Championship, victory, ranking, are very important, very important, but not everything——
At that time, Nadal came out of nowhere. At the age of only 18, he made a strong debut as a trend-chasing boy in Mallorca. In just two years, he had established a foothold in the top ranks and had a teenager comparable to Bjorn Borg.
In career, countless miracles were written before the age of twenty.
From professionals to professional players to senior fans, they all believe that Nadal can compete with Federer. What is the reason?
Because Nadal won two Roland Garros titles?
No.
To be precise, two French Open championships are indeed part of the reason, but the more important reason lies in Federer.
two pieces of data.
First, from Wimbledon in 2005 to the US Open in 2007, Federer achieved a record of 68 wins and two losses in the Grand Slam arena, sweeping eight championship trophies, with only two losses coming from the French Open final to Nadal.
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Secondly, in 2006, Federer had 92 wins and 5 losses. It is still the most incredible and unparalleled season in the history of tennis. Four of the five losses came from Nadal, and the other one was lost to Cincinnati.
Murray.
Because of this, there was once a popular joke on the Internet. There are only two types of players in Federer's tennis world, one is called Nadal, and the other is called everyone else.
From 2004 to 2008, Nadal was almost the only player in men's professional tennis who could compete with Federer without falling behind at all.
In the early stage, Nadal only suppressed his opponents on clay courts; in the later stage, he slowly eroded Federer's advantage on hard courts, and reached its peak in the 2008 Wimbledon final, which was the first time Nadal defeated Federer on grass and the century-old All England Club.
Federer, overturning Federer's dominance.
In fact——
Wimbledon in 2008 was Nadal's first Grand Slam title outside of Roland Garros.
Before that, Nadal had "only" had four French Open titles, an average of four consecutive titles.
But this does not prevent people from putting Nadal in the position of a giant, on an equal footing with Federer. The reason is that Nadal is the only player who can challenge and compete with Federer, and also because every time Nadal and Federer meet, they always
It can present the excitement of conflicting confrontations.
Now, the same is true for Gawain.
Perhaps, in terms of the number of Grand Slam Masters championships and the length of time he has been among the top players, Gawain is indeed far from enough. Both he and Wawrinka need more time to be tested.
However, judging from the winning rate of the peak matchup and the quality of the competition between top players, Gawain surpassed Wawrinka and entered a new realm——
In the 2014 US Open, he defeated Wawrinka and Djokovic.
2015 Australian Open, defeated Nadal, Murray and Djokovic.
2015 US Open, defeated Federer and Djokovic.
This is a wonderful journey to win the championship, all of which are giant-level victories; moreover, on the Masters stage, Gao Wen's three championship trophies were all won by defeating giant players.
Leaving aside victories and championships, Gao Wen’s battles with the top ten players in the world also resulted in more wins and less losses. Except for the Magic Masters after winning the US Open last year, Gao Wen’s results in all Masters and Grand Slams were all
At least he made it to the quarterfinals, which is an amazing result.
In addition, this year, Roland Garros defeated Nadal and Wimbledon defeated Murray, which not only improved his outstanding record against the Big Four; these two games were completed in Nadal's back garden and Murray's home court.
A feat that further proves his big heart.
Even just talking about those losses, the loss to Simon in Shanghai, the loss to Djokovic in London, the loss to Wawrinka in Paris, the loss to Federer at Wimbledon, every game is a classic, every game is a legend, even if he failed to win, Gao Wen
He also relies on his own hard work to raise the quality of the game to a higher level.
What's more, there is Toronto's feat of defeating Tsonga even though he was injured.
Just like Nadal back then, Gauvin opened up a new path by relying on his confrontation with top players and his wonderful game quality.
Indeed, it has only been a short year since Gao Wen was born, but his achievements can already be compared with Borg and Nadal.
It is true that Gauvin's performance in the Masters Grand Slam still has room for improvement, but he did win two Grand Slams this year by defeating the giants.
Especially the two finals of the Australian Open and the US Open, one after another, pushed the quality of the peak showdown of the 2015 season to a new level. Under extremely difficult, extremely dangerous and desperate situations, Gao Wen tapped 200% of his potential and entered God of War mode.
Giving the word "fighting" a new color.
Classics will never go out of style. The 2008 Wimbledon final and the 2012 Melbourne Park final, these two games have long been recorded in history. Now there are two more legendary games in the new century, even ten years and twenty years later.
Years later, it is still worth watching and worshiping again and again.
This is enough——
What's more, Gao Wen is following in the footsteps of Djokovic and Murray when they became giants, breaking the world ranking monopoly, firmly holding the world's second highest position, showing his abilities in the most intuitive and simplest way, among the giants
Have your own place in the shining golden age.
then!
"The old king will not die, a new king will be born!"
"Men's tennis is entering the best of times."
"From the two giants to the four giants and then to the five giants, the era of giants continues to climb to the top, so who is next?"
"Gawain, the birth of the fifth giant."
"Five-set decisive battle, another epic showdown."
"Heart-stirring! Peak showdown! Gawain, witness the best of times."
one by one.
One wave after another.
Although there are still a few disharmonious voices trying to act as the middle of the road in a calm and objective manner, the mainstream trend on a global scale has been unstoppable.
There is no doubt that Gawain is now the fifth giant, and the "Big Four" has officially evolved into the "Big Five".
In this regard, Chinese fans said that the evil in the East and the Poison in the South and the Beggar in the South had magical powers. Sure enough, Mr. Jin Yong was the real prophet and accurately predicted.
Wait, if Gao Wen has become a giant, then where will the year-round hot topic of "Big Four VS Challengers" go?
In this regard, a small number of media believe that the final five months left will still be "Big Four VS Challengers", and next year will be the first year of the Big Five.
A small number of media believe that "Big Five VS Challengers" should be good, or the new theme of "Big Five Showdown" would also be good.
Most of the media have said that there will be no impact, because the biggest highlight of the rest of the 2015 season has quietly shifted. Although the story of the Challenger League's impact on the top groups will still continue; the real highlight now should be the world's number one at the end of the year.
Just fight for it.
The hot topic that once sparked countless discussions in the clay court and grass court seasons disappeared for a time. As long as Djokovic wins the US Open championship, he will be able to lock in the year-end world No. 1 title five months in advance; and now with Gawain's
Defending the title, everything changed.
Gao Wen's impact on the world's number one completely overturned the pattern of the giant era, and once again made great strides to catch up——