McDonald's brain was a little slow to work, and he was a little slow to realize what the young man in front of him was going to do, and he couldn't help but laugh.
"you……"
McDonald started to complain but didn't have time to continue. He shook his head helplessly and finally gave up on teaching these guys a lesson.
He muttered something in a low voice.
“It just looks simple.”
Gawain's familiar voice came to my ears. I could see the slightly upturned corners of his mouth and the faint smile without turning around, bright and fresh.
"Actually, I'm not that great. When you describe me like that, people who know me will think you're talking about Federer, and people who don't will think you're talking about the God of Tennis."
Poof! MacDonald couldn't hold back.
"Besides, weren't we the same before?"
"When I see some incredible shots or some wonderful tactical choices, I always want to try them out. But only when I really experience them can I know which ones are suitable for me and which ones are not. I have to slowly find my own tennis. This is the only way."
"oh."
"Look at me, this was just last year."
There is a dramatic twist and then an exclamation at the end, but why does it sound weird?
Is this a complaint about McDonald's premature aging?
As a captain, you do need to take responsibility, but you are also a growing college student. Many things have changed from last year to this year; but at the same time, there are also many things that have not changed so obviously.
Maybe MacDonald shouldn't push himself so hard.
Light, natural, and effortless.
MacDonald's smile bloomed lightly at the corners of his mouth. "But why do I feel like it's been a long time?"
"Puberty, it's all because of puberty." Gao Wen said with certainty.
MCDONALD: ...dumbfounded.
"You know, during adolescence, you are always sad and depressed, immersed in your own world. Even a leaf falling will make you sigh for a long time. Yesterday you were sixteen, today you are sixty, and tomorrow you will be thirty-six. The laws of time are completely broken, and nothing is right."
Blah blah, Gawain spoke nonsense seriously, but somehow, these nonsense seemed so sincere and so real.
Pfft! The players who were secretly eavesdropping on the game couldn't help themselves after all. Seeing McDonald's stunned expression, they finally burst into laughter.
MacDonald himself paused for a moment, and before he realized it, a smile had already risen on the corner of his mouth -
In fact, just now, not long ago, MacDonald was still worried about how he should face Gawain.
The performance of the Brown Bears this year is really disappointing. Although the three main players of the team, Thompson, Gillon and Gao Wen, all chose to turn to the professional arena last summer, they had already anticipated the difficulties, but...
disappointment.
Very disappointed.
MacDonald is an introverted person who often blames himself first and hides all his guilt and disappointment in his heart.
He was a little afraid to look Gawain in the eye.
However, unexpectedly, everything happened so naturally and simply that there was no need for any verbal communication and things returned to their original state.
It seems that Gawain possesses such an ability.
MacDonald finally turned around and looked at Gawain. The word "sorry" was on the tip of his tongue, but he didn't know how to start. Then he heard Gawain take the lead.
"Mike, would you like to tour with me and be my hitting partner during the upcoming US Open series?"
MacDonald: …
Because it was so unexpected and so sudden, my brain froze for a moment. "!@#%&*", mumbling words swirled in the depths of my throat but I couldn't organize them into reasonable syllables.
After a long pause, MacDonald reluctantly said, "What about Michael?"
Michael Russell, Gowan's batting partner.
"Michael has been gone for a while, since Monte Carlo." Gawain did not lie, these were all facts, "He still wants to go to the Challenge Tournament to give it a try."
When Russell became Gowan's batting partner, he said that he still wanted to become a professional player and being a batting partner was just a transition.
But neither Russell nor Gowan had expected that in just one year, Russell accompanied Gowan and witnessed countless glories and successes. This was also a turning point in Russell's career. He gained invaluable batting experience and grew and transformed with Gowan.
In fact, after the Australian Open, Gao Wen's team has had people come to poach him one after another.
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Sampras and Agassi showed no interest at all, and Peart was unmoved, so Russell became the most sought-after candidate for invitation.
However, Russell rejected them all, as he still wanted to stick to his promise.
After entering the clay court season, this was obviously not the surface that Russell was good at. After Monte Carlo, he discussed with Gawain and decided to leave the team. However, he did not accept any invitation to be a hitting partner, but went to the Challenge Tournament by himself, hoping to fight again.
Gao Wen fully supports this and believes that everyone with a dream is amazing.
It is also because of this that Gao Wen does not have a fixed hitting partner in both the clay court season and the grass court season. He takes turns with friends such as Thiem and Dimitrov in hitting training.
However, for Gao Wen, the impact is not significant. Given his current position, it is not difficult to invite any player to bat or even train together, and he is very popular.
Therefore, Gao Wen has never looked for a fixed batting partner again.
Gao Wen had no such plan for the upcoming North American hard court season; but after learning about the situation of the Bruins today, Gao Wen extended an invitation.
Tennis is a very special sport.
On the one hand, they need to focus on themselves.
If you are like McDonald, always thinking about others, including the team, the coach, the influence of Gao Wen, etc., and cannot focus on yourself, then the game will become very, very difficult. Standing on the court is like a zombie, and hitting the ball becomes a mechanical action.
Therefore, Gao Wen hopes that MacDonald can temporarily leave the Bruins, enter the tour, feel a different atmosphere, and find himself again.
On the other hand, they need to open their eyes.
In the final analysis, tennis is still a competitive sport. Although enjoying solitude is a lesson, and every player standing on the court is fighting alone, reading the game and the opponent is also a lesson. The game of back and forth requires understanding yourself, and at the same time, you need to understand your opponent even more.
The US Open series is an opportunity for McDonald to see a wider world, and then look back at the NCAA, perhaps with different feelings.
Of course, taking a step back, McDonald is indeed a very good hitting partner. After all, he will be one of the top 50 players in the world in the future. His solid hitting ability is fully demonstrated on the North American hard courts. For Gao Wen, such a fixed hitting partner will definitely help him prepare for the US Open.
So Gawain did just that.
MacDonald was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to respond.