Chapter 1627: Past events repeat themselves

"Just now on the court, I have already taken revenge severely."

Dimitrov showed off with a smile on his face, but Sharapova glanced at Gawain's knees and asked seriously.

"You broke his knee?"

--Tanya Harding tried to break Nancy Kerrigan's knee.

Dimitrov turned to look at Gawain, and the two friends exchanged glances and then both burst into laughter.

Sharapova was confused.

Dimitrov quickly explained, "Gawain and I were just joking about Tanya Harding, but I didn't expect you to do the same."

Sharapova said calmly, "I'm not kidding."

Despite this, one can still see a faint smile between Sharapova's eyebrows, and she does not look like the icy beauty on the court at all.

Gao Wen spread his hands and stretched out his right leg. "Okay, okay, take it. At worst, I can start training wheelchair tennis in the second half of the season."

This time, even Sharapova couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Dimitrov hugged Sharapova lovingly and laughed with her.

Gao Wen shook his head helplessly and shouted to the staff and players who were warming up, "Couples are showing off their affection, unrelated people, please evacuate as soon as possible. This is an emergency, an emergency, please evacuate as soon as possible."

"Ha ha!"

This time, it wasn't just Dimitrov and his group. There was a burst of laughter all around, and then, one by one, they started to make a noise at Gawain's call, with whistles rising one after another.

Sharapova, who is usually cold and aloof, has always avoided showing her affection in public. She rarely goes to Dimitrov's player box to watch games. The most well-known time so far was last year's Wimbledon semi-finals, when Dimitrov played against Djokovic.

Surrounded by laughter, Sharapova felt a little restrained and glared at Gao Wen depressedly.

But it turned out that Gawain made a salute gesture, as if he was just watching the show, which almost made Sharapova unable to breathe.

Then, Gao Wen ran away from the "crime scene".

Sharapova looked at Gao Wen's back as he walked away, and looked up at Dimitrov speechlessly, "I still can't understand how you two can become friends."

Dimitrov did not joke, but thought seriously, "Maybe it's because he has the courage that I lack."

Sharapova opened her mouth, but was unable to refute.

On the other side, Gawain's footsteps were gradually fading away until he reached the end of the corner. He turned a corner, paused, and looked back.

In the eyes, a faint smile settled down, and there was a little worry——

If Gao Wen remembered correctly, in the previous life, Sharapova and Dimitrov announced their breakup after the end of Wimbledon.

That was the beginning of disaster for both players.

After that, Sharapova was plagued by repeated injuries. She missed the US Open that year and returned at the end of the year, but was eliminated in the semi-finals of the year-end finals. Then in the 2016 Australian Open, she lost to Serena Williams again and was eliminated in the quarter-finals. In March, she fell into the biggest crisis of her entire career.

Sharapova received a letter from the ITF informing her that the heart medication she had been taking for a long time was listed as a banned drug, but her team did not update the list in time, which resulted in her failing the drug test at the Australian Open and being banned for two years.

Although the ban was later shortened to fifteen months through an appeal, it still became a watershed in her career. Plagued by serious injuries, she was never able to return to the top ranks. After being eliminated in the first round of Wimbledon in 2018, she never participated in any competition again and announced her retirement in 2020.

Dimitrov also had a hard time in his prime years. He was eliminated in the second round of the US Open that year. In 2016, his performance in the four Grand Slams was still bad. He was eliminated in the third round of the Australian Open, the first round of the French Open, the third round of Wimbledon, and the fourth round of the US Open. Although he occasionally had good performances, he could not maintain consistency.

It was not until 2017, after establishing a stable relationship again, that Dimitrov got rid of the two-year slump and ushered in the best and most successful season of his career.

Our attention turns back to Wimbledon in 2015. Neither Sharapova nor Dimitrov, including all professionals and fans, could have predicted that the careers of this golden boy and girl would undergo such earth-shaking changes with this as the watershed. It is inevitable that one must sigh.

Gao Wen is no exception.

In the past, as a spectator and a fan, when I read the news, those words were just a story. I would express my feelings a few words and that was all, and then I would forget about it as soon as I turned around.

Now, Dimitrov is his friend, and Sharapova is half a friend. Everything is no longer a story, but a part of his life. The chaotic thoughts in his mind can no longer be controlled.

Many years after the breakup, Sharapova finally shared the details of her breakup with Dimitrov with the media when she published her autobiography.

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According to the original historical trajectory, at Wimbledon in 2015, Dimitrov lost to Gasquet in three sets unexpectedly, and his career fell into the darkest and lowest moment, which almost defeated him.

After losing, Dimitrov was very, very fragile. One night, he took out a book that recorded previous Wimbledon champions, flipped through it quietly, and then saw a photo. It was a photo of Sharapova watching Dimitrov's game in the 2014 semi-final.

Dimitrov looked at Sharapova with tears in his eyes. "Did you see that? It meant everything to me, to see you in my box, next to my mom."

At that moment, Sharapova realized that Dimitrov's love was too strong and too heavy. He placed their love in the most important position in his life; but for her, she still longed to create more miracles on the court. Her victory and failure were the focus of her life.

Sharapova admitted that she went to watch the semi-final in 2014 mainly because she was eliminated in the fourth round.

The same photo was a glorious moment in Dimitrov's life, but a reminder to Sharapova that she was eliminated early.

In fact, the same thing happened in 2015. Dimitrov was eliminated in the third round and completely collapsed; but Sharapova lost to Serena Williams again and again and stopped in the semi-finals. The bitterness of defeat was already painful enough, and the pain of losing to Serena Williams consecutively was even more indescribable. However, Sharapova had to expend her energy to comfort Dimitrov.

It was at that moment that Sharapova realized they had gone on different paths.

The breakup was proposed by Sharapova.

Later, Sharapova said that at that time, she still loved Dimitrov, but unfortunately, the right person and the right feelings met at the wrong time.

Not to mention Dimitrov, it took him 18 months to get over the emotional trauma. Sharapova has always been special to him.

Even bystanders couldn't help but feel sorry for the end of that relationship.

(End of this chapter)