Chapter 1784: Everyone on your positions

"Shh. Keep it a secret."

In the accompanying photo, Gao Wen is wearing a navy blue short-sleeved shirt and white shorts. The smile on his face is as bright as the California sunshine. He stands in the center of the Arthur Ashe Stadium with his arms open, wandering in the grand and majestic stadium space, embracing the whole world, like the king of New York.

In an instant, social networks went crazy, and huge waves like tsunamis burst out with astonishing energy.

surprise!

Absolutely pleasant surprise!

The outfit in front of me is the new uniform designed by Nike specifically for Gao Wen's US Open title defense this year.

Daytime, navy blue with ivory white.

For nightclubs, jet black matches jet black.

From the moment Nike announced the design, countless fans have been looking forward to seeing Gao Wen wearing the jersey with their own eyes, until now.

finally!

All the waiting and all the anxiety, all the hesitation and all the expectations are all released at this moment and can no longer be held back.

Not only the fans, but also the professionals and media reporters could not suppress their excitement.

Here she comes, the defending champion is here, Gao Wen is back on the court, officially joining the fierce competition in this year's US Open. Perhaps the last Grand Slam tournament of the year will be more exciting than any previous tournament of the year. The unknown and suspense collide to create incredible sparks.

After all, no one has forgotten what happened on the court in New York last year. A year later, those vague memories have come back to life.

Get ready!

Eager to try!

Of course, no one can be sure of Gawain's status; it is an unknown.

Since the Wimbledon semi-finals, Gawain has played only three official matches in total - the Davis Cup matches are not included in the calculation; he also suffered an injury and returned after being absent for two weeks. It is unknown what his current condition is and what performance he can produce.

Even Gawain himself couldn't be sure.

Audiences familiar with competitive sports should know that competitive state requires adjustment, improvement, and adaptation. It is far from enough to rely solely on training. After all, it still requires the collision of competitions. Only through actual combat polishing and the influence of competitions can we slowly find the best competitive state.

Precisely because of this, the climax of any event often starts from the quarterfinals, and the fierce clash of the two strongest teams will never disappoint expectations.

However, now, for two whole months, Gao Wen has seriously lacked the polish of official competitions. At this moment, Gao Wen cannot give a definite answer as to what stage his own condition and level are at. He may even face a tough battle or even an upset in the first two rounds.

Perhaps, after five years in the professional arena, Gao Wen will have a new understanding of himself and the state of the game, and will have a clearer positioning when he returns after being away from the arena. However, it is only the second year of his professional career and he does not have much experience in this regard.

Everything is waiting to be revealed.

Despite this, it is still worth looking forward to, just like Nadal.

Even though Nadal's overall form has been sluggish this season, his streak of winning at least one Grand Slam title every year for a full decade may come to an end; but as long as Nadal is on the draw, no one can ever underestimate him, and the form he has honed game by game may explode at any time.

The same is true for Gawain.

In any case, after the Big Four, the two leaders of the Challenger League, Wawrinka and Gao Wen, have also returned, which is a good thing.

Buzz, buzz, buzz——

There were screams and cheers on social networks.

It can be clearly seen that Gao Wen's supporters have collectively entered into a carnival mode.

Over the past half month, worry and panic, irritability and anxiety have spread everywhere. Although they keep telling themselves not to worry too much, and that even if they miss this year's US Open, there are still next year, the year after, and the year after that, they still can't help but feel restless when seeing the attacks from those haters.

Now, they can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Tennis is never the same when Gao Wen is not on tour."

“The King Returns!”

"Gawain! Gawain! Gawain!"

"As long as Gao Wen can step onto the field, then everything is possible."

“I can finally look forward to the US Open this year.”

It swept across the entire network in a mighty manner, and at this moment, one could once again feel the powerful appeal of Gawain.

Boom! Even the media center was no exception. Before Yu Jia could cheer, a loud noise exploded in his ears.

Yu Jia looked up and saw the reporters were beaming with joy. Their chattering was completely unable to conceal their happiness and joy. He could deeply feel the overflowing joy without words.

One, two, three, no one is exempt. Regardless of whether you like Gao Wen or not, and regardless of whether the champion candidate you sincerely support is someone else, the joy and expectation at this moment are the same.

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Putting aside the issue of winning or losing for the moment, these competitive sports reporters are also sincerely looking forward to seeing more exciting events, a true contest of swordsmen on Mount Huashan, with the purity and simplicity deep in their hearts and the upright spirit of competitive sports. Only in this way can they witness the pinnacle of competitive sports.

Perhaps every reporter has his or her own preferences, but in the face of true professionalism, they are always able to temporarily put aside their prejudices and applaud the players.

A smile quietly crept up the corner of Yu Jia's mouth.

"Yu, congratulations."

"Congratulations, can you breathe a sigh of relief now?"

“I am looking forward to Gao Wen’s performance.”

"Hey, come on, give me a high five, and I'll tell you that Gawain won't give up."

"Haha, am I right? Gawain will definitely come."

"That's good. 'Hard Ground Gawain' is about to enter God of War mode."

One after another, fellow reporters came over and high-fived Yu Jia to celebrate, with sincerity and purity on their faces, as they sent their blessings to Yu Jia.

Perhaps, all the attention is now on Federer, Djokovic and Murray, especially Federer, whose performance in reaching the Cincinnati Open without losing a set was indeed very competitive, but no one will forget that Gawain can compete with any top player on hard courts.

Moreover, this is an upgraded version of Gawain after the tests of the clay and grass seasons.

Moreover, before withdrawing from the Rogers Cup semi-finals due to injury, Gao Wen also performed well, even defeating Tsonga while injured.

Judging from the data alone, Gawain, like Federer, has also "remained undefeated." Although this undefeated record is a bit exaggerated and needs to be put in quotation marks, people's expectations for Gawain have gradually become a reality, and no one will regard Gawain as a dark horse anymore.

It was precisely because of this that the entire media center was in an uproar. They had originally planned to come and watch the live broadcast of the draw, but Gao Wen stole all the focus with just a photo and a sentence. Even the staff of the US Open organizing committee were beaming with joy and happiness.

Not to mention the Chinese reporters, the bustling Asian faces in sight all high-fived to celebrate, and laughter and discussions spread everywhere.

Finally, now we can safely say that the US Open is ready.

(End of this chapter)