Dustin Brown is, to say the least, the most bizarre player in men's professional tennis. He is like an alien.
In Brown's career, his best performance was on grass, because his serve and forehand were powerful weapons and extremely lethal. He advanced to the third round at Wimbledon twice in his career.
In addition, in Halle in 2014 and Wimbledon in 2015, Brown defeated Nadal twice on grass, which became the highlight of his entire career; at the same time, in Houston in 2014, Brown defeated Isner
, is also a shocking upset.
Nadal is a well-behaved player, but it can be seen from his numerous obsessive-compulsive disorder that he is not a player who is good at facing drastic changes.
In 2009, Nadal's parents divorced and his life experienced drastic changes. To ordinary people, this may not be anything, but it was a heavy blow to Nadal. For a long time, Nadal fell into a low state of struggle.
Because he doesn't like such unexpected changes.
Of course, this is not to say that Nadal is not good at dealing with court changes. In fact, he and Federer are the two top players who are the calmest and best at handling emergencies in professional tennis. This talent is still with Djokovic.
And above Murray.
Rather, it is said that Nadal is not good at facing... "imagination".
Brown is just such a player with an imagination of another world; and, by chance, the two meetings between Brown and Nadal all took place on grass, and it was also a period when Brown was in good form.
As a result, Brown also has an incredible career record:
He is the only player to maintain an undefeated record against Nadal.
This time, in Doha, Brown's nerve knife once again broke through the siege, winning two games in a row, advancing to the quarterfinals, and will face Gawain next.
Is this an unexpected fate?
It was obvious that Nadal didn't like Brown's hitting style.
Because Nadal was completely unable to predict Brown's next move, it did not comply with the rules of tennis, the rules of hitting, and there was not even a tactic or routine at all. Everything was unpredictable, which also made the game always in a state of chaos.
Although Kyrgios, Monfils, and Dolbogorov's shots also broke the frame, at least they still have a context to speak of. However, Brown has none, nothing, and some of his shots even
It's inexplicable, even tennis beginners don't know how to hit the ball like this.
If it is grass or fast hard ground, the overall game rhythm will be further improved and players' thinking time will be reduced, then Brown's advantage will be further amplified.
After the press conference, Gao Wen took the initiative to ask Nadal. Because Brown mainly participated in the Challenger League, it was difficult to collect more game information, and Sampras was unable to formulate a clear game plan. If Nadal could provide some information
, that would be perfect.
However, after hearing Gawain's question, Nadal did not answer immediately. It was not that he did not want to answer, but that he did not know how to answer.
Somewhat difficult.
"...Don't try to guess the way he hits the ball. Once you start thinking, the rhythm may be dragged away by him."
After thinking for a long time, Nadal finally spoke. As soon as he finished speaking, he couldn't help but reveal a wry smile, and then he patted Gao Wen on the shoulder.
"I have been trying to figure out his shot selection and tactics, but I still have no answer. It seems that I still have a lot to learn in tennis."
"Sorry, I can't help you."
"Stick to yourself and start the game at your own pace. Don't be too paranoid. Changes need to be ahead of him, and maybe you can open up the situation."
In fact, so far, Nadal has only played against Brown once and lost the game. The information he can provide is indeed limited; otherwise, according to historical trajectory, Nadal will not explode at Wimbledon in July this year.
Leng lost to the Browns again.
But Gawain knew that Nadal was telling the truth, limited but sincere, and a smile appeared on his lips.
"You mean, think like an alien?"
Nadal was stunned for a moment, laughed dumbly, and then gently nodded in affirmation, "Yes, like an alien."
Gawain's eyes lit up, he made a gesture of rubbing his hands like a fly, and said happily, "Great, I finally met another alien visiting the earth. I always thought I was alone. I must
Ask him if he is from my home planet."
One second, two seconds.
"Ha ha."
Nadal took a moment to react for two seconds before he understood Gawain's joke and laughed happily.
One after another, the two doubles partners headed in different directions. Nadal went to the practice field for additional training. At the beginning of the season, he still needed to stay on the court as much as possible to find his condition; while Gao Wen went to the gym to ride a bicycle.
Relieve muscle pain and prepare for subsequent competitions.
After the semi-finals of the doubles competition started, the quarter-finals of the singles competition also officially kicked off, with two duels in the second half taking the lead.
In the first game, two veterans faced off. Italy's Andres Seppi faced Croatia's Ivan Dodig. In the end, Seppi won both sets with a break advantage, winning in straight sets and taking the lead.
Advance to the semi-finals.
In the second game, two "Green Leaf" players of the same generation as the Big Four competed. The Czech's Tomas Berdych faced off against France's Richard Gasquet.
Up, one down, they meet again in the new season, and the gap is more obvious.
"6:2", "6:1", Berdych only lost three games in the whole game, easily defeated Gasquet, and rewritten the record of the two sides to five wins and six losses.
As a result, the semi-finals of the second half of the Doha Tennis Open will be the first to be announced, "Berdych VS Sepi", which is a little surprising.
However, as the third seed, Berdych has continued his excellent competitive form and is expected to advance to the semi-finals, not to mention the top half?
Then, amid great anticipation, Gawain appeared.
Facing Brown, Gawain was fully prepared.
Indeed, Brown's batting is often unexpected, and his wild imagination has no way of judging it, and he often makes unconventional batting choices.
But Brown was facing Gawain, who was good at "changing with change". Not only was he able to gain an advantage for himself through tactical layout, but he was also able to take advantage of the changes.
Rhythm changes, combination of long and short, adjustment of depth, fast and slow, uneven weight...
In terms of changes, perhaps Gawain's imagination is not an alien, but his layout ability is far stronger than that of his opponents, not to mention his solid and excellent hitting ability.
"6:2", "6:2".
Without a fight, Gao Wen easily defeated Brown and advanced to the semi-finals first. In an instant, he could feel the whole stadium boiling with excitement and excitement. He couldn't suppress it at all——
"Gawain VS Djokovic 4.0" will be staged soon?
However, the ideal is full, but the reality is skinny, because Djokovic suffered a shocking upset and lost to Karlovic in three hard sets and stopped in the quarterfinals.