Although Wimbledon has not ended yet, for Gao Wen, the grass court season has come to an end. The seemingly long three months have passed by in a blink of an eye, and it has come to an end before I can fully enjoy it. Just like the spring in London, it just happened yesterday.
As soon as I arrived, I turned around and it was already over.
Of course, to be precise, this statement is incorrect.
In the following July, there is also a brief window of red clay, scattered around the world.
Including Sweden, Croatia, Germany, Switzerland and other countries and regions, clay court events of different levels are held respectively, with the two hundred and fifty point tournaments and the five hundred point tournaments being the main ones.
In addition, there is a grass court event in Newport, USA, and a hard court event in Bogota, Colombia. Both events are at the 250 points level.
In other words, after the French Open and Wimbledon, there is still a window period to provide players with clay court and grass court events.
Although all are low-level events, for professional players, it is a very important adjustment period in the season——
Those players who have achieved good results at Roland Garros and Wimbledon are exhausted physically and mentally. They can use this time to rest and adjust, accumulate energy for the second half of the season, and win valuable breathing time in the intensive schedule.
For those players whose performance is lower than expected or who regret not achieving satisfactory results, on the one hand, they need these events to earn points and bonuses; on the other hand, they also need these events to adjust their feel and prepare for the upcoming North American hard court season.
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In other words, players can freely arrange their schedule for the next July based on their performance in the past two Grand Slam tournaments and warm up for the second half of the season.
This year, the U.S. Open series will kick off in Atlanta on July 27, followed by Washington, Montreal, and Cincinnati. The crown jewel will be the U.S. Open in New York on August 31.
, pushing the North American summer hard court season to a climax.
Gawain, of course, is also in this group——
French Open semi-finals, Wimbledon semi-finals.
Such a performance is definitely in the first echelon of the ATP. Only Djokovic, who has reached the finals of two consecutive events, has a stronger performance than Gawain.
However, for Gawain, the harvest is far more than that.
In fact, since the end of the Australian Open, the frequency of "system" has begun to decrease significantly. As Gao Wen judged, the second upgrade bottleneck is slowly emerging.
Fortunately, the next step is to change the venue and channel. Different challenges and different training are undoubtedly the best way to break the bottleneck. The existence value of the clay court season and the grass season is not only a new track, but also an opening to the new track.
A platform for a whole new world.
——Gawain, firmly grasped the opportunity.
There were breakthroughs on clay and grass respectively, but the most important thing is that this journey to Wimbledon is particularly precious to Gawain.
Breaking into the semi-finals is a feat; but what really deserves attention is the way to get there:
Saving games against Istomin and Murray is a severe test of will and ability.
Faced with Federer's save to push the game into the final set, it was already breaking one's own limits. The stalemate and maneuvering in the long-set decider was an all-round test. The last continuous save to use up the last bit of energy showed another side of tennis.
Everyone thought that clay court was a test, but they did not expect that Gao Wen would face the most important and difficult two-week journey of his career on grass.
Therefore, when the clay court season and the grass court season came to an end one after another, the system attributes indeed ushered in a bumper harvest——
Even beyond imagination.
At least, as far as Gawain himself was concerned, he didn't expect it.
Including natural growth and system accumulation, the attribute points have been increased by a full eighteen points.
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The physical attributes increased from 92 to 93, and the improvement was very limited. Even after two long semi-finals, the improvement was still not obvious.
The technical attributes soared from 91 to 95, an increase of four points. From the front, you can feel the different improvements in technical characteristics of different venue types.
In essence, Gao Wen is a player whose skills are stronger than his body. His talent level has already determined the upper limit, and the difficulty of improvement is naturally different.
However, in Gao Wen's view, his gains at Wimbledon are still limited.
The main reason is that the grass court season is too short, and the tournament is over before he can fully adapt to it. From beginning to end, he played a total of eight official games in the entire grass court season, which is simply a gap in his teeth compared to the hard court season.
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This can be deeply felt in the two games with Murray and Federer. At the critical moment, Gao Wen's handling is still hard court or even clay court style, but not grass court style. From a technical perspective, Gao Wen's handling is still hard court or even clay court style.
Wen failed to give full play to his strengths.
Maybe next year, he should partner with Dimitrov in doubles events to get more accustomed to the feeling of grass.
The mental attribute was increased from 95 to 97, another increase of two points.
There is no doubt that a big heart and 100% concentration are still the strongest and most tenacious parts of Gawain in all aspects of competition.
The test of consecutive saves in multiple games should play an important role. This is also the first time in his career that Gao Wen has saved more than one promotion in a Grand Slam event. From this perspective, apart from his debut, this
Wimbledon is indeed one to remember.
Finally, the hidden properties -
It increased from 78 (4/5) to 81 (0/5), a full three-point increase.
Considering the difficulty of improving hidden attributes, this progress is undoubtedly a leap forward.
In fact, Gawain is considering that all the attribute points accumulated by the system will be superimposed on the hidden attributes.
Especially after experiencing Wimbledon, Gawain's experience became more obvious.
The more top-notch duels, the more critical games, and the more important moments, the two sides standing on the field, the real duel is physical, mental and technical, but more of them have transcended these basic levels and risen to a new level.
For example, the current competitive status.
For example, the super long performance index.
What these data show is actually a level of investment and performance. When projected into the game, it may be a point, a round, or a bat, but it can reverse the dilemma in terms of momentum, state, situation, etc.
, play the role that determines victory or defeat.
What's more, one of the most important hidden attributes is the injury avoidance index.
Currently, the injury avoidance index is 78, which still does not cross the 80-point threshold.
In the following North American summer hard court season, it should be a good idea to invest all the accumulated attribute points into hidden attributes.
But I don’t know, after polishing on red clay and grass, returning to hard courts again, whether the system improvement will return to the bottleneck or open up a new situation.
A new challenge is ahead of us, which is worth looking forward to.