Chapter 1823 No One Can Sleep
The fifth day of the competition, the cold wind continues——
In the women's singles competition, A-Radwanska, Svitolina and Bencic were all eliminated unexpectedly.
In the men's singles competition, Ferrer, Raonic, Seppi and Robredo all stopped in the third round.
Of course, judging from the draw, the third round is already the top 32. From this round on, the clashes between seeded players will be fully staged, and it is normal to have some upsets; but the outstanding performance of the low-ranking seeded players in completing the counterattack has thrown the draw into chaos.
Area 4/8, the most typical
Originally, the top seeds in this small division were Kei Nishikori and Milos Raonic. Both players performed well on fast and hard courts, and they were also considered Murray's biggest opponents for advancing to the semi-finals; but now, Kei Nishikori and Milos Raonic were both eliminated and stopped in the first week.
this……
As a result, this partition fell into complete chaos.
Dimitrov, who had a sluggish performance throughout the year, and Chardy, who broke out in the North American summer hard court season, unexpectedly broke through the siege in this division and both advanced to the round of 16. Next, they will compete for a place in the quarterfinals, which was definitely unexpected by no one.
Perhaps this is Dimitrov's best chance to return to the Grand Slam quarterfinals? As of the fifth day of competition, 14 people have withdrawn from the US Open this year, 12 of which are men's singles players. The situation is very tragic.
Sock was eliminated because he couldn't stand the scorching heat, suffered cramps and dehydration, and was almost carried off the court.
The severity and poor competition environment has an impact on every player, and the men's singles best-of-five match is an even more severe test.
Murray was no exception. In the second round, Murray was trailing French player Mannarino at 0:2 and finally completed a difficult comeback. At the press conference after the game, he said that he felt very uncomfortable, had some respiratory problems, and was severely physically exhausted.
Scorching heat has become a new keyword.
However! What really sparked the discussion and caused a storm was not any of the above games or any of the players. The absolute blockbuster news was yet to come.
Arthur Ashe Stadium, night session, hosted by Serena Williams and Nadal.
First, Serena Williams broke out in a cold sweat.
In the match against compatriot Matek Sanders, the defending champion lost the first set, and was broken in the second set when she had the serve to win the set. Her serve was slow to adjust to the best, but in the end, the world No. 1 in women's singles found her feeling and won eight games in a row.
The deciding set gave away a donut.
Then there was a clash between Nadal and his old rival Fognini.
Fognini, who plays in an imaginative style, has never been afraid of Nadal. Although Nadal won all the first four meetings in his career, Nadal always stumbled when playing against Fognini as their playing styles were incompatible.
This year alone, Fognini has met Nadal three times, with Fognini winning two and losing one, and all three matches took place on clay.
This was the fourth meeting in New York in 2015, and Nadal played the worst match of his career.
“6:3”, “6:4”.
Nadal, win two sets first.
In Nadal's career, in a best-of-five match, his winning rate after winning the first two sets is 99.375%, with 159 wins and one loss.
The only loss came in the 2005 Miami Masters final against Federer.
If it is a Grand Slam match, Nadal has won 148 games after winning the first two sets, with a winning rate of 100% and has never made a mistake.
Until September 4, 2015——
"4:6", "3:6", "4:6".
The last three sets of victories all belonged to Fognini, a Jedi comeback.
Moreover, the most painful and worst point was that in the deciding set, Nadal and Fognini launched a break battle. Nadal's serve was broken in all the games, and Fognini was no better. He only won the nearly four-hour marathon by holding his serve once.
Nadal was eliminated unexpectedly.
The whole of New York was silent.
Originally, if Nadal could defeat Fognini and advance, he would face Djokovic in the next round, which would undoubtedly be the highlight.
However, it doesn't matter now, because the game itself was shocking enough; at the same time, this defeat also marked the worst and lowest season of Nadal's career, and his legendary record of winning at least one Grand Slam title for ten consecutive years was officially over.
No one can sleep tonight.
The chaos and weirdness of the 2015 US Open was pushed to a new climax.
From women's singles to men's doubles, then to women's doubles and mixed doubles, and finally to men's singles, all draws were affected.
The competition has only entered its fifth day, but the situation has been completely reshuffled. The level of shock is even greater than last year.
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Objectively speaking, although the entire professional tennis world is looking forward to a "melee", more competition means more excitement, so they repeatedly cheer for the Challenger Alliance and Youth Storm; but when they really see the total chaos, they are all dumbfounded and their jaws drop.
Just like that, amidst the commotion and unrest, the sixth day of competition slowly kicked off, and a subtle atmosphere quietly spread in the air.
Then, Gawain appears—
For the third consecutive game, Gowen stepped onto the Arthur Ashe Stadium again.
Today, Federer will host the main event of the night session, while Gawain's match against No. 30 seed Bellucic will be held in the second game of the day session.
In the first match of the day, it was Kvitova again; at the same time, it was another quick sweep victory, "6:2", "6:1", and the whole game lasted less than fifty minutes.
Everything seemed familiar. Just like in the first round, Gao Wen came on the court right after Kvitova and started the game thirty minutes earlier than expected.
The difference is that the first round was held at night, while today was a daytime event. The sun was scorching and the heat was unbearable. Gao Wen took the stage at 12:05 noon under the hot sun.
The lighting and atmosphere of the entire stadium seemed different. The bright sunlight was really dazzling, and the Arthur Ashe Stadium was like a steamer.
The feeling was as if you were inside a tanning machine, shining vertically at every angle to every corner of your body.
Heat and high temperature are only one aspect of the impact. The frequency and amount of sweating, energy consumption, water replenishment, etc. should not be ignored.
The impact of sight is more direct. Because of light reflection, the trajectory of the tennis ball and the judgment of the landing point are prone to inevitable deviations, which means that the control of the shot will face more difficulties.
It is also because of this that players are very sensitive to the spectators' mobile phones or sunglasses, and the variables caused by light reflection and refraction may become interference at any time.
It was hot and stuffy, with a strong wind. I was sweating profusely in less than five minutes.
No wonder there has been a wave of players withdrawing from the competition.
(End of this chapter)