Chapter 1679: The semi-finals are in place

Here, Federer defeated Simon in three straight sets, "6:3", "7:5", "6:2", and advanced to the semi-finals without any bloodshed.

On the other side, Djokovic defeated Cilic steadily, "6:4", "6:4", "6:4", without any waves.

The two matches ended within fifteen minutes of each other, bringing the ninth day of Wimbledon to an end, which was really disappointing.

After two thrilling five-set battles, "Murray vs. Gawain" and "Wawrinka vs. Gasquet", the other two quarterfinal matches were all messed up. The one-sided matches were uneventful throughout, completely disappointing the fans' ardent expectations for the Challenger Alliance to impact the giants.

If Court No. 1 at least offered the highlight moment of Simon ending Federer's streak of serving, then the Centre Court was a drowsy match. Djokovic and Cilic's match was completely watered down. Not only were the three sets of matches exactly the same, but the content of the match was also lackluster.

It may be impossible to pick out the top five goals in a single game.

For neutral fans, it was extremely disappointing.

However, from another perspective, the two giants once again defended their honor with a strong and fierce performance:

At Wimbledon, their strong foundation is still unshakable. After experiencing the upset in Flushing, the fierce battles in Melbourne Park and Roland Garros, when they came to the All England Club, the giants were still the absolute rulers that were difficult to reach, and the golden age was still the golden age.

and!

The top four, take your positions.

The pattern of "Big Four VS Challenger Alliance" has taken shape again.

Looking back at the semi-finals of the past three Grand Slams, the Wimbledon matchup will become more representative.

At the US Open, "Djokovic VS Galvin", "Federer VS Cilic", Galvin and Cilic won, officially kicking off the Challenger League.

Australian Open, "Djokovic VS Wawrinka", "Murray VS Gavin", Djokovic and Gavin advanced, and the confrontation between giants and challengers took shape.

French Open, "Djokovic VS Murray", "Gawain VS Wawrinka", this is the only time when giants and giants, challengers and challengers face off each other and then start a battle on the top of the Forbidden City. In the end, Djokovic and Wawrinka meet, and it is an all-out confrontation between giants and challengers.

Looking back carefully, you can clearly see the development process step by step, and finally, we came to Wimbledon.

The semi-final matchup is still "Big Four vs. Challengers". Behind the sudden emergence of Gawain, from Cilic to Wawrinka to Gasquet, the vanguard of the Challenger Alliance has been changing, but the only constant is the overall rise of the Challenger Alliance. So what will be the result this time?

Gearing up for a try——

The Wimbledon tournament organizers officially announced the schedule before the two women's singles semi-finals began on Thursday.

Friday, Centre Court.

The first game, Djokovic vs. Gasquet.

The second game, Federer VS Gawain.

This arrangement was neither surprising nor controversial, and was even widely guessed on social networks before the event organizing committee announced it.

Gasquet can be regarded as the biggest dark horse of this year's Wimbledon. He had been playing on and off in the first half of the season due to a back injury, and his world ranking dropped all the way down and fell out of the top 20. His performance in the four Grand Slams throughout 2014 was mediocre. He was also eliminated early in the third round of this year's Australian Open, and only recovered slightly at the French Open.

Looking back now, the performance in Roland Garros to reach the fourth round again should be the first signal.

After the Wimbledon draw was released, Gasquet fell into the 2/4 zone which was full of strong players, and it was also a thorny 4/8 zone. Almost no one noticed Gasquet's existence, but with Nadal being eliminated in the second round and Raonic being eliminated in the third round, he became the biggest beneficiary.

Of course, if someone doubts that Gasquet's semi-final appearance was "accidental", then his strong victory over Kyrgios and his elimination of Wawrinka in five sets are the best proof. No one should underestimate Gasquet's impact. Perhaps, his miracle journey at the All England Club will continue.

Next, Gasquet will face Djokovic, the favorite to win the championship.

The top seed had a smooth road to the next round, except for an unexpected tough battle against Anderson in the fourth round, where he fell behind by two sets but eventually came back to win.

As players of the same era, Djokovic and Gasquet are very familiar with each other. They have met twelve times in their careers. Gasquet only won once in 2007, at the year-end finals, which was then called the Masters Cup. After that, he suffered a long nine-game losing streak.

From all aspects, Djokovic is the more favored party, and even from the pre-match odds, the Serbian superstar has an overwhelming lead.

By the way, a month ago at Roland Garros, Gasquet advanced to the fourth round but lost to Djokovic. The scores were very different at the time, "6:1", "6:2", "6:3". Even Gasquet made self-deprecating remarks in the post-match interview after advancing to the semi-finals at Wimbledon.

"I hope I can play better on Friday than I did in Paris and win more games."

As you can imagine, this match was scheduled to be played first, with almost no suspense.

All eyes were focused on another clash of the top four.

"Federer VS Gawain".

At this point, there is no need to say more, the significance and weight of this game has reached an unprecedented level.

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If in the match between Djokovic and Gasquet, everyone was overwhelmingly on the side of the world No. 1, then this match was full of suspense.

So far, Gawain and Federer have met twice in their careers, with each winning one match, but as Gawain said, these data have no reference value.

First, the number of encounters was too few; second, those tournaments were not on grass; third, those tournaments were not Grand Slams.

The point is that Gao Wen has faced the Big Four in the Grand Slam in his career and has remained undefeated so far.

Federer is undoubtedly the king at Wimbledon. His entire career is closely related to the All England Club. He first emerged here, he had his first breakthrough here, he won his first Grand Slam here, and he built his dynasty here. He is the king of grass.

This year at Wimbledon, both players had some signs of starting low and ending high.

Although Federer is the favorite to win, his odds are behind Murray and Djokovic, and even almost the same as Wawrinka at one point; however, Federer showed his top serve feel in a low-key manner, and his mercurial attack was really pleasing to the eye. He created wave after wave of climaxes in his own backyard, proving once again with his unparalleled performance -

Never ignore Federer on grass.

Gao Wen did not need much explanation. He arrived at the All England Club with a record of one win and one loss. He almost lost to Istomin in the first round. Later, he continued to improve his condition against Dimitrov and Murray and gave a top performance. The game in which he saved a match point and defeated Murray was his best this year.

He saved match points in both games to win and advance. Gawain made it to the semi-finals in a desperate manner and made history.

so.

Federer? Or Gawain?

Gawain? Or Federer?

No one can predict it in advance, the only thing we can do is wait and see.

(End of this chapter)