It took Federer three years from becoming famous after defeating Sampras in 2001 to getting rid of the title of "boy genius" and truly winning over fans to become a new generation of player.
Nadal, who won the French Open on his debut in 2005, had to wait until 2017, when he completed his tenth French Open title, to win the unreserved support of Roland Garros.
Of course, Djokovic and Murray are no exception.
Now, the media has discussed Gao Wen among the "giants" more than once, and has emphasized more than once that Gao Wen is challenging the dominance of the Big Four. It is conceivable how fierce the impact that comes with it is.
Someone once said that it’s lonely at the top.
Someone once said that if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight.
Of course, the praise, affirmation and admiration surrounding Gao Wen still have an absolute advantage and are spread all over the world's Internet.
But it is also because of this that the more enthusiastic the media's pursuit and the more crazy the fans' pursuit, the more intense the voices of opposition and resistance will be, and then they will continue to be amplified.
From this perspective, Gawain, who has now become the leader of the new generation and the leader of the challengers, has borne most of the fire. He has received more attention and attacks than Raonic, Dimitrov, Wawrinka and others. The overwhelming pressure has been pushed to a new height.
Be it rebellious psychology or resistance psychology, the fact is that behind all the glory and halo, Gawain also endured equal amounts of attacks.
The cruelest and most difficult part of the Internet age is:
The happiness and satisfaction brought by a hundred compliments cannot outweigh the devastation and shock brought by one criticism.
Here, Gao Wen lost a game.
On the other side, the anti-fans on social networks seemed to be celebrating the New Year. They completely ignored various objective reasons, ignored the fact that Gao Wen had already entered the quarterfinals, ignored the fact that Ferrer was also a top ten player, and used a microscope to magnify the word "failure", magnifying it again and again.
In this regard, Gao Wen has always handled it very well.
Firstly, as a journalist himself, he clearly knows that the more overwhelming the negative comments are, the more it indirectly proves that his performance is stronger. Therefore, even if it is just a defeat, the haters can't wait to open fire, fearing that they will miss such a good opportunity.
Secondly, he also understood that although there was reason, he could not help but feel hurt when he actually saw those attacking remarks. After all, people are all made of flesh and blood. Therefore, he always stayed away from social networks and handed over all those accounts to Tobias to operate, so as to avoid being involved.
However, the pressure is still pervasive.
Those attacks, slanders and ridicules cannot hurt Gawain, but they are hurting Gawain's family and friends all the time.
From the concern of Gao Hongli and Jiang Yanyun, to the caution of Sampras and Agassi, to the whitewashing of Tobias, and finally to the special support of the fans...
In all aspects, Gawain could deeply feel that the storm with him as the center was hurting the people around him.
For bystanders, what they see is “when one person succeeds, the whole family benefits.”
But for the people involved, what they experienced was a thrilling and earth-shaking experience.
That’s why people always say that wherever there are people, there are right and wrong.
A loss was enough to make the haters celebrate the New Year. Jokes kept popping up one after another, and they exploded on social networks in just one night, making it extremely lively.
but!
In less than twenty-four hours, Gao Wen used a championship trophy to announce, "This party can be over."
The sound suddenly stopped.
Perhaps, this is just a doubles championship. It is conceivable that those negative comments are still lingering, and the haters will definitely not let go of this excuse——
"It's just the doubles championship. What's there to be proud of?"
"If you like doubles so much, why don't you just change your job?"
"Haha, a doubles champion is so happy. That's all you can do."
"You're out with singles, so you're using doubles to cover up your shame? Sorry, I don't buy it."
"What, champion! Wait, doubles? Oh, next."
This is still their last stand.
But there is no doubt that this doubles championship is still of great significance. Not only is it a Masters championship, but the feat of defeating four seeds in a row on the way to the championship is also worthy of mention in any tournament. Most importantly, this is a clay court championship, which is a powerful counterattack: Entering the clay court season, Gao Wen needs some time to adapt and adjust, but he can still make a difference.
So, when the doubles final came to an end, social networks could feel a radical change.
To be precise, there was no need to wait until the match point. Around the middle of the second set, a large number of black pieces were already offline, which was really unbearable to watch.
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In a sense, they were even more disappointed than Pospisil.
The highly anticipated Sock and Gowen combination failed to defeat the Gowan combination, which was disappointing enough; and they even collapsed in the second set. Judging from the form of the game, the game was already over, and even a foreboding premonition had begun to grow, which also made the last bit of patience of the haters disappear.
If they continued watching, they might have witnessed the Gao Wen combination completing the feat of clearing the market, pinning the Sok combination to the ground and rubbing them again and again with their absolutely strong performance. It would have been so torturous and embarrassing, it would have been better to just kill them directly, which would have been more satisfying.
So, offline, offline, invisible...
"Gao Wen haters" disappeared in large numbers, and some smart people even simply disconnected from the Internet, thinking out of sight, out of mind, and refusing to see the fans' screen flooding.
Therefore, through social networks, one can witness with one's own eyes the entire process of the public opinion turning 180 degrees: from the overwhelming negative comments to the complete offline of the clumsy black fans and even disappearing without a trace, and finally the overwhelming praise and cheers that strongly flood the screen. The whole world is shouting the names of Gawain and Dimitrov, as if bringing the South American carnival to Monte Carlo.
Among them, the most interesting ones should be those netizens who have no stance, comparable to reeds——
When people were cursing Gawain, they also vented their negative emotions unscrupulously, using crude and ugly language more fiercely than anyone else.
When the wind changed direction, they began to pretend to be prophets one by one, stating with certainty that they had long anticipated such an outcome.
This group of people neither support nor oppose Gawain. To be more precise, they do not really like tennis, they just purely like winning. Therefore, they are not fans of anyone, but fans of the "winner". As long as the winning can continue, they are more loyal than anyone else.
However, when failure began, they were the first to turn around, even faster than the black players.
This ability to adapt to changing circumstances can be regarded as a unique skill, which is truly admirable. Compared with Sichuan face-changing, it is no less exciting.
Less than twenty hours after losing the singles match, Gao Wen and Dimitrov won again, and this time they successfully won the championship trophy.
So, the social network changed again, and once again received a lot of praise.