Chapter 1489 Two Finals
Nike is conducting a series of promotional trials around Gawain. The amazing market feedback has given them more confidence. This is obviously a pleasant surprise. Even Djokovic and Murray did not expect that their duel would actually produce a domino effect.
Meanwhile, the Roland Garros competition is still in full swing.
After Djokovic defeated Murray to advance to the final, the next is the women's singles final.
Serena Williams, who was suffering from the flu crisis, was in great pain. Until Saturday, she was still not sure whether she could play in the game. Later, Serena Williams said in her own words, "I doubted whether I could walk onto the court."
Even in 2022, after Serena Williams officially retired, when she recalled her long professional career, the 48 hours of the semi-finals and finals were still the most thrilling and difficult French Open journey. She didn't know how she completed the game, and her memory was vague.
However, with the help of doctors and physiotherapists, Williams finally stepped onto the Philippe Chatrier Stadium and regained her form.
"6:3", "4:1", when she was far ahead, her body once again dragged down Serena Williams. Consecutive double faults made her game fragile. Safarova found an opportunity and successfully cashed in, winning the second set with a strong "7:6 (2)" and dragging the game into the deciding set.
At the beginning of the deciding set, Safarova continued to maintain her strong performance, breaking the serve first and leading 2:0. It seemed that the situation was turning on her side.
However, Serena Williams is Serena Williams, undoubtedly the greatest female player of all time. In addition to her outstanding physique and top talent, her will and tenacity, her desire and dominance, her determination and strength are undoubtedly powerful weapons on the court.
In the situation of falling behind, Serena Williams completed the adversity outbreak, sent an invisible egg, and won six games in a row.
“6:2”.
She won the deciding set with absolute dominance, climbed to the top of Roland Garros for the third time, and won her 20th Grand Slam championship trophy, becoming the second player after Graf in the Open Era to win 20 Grand Slam championships, setting a new record at the French Open.
At the moment of converting the match point, Serena Williams didn't even have the energy to celebrate, not because she took it for granted, but because her body no longer allowed it.
It was not until after the handshake after the game that I recovered some strength and was finally able to relax and celebrate this hard-earned victory.
It is worth mentioning that Serena Williams accomplished what Gao Wen could not do. She remained undefeated in Grand Slams since last year's US Open, with a record of 21 consecutive wins, winning the US Open, Australian Open and French Open championships consecutively. There is only one stop left for the cross-year Grand Slam feat.
It's a little hard to believe -
Two players, Gao Wen and Serena Williams, one is a rookie and the other is a legend in the tennis world, are chasing the same record.
In fact, when Serena Williams first stepped onto the professional court, it was in 1995, and that year Gao Wen was just born; however, now, before coming to Roland Garros, both players have continued their 14-game winning streak in the Grand Slam and hope to go further in Paris.
In the end, Serena Williams succeeded, extending her winning streak to 21 times, once again defending her world No. 1 title and proving her greatness; while Gawain unfortunately failed, ending her 19-game winning streak, and her incredible performance of reaching the Grand Slam for the first time in her career finally came to an end.
At the post-match press conference, Serena Williams, who was finally able to completely relax, did not hesitate to give her praise when being interviewed.
"...I like Gawain."
"You probably don't know, he is a humorous guy. Even in New York, that was his first Grand Slam tournament in his career. When I met him for the first time, he was not as reserved and nervous as I imagined. His conversation and demeanor really made it hard to believe that he was only 19 years old."
"Oh god I shouldn't bring that up, it makes me look incredibly old haha."
"Of course, if there is an opportunity, I would like to play mixed doubles with him. I watched his matches, the one he played with Rafa and the one he played with Stan, and he was incredible. I think he would be a great doubles partner and should be very popular."
But when the reporter reminded Serena Williams that Gawain won two doubles titles with Nadal and Dimitrov respectively, Serena Williams laughed happily.
"See, I know it."
"But if I'm willing to play mixed doubles, I believe I should be a bit popular, right?"
No one would have thought that within less than a year of entering the professional arena, Gawain's name would already be discussed together with legends like Serena Williams. For tennis enthusiasts and ordinary passers-by, Gawain's recognition has skyrocketed, further expanding her popularity and soaring across the board.
In this regard, real insiders will say that there is no need to make a fuss. There is really no need. Hasn't anyone noticed that Serena Williams is also a brand spokesperson for Nike?
Everything is a chess game.
After the women's singles final, Saturday's competition is still not over, there is one last match, the men's doubles final.
The No. 1 seeds Bryan brothers faced the No. 3 seeds Melo/Dodig.
At the final, the camera captured Gawain in the player box of the Bryan brothers. Apparently, the rising star did not follow his family on the wine tour, but stayed at Roland Garros to watch his friend's game and cheer for the Bryan brothers on the front line.
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Despite a bad spring season and a terrible start on clay, the Bryan brothers still showed their strength in the Grand Slam, performing strongly all the way, advancing to the final on the clay court they are least good at, and winning the opportunity to compete for the championship again.
Both teams in the final were top doubles players, and the four players teamed up to present a wonderful contest that was fully worthy of the quality of the final.
Finally, the game ended with the score very close.
"6:7(5)", "7:6(5)", "7:5".
Each set was decided by one to two points. Both pairs of partners had already performed to the utmost. A deviation of one or two points could determine the outcome. The suspense lasted until the last point. Although it was not as exciting as the first men's singles semi-final, the two matches were equally matched.
The combination of Melo and Dodig defeated the Bryan brothers to win the championship.
Perhaps the Bryan brothers failed to win this year's French Open, but as currently ranked number one in the world, they have still proven their competitiveness.
With this, all Saturday's events have come to an end, and the 2015 French Open will soon come to its final curtain on Sunday, with the women's doubles final and the men's singles final providing the audience with the last feast.
Among them, the most noteworthy is undoubtedly the men's singles final, the duel between Djokovic and Wawrinka, which is tense, fresh and exciting enough.
(End of this chapter)