The draft brought the noise inside and outside the stadium. The spectators coming and going were chattering about the upset that had just ended, and chattering about the upcoming duel. You can feel it in their words and deeds.
to the audience’s enthusiasm and expectations.
In Louis Armstrong's third match, the much-anticipated Canadian rising star Bouchard was unexpectedly eliminated by Makarova and stopped in the fourth round. This also created her worst personal record in the four Grand Slams this year——
The Australian Open and French Open are both semi-finals, Wimbledon is the runner-up, and now the US Open only has the top 16.
Moreover, the progress of the game was not pretty. Bouchard lost two sets in a row and was easily disarmed without much confrontation. The audience was naturally dissatisfied.
Involuntarily, everyone was full of expectations for the next game, looking forward to a strong confrontation. Compared with the outcome, they just wanted to see a duel worth paying for.
Amid the commotion of discussion, Gawain was listening to music and tying his shoelaces.
Listening to music is to relax, exclude other distractions in the locker room, slowly focus on concentration, and ensure that you are in the game state.
Shoelaces are a personal habit. He is always worried about loosening his shoelaces, so he needs to untie them and retie them before going on stage. This is an obsessive-compulsive disorder, and he still has to do this even if he knows it is not necessary.
Then, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed the change in light in the player tunnel, which suggested that a player had left the field.
Gawain quickly stood up straight and applauded politely, applauding the players who had worked so hard to finish the game.
You can see that Bouchard exudes a cold and "keep away from strangers" aura. His delicate face is not as sweet as the posters and advertisements. The deep gloom is knotted between the eyebrows. He looks like a
A powder keg that could explode at any time.
As if he heard the applause, Bouchard raised his head, and could see Gawain standing on the left at a glance. His anger burst through his chest in an instant, and his eyes showed a murderous aura, as if he wanted to catch the man in front of him and eat him.
His flesh was like drinking his blood, and the undisguised rage spurted out, striking Gawain head-on.
but……
However, Gawain had an innocent face. Not only was he not afraid or flinching, but he also showed a slight smile, clenched his right fist and waved it heavily, encouraging Bouchard with an extremely sincere gesture, as if "
In "Red Cliff", Xiao Qiao fully encourages the newborn foal:
Come on Mengmeng, stand up!
Bouchard:…
He almost exploded in his chest with one breath, but in the end he still held back his anger, ignored Gawain, and strode forward, but he still couldn't hold it back, he raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, lowering his head.
His head seemed to be covering up his own grievances and fragility.
Gawain looked away, only to see Wawrinka, who was warming up on the other side, looking at Gawain with an expression of "I know what's going on", and his eyes were secretly moving back and forth between the backs of Gawain and Bouchard.
, a subtle expression of "you know, I know" was drawn at the corner of his mouth.
Gawain:?
"...Stan, did you misunderstand something?"
Wawrinka did chuckle and shook his head, "It's okay, I know, I know everything."
Wait, Mr. Wawrinka, what do you know? Are you sure you didn't understand it wrong?
At this time, the interview with Makarova began inside the stadium. The long cheers and applause overwhelmed her, and the exchange between Gao Wen and Wawrinka was interrupted before they had time to start.
Gawain was stunned, and then he also laughed. It was just a joke. There was no need to pay attention. Wawrinka didn’t say anything anyway. Then Gawain withdrew his attention and continued to bend down to tie his shoelaces. He temporarily put these things aside.
Put all the miscellaneous thoughts behind you.
Now, the game is the most important thing and he needs to focus.
After looking at the shoelaces, Gawain decided to take them off and tie them again.
…
"Good afternoon, dear viewers, dear viewers, welcome to ESPN. What we are broadcasting for you is the eighth match day of the 2014 U.S. Open Tennis Open. The signal is now directed at Louis Armstrong Stadium."
"The two players currently on the court are Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka and China's Gao Wen. They will compete for a place in the top eight."
"Wawrinka is the third seed in this tournament. His best result at the US Open was the semi-finals last year. This year he will also strive to go further on this venue."
"Gao Wen is a wild card player. He got this wild card by virtue of his NCAA national singles championship. This is the first official professional event in his career."
In the pre-match introduction session, the live camera will focus on the two players respectively to facilitate the commentator to make a basic introduction, and then focus on the referee and the player boxes of the two players to facilitate the commentator to introduce the players’ coaching team. This is all before the game.
Fixed process.
"...Oh, what appears on the screen now is Gao Wen's player box. We can see two legendary players, Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi. Wow, this lineup is a bit luxurious."
"According to official information, Sampras is not Gauvin's coach, but a consultant. In an interview, Sampras said that he was only responsible for giving Gauvin some advice and helping him adapt to the Grand Slam tournament atmosphere.
But he is not responsible for Gao Wen’s training, because Gao Wen is still a college student and has not turned into a professional yet.”
"Then Agassi..."
Ho ho ho!
Ahhhh!
When the faces of Sampras and Agassi appeared on the big screen above the court, the audience at Louis Armstrong Stadium whistled and applauded, welcoming the two great players in tennis history in the warmest and noisiest way.
Popular superstar.
Obviously, even though the two superstars have retired, their popularity on the tennis court remains high. It can be imagined now that everyone should be speculating on why Sampras and Agassi appeared together in Gowan's player box.
Here, social networks should have entered volcanic eruption mode.
Agassi smiled and waved to the camera, then approached Sampras, lowered his voice, and asked almost in ventriloquism.
"Are you sure it doesn't matter?"
For a newcomer like Gao Wen, if there is a big star in the player box, gossip will definitely be flying all over the field. Especially Gao Wen's performance in this tournament is really out of the blue. The mysterious aura surrounding him has already triggered countless speculations. Now Sang
Plath and Agassi, two old rivals, appear at the same time, and it is estimated that the situation will explode tenfold and hundreds of times again——
So, will this affect Gawain's concentration?
Sampras also moved slightly closer to Agassi and kept smiling.
"If you mind, you don't have to show up at all. It seems that you are still curious."
Agassi turned his head and glared at Sampras expressionlessly, causing Sampras to throw his head back and laugh happily:
In fact, Agassi's appearance in Gawain's player box was an invitation personally sent by Gawain.