Chapter 1255 Two Flowers Bloom
About thirty-six hours later, Raonic updated his injury status through his personal social network account:
Because the injury to his right thigh is slightly worse than expected, after much inquiries and discussions, he will accept the doctor's advice and undergo a minor surgery.
He is expected to miss three to five weeks to complete the treatment before the injury worsens further, and hopefully the injury that has troubled him for some time can be healed.
This also means that Raonic will miss the entire clay court season, including the French Open; however, according to the doctor's plan, he will strive to return in the grass court season, and start rehabilitation and training with Wimbledon as the goal, looking forward to returning to London and joining this year's competition.
From the ATP to the official social network accounts of the four Grand Slams, all reposted and commented on Raonic's update:
I hope Raonic can recover soon.
Regardless of whether you like Raonic or not, or whether you are a fan of Raonic or not, for the majority of fans and spectators, no one wants to see injuries, because this is cruel and brutal to professional players, and can easily destroy a player's decades of hard work.
Moreover, the wonderful drama of "Big Four vs. Challengers" and the "youth storm" of the comprehensive rise of the new generation are all directly related to Raonic. If people expect the men's tennis to be more exciting this year, then they need more young players to rise comprehensively.
For all these reasons, people sincerely hope that Raonic can overcome his injury and see him in the grass season.
After the official announcement, Raonic sent a text message to Gao Wen: "Can I book a practice session in advance for the grass season?"
Sure enough, Raonic is still Raonic. Even the text messages are full of politeness, but one can feel between the lines that he has regained his faith.
There are many important things when it comes to injury recovery, and the most important one is the person’s belief and determination.
Now, Raonic has taken a firm step.
So Gao Wen replied with a message.
"A practice match? No problem. How about we book a formal match at the All England Club?"
On the other side, Raonic needs to fight injuries.
Meanwhile, Gawain and Dimitrov's journey in Monte Carlo is still continuing. Although both of them were eliminated in the quarterfinals in singles, they are making great progress in doubles.
After defeating the top-seeded Bryan brothers in the second round, the Gao Wen duo continued to face high-ranking seeds, this time the fifth-seeded Spanish duo.
Marcel-Granollers and Marc-Lopez.
Granollers is a strong player of the Spanish team. His highest singles world ranking has reached 19th. At the same time, he is also a doubles master. His highest doubles world ranking has once reached 4th.
In fact, Granollers' performance on the court is not brilliant. He has reached the Grand Slam doubles finals four times in his career, but unfortunately finished second all the time, which is quite tragic.
The game that Granollers is most known to fans is a win without a fight.
It happened at the 2016 French Open. He was about to face Nadal in the third round, but Nadal had to withdraw before the game due to a serious injury to his right wrist. This was the only time in his career that the "King of Clay" withdrew from the French Open due to injury, sending Granollers into the fourth round of the French Open.
However, in the fourth round, Granollers lost to Thiem in four sets and was unfortunately eliminated. Three French Open fourth rounds and one US Open fourth round were his best results in Grand Slam singles tournaments.
Marc Lopez is the least famous among the three "Lopez" in Spanish tennis, because he mainly focuses on doubles and is rarely active in singles.
But in fact, in the Spanish team, Marc Lopez is almost like a mascot. His sunny and cheerful personality and cute and humorous conversation not only allow him to become friends with everyone, but also always liven up the atmosphere in team competitions such as the Davis Cup.
Perhaps, Felipe Lopez plays the role of captain, while Mark Lopez plays the indispensable lubricant of the team.
In 2014, Marc Lopez and Granollers advanced to the French Open men's doubles final; in 2016, Marc Lopez first partnered with Felipe Lopez to win the French Open, and then partnered with Nadal to win the men's doubles gold medal at the Rio Olympics.
Later, in 2021, Granollers, who was born in 1986, was still fighting on the court and reached the men's doubles final of Wimbledon; while Marc Lopez, who was born in 1982, chose to retire and became the newest member of Nadal's coaching team. Interestingly, he is only four years older than Nadal.
Currently, Marc Lopez is ranked fifth in the world in doubles, and Granollers is ranked seventh in the world in doubles. In addition, Granollers' singles world ranking is still 75th. In this Monte Carlo Masters, the two of them are seeded fifth.
Compared with the Bryan brothers, the Spanish combination is an orthodox clay court expert, and both players are also doubles masters with strong strength.
For Gawain and Dimitrov, this pair is obviously more difficult to deal with than the Bryan brothers, and each game is more severe than the last.
But from another perspective, the challenge against clay court experts and doubles masters is exactly what Gawain and Dimitrov need.
After the singles match against Ferrer, Gao Wen came to the doubles court to face the Spanish clay court master again, and he is in full swing in this clay court season.
The competition is indeed very, very difficult.
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"2:6".
The Gao Wen combination lost the first game.
After entering the second set, the Spanish combination still maintained their advantage, continued to put pressure on Gao Wen, and took the lead in seizing the match point opportunity.
When the score was "4:5", the Gao Wen combination faced six match points in succession. It seemed that the Spanish combination was about to win the victory, but they still relied on their iron will to save all six match points. After overcoming the difficulties, they dragged the game back into a balance and continued to work hard.
Among them, on the third match point.
Gao Wen crossed the court at lightning speed from the baseline, and with a sliding step and splits, he hit an "outside-in" straight line winning point that circled around the post, shocking everyone and making the whole audience surge.
Then, on the fourth match point.
Dimitrov's one-handed backhand volley at the net created a hook spin ball, which disrupted Granollers' volley at the net. Although Granollers' second reaction speed was very fast and he still completed the shot smoothly, it was obviously of poor quality. Gawain used a forehand shot to find an opening and score.
These two points were the essence of the second set, condensing all the skills of the two teams and making all the fans in the stadium intoxicated, cheering and applauding continuously.
"7:5".
In the second set, the Gao Wen combination had the last laugh. Their amazing performance of saving six match points ignited the high fighting spirit. The two young players continued to break the opponent's opponent's opponent's opponent's opponent and save the opponent's opponent's opponent's opponent to tie the overall score. This wonderful game has not yet ended.
(End of this chapter)