In the blink of an eye, Wimbledon has entered the fourth day of competition, and the second round of the lower half of the men's singles and the lower half of the women's singles are about to begin.

As mentioned before, this year's Wimbledon is a tournament full of turbulence and opportunities, turning points and history, from men's to women's competitions. This has been proven in just three days of competition. The dazzling events have created one hot spot after another.

In the first round, the men's singles competition was relatively calm. Although some seeded players were eliminated, the biggest news was that Gawain saved match points and defeated Istomin to advance. The results of other matches were far from being upsets; the real upset came from the women's singles competition, which was definitely a big deal.

The third seed in women's singles, Halep, lost unexpectedly to Czech player Jana-Cepelova in the first round. The twelfth seed Bouchard also lost unexpectedly to Chinese player Duan Yingying in the first round. In addition, Sock was eliminated in the first round of the men's singles competition. The youth storm suffered a heavy blow.

Last year, Halep and Bouchard were in great form. Halep reached the final at the French Open and the semi-finals at Wimbledon; Bouchard was even more outstanding, reaching at least the semi-finals at all three Grand Slams and finishing second at Wimbledon. They were hailed as the two leaders of the youth storm in women's singles.

This year, Halep started strong but ended badly. After reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, she won consecutive titles in Dubai and Indian Wells. However, she fell into a slump in the clay court season, which she is best at. She was unexpectedly eliminated in the second round of Roland Garros, and then slid into an even worse abyss at Wimbledon.

Bouchard had been showing signs of fatigue since the end of last year. She had a decent performance in the Australian Open quarterfinals at the beginning of the year, but after that she fell into a vicious circle of difficulty in winning. Her season record after Melbourne was a pitiful two wins and nine losses. She was eliminated in the first round of the French Open and Wimbledon, suffering heavy losses in points.

It is hard to imagine that the two most watched and anticipated young beauties both fell into a slump this season.

But if you think about it carefully, all the attention in the women's singles arena is on Serena Williams' "Serena Grand Slam", while the men's singles arena is witnessing the Big Four guarding the last line of defense. The younger generation has a long way to go if they want to seize power and take over the professional tennis world. It is not surprising that the youth storm encounters a head-on collision.

Then, the series of upsets on the third day of the competition also proved this speculation.

First, the men's singles competition.

After Kei Nishikori advanced in the first round after a hard-fought five-set battle, he announced his withdrawal from the second round due to a worsening calf injury. He was out of the competition before he even took to the court. After experiencing a brilliant peak season last year, the limitations of his physical condition slowly began to be exposed, and Kei Nishikori's season has also been full of ups and downs.

Then, the biggest upset since the opening of Wimbledon in 2015 was born on the Centre Court.

Nadal, a two-time champion and one of the Big Four, lost to the unknown qualifier Dustin Brown in four sets in the second round. This troubled and up-and-down season continues, and his world ranking of tenth place is in jeopardy.

There was an uproar.

Almost all eyes were focused on Nadal, so much so that other news on the field was overshadowed.

In fact, other news also hides many topics——

Thiem lost to Verdasco and was eliminated in the second round, while German veteran Haas lost to Raonic who had just returned from injury and was unable to continue his magical comeback journey.

The young player Zverev, who was highly expected, lost to wildcard player Denis Kudla in four sets and missed the chance to make history; Coric, who also belongs to the "post-95" rising star camp, lost to Italian veteran Seppi in four sets and failed to advance to the third round.

Just two days ago, the German media were curious whether this year's Wimbledon would witness the grand occasion of three young players advancing to the third round together, and were also curious whether Haas and Zverev, one old and one young, could reignite the hope of German tennis. As a result... everything was destroyed.

Topics came one after another, but they all disappeared in front of the news of Nadal's unexpected elimination in the second round. There is no doubt that this is the blockbuster of the year. The Big Four have not been eliminated in the first week of a Grand Slam for a long time. This defeat will undoubtedly make the turmoil of last year and this year even more turbulent and intense.

It’s no wonder that the media reporters didn’t continue to pursue the scandal between Gawain and Lawrence.

After all, compared with the explosive news on the field, the scandal that has been declared over has no value at all. The focus that was pursued and hotly discussed by countless people a few hours ago has become yesterday's news in the blink of an eye.

Secondly, the women's singles competition.

The cold wind that started from the first round of competition is still continuing.

Ivanovic lost to American qualifier Bethanie-Mattek-Sands, and Karolina Pliskova lost to American violent hitter Coco-Vendeweghe and still failed to make a breakthrough in the Grand Slam.

In addition, Makarova, who reached the semi-finals at the US Open last year and the Australian Open this year and set a new career high, young star Elina Svitolina, and extremely tough French player Cornet all suffered minor upsets and were eliminated in the second round.

Sure enough, Wimbledon is Wimbledon——

Perhaps, purely in terms of variables and upsets, grass is far inferior to clay, and Roland Garros is the hotbed of upsets. However, the entire professional tennis world has realized that with the shortening of the grass season, it has become more difficult for players to adapt after switching channels, and upsets happen almost every year.

Moreover, there were particularly many this year, especially in the first week of the tournament, because the grass was slippery, accidents happened frequently, and there were indeed many situations that were beyond our control.

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It is precisely because of this that the tournament organizing committee arranged the "Gawain vs. Mahut" match to replace Murray on the central court, which can also be seen as a clue -

For Wimbledon, local favorites are important, very, very important; but the excitement and suspense of the first week of competition are more important, slightly better.

Obviously, among the top seeded players in men's singles this year, Kowa, who emerged out of nowhere but has never stepped on grass, is the most unstable and full of uncertainty. Although no one expected that Nadal and Kei Nishikori would be eliminated early in the second round for different reasons, Kowa's performance in the first round also confirmed the experts' vision: Kowa's tournament prospects are indeed full of variables, and many influencing factors on and off the court may play different roles and ultimately lead to an unknown situation.

From a professional perspective, this is called suspense, which is precisely the most fascinating part of competitive sports.

After experiencing a series of upsets and a storm, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Gawain and Mahut walked into the stadium one after another, and were about to compete in the second match on the central stadium.

Gawain had always been looking forward to entering the Centennial Centre Court of Wimbledon. Perhaps the match had come a little earlier than expected, and the swordplay hidden behind it was also full of uneasiness; but the Centre Court was the Centre Court.

Gao Wen is ready and he is ready to enjoy the game.