Bathed in the golden sunshine, Dimitrov's eyes were also filled with sadness and bitterness, and a touch of loss made the air quiet.
"...I'm sorry, brother, I don't know where to go. I have a game next week, but I don't want to train at all. My mind is full of messy thoughts. I feel like I can't breathe and I feel like I'm going to explode.
generally."
"When I thought you were here, I flew right over."
"Sorry, I didn't tell you in advance and disrupted your training plan. You must have your own plan, but..."
He sputtered a lot, but his words were incoherent and confusing. I'm afraid even Dimitrov didn't know what he was talking about.
In the end, Gawain raised his hand to stop Dimitrov and smiled at his friend.
"Gregor, there is no need to apologize."
"Let me tell you, what are friends used for? They are used to shirk responsibilities and vent emotions at critical moments, and then throw them away directly after use."
Gawain's understatement made Dimitrov stunned. An indescribable absurdity and humor were revealed between the lines.
The corners of the mouth relax a little and raise a little.
"Thank you." Dimitrov said, thousands of words gathered together in the end, only this sentence remained.
Actually, Gawain didn't want to say anything more. After all, it was hard for him as an outsider to interfere in matters between lovers, but after thinking about it seriously, he still spoke frankly.
"Gregor, we are both professional players. We all have the same experiences with each other's work, life pressure, etc."
"I have not known you for a long time, and I have not experienced the time when you and Maria established a relationship, but as a bystander, I can also feel that both you and Maria have always been under the pressure brought by the outside world's attention.
"
"It is precisely because of this that at Wimbledon last year, your career finally reached a breakthrough, and people seemed to finally take your relationship seriously."
Gao Pan, this matter has always existed objectively in any industry, field, or country.
Look at the Big Four -
Or, like Nadal and Djokovic, socialize with people outside tennis.
Or, like Federer and Murray, they dated professional players, but the gap between the other half was so wide that there was no comparison. Later, their other half even quit their careers altogether, left the game, and changed tracks.
Otherwise, the media's pickiness and fans' discussions will never subside, and the pressure will always exist.
Verdasco and Ivanovic, Wawrinka and Vekic, Hewitt and Clijsters, Thiem and Kristina-Mladenovic, Kyrgios
And Tomjanovich and so on and so forth.
All of them are like this. The above-mentioned couples all ended up breaking up.
Of course, there are many, many reasons why couples break up, and there may be many, many reasons, but for professional tennis players, competition and life are inseparable, and the pressure brought about by performance on the court is always objective.
Including Dimitrov is no exception——
Sharapova is currently ranked No. 2 in the WTA world, and has also been the most profitable machine in women's tennis in the past decade. How could Dimitrov not feel the pressure? Similarly, for Sharapova herself, it is also sometimes
Being surrounded by pressure all the time has become a part of life.
"Media, that's always the case."
"Any slight disturbance or ups and downs on the field will be linked to your relationship regardless of it."
"But what the hell do they know better than us about what's going on with our performance on the field?"
After all, Gawain couldn't hold it back and cursed, which made Dimitrov chuckle.
"What I mean is, apart from the Australian Open, the pressure put on you by the media and the pressure you put on yourself always play an important role."
"Perhaps, the confession you said and the words Maria said are all a kind of emotional catharsis that breaks through your reason when you are at a low point."
Dimitrov was about to retort, but Gawain raised his hand to stop him and continued.
"What I mean is, how much of it is true, how much is impulse, and how much is innermost thoughts, you yourself can't tell for the time being."
"Communication is imperative, but calming down, sorting out your thoughts, and then communicating can often get twice the result with half the effort."
Gawain let out a gentle breath and smiled at Dimitrov.
"Gregor, after all, you still hope that you can perform well on the field, don't you?"
"Otherwise, you won't be in a slump after the Australian Open. The higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment."
Indeed, tennis is not everything in life——
At least, winning should not be everything in life.
However, the relationship between Dimitrov and Sharapova, two public figures active in the professional tennis world, cannot escape these influences.
Performance on the field is an important foundation for establishing a stable relationship between two people. Otherwise, it may be difficult to stop the savage media by relying solely on deep affection.
Dimitrov lowered his head slightly, as if lost in thought, then turned his head slightly, glanced at Gawain with his peripheral vision, and said with a half-smile.
"I thought you were my friend and you should defend me unconditionally."
"I said, I hope we can communicate well, but Maria obviously doesn't want to, so she just turned her back to me. Shouldn't you follow me and curse her hard?"
"Why do I feel like you're defending Maria?"
Gawain's face was full of injustice, "Brother, I would like to say, 'There is no grass anywhere in the world.' There is no need to give up the entire forest because of one tree."
"But the problem is, if I say bad things about Maria here, and then I turn around and you and Maria reconcile, what will I become by then?"
Gawain spread his hands, raised his shoulders, his eyes were full of innocence, and crackled a burst of excuses, which made Dimitrov no longer able to hold back.
Phew.
Dimitrov raised his head and looked at Gawain again, the absurd joy became more and more intense, and then he couldn't hold it back anymore and laughed directly.
"Haha. Hahaha."
When he laughed out loud, the complicated emotions accumulated in his chest were also released, and even his eyes became brighter.
"Thanks."
Dimitrov said sincerely, if it were anyone else, he probably wouldn't know how to deal with such a situation, but Gawain handled it very lightly and skillfully, and his whole body became lighter.
Sure enough, Gawain is Gawain, and it seems that any difficult problem will become simpler in his hands, turning decay into magic.
Gawain didn't say much, he just raised the mineral water bottle in his hand and made a toast gesture, and then looked at Dimitrov with a look of astonishment on his face:
A boring mouthful.
It was obviously mineral water, but he acted like he was blowing a bottle of white wine. After drinking it in one gulp, he let out a sigh from the back of his throat.
Dimitrov was stunned for a moment, and then he finally came to his senses. He couldn't hold it back anymore and burst into laughter.