In the blink of an eye, Wimbledon has entered its fourth match day, and the second round of the men's singles lower half and women's singles lower half is about to begin.
As mentioned before, this year's Wimbledon is an event full of turbulence and opportunities, turning points and history. This is true for all the men's and women's competitions. This has been proven in just three match days, which is dazzling.
The competition created one explosive point after another——
In the first round, the men's singles competition was relatively uneventful. Although some seeded players were eliminated, the biggest news was that Gao Wen saved the match point and defeated Istomin to advance. The results of other games are far from being called upsets; they are real upsets.
Coming from the women's singles arena, she is definitely a hit.
Halep, the third seed in women's singles, suffered an upset loss to Czech player Jana Cepelova in the first round. Bouchard, the 12th seed, also lost to Chinese player Duan Yingying in the first round.
Coupled with the fact that Sock was eliminated in the first round of the men's singles competition, Youth Storm suffered a major blow.
Last year, Halep and Bouchard had great success. Halep reached the finals at the French Open and the semi-finals at Wimbledon; Bouchard was even more outstanding, reaching at least the semi-finals in all three Grand Slams and Wimbledon.
They are two leaders of the youth storm in women's singles due to their runner-up performance.
This year, Halep started high and then started low. After the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, she won consecutive championships in Dubai and Indian Wells. However, she fell into a slump in the clay court season where she is best, and Roland Garros was unexpectedly stopped in the second round.
, came to Wimbledon and slipped into a worse abyss.
Bouchard's fatigue has been visible since the end of last year. His performance in the Australian Open quarter-finals at the beginning of the year was pretty good, but after that he fell into a vicious cycle of hard to win. Melbourne's subsequent season record was only a pitiful two wins and nine losses.
, the French Open and Wimbledon were eliminated in the first round in a row, resulting in heavy losses in points.
It is unimaginable that two of the most watched and anticipated young beauties would both fall into sluggish seasons.
But if you think about it seriously, the women's singles field is all focused on Serena Williams' "Serena Grand Slam", while the men's singles field is witnessing the Big Four guarding the final positions. The younger generation wants to seize power and take over the professional tennis world. It is indeed
There is still a long way to go, and it is not surprising that the youthful storm has hit a wall head-on.
Immediately afterwards, the upsets on the third match day also proved this speculation.
First, the men’s singles arena.
After Kei Nishikori fought hard in five sets in the first round and was in danger of advancing, he announced his withdrawal from the second round due to the deterioration of his calf injury. He had already withdrawn from the competition before his debut. After a brilliant peak season last year, the limitations of his physical condition gradually began.
It was revealed that Kei Nishikori's season has also been ups and downs.
Subsequently, the biggest upset since the opening of Wimbledon in 2015 occurred on the Center Court——
Nadal, a two-time tournament champion and one of the Big Four, lost to the little-known qualifier Dustin Brown in four sets in the second round.
Fu's season continues, and his position at No. 10 in the world rankings is in jeopardy.
There was an uproar.
Almost all eyes were focused on Nadal, so much so that other news on the court became eclipsed.
In fact, there are many topics hidden in other news——
Thiem lost to Verdasco and was stopped in the second round, and German veteran Haas lost to Raonic, who was returning from injury, and was unable to continue his magical comeback journey.
Young Storm player Zverev, who had high hopes, lost to wild card player Denis Kudla in four sets and missed the opportunity to write history; Coric, who also belongs to the "post-95" star camp, fought hard.
He lost to Italian veteran Seppi in four sets and missed the chance to advance to the third round.
Just two days ago, the German media was curious about whether this year's Wimbledon would be able to witness the grand occasion of three teenage players advancing to the third round together. They were also curious about whether Haas and Zverev, one old and one young, could reunite.
The hopes of German tennis were raised, but... they were all destroyed.
Topics came one after another, but they all disappeared in front of the news of Nadal’s shocking stop in the second round. There is no doubt that this is the biggest hit of the year. It has been a long, long time since the Big Four stopped in the first week of a Grand Slam. This time
This defeat undoubtedly made the turmoil last year and this year even more intense.
It’s no wonder that media reporters haven’t been pursuing the scandal between Gawain and Lawrence.
After all, compared with breaking news on the field, the scandal that has been declared over has no value at all. What was the focus of countless people a few hours ago has become a thing of the past in the blink of an eye.
Secondly, the women’s singles arena.
The cold wind that started in the first round of the competition continues.
Ivanovic lost to American qualifier Bethanie-Mattek-Sands, and Ka-Pliskova lost to American violent hitter Coco Vandeweghe.
Vendeweghe) still has not been able to achieve a breakthrough in the major championships.
In addition, Makarova, who reached the semi-finals of last year's US Open and this year's Australian Open, reaching a career high, young star Elina-Svitolina, and France's extremely difficult player Conet
The special teams all suffered minor upsets and ended up in the second round.
Sure enough, Wimbledon is Wimbledon——
Perhaps, purely in terms of variables and unpopularity, grass is far inferior to clay, and Roland Garros is the hotbed of unpopularity. However, the entire professional tennis world has realized that with the shortening of the grassland season, players have to adapt after switching channels.
The difficulty increases and upsets appear almost every year.
Moreover, there are many situations this year, especially in the first week of the event, because the grass is slippery, accidents occur frequently, and there are indeed many uncontrollable situations.
It is precisely because of this that the tournament organizing committee arranged for the "Gawain VS Mahut" game to be played in the central court instead of Murray, and we can see the clues——
For Wimbledon, the local favorite is very important, very, very important; but the excitement and suspense of the first week of events are more important, slightly more important.
Obviously, among the high-ranking men's singles players this year, Gawain, who was born out of nowhere but has never stepped onto the grass, is the most unstable and full of uncertainty; although no one expected that Nadal and Kei Nishikori would end up losing each other due to different reasons.
Gao Wen stopped early in the second round, but Gao Wen’s performance in the first round also confirmed the experts’ vision:
Gao Wen's competition prospects are indeed full of variables, and many influencing factors on and off the field may play different roles, ultimately leading to an unknown situation.
From a professional perspective, this is called suspense, and it is precisely the most fascinating part of competitive sports.
After experiencing a series of upsets and storms, under the spotlight, Gawain and Mahu walked into the stadium one after another, and were about to compete in the second game of the Central Court.
Gawain has always been looking forward to entering Wimbledon's century-old Center Court. Perhaps this game has arrived a little earlier than expected, and the swords and swords hidden behind it are also full of uneasiness; but the Center Court is the Center Court -