The clay court season is over.
The grass season is over.
Although Wimbledon has not yet ended, for Gawain, the grass court season has come to an end. The seemingly long three months passed in a flash, and it ended before he had time to enjoy it, just like spring in London, which just arrived yesterday and ended in an instant.
Of course, to be precise, this is not correct.
There is also a brief window of clay in July, scattered around the world.
Countries and regions including Sweden, Croatia, Germany, Switzerland, etc. hold clay court tournaments of different levels, mainly 250-point and 500-point tournaments.
In addition, there is a grass court tournament in Newport, USA, and a hard court tournament in Bogota, Colombia. Both tournaments are at the 250-point level.
In other words, there is a window after the French Open and Wimbledon to provide players with clay and grass tournaments.
Although all of them are low-level competitions, they are a very important adjustment period in the season for professional players.
Those players who achieved good results in Roland Garros and Wimbledon are physically and mentally exhausted. They can use this time to rest and adjust, accumulate energy for the second half of the season, and win precious breathing time in the intensive schedule.
As for those players who performed below expectations or unfortunately did not achieve satisfactory results, on the one hand, they need these tournaments to earn points and bonuses; on the other hand, they also need these tournaments to adjust their feel and prepare for the upcoming North American hard court season.
In other words, players can freely arrange their schedule for the coming July based on their performance in the past two Grand Slam tournaments and warm up for the second half of the season.
This year, the US Open series will kick off in Atlanta on July 27, followed by Washington, Montreal, and Cincinnati. The crown jewel will be the US Open in New York on August 31, bringing the North American summer hard court season to a climax.
Gao Wen, of course, is also among them——
French Open semi-finals, Wimbledon semi-finals.
Such performances definitely put him in the top tier of the ATP, and only Djokovic, who has made the finals of two tournaments in a row, is better than Gawain.
However, for Gao Wen, the gains were far more than that.
In fact, since the end of the Australian Open, the frequency of "system" has begun to decline significantly. Just as Gao Wen judged, the second upgrade bottleneck is slowly emerging.
Fortunately, the next step is to change venues and channels. Different challenges and different training are undoubtedly the best way to break the bottleneck. The value of the clay court season and the grass court season is not only a new track, but also a platform to open up a whole new world.
——Gawain, seized the opportunity firmly.
He achieved breakthroughs on both clay and grass, but most importantly, his journey at Wimbledon was extremely valuable to Gawain.
Reaching the semi-finals is a feat; what is really worth paying attention to is the way to reach the semi-finals: saving match points to defeat Istomin and Murray is a severe test of will and ability.
Facing Federer, saving match points and pushing the game into the deciding set was already breaking her own limits. The stalemate and maneuvering in the long set decisive set was an all-round test. Finally, saving match points continuously and using up the last bit of energy demonstrated another side of tennis.
Everyone thinks that clay court is a test, but no one expected that Gao Wen would face the most important and difficult two weeks of his career on grass.
Therefore, when the clay court season and the grass court season came to an end, the system attributes also ushered in a bumper harvest.
Even beyond imagination.
At least, for Gawain himself, he did not expect it.
Including natural growth and system accumulation, the attribute points increased by a full eighteen points.
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The physical attributes rose from 92 to 93, which is a very limited improvement. Even after two long-set semi-finals, the improvement is still not obvious.
The technical attributes soared from 91 to 95, a full four-point increase. From the front, we can feel the different improvements in technical characteristics brought about by different venue types.
Essentially, Gao Wen is a player who is better at technique than physique. His upper limit is determined by his talent, so the difficulty of improvement is naturally different.
However, in Gao Wen's opinion, his gains from Wimbledon were still limited.
The main reason is that the grass court season is too short, and the tournament has ended before he has had time to fully adapt. From the beginning to the end of the entire grass court season, he only played eight official matches, which is just a small amount compared to the hard court season.
This can be deeply felt in the two games against Murray and Federer. At the critical moment, Gawain's handling was still hard court style or even clay court style, but not grass style. From a technical point of view, Gawain was not able to give full play to his strengths.
Maybe next year, he should partner with Dimitrov in doubles events to get more used to the grass feel.
The spiritual attribute increased from 95 to 97, an increase of two points again.
There is no doubt that a big heart and 100% concentration are still the strongest and toughest parts of all Gao Wen's competitive aspects.
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The test of saving match points in multiple games should play an important role. This is also the first time in Gao Wen's career that he has saved match points more than once in a Grand Slam tournament to advance. From this perspective, apart from his debut, this Wimbledon is indeed worth commemorating.
Finally, the hidden attribute -
It increased from 78 (4/5) to 81 (0/5), a full three points increase.
Considering the difficulty of improving hidden attributes, this progress is undoubtedly a leap forward.
In fact, Gao Wen was considering adding all the attribute points accumulated by the system to the hidden attributes.
Especially after the Wimbledon tournament, the Gawain experience became more obvious.
The more top-level the confrontation, the more crucial the game, the more important the moment, the two sides standing on the field are truly competing with each other physically, mentally and technically, but more have surpassed these basic levels and risen to a whole new height.
For example, the current competitive state.
For example, the long-term performance index.
What these data actually show is the level of commitment and the level of performance. When projected into a game, it may be just one point, one round, or one shot, but it can turn the situation around in terms of momentum, state, situation, etc., and play a role in determining victory or defeat.
What's more, there is one most important item in the hidden attributes, the injury avoidance index.
Currently, the injury avoidance index is 78, and this sub-item still has not exceeded the 80-point threshold.
In the upcoming North American summer hard court season, it would be a good idea to invest all the accumulated attribute points into hidden attributes.
But I don’t know whether the system upgrade will return to the bottleneck or open up a new situation when returning to the hard court after being polished on red clay and grass.
A new challenge is ahead, and it is worth looking forward to.