Not good!
So, what should we do next?
In fact, in Gawain's view, Dimitrov's ability has always been there. From talent to strength to ability, there is no problem. What binds his hands and feet is always the inner demon. As long as he can break through the inner demon, he can emerge from the cocoon and become a butterfly.
, let alone whether Dimitrov can achieve Federer's achievements, but from the performance of the 2017 year-end finals champion, we know that he has the ability to defeat any player——
Including the Big Four.
However, the key point is that competitive sports are just like this. While fighting against your opponents, the most important thing is to fight against yourself.
If they can't defeat their inner demons, if they can't control themselves, if they can't break through themselves, then they have already lost to themselves before losing to their opponents.
No one else can help with this matter.
So, what should Gawain do?
It is not difficult for Gawain to just say a few words of chicken soup for the soul to express comfort and encouragement, but he does not think that these words can give Dimitrov substantial help.
After all, they all understand those principles; but the cruelest thing about life is that even if they have read all the principles familiarly, they still cannot answer all the questions.
Many times, what they need is not a truth or an answer, but maybe just a belief, and that is enough.