In the tide of the times, everyone is making their own choices, but no one can say whether it is right or wrong. Only time can prove it.
Regarding the stadium roofs, the four majors all compromised and successively built roofs on their respective center courts.
Regarding nighttime broadcasts, the US Open took the lead in creating a feat, followed closely by the Australian Open, but Wimbledon and the French Open have temporarily slowed down.
My eyes returned to the Australian Open.
The core significance of night games lies in television broadcasts.
Traditionally, most tennis matches have been scheduled for matinees, which also means that it is very difficult to watch live broadcasts during working hours on weekdays.
Therefore, tennis has also begun to learn from football and basketball, and arrange night games. Office workers can also watch live broadcasts after get off work, and then the events can create profits through broadcast rights and advertising fees.
It is precisely because of this that night games often feature real top stars to further stimulate ratings and look forward to a bumper harvest.
Media reporters also like to measure the status of players and the importance of the event by the number of games and night games played in the center court.
Correspondingly, the venue for arranging night games is naturally the most core and most important venue, with the most complete and cutting-edge broadcast equipment, and a large number of live broadcast rooms.
This year's Australian Open, only Rod Laver Arena and Margaret Court Arena will have night matches.
The answer is self-evident.
Among them, Rod Laver Arena is undoubtedly the center court, where all five finals of men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles are held; the finals of youth competitions may be held here according to the schedule.
Adjustments may be made and occasionally a trip to Margaret Court Stadium may be made.
Naturally, Margaret Court Stadium became No. 2, and Hisense Stadium became No. 3.
So, how will the schedule and venues be arranged?
At ten o'clock the next morning, the organizing committee announced the schedule for the first competition day.
Rod Laver Arena.
Matinee.
The first game, "Halep VS Karin-Knepp".
The second game, "Ivanovic VS Lucie-Hradecka".
The third game, "Nadal VS Youzhny".
Nightclub.
The first game, "Federer VS Lu Yanxun".
The second game, "Sharapova VS Petra-Martic (Petra-Martic)".
The first suspense surfaced:
Murray was kicked out of the center court. Strictly speaking, it was not an unexpected result.
In the end, Halep was responsible for the opening, with Sharapova as the main pivot; in addition, Federer defeated Nadal to enter the night court, everything was in line with expectations.
Of course, Murray should go to Margaret Court Stadium to play.
really!
Murray's name can be seen at a glance on the schedule at Margaret Court Stadium, but what about Gao Wen?
No.
Wait, no?
How can it be!
But...no, no, not at all.
After repeated confirmations, Gao Wen's name was still not found on the first day's schedule at Margaret Court Stadium, which was a huge surprise.
However, taking a closer look at the schedule, it seems that we are not so surprised——
Margaret Court Arena is the same as Rod Laver Arena. There are five games throughout the day, three matinee games, two women's singles and one men's singles; two night games, one women's singles and one men's singles.
In men's singles, the order of each game is very particular, and it may involve the position of the player.
In the first day's schedule at Margaret Court Stadium, Murray plays the matinee game, while the night game is... Kyrgios.
incredible!
and.
Kyrgios faced another unseeded player in the first round, Argentina's Federico Delbonis.
To put it simply, Murray was not only squeezed out of the center court by Nadal and Federer, but also squeezed out of the night game by Kyrgios.
Incredible!
I can’t laugh or cry!
So, was Gao Wen simply squeezed into Hisense Stadium?
Strictly speaking, this should not be a surprise, but a surprise.
After all, this is the Australian Open.
Just like the venue arrangement for the pre-match press conference, they can squeeze out Djokovic and arrange Hewitt and Stosur in the No. 1 press conference room.
Similarly, they can also squeeze out Gowan and give opportunities at Rod Laver Arena and Margaret Court Arena to local Australian players——
Due to the schedule on the first day, Australian players were not able to enter Rod Laver Arena, and the stars of the top stars were still too dazzling; accordingly, Australian players began to "occupy" Margaret Court Arena.
In addition to Kyrgios, there is another women's singles duel between two unseeded players, occupying the first game slot at Margaret Court Arena.
One of them is a local Australian player.
Thinking about it this way, Gawain was indeed unjustly accused. It was obviously not him who squeezed Djokovic out of the press conference room No. 1, but the news media made him take the blame. Inexplicably, he was cursed severely by Serjan. As a result
As soon as he turned around, Gao Wen was "thrown" out of Margaret Court Stadium by the Australian Open Organizing Committee.
Of course, no matter what, Gao Wen is the eighth seed, and he is also the new star that the Australian Open Organizing Committee has focused on promoting this year. In addition, they will face Australian local players in the first round, so no matter how bad it is, they should not
Will kick Gawain to the small court in the outfield.
Hisense Stadium, Game 4.
This time, I found Gao Wen's name in the Hisense Stadium schedule very smoothly.
Interestingly, Hisense Stadium is an Australian special.
The first two games were women's singles matches, the third game was "Tomic VS Tobias-Kamke" - also a game between two unseeded players, and the fourth game was "Gaowen VS
Kogkinakis”.
No matter what, I successfully entered Court No. 3.
Here, the Chinese media have expressed their displeasure.
Forget it if they missed the Rod Laver Arena. The combination of Nadal and Federer is indeed difficult to compete with, but how could they miss the Margaret Court Arena?
Is it because... the organizing committee is not optimistic that Kogkinakis can beat Gauvin? And Kyrgios has a better chance of beating Delbones. They all expect the Australian players to have a good start, so they sacrificed
Gawain?
So, is this a compliment or contempt?
On that side, Gawain was in a peaceful state of mind.
It has only been less than six months since he entered the professional arena, and everything is new to Gao Wen.
Whether it is Rod Laver Stadium or Hisense Stadium, they are all new venues for him. Compared with the venue, Gao Wen is more looking forward to the event itself.
This is the Australian Open, and a new event means a new challenge; and, with the eighth seed seat, it means that if he wants to compete with the top players, he must enter the quarterfinals. Before that,
, he faced the impact as a defender.
Everything is brand new.
Gawain couldn't wait and was eager to try. He was ready.
Facts... also proved Gawain's conjecture.
The challenge came early, even before entering the stadium. In the locker room, you can see the bustling Australian gang.