Gawain was running at full speed, looking a little embarrassed, because Berdych took the absolute initiative and used three consecutive forehand attacks to suppress him.
In the previous shot, Gao Wen used a backslash to suppress the dead corner of Gao Wen's backhand baseline, forcing Gao Wen to reluctantly return a transition ball in the middle.
Immediately afterwards, he once again used a forehand diagonal attack to target another blind spot on the bottom line, and increased his speed.
Gawain was running at full speed, crossing the field with incredible force, and then sprinted, sprinted again.
Invite the shot.
One kick!
Push.
One turn!
Light belt.
"ah!"
When the body has been stretched to the extreme, it has become very, very difficult to actively exert force, but it can be clearly seen that Gao Wen's forehand made a sweeping and pull-up movement, and after the ball was completed, it was still completed
The head-circling movement of the giant loop makes the entire top spin very full.
Whoosh!
The next second, you can see the return ball tearing an incredible small diagonal line, getting into Berdych's backhand service area, and then escaping out.
Berdych's whole body has been pulled out of the doubles line, but his light footsteps can still reach the tennis ball, but...
The angle of the shooting surface is no longer controllable.
state.
The tennis ball directly became a cannon that soared into the sky, drawing an exaggerated parabola and flying toward the audience stand behind Gawain.
Everyone in the audience raised their heads and looked at the indoor ceiling decoration of the Paris Masters stadium.
Then--
Break!
After missing three consecutive break points and saving a game point, such an ups and downs and twists and turns ended with Gawain breaking serve.
At the beginning of the second set, there were two consecutive games, and the battle was hard-fought to the end, but both ended with Gao Wen's victory, which also established the trend of the entire set.
Berdych obviously lost his energy, seemed to lack a bit of fighting spirit, and lacked the motivation to counterattack and reverse. The subsequent games were a bit boring.
At the final stage of the game, Gao Wen got two consecutive match points in Berdych's serve. After missing one, on the second match point, Berdych's forehand attack went beyond the baseline, setting the stage for the entire game.
Full stop.
A mistake ended this head-to-head duel.
The whole game ended, "7:5", "6:2".
Gao Wen defeated Berdych and advanced to the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters with pride. In the fierce competition for a seat in the year-end finals, at least he did not lose his chance.
Hope continues!
At the post-game press conference, the "year-end finals seat" undoubtedly became the focus of attention. After all, Gao Wen is still in the draw, but the problem is that as the game progresses, the performance of the competitors also changes.
The situation of championship points is determined at every moment——
Gawain's fate is not in his own hands.
Gawain was very calm about this.
"Guys, let's show some respect for the Paris Masters, okay?"
"Of course, London is an old and beautiful city, and I'm very much looking forward to going to London. Obviously everyone is paying attention to London now."
"But London is two weeks away. It will wait for its own time, and the time now should belong to Paris."
"Don't forget, we are competing in a Masters tournament. God, I dream about winning the Masters championship. I desperately need it."
The light and joking tone successfully made the press conference burst into low laughter.
Although the reporters don't want to admit it, the fact is that they are in Paris and it is not easy to make the host look bad in front of them——
As Gao Wen said, Paris is also a Masters tournament, and its importance is no less important than the year-end finals. People ignore the Masters championship competition because of the fierce competition for seats in the finals. This is biased and rude.
.
So, when Gawain said,
"I don't have the time or energy to think about things in London at the moment. All my attention is on the upcoming next round of competition."
The persuasiveness is even stronger.
After all, the reporters still couldn't refute. They went around in circles, but still couldn't get anything out of Gawain's mouth.
Once again, Gao Wen walked away from the press conference, and the reporters in the audience could only marvel:
"Are you sure he won't turn nineteen until next month?"
According to the schedule, the year-end finals will start on November 9th. If Gao Wen can go to London, then he will spend his nineteenth birthday on the stage of the year-end finals. By then, Gao Wen will be very happy.
It is possible that another series of records will be broken——
The premise is that Gawain can go to London.
After the press conference, Gao Wen went to receive massage therapy and recovery training. No matter what time, these steps must be carried out meticulously.
Generally speaking, in a complete professional tennis team, physical therapists are indispensable and play an important role like physical therapists, nutritionists, psychological counselors, etc.; but top professional physical therapists are very
It is popular and will not pop out directly from the cracks in the rocks.
After the US Open, Tobias and Sampras built an entire training team for Gao Wen, but the physical therapists and nutritionists were never in place.
However, it doesn't matter. Every tournament organization must have registered professional physical therapists, and there will be more than one to serve all players.
On the one hand, not all players have the ability to hire private physical therapists; on the other hand, emergencies also require the presence of physical therapists and medical staff.
In fact, professional physiotherapists for competitions are like hidden dragons and crouching tigers. All of them must undergo rigorous tests and pass official ATP certification before they can take up the job.
Federer's current physical therapist was recruited from the tour. Tobias followed Gao Wen around the competition. He and Peart have been looking for a suitable physical therapist to see if they can recruit him.
The biggest disadvantages of event physiotherapists are:
Need to queue.
At the end of the game, players need to wait in line on a first-come, first-served basis.
Fortunately, the Paris Masters has entered its third match day and entered the stage of competing for the quarterfinals. The number of participating players has been directly reduced by half, so there is no need to wait too long in line.
"...Okay, that's all."
The physiotherapist patted Gawain's shoulder and spoke in English with a thick French accent.
Gawain expressed his thanks.
Before leaving, the physical therapist gave Gawain another hug and said something with a smile.
"You did a great job, very, very well."
Pah. Pah pah.
The physical therapist patted Gao Wen on the back, just like a kindergarten teacher rewarding a little friend.
Gawain laughed directly, "I should be the one to say thank you. Today's treatment was very pleasant."
After the massage treatment, Gao Wen left the physiotherapy room and walked toward the locker room. He saw the sweaty Bryan brothers walking over. He looked like he had just finished the game.
"Hey, man." Bob Bryan was still cheerful and cheerful. Without saying anything, he gave Gawain a big hug, a complete bear hug.
"You're great, I mean it, you're really, really great, and to be honest, Mike and I have said it more than once, I really, really love your game."