Rustling and bustling, reporters surrounded little Zverev on three levels inside and three outside. One question after another poured down like a torrential rain on a summer afternoon, the airless sound waves mixed with the dense heat wave.
It's almost breathless.
"Have you come to Binghamton specifically to warm up for the US Open?" "Whether you will participate in the next US Open series?" "What are your thoughts on Binghamton's draw?" "Are you satisfied with your first-round performance?"
"Did I choose Binghamton because I didn't have a strong opponent so I could build confidence through victory?" "What are my expectations for the North American season"...
One after another.
No matter what the problem is, let's throw it out first and then see what the result is.
As a result, little Zverev was thrown into jail, as if he was thrown into a dryer.
Then, a question without logic or context appeared.
"In the first set today, you saved a set point but still lost the first set, and today on Court 3, Gao saved a match point and turned the game around. How do you think he performed? Did he have it?
Could it be a dark horse in this competition?"
Um?
This, what's the problem?
What and what?
Questions without any logical connection were put together in such a mechanical way. Not to mention little Zverev, I am afraid that even Gawain would be full of question marks.
If it was Gao Wen, he might just ignore it at this time, because the reporter made it clear that he was just looking for trouble. If he knew it was a trap, there would be no need to step on it.
In fact, Stakhovsky has been asked similar questions before, but Stakhovsky has also been on tour for many years, and he even faced questions from reporters after defeating Federer at Wimbledon last year.
Baptism, at this time, it is easy to deal with such a small scene.
Stachovsky did not understand the reporter's intention, but he still remained vigilant and simply dealt with the ambiguity with some Tai Chi.
But little Zverev is not Gawain, nor is he Stachovsky. This young and energetic genius boy immediately frowned.
"what are you talking about?"
Zverev is still young and does not know how to hide his emotions. The fierce battles in the three sets have already consumed a lot of physical strength and energy. He finally won. He thought the reporters could give him some praise and enjoy the halo of victory for a moment. As a result,
This group of reporters are all looking for fault.
Why?
What on earth are these reporters doing?
When asked this question just now, he thought the reporter was complaining about his performance, and subconsciously wanted to defend himself.
"I think the trend of the first set is not important. What is important is that I finally won."
If the problem ends here, then everything will be fine, but how can reporters be willing to let Zverev go so easily?
"Gao, Gao Wen, saved a match point today to defeat Australia's Kokkinakis. Do you think he may become the dark horse of this competition?"
Little Zverev has questions all over his head.
"Who? I don't know him."
The reporters immediately became bustling and busy, gearing up one by one. The spark of expectation finally came, and this sentence was enough.
In fact, no matter who the "dark horse" is, little Zverev can say a few polite words to get over it, so that reporters can't do anything if they want to make trouble, but little Zverev, who is young, energetic and exhausted, doesn't want to at all
In a roundabout way, he went straight to the ground and hit him back.
The truth? This is the truth. Zverev is honest, but sometimes, all reporters need is a "truth."
"Sasha, do you think height might be an obstacle in your path to the title?"
Zverev was a little irritated. Who was that guy? He kept asking questions over and over again. Did these reporters not understand his English or something?
Shouldn't we be talking about our wins? Shouldn't we be talking about our performance? Shouldn't the focus be on ourselves? Why are they here talking about a guy whose name they've never heard of?
"No, I don't think he is worth mentioning at all."
After saying that, little Zverev could no longer control his emotions and pushed away the bustling reporters and walked out. However, the reporters still did not give up easily and swarmed up like bees. Then little Zverev became a star.
The crescent-shaped queen bee drags a long tail along the streets of the town.
The scene was spectacular.
That night, very scary headlines appeared on major social network platforms, the first of which was:
"Little Zverev: Gao is not worth mentioning at all."
Undoubtedly, this sentence is very lethal after being cut off from the beginning to the end. In the eyes of anyone, you can feel the deep hostility and powerful attack power.
Any two people, even if they have no grievances or frictions before, will stand directly on opposite sides after seeing this sentence, and they will inevitably attack each other.
What's more, if it is placed on netizens who are worried about the world being in chaos, it will erupt like a volcano, even if they are not paying attention to the Binghamton Challenge at all, even if they have never heard of these two players.
The audience, even those who did not know the cause and effect at all, all gathered their attention because of such a speech that was invincible and self-respecting.
Some netizens accused Zverev of being arrogant, some complained, "Who knows that unknown guy?", and some netizens said they were happy eating melons and watching movies...
Anyway, the two young players do not have much fan base, and netizens did not have a preset position when commenting. They just said one thing and the other without mercy.
Generally speaking, because Zverev Jr. is famous and because Zverev Jr. made these remarks, overwhelming cynicism has prevailed:
"Have you already started to discriminate against other young players when you are still a fledgling?", "Why don't you practice your strength first?", "You don't know who this guy is", "I think you are not worth it"
Just mention it", "Don't look at yourself in the mirror", "The wind flashed your tongue"...
Seeing such a situation, all the media reporters were extremely happy: The breaking point is coming!
How could they easily miss this opportunity? One by two, the major media outlets came to the rescue, taking out quotes out of context and interpreting them with great proficiency. Each headline was more horrifying than the last, as if they were staging a "Contest to Trap Little Zverev".
Everyone is determined to win the championship.
"Little Zverev: I don't know him."
"Little Zverev is aiming for the championship, and his opponents are all out of the question."
"Ambitious and aiming for the championship, Zverev Jr. is ready to defeat any opponent."
"Little Zverev ignores the outstanding performance of his competitors and focuses on himself."
"Zverev Jr. started the North American season with confidence and started with victory."
Boom boom boom!
Torrential rain! Indiscriminate bombing! Overwhelming! In full swing!
