When Tobias left and returned, Gao Wen had finished his post-match physical therapy massage, took a bath and relaxed, and was watching the live broadcast of the game in the players' lounge.
Players often go to the stadium to watch games when there are no games; but on game days, they don’t have time, so they often glance at the live broadcast through the global signal on the big screen in the player lounge, and at the same time, they can also check out the scoreboard to follow.
The situation at other stadiums.
Originally, Gao Wen was about to return to the players' hotel, but he accidentally glanced at the screen and stopped——
It would be a lie to say that he is not interested at all in his opponents in the next round; not to mention, one of them is Raonic.
According to the memory of the previous life, after hiring Zhang Depei as coach at the beginning of 2014, Kei Nishikori completely transformed himself in just six months. 2014 and 2015 were the peak years of Kei Nishikori’s athletic status, and in
In August 2015, he reached a career-high ranking of fourth.
During this period of time, Kei Nishikori not only had stability, but also felt particularly good in shooting, and his entire competitive state reached a natural level.
In the original historical trajectory, this US Open has indeed witnessed history. Kei Nishikori has defeated Raonic, Wawrinka, and Djokovic, three of the top ten players in the world, to reach the finals. However, unfortunately, in
In the final, he lost to Cilic with three "6:3" scores and missed his first Grand Slam championship.
But Kei Nishikori still made history, becoming the first Asian male player to reach a Grand Slam final, and refreshing the highest ranking of Asian male players, and so on - as for Zhang Depei, he is Chinese-American.
There is no doubt that Kei Nishikori has a hot touch.
However, Raonic is also in hot form this year and is in a state of rapid growth and strong rise. The collision between him and Kei Nishikori should be a 50-50 split.
As of 2014, Raonic and Kei Nishikori have played against each other three times, two of which occurred this year. In the first meeting between the two sides in 2012, Kei Nishikori had the last laugh. In this year's Madrid Masters, it was Kei Nishikori who had the last laugh.
The match was won in a tie-break, but Raonic won Wimbledon in four sets.
What’s interesting is that all three of the two players’ encounters took place in the 16th or 8th round, and this fourth encounter at the US Open was no exception.
Time and space change. Gawain, a little butterfly from the Amazon, has changed history, but he doesn’t know how far this butterfly effect storm can radiate. Last week, Gawain tried to encourage Bellis, but unfortunately he failed; then
What about the match between Raonic and Kei Nishikori this week?
The first night game at Arthur Ashe Stadium was very exciting. Azarenka and Krunic played for three full sets. In the end, Azarenka narrowly won the decisive set "6:4", so that the second game started with
It was almost nine o'clock in the evening local time.
At present, the match between Raonic and Kei Nishikori has just begun in the first set.
The match between the two sides was very exciting——
Kei Nishikori is a player with a very strong breaking ability. Even when facing the Big Four, he is always able to break serve. Breaking has never been a problem, so he is not afraid of facing big players. He faced Rao for the first time in 2012
In Nicci's match, Kei Nishikori gave out a donut in the deciding match.
However, Nishikori Kei's serving ability is very poor. The innate limitations of his height and strength give him no advantage in the serving process. Even when he is at his peak, maintaining serve is his most difficult problem. His serve games are always in a hard battle.
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Therefore, Kei Nishikori's game is not about whether he can break serve, but whether he can keep serve.
But facing Raonic, he is no longer the rookie he was in 2012. His serve is stable, his routines are diverse, and his offensive combination is more reasonable. This also makes Raonic's serve very stable; but Raonic's break
His ability is slightly inferior, his handling of the opponent's serve is not meticulous enough, and he often misses opportunities.
So the two players were staggered like this, so the two matches between the two in 2014 were very anxious.
Today is no exception.
It's still a tie at the moment, "3:3".
Standing in front of the screen, Gawain was watching the two players' batting, so serious and immersed that he didn't notice Tobias's appearance.
"...How is the battle going?"
Tobias asked, and then Gawain reacted.
"I'm still anxious right now."
In the first set, both sides are testing and mobilizing. At the same time, their physical strength and energy are at their best, so the game must be very fierce. However, because it is easy to start slowly and the state is not mobilized, it is necessary to see who can mobilize first.
The confrontation at the end of the game will often become more tense.
Tobias didn't ask too much, and he and Gao Wen watched the TV screen intently. It wasn't until Raonic held serve and entered the inter-game break again that he spoke to break the silence.
"Milos' serve is indeed very good. If you play against him, this should be the third time this year that you have faced a heavy serve?"
Isner, Kyrgios, Raonic.
Gao Wen subconsciously replied, "In terms of serving, Milos is actually slightly inferior to John. In terms of hard service, John is indeed capable of becoming the best in history, but Milos's offense is better. Especially this year, the entire transition
The rhythm and route selection have made great progress.”
Therefore, Raonic's overall performance is better than Isner's because his overall ability is more competitive.
But after finishing speaking, Gawain realized that Tobias was probably not interested in these things.
"You obviously didn't come here to ask about this, right?"
Tobias raised his eyebrows and smiled, "How can you be sure? In any case, Milos may be your opponent in the next round. It is normal for me to be concerned. To be honest, if it is against Milos
, you should have a better chance of winning, right?"
From an objective standpoint and conducting an armchair analysis from the perspective of playing style and path, Gao Wen can indeed have a slight advantage against Raonic.
A heavy artillery power player. In this year's US Open, Gauvin has faced three players one after another. Isner, Kyrgios and Wawrinka are all the same. Among them, Wawrinka's heavy artillery firepower is slightly inferior, but the strength confrontation and powerful
Offensively, he is the strongest among the three players.
There is such an inertial understanding in tennis competition. If you keep encountering the same type of players on the road to promotion, your playing style will naturally become faster and easier. However, once you encounter a different playing style,
Players may need to spend more time and energy adjusting.
To put it simply, the players Gao Wen has met so far are still mainly heavy artillery players. Borelli is a bottom line player, but the gap in ability is obvious. So, if Gao Wen continues to face Raonic, he will definitely be able to adapt more.
Because the overall game rhythm is very similar; but if Gawain meets Nishikori Kei, he may encounter more challenges——
Because Kei Nishikori's round ball entanglement ability is stronger, he may often need to play multiple shots, which also means that Gao Wen needs to find the feel of multi-shot sawing, which is obviously different from the previous straight-forward games.
Moreover, the conflict between playing styles is also one aspect.
Do you still remember "Gawain's Nemesis" Sarkisian in the United States Championship?