A little butterfly finally flapped its wings in another parallel time and space and changed history.

Dimitrov has grown up, and Sharapova has grown up too. Not only did they not break up and start to sink, but they became stronger and more bonded. They re-arranged the context of their careers in their own way and showed different mental outlooks in the face of ups and downs.

Slowly, gradually... the butterfly effect is moving away from Gawain's surroundings and heading towards the deeper and wider depths of the world, causing a tsunami.

Dimitrov could sense that the atmosphere was a little heavy. He smiled again, looked at Gawain, and teased him in a light-hearted tone.

"She also wants to watch your game, hoping to get some inspiration. So, is there any vacant seat in your player box?"

Gao Wen showed an embarrassed expression, "I thought she was going to stay away from Flushing. My box seat is very precious and is only reserved for superstars. If you don't have a net worth of more than a billion, I won't even look at you."

"Oh, wait, we are talking about Maria Sharapova. Look at my memory. Welcome, welcome, warm welcome, VIP seats reserved."

Dimitrov was stunned: I didn’t expect you to be such a Gawain.

McDonald tried to control himself. In the star-studded training ground, he still wanted to keep a low profile. But at this moment, looking at the scene in front of him, he couldn't help it after all and was the first to burst into laughter.

Soon after, Sampras also laughed out loud, and the atmosphere instantly became relaxed.

McDonald had the illusion that he was back on the Bruins team a year ago, and then he realized something, something very simple yet very difficult: Be it Gawain, Dimitrov, Sharapova, Raonic and others, the road ahead of them is full of thorns, mountains of swords and seas of fire, and difficulties, because a professional career in competitive sports is never easy, and it is the same for everyone.

The experience leading to becoming a top master, achieving brilliant success, and creating miracles is even more unimaginable, requiring not only perseverance, but also courage and determination.

Of course, this is a one-man battle. Everyone has his own battlefield. They need to face it alone, experience it alone and solve difficulties alone. But at the same time, this is also a team battle. Everyone has his own team and friends behind him. Even if there is no money to hire a coach, just like Jilong, he still has friends and partners fighting side by side with him. They are all fighting, encouraging and helping each other.

The NCAA is a preview of the professional arena.

Perhaps, he does not need and should not carry the expectations of the “Gawain Halo”, but rather proves his name and becomes part of the Bruins’ halo.

This is enough.

It was only three weeks, but MacDonald learned more in this time than in the past year, and his smile spread completely.

Now, McDonald seemed to finally understand the high morale of Giron when he turned away, and also seemed to finally understand why Sharapova wanted to watch Gao Wen's game.

It turns out that Gawain is the sun.

"Hahaha", McDonald's smile also bloomed completely, feeling the energy from the inside out.

The US Open has begun——

On the first day of competition, the men's upper half and women's upper half events kicked off first.

Although all four Grand Slams are no exception and event arrangements need to take attendance into consideration, there is no doubt that the US Open is the event that implements it most resolutely.

No player has any privileges in Flushing. Everything is aimed at "attendance, ratings, and box office." This is the only criterion. Even the Big Four are no exception. The US Open always likes to arrange topic duels, focus duels, and gimmick duels in the most important courts.

It can be easily summed up in one word: traffic.

Of course, the existence of the Big Four itself brings traffic, so they can often occupy important matches in important stadiums, but if there are more discussed topics, the US Open organizing committee will not hesitate to make changes, and even Federer may be squeezed out.

Last year, the first round of the "Isner VS Galvao" match was held at the Arthur Ashe Stadium. As a wildcard player, Galvao directly entered the world's highest-standard stadium in his first ATP-level tournament in his career. Such a starting point is indeed unique among active players.

This year is no exception.

The first day of competition was a focus of attention, and the match arrangements made by the US Open organizing committee also became a major highlight, but the US Open still continued its usual style.

At the Arthur Ashe Stadium, two focus matches, "Murray vs. Kyrgios" and "Nadal vs. Coric", have been scheduled, with Nadal's night match being the highlight.

Djokovic and Kei Nishikori were unfortunately squeezed into the Louis Armstrong Stadium, but compared with Cilic who was squeezed into the Grandstand Stadium, there seemed to be nothing to complain about the stadium arrangement. Cilic, who reached the final here last year, did not receive any special treatment at all.

Sure enough, the US Open is still the US Open, going its own way and never paying attention to the eyes of others.

However, an eternal truth in competitive sports is that exciting confrontations are king.

The best and most outstanding matches may not necessarily be good to watch, as they may be one-sided and ruined. On the contrary, the close combat between lower-ranked players can often produce incredible sparks in the first week of a Grand Slam, and the close contact on a small court can also allow one to feel the charm of tennis.

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This year's US Open also demonstrated this point with practical actions.

From the moment Sharapova announced her regretful withdrawal due to injury at the last minute, an ominous feeling began to hang over Flushing like a thick dark cloud.

When the tournament actually started, this ominous premonition turned into reality, and this year's Flushing Meadows seemed to be cursed.

Unpopular, one after another.

In the women's singles competition, six seeded players were eliminated.

The highest ranked player is seventh seed Ivanovic. The Serbian lost in three sets to Cibulkova who had just returned from injury. Although Ivanovic seemed to have finally found some touch after returning to the Grand Slam semi-finals after seven years at the French Open, she was eliminated in the first round of both the Australian Open and the US Open.

For Ivanovic, there is no doubt that this has been a very, very disappointing season.

Following closely behind is eighth seed Karolina Pliskova. This young rookie has entered the top ten in the world for the first time this year and is hailed as a member of the youth storm. However, her performances in the four Grand Slams have not been impressive, as she was eliminated in the first week all of them. She has not even made it to the top 16 of a Grand Slam, which is very bad.

This time at the US Open, facing an unknown qualifying player, Ka-Pliskova only won three games and was swept out in less than an hour, completely lacking the style of a top ten player in the world.

The last top ten seed to be eliminated was Spaniard Navarro. The tenth seed suffered seven consecutive losses in various tournaments. Since the Birmingham grass tournament, he has been unable to win a single game in three months. Except for being eliminated in the third round of the French Open, he was eliminated in the first round of the other three Grand Slams.

Curse mode, start to show your power.