Sunday is the last match day of the 2015 ATP Year-End Finals.
Attention is rising, with the Chinese mainland as the core, radiating to all corners of the world, and is currently breaking the peak traffic record——
All eyes are on you, literally.
Today is the last carnival of the annual event at the O2 Arena. The men's doubles final will be held at 3:30 pm local time in London; the men's singles final will be played no earlier than 6 pm.
If calculated according to the time in the East Eighth District, the men's doubles final is at 11:30 pm, and the men's singles final is no earlier than 2 am. Obviously this time is not friendly; however, this still did not stop this historic event.
The weight competition set off a craze in mainland China.
Audiences who are familiar with sports broadcasting should know that for top events such as the Olympic Games, World Cup, and World Championships, sports channels will conduct panoramic live broadcasts, with comprehensive broadcast and commentary 24 hours a day; for the World Cup finals, comprehensive special coverage will begin eight hours in advance.
And so on and so on.
Now, the final battle of the ATP year-end finals is also treated like this.
CCTV 5 will enter the tennis court two and a half hours in advance starting at 9 p.m. to provide viewers with comprehensive coverage of this year's event.
This honor, this glory, is the first time in the history of tennis broadcasting in China, and the popularity of the event can be felt from the side.
This is an opportunity to truly comprehensively promote tennis and deepen the market foundation, so that more and more people begin to pay attention to and like tennis——
Because of Gawain, but not just because of Gawain, he was able to realize the charm of tennis and fell in love with it.
Although everyone is paying attention to the final final battle, by the way, the ratings of the doubles final are also rising.
Jiang Yanqing is proud and proud.
At first, they just came together on a whim because they liked Gawain. After all, tennis is a special sport that travels around the world all year round. No fans can follow the players from beginning to end all year round. This also means that
Tennis fans are in for a special experience.
On the one hand, because tennis events are spread all over the world, almost all fans can go to the event closest to them to watch the game in person.
On the other hand, except for their own home games, almost all fans have to watch other games in front of the TV and miss out on the live excitement.
Over time, watching games in front of small screens on TV or the Internet has become a daily routine for tennis fans.
Now, it has become a daily routine for Chinese fans.
Every important competition - the semi-finals and finals of tennis events are always held on Saturdays and Sundays. The Gowen fan clubs in each city will organize activities to go to bars to watch the game and gather together to cheer for Gowen.
What was once a sparse small-scale gathering of twos and threes has now evolved into a special part of the social life of young people in mainland China. Unlike football and basketball, tennis, which is more niche, has a more solid foundation and more enthusiastic activities, and is blooming all over the mainland.
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In the blink of an eye, the small organization of Gowan fans already has more than 500,000 members, especially after the US Open, there was a surge.
Jiang Yanqing did not expect this scene, but she liked it.
Today is no exception——
As night fell, before eight o'clock, Jiang Yanqing had already arrived at the party bar, only to find that she was not the first one. There were even more enthusiastic fans who couldn't hold back their excitement and arrived early. One or two enthusiastically discussed yesterday's Gao Wen.
The semi-final against Djokovic.
Buzz.
The vibration of the news alert came from his pocket. Jiang Yanqing took it out and saw that their chat group was extremely lively. Both of them couldn't hold back their excitement, even Qiao Wangsheng and Gu Xiao who were going to New York to watch the Grand Slam.
exception.
"My place is already half full. Fortunately, I made preparations in advance and chose three places on the same street, otherwise it might not be able to fit in."
"It's the same in Los Angeles. I thought there would be no one here early in the morning, but it turned out to be a third of the time."
"I thought Americans only watched football and wouldn't get up early in the morning to watch tennis."
"I thought so too. I thought most of the people who came here would be Chinese, but I didn't expect that there would be all kinds of people. I guess it's because of Federer."
"Look, everyone, look, the whole small square is already filled."
"Wow, the Magic City is the Magic City. The specifications are different. They are directly projected onto the screen. Did you rent a basketball court?"
Chirping, bustling.
Fans in different cities and different time zones are scattered all over the world, but they gather together because of a game, reveling in celebrations and looking for the color and weight of life outside of their daily work.
The smile on Jiang Yanqing's lips also rose, and she said something.
“I don’t know what it’s like at the O2 Arena.”
Immediately afterwards, replies came from the chat group.
“Yanzi, look, there’s a long queue!”
A local Chinese fan in London immediately sent a photo of the scene.
"Tickets for tonight's final have been sold on the black market for 35,000 pounds each. There is a price but no market, and no one is willing to sell them. Then one or two people came to the scene to wait to see if they could miss it at the last moment."
Wow.
There was a lot of exclamation, thirty-five thousand pounds for a ticket, what is the concept?
From offline to online to on-site, this craze is spreading across the board. Sampras and the others' worries are not groundless. This final is indeed a highly anticipated event and will push this year's tennis fever to a new level.
Along with this, the attention of the men's doubles final has also risen several levels.
In the end, Jean-Julien Loucha and Horia Dicao lived up to expectations. After defeating the Bryan brothers in the semi-finals to secure the world number one at the end of the year, they continued their efforts in the finals and defeated the dark horse eighth seed in straight sets to become the champion.
A perfect ending to the season.
The entire match lasted only seventy-seven minutes.
This also means -
The men's singles final, without any surprise, will start on time at 6pm local time in London as expected.
Boom, boom, boom.
The drum beats, sounds.
Both sides in the finals have maintained an impressive record of winning four games and losing only one set in London this year. One is the historical record holder for winning percentage on indoor hard courts, and the other is in a recent wave of 18 consecutive wins.
Feeling hot against the peak state, it is definitely like a spark hitting the earth.
Federer defeated Gauvin in Wimbledon, and Gauvin defeated Federer in New York. This time he came to London, a new game with a new pattern, the suspense of victory and defeat was reduced to zero, and everything was possible.
Judging from various pre-match analyses, the two players are indeed evenly matched. Even the betting odds are almost the same. Federer is only slightly ahead, but the advantage is completely negligible and no one can easily assert it.
The only thing that can be certain is that both players will appear at 100% condition without reservation, looking forward to a truly peak battle.
And the audience?
They only need to play the role of the audience, to witness, experience, invest and enjoy.
As the game time approaches, the enthusiasm and restlessness in the O2 Arena can no longer be contained——