Here, Federer defeated Simon in straight sets, "6:3", "7:5", "6:2", and advanced to the semi-finals without losing any blood.
On that side, Djokovic defeated Cilic steadily, "6:4", "6:4", "6:4", without any trouble.
One after the other, the two games ended within fifteen minutes of each other, which brought the ninth match day of Wimbledon to an end, which was really disappointing.
After experiencing the ups and downs of the two five-set battles "Murray VS Gauvin" and "Wawrinka VS Gasquet", the other two quarter-final matches were defeated invariably, and the whole game was one-sided.
Not surprising, it completely failed the fans’ ardent expectations for the Challenger League to challenge the giants.
If Court No. 1 at least provided the highlight moment when Simon ended Federer's historical pace of holding serve, then the center court was lethargic. The game between Djokovic and Cilic was completely watered down. Not only were the three sets exactly the same.
, and the competition content is also lackluster——
It may be impossible to pick the top five goals in a single game.
For neutral fans, it's a huge disappointment.
However, looking at it from another perspective, the two giants once again defended their glory with strong and sturdy performances:
At Wimbledon, their strong foundation is still unshakable. After experiencing the upset in Flushing, experiencing the bayonets at Melbourne Park and Roland Garros, and coming to the All England Club, the giants are still unmatched absolute rulers.
, the golden age is still the golden age.
and!
The top four are in their respective positions.
The pattern of "Big Four VS Challenger Alliance" has once again taken shape.
At this time, looking back at the semi-final matches of the past three Grand Slams, Wimbledon's matchup will be more representative.
US Open, "Djokovic VS Gauvin", "Federer VS Cilic", Gauvin and Cilic won, officially kicking off the Challenger League.
Australian Open, "Djokovic VS Wawrinka", "Murray VS Gauvin", Djokovic and Gauvin advanced, and the confrontation between giants and challengers took shape.
French Open, "Djokovic VS Murray", "Gawain VS Wawrinka", this is the only time where giants and giants, challengers and challengers face each other and then start a sword debate on the top of the Forbidden City. In the end
Djokovic and Wawrinka join forces, a comprehensive confrontation between giants and challengers.
Looking back carefully, you can clearly see the development process step by step, finally arriving at Wimbledon.
The top four matchup is still "Big Four VS Challengers". Behind the emergence of Gao Wen, from Cilic to Wawrinka to Gasquet, the vanguard of the Challenger League has been changing, but the only thing remains unchanged.
What happened is the overall rise of the Challenger Alliance, so what will be the result this time?
Gearing up and eager to try——
The Wimbledon Organizing Committee officially announced the schedule before the start of the two women's singles semifinals on Thursday.
Friday, Center Court.
Game 1, Djokovic VS Gasquet.
The second game, Federer VS Gawain.
There is no suspense or controversy about this arrangement. Even before the event organizing committee announced it, social networks had already generally guessed it.
Gasquet can be called the biggest dark horse at Wimbledon this year. He has been on and off in the first half of the season due to a back injury, and his world ranking has dropped out of the top 20. Throughout 2014, his performance in the four Grand Slams was average. This year, Australia
In the French Open, she was eliminated early in the third round, and the French Open only recovered slightly.
Looking at it now, Roland Garros' performance of re-entering the fourth round should be the first signal.
After the Wimbledon draw was released, Gasquet fell into the 2/4 area with so many strong players, and it was also the thorny 4/8 small area. Almost no one noticed the existence of Gasquet, but along with Na
Dahl stopped in the second round and Raonic stopped in the third round. He became the biggest beneficiary.
Of course, if anyone doubts that Gasquet's semi-finals are "picked up", then his strong victory over Kyrgios and his five-set elimination of Wawrinka are the best proof. No one should underestimate Gasquet's impact.
Maybe, his miraculous journey to the All England Club will continue.
Next, Gasquet will face the favorite Djokovic.
The top seed's path to promotion was smooth sailing, but unexpectedly fell into a tough battle when facing Anderson in the fourth round, falling behind by two sets and then coming back.
As players of the same era, Djokovic and Gasquet are very familiar with each other. They met twelve times in their careers. Gasquet only won in the year-end finals in 2007, which was also called the Masters Cup.
Once, after that, he suffered a long nine-game losing streak.
From all aspects, Djokovic is the more optimistic side. Even judging from the pre-match odds, the Serbian king is overwhelmingly ahead.
By the way, at Roland Garros a month ago, Gasquet lost to Djokovic after advancing to the fourth round. At that time, the score was very different, "6:1", "6:2",
"6:3", even Gasquet laughed at himself in the post-match interview after advancing to the semi-finals at Wimbledon.
"I hope I can play better on Friday than I did in Paris and get more innings."
As you can imagine, this game was scheduled to start at the front, and there was almost no suspense.
All eyes are focused on another collision of the top four——
"Federer VS Gawain".
At this point, it goes without saying that the significance and importance of this game have reached unprecedented heights.
If in the match between Djokovic and Gasquet, everyone was unanimously on the side of the world number one, then this match was full of suspense.
So far, Gao Wen and Federer have met twice in their careers, and each side has won one game. But as Gao Wen said, these data have no reference value.
Firstly, there are too few encounters; secondly, those games are not played on grass; thirdly, those games are not Grand Slams.
The point is that Gao Wen has faced the Big Four in Grand Slams in his career and has maintained a complete victory so far.
And Federer is the undoubted king at Wimbledon. His entire career is closely related to the All England Club. He made his debut here for the first time, had his first breakthrough here, and won his first Grand Slam here.
He created a dynasty here, he is the king of the grassland.
This year at Wimbledon, both players have some intentions of driving low and moving high.
Although Federer is the favorite to win the championship, his odds are behind Murray and Djokovic, and were even almost the same as Wawrinka at one time. However, in a low-key manner, Federer showed a top-notch serving touch, and his mercury-filled offense was really pleasing to the eye.
The back garden hit one climax after another, proving once again with unparalleled performance——
Never ignore Federer on grass.
Gawain, on the other hand, does not need much explanation. He arrived at the All England Club with a record of one win and one loss. He almost lost against Istomin in the first round. Later, when facing Dimitrov, Murray continued to improve his form.
, showing top performance and saving the game to defeat Murray is the best this year.
After saving two games to advance, Gao Wen broke into the semi-finals like a dog and made history.
so.
Federer? Or Gawain?
Gawain? Or Federer?
No one can predict in advance, the only thing that can be done is to wait and see.