"...Obviously I have made an appointment in advance, and you have also told me that there is no problem at three o'clock in the afternoon, and now you suddenly tell me that there is no timetable? What is going on? If you don't give me an explanation, I will be there today
I won’t leave here.”
"This is my right, you must give me an answer."
"I've followed the rules and you're treating me like a fool. If 3pm doesn't work, then who is using the venue? Why can he take up my time and squeeze me out? I need an explanation.
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The first thing you do after arriving in Binghamton and checking into your hotel is to go to the tournament office to sign in.
In fact, Tobias was able to help Gawain complete these things, but Gawain was participating in a professional event for the first time, and he was a little curious himself, plus he was used to being self-reliant, so he went with Geelong and MacDonald.
Of course, Tobias accompanied him all the way——
This top agent has officially become a member of Gao Wen's team, and now he finally feels a little more real.
However, as soon as I entered the event office, I saw a "farce". There seemed to be some conflicts. The queue was blocked in the small room, and it was impossible to get in for a while.
Gawain relied on his height advantage to pass through the crowd and saw the protagonist of the farce at a glance——
Yannick Hanfmann!
How could he not recognize his old rival at the University of Southern California?
Just when Gao Wen and others were confused, Jilong saw another familiar face, Ryan Sean from the University of Virginia.
In the United States Championship, they were life-and-death rivals. Needless to say, the grudges in the Los Angeles derby. Geelong also eliminated Sean and entered the top 16 on the way to the singles. However, outside the scope of college, they are both
A newcomer to the professional scene.
In addition to Sean and Hanfman, Gao Wen also just saw his singles semi-final opponent Dennis Nguyen, and the two of them exchanged friendly greetings.
The bustling and lively figures seemed vaguely familiar, as if they were back in Athens, as if it was the U.S. Championship again, except that a group of contestants had changed, but the familiar faces still felt more friendly.
It can be seen at this point that the plans of NCAA players are more or less similar. They make full use of the summer to participate in the Hope Games and Challenge Games to prepare for the new season and pave the way for their careers.
I once fought fiercely in the college arena, but when I entered the professional arena, my experience in the NCAA gave me a closer feeling.
Jiron asked Sean, and Sean explained the situation in a few words.
In fact, it is a matter of training time at the practice venue.
When arriving at a new venue for a new event, first of all, the players need daily training, which is the case every day during the event; secondly, the players need to be familiar with the venue, especially when they first arrive, which makes the arrangement of the practice field very particular.
There are two types of driving ranges, one is the ordinary driving range.
Everyone can practice, but everyone must make a reservation. After all, all players need to practice, and there are no strict practice time regulations in ordinary practice fields. Three hours or five hours is no problem. As long as you make a reservation in advance, it is convenient for event organizers.
Just make arrangements, which further highlights the importance of making reservations at the driving range.
One is on-field practice, which means adapting to the playing field.
The larger the competition, the more obvious the differences between the venues. The differences between venue one, venue two, venue three, etc. are extremely huge.
Among them, Court No. 1 is naturally the center court that accommodates the largest number of spectators. Because of its spacious space and many seats, the entire atmosphere is different. The air flow, light, temperature, sound, sense of space, etc. are all different, and the feeling of hitting the ball is also different.
Different, adapting and not adapting are two different things.
But obviously, not every player can enter Court No. 1 and adapt to the venue. Often only the top and most famous players have such an opportunity.
Because there is only one venue, even if the event organizers limit the training time, which is usually one hour and up to two hours, demand still exceeds supply.
It is precisely because of this that the training to adapt to the venue is not an appointment, but an application.
Whether it is the former or the latter, the reservation system and event arrangements are taken for granted.
The Binghamton Challenge is just a small event, and arranging the practice field is not a difficult task. Moreover, the event has been running for twenty years. The event director is no longer a rookie, but how could he make a low-level mistake such as time conflict?
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The most likely possibility is that a big-name player - or a big-name agent - put pressure on the tournament and took advantage of Hanfman's practice time. Anyway, Hanfman didn't have an agent.
College players who have no backers can at most complain and protest, but cannot make any substantial resistance.
In fact, there is no need for the staff to give Hanfman an answer. When the waiting time is up, he will naturally know who the player is who took up Hanfman's practice time.
Rustling.
Rustling.
The news at the office door quickly spread——
Alexander-Zverev.
So, who is Zverev?
Before introducing Zverev in depth, a small concept needs to be explained.
Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, and Murray have jointly dominated the tennis world for nearly two decades. They were hailed as the "Big Four" by the media. Later, Murray fell behind due to injuries, and only the "Big Four" were left.
"Big Three", they jointly suppressed an entire generation of "post-80s" and "post-90s" players, and no one could break through their blockade.
Time is their only enemy.
Until later, with the increase of age and injuries, their dominance was slightly loosened. Especially the Masters, which was second only to the Grand Slam, began to gradually lose control. A group of "post-95" players sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, seizing the class and seizing power.
Then after the test of time, the "Three Little Giants" were gradually formed——
Russian player Daniil Medvedev was born in 1996, Greek player Stefanos Tsitsipas was born in 1998, and German player Alexander Zvi was born in 1997.
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Among them, Zverev was the first to achieve results.
Zverev was born in a tennis family. He and his brother are both professional tennis players. In order to distinguish the two brothers, the younger brother is also called Zverev Jr.
At the beginning of this year, Zverev won the Australian Open youth championship and became the world's number one youth; in 2016, the year-end world ranking had reached the top 30; in 2017, he became the first 90-year-old to win the Masters championship.
He is a junior player and has reached third place in the world ranking.
It can be seen from a series of honorary figures that Zverev Jr. is undoubtedly the leader of the "post-95s" players. When he was 19 years old, he had defeated Federer and Djokovic consecutively. From his talent
In terms of strength, he is undoubtedly the top existence.
Even back to the present, Zverev, who is only 17 years old, has been competing in the professional arena since last year and has officially turned professional. He has already shown top abilities early on.
No wonder, after hearing Zverev's name, the crowd started buzzing and talking.