While waiting for the awards ceremony to end, it was already early one o'clock in the morning local time in Melbourne, and Gao Wen finally left Rod Laver Arena and returned to the players' lounge.
Along the way, tournament organizers, caddies, volunteers, familiar and unfamiliar faces all expressed their congratulations to Gao Wen.
Gawain always kept a smile, and looked at each other one by one, sincerely expressing his gratitude. He walked for nearly 20 minutes in a distance of only a few dozen meters, and then finally saw the familiar warm-up equipment in the lounge, neatly arranged.
The yoga mats spread on the ground immediately came into view.
As soon as the knees softened, it seemed that the calves could no longer support the body, so they fell down and collapsed on the yoga mat, wanting to sleep like this.
Until now, I can finally relax a little.
The adrenaline slowly subsides, the tense heartstrings relax, the fatigue and soreness of the body slowly begin to show, and everything becomes more and more obvious.
The five-hour and thirty-minute fierce battle included surprises and twists comparable to a roller coaster, a double test of physical strength and mental strength.
Numbers and words are simply not enough to express one ten thousandth of personal experience. Even the audience who watched the entire game felt as if they were fished out of the water.
It turns out that this is the feeling of having your body and soul hollowed out after you have used all your ancient power.
Now, Gawain couldn't think at all.
The whole brain is blank. Joy, happiness, creating history, writing glory, none of them are important. These are put aside for the time being. I just want to relax, clear my brain, and carefully feel the release of the whole person slowly melting.
It's like marshmallows melting into hot chocolate.
"ah……"
Gawain slumped down on the yoga mat, closed his eyes, seemed to be floating in soft clouds, and exhaled a long, long breath.
Seeing Gawain like this, Sampras who was following behind couldn't help but chuckle, "This guy only looks like a child at this time."
Peart's face was expressionless. People who didn't know why thought Gao Wen had lost, "This is not okay. Professional players shouldn't be children."
"Now is the best time to continue training. Do you know how precious and rare this opportunity is? Oh, yes, you are all professional players, obviously you should know."
What is the key to physical training?
Break through yourself.
If you keep standing still, physical training will never be able to break through your own capacity and tap your potential; only by breaking the ceiling again and again, constantly breaking through your own limits, and constantly breaking your own shackles can you continue to tap into your own potential and achieve qualitative results.
Metamorphosis.
During this offseason, Gao Wen's physical training was very hard and the results were outstanding. He has indeed improved to a higher level.
However, this is still not enough.
The point is that Gawain is no longer a "dark horse", but a "shooting target". This also means that the impact and challenges Gawain will face in the future will be more arduous, and the standard of physical reserve must also be raised to a higher level.
building.
This is the case at the Australian Open.
Take a look at tonight's final, it's most intuitive.
In the first two sets, both Gao Wen and Djokovic were in unstable form, with a certain degree of fluctuations, too many mistakes, and poor touch.
Peart had no way of knowing the specific condition of Djokovic; but Gao Wen said that it was indeed troubled by physical fitness, and the calf cramp in the semifinals was a sign.
A layman may ask, how is this possible?
Judging from the scores, both Djokovic and Gao Wen had a very easy journey to the Australian Open this year. They did not lose a set until the semi-finals, and their score advantage was obvious. The average time on the court was the least for the two players.
It is no exaggeration to say that they are the two players who have the most successful promotion among all men's players this year.
How is it possible to face physical problems?
But competitive sports are not that simple.
The consumption caused by competition intensity, atmospheric pressure, mental confrontation, one's own condition, etc. are all hidden burdens, but they actually affect the fluctuation of physical fitness and state.
For Djokovic and Gauvin, the off-court significance of this final is far beyond imagination.
It is precisely because of this that when I step onto the final stage, my physical condition is not at its best. Coupled with the hot and humid weather, the amount of sweating increases, the loss of salt and energy intensifies, and the energy replenishment in the early stage of the game cannot keep up.
The speed of loss, then the problem arises.
Gao Wen seemed a little "out of shape", and Djokovic also appeared in trouble frequently.
From here we can see that Gao Wen still has room for further improvement.
At the end of the game, Peart had already begun to think about Gao Wen's next step in physical training, and don't forget that the clay court season is just around the corner——
It is also a best-of-three-set match. On hard courts, the battle is often resolved within ninety minutes. This is a common situation; but on clay, it takes more than 120 minutes.
The length of the game, the content of the game, the quality of the game, these are two completely different things.
Therefore, Peart must take one step at a time and look at the next three steps, and it is absolutely impossible to be in a hurry when the problem comes.
But the key is that Peart knows how hard Gao Wen's offseason training is. After breaking the shackles and improving to a higher level, the difficulty will inevitably double or even triple or even triple if he improves again in a short period of time.
Breakthrough, qualitative change.
These require harder and more training.
Soon, Peart realized that the best opportunity had actually appeared——
tonight!
That's tonight!
It's a perfect opportunity.
Five hours and thirty minutes of fierce battle is rare. Not to mention training, even official matches are rare. Moreover, it is a Grand Slam final against Djokovic, which is a more physical and mental test.
It is pushed to the extreme.
This is simply a God-sent opportunity.
if!
It's just a hypothesis. If they can seize the opportunity and start physical training on the spot at this moment, they can indeed quickly force Gawain to approach his own limit and even complete his transformation.
The inspiration in Peart's mind surged uncontrollably.
However... Gawain is wasting such a great opportunity.
Peart said he was heartbroken.
Sampras's temper also increased, "Martin, you should also know the principle of 'too much is not enough'. It is indeed a good thing to seize the opportunity to push the limit; but if not handled properly, it may leave hidden dangers of injury and even lead to the loss of the entire career.
The cliff-like decline is also an issue that must be taken seriously."
"Training, training, training, even professional players shouldn't think about training all the time. Can't we just relax a little and enjoy tonight?"
"You are a professional, you should know this too."
Peart remained expressionless and directly contradicted him, "Of course I know that if he trained under my supervision, such a problem would not occur."
"For professional players, training is their life. If they want to rest, they will have a lot of time to lie on the ground and have a good rest after they die."