In 2015, in the first ATP "Road to London" championship standings, three players, Federer, Wawrinka and Gao Wen, tied for first place with 250 points.
At the same time, in the latest world rankings, the top ten have undergone slight changes. With the points from the Doha championship, Gao Wen overtook Raonic and ranked among the top eight for the first time. This also means that Gao Wen became Nadal after
The youngest player to rank among the top eight in the world has once again attracted countless attention.
The seed draw for the Australian Open is based on this week's world rankings. Therefore, this also means that Gao Wen will historically enter the draw as the top eight seed and start the second Grand Slam of his career.
Journey.
Compared to the wild card players at the US Open, they have simply soared.
How could reporters not be excited? How could they not be excited? How could they not discuss it?
Not only was it being discussed, but everyone was looking at it——
Gawain, what answer sheet will he hand over?
As mentioned before, even if they have a Grand Slam championship and a Masters championship in their hands, like Gawain and Wawrinka, the fan base is still too weak. They need to continue to prove themselves, and the voices of doubt, provocation, and ridicule are endless.
Perhaps, they are just meteors that pass by in a flash, and in the end they are just "one-time Grand Slam players".
Maybe not.
No matter what, they all need to prove themselves, just like the Big Four, they have consolidated themselves through the performance of Grand Slam and Masters competitions again and again, and proved themselves through the performance of one semi-final after another, finals and even championships, and truly are at the top.
The ranks stand firm.
After all, people's expectations for Gawain and Wawrinka are to "overturn the era of dominance of the Big Four". Naturally, fans and the media have higher demands.
The Australian Open plays such a role.
For Wawrinka, it is the defending champion; for Gawain, it is the first Grand Slam after winning the US Open. This is destined to not be that simple.
In fact, Wawrinka has withstood more than one wave of media bombardment.
Fortunately, Wawrinka's family members did not come to Melbourne and successfully avoided the spotlight; Wawrinka's coaching team did not have any special news, and dealing with reporters was a trivial matter for them.
At this moment, reporters saw Gao Wen's coach and parents, both of whom hoped to dig out some explosive points and create news.
They are not just thinking out of the blue. The most typical case is that Djokovic's parents can be called "firecrackers" and will explode at the first moment.
When being interviewed by reporters, they often spoke nonsense.
Either they say that Djokovic is the savior and that Federer and Nadal are not qualified to be his opponents; or they demean and criticize Federer for his character problems. One moment he says that Federer should retire early and go home to take care of his children, and the next moment he says that Federer is not.
He should retire so that Djokovic can beat him a few more times.
Either brag that Djokovic is enthusiastic about charity, while Federer and Nadal only play for money; or attack the Grand Slam audience for being ignorant and refusing to support Djokovic. They are all abandoned by God.
You people, you have eyes that don’t recognize gold inlaid with jade.
Anyway, they are all right, and the mistakes are always other people's. The whole universe should revolve around them, but in the eyes of others, they are like toads yawning.
Even Djokovic himself is very helpless. He has to wipe his ass for his parents' comments every time, but he still can't stop them from blasting away——
For reporters, such interview subjects are simply a gift. They don't even need to deliberately provoke them, and they will come to their door one after another.
If possible, reporters would even be willing to open a talk show for Djokovic's father, watch him talk nonsense on the show every day, and then ask Djokovic to clean up the mess caused by his father's words while asking questions.
The feelings of the person being attacked.
Such a lively professional tennis world.
The problem is, reporters can't.
Therefore, they can only target Agassi, Gao Hongli, and Jiang Yanyun. At this moment, the reporters' eyes are glowing faintly, like wolves, and the small light bulbs are still blooming brightly in the scorching sun.
of light.
All eyes were on Agassi.
As the biggest, most sensational and most focused news of this year's offseason, the collision between Agassi and Gao Wen indeed sparked countless topics.
To be honest, Agassi is very, very uncomfortable——
Like Sampras, this is the first time in their careers that they have served as coaches.
As a coach, his position must be consistent with the players, but he must not cause trouble for the players. He needs to be cautious in everything he says and does. This is definitely not what Agassi is good at.
Agassi was willing to walk away and leave all the reporters here, but considering the pressure on Gawain's shoulders, he still held back.
Looking around, I couldn't see any special expression on Agassi's face. The air was rolling, the sun was burning, and the silence almost made the sweat slowly sliding down his cheeks almost freeze.
Then, very suddenly, Agassi clenched his right fist, looked paralyzed, and shouted loudly.
"Novak is the champion."
Wha...what?
The reporters were all stunned by such an unexpected answer. After much deliberation, they had not expected Agassi's answer. For a moment, all the words were stuck in their throats.
So, is Agassi serious? Or is he kidding?
Could it be that this is the legendary poisonous milk?
Graf lowered his head, hiding the smile that slightly raised at the corner of his mouth, and almost burst into laughter without holding back.
Then, Graf noticed another figure out of the corner of his eyes. He turned his head slightly and looked over, and he could see Jiang Yanyun also lowering his head and suppressing a smile.
The eyes of the two people collided, and they both couldn't help laughing, and the smiles surged in their eyes.
But the reporters had no intention of joking. They stared at Agassi blankly, not knowing how to respond. Then someone noticed Gao Hongli. As a reflex, the recorder rushed forward and rushed towards Gao Hongli's nostrils.
.
"Mr. Gao, may I ask, what is your opinion?"
"Do you think your son is the favorite? Do you think Gawain can win the championship?"
"What are your expectations for Gao Wen's Australian Open campaign this year?"
Questions were thrown down one after another, and the recorders were even more aggressive and blindly hit the face, no matter it was the nose, eyes or mouth, one arm after another was surging recklessly,
It's as if you can directly feel the threat to your life.
Is this considered a "literary fight" that has gone off the rails and turned into a "military fight"?
In fact, Gao Hongli has been mentally prepared, but how should he answer when faced with the reporter's aggressiveness?
The mind spins quickly.
One second, two seconds.
Gao Hongli took a deep breath, then clenched his fist and waved it heavily, "Novak is the champion."