Chapter 1851: Discovering the Blind Spot
Roar! Roar, roar, roar!
Whistles, applause, cheers, and roars swept the entire audience.
Gradually, you can see the audience at Louis Armstrong Stadium standing up and making loud noises with excitement.
The mountains roared and the earth shook.
Compared with the two "Switzerland vs. USA" matches at Arthur Ashe Stadium, this match was just as popular and exciting. The quality of the final match was beyond expectations, from the second point in the first inning to every point in the last two innings.
It's wonderful and continues all the way through.
Especially under such weather and environment, the quality of the game and the intensity of the confrontation far exceeded expectations, and the whole game was exciting.
Gao Wen, in a convincing and amazing way, overcame the doubts about his ankle sprain and advanced to the quarterfinals, keeping his hopes of defending the title alive.
The Flushing myth continues.
From another perspective, Gao Wen remains undefeated in Flushing Meath during his career, just like Nadal when he made his debut at Roland Garros. With that said, you can understand the shock and impact.
One game became a watershed moment——
Not only because Gawain proved himself with actual actions, whether it was an abdominal strain or an ankle sprain, they could not stop him from continuing to fight; but also because Gawain moved forward steadily step by step, and in addition to amazement and surprise, he has reached the top eight.
This also means that the semi-finals are only one step away.
Then?
Gao Wen can match his excellent performances at Roland Garros and Wimbledon this season and continue his legend.
In the history of tennis in the Open Era, there are a series of incredible historical records, one of which comes from Federer.
From Wimbledon in 2005 to Flushing Meadows in 2007, Federer reached the finals of ten consecutive Grand Slams and won eight titles.
From Wimbledon in 2004 to Melbourne Park in 2010, Federer reached the semi-finals in 23 consecutive Grand Slams and won 14 titles.
For a full six years, Federer had absolute dominance, and it is precisely because of this that Nadal's challenge and impact are even more rare.
At the moment, Gao Wen is one step away from reaching the semi-finals of his fifth consecutive Grand Slam.
Of course, let alone being compared with Federer, even in front of the other three giants, Gawain's performance was nothing special; but the real point is that this is Gawain's entire Grand Slam experience in his career, which is unique in the long river of history.
Compared with his feat of winning the first Grand Slam championship in his career last year, Gao Wen is now showing continuity and persistence. He has proved with his actual actions that he is not a shooting star, and his consecutive championships at the US Open and Australian Open are not a short-term burst.
Gao Wen is still producing steadily and performing strongly. Like Wawrinka and the Big Four, he has been delivering top performances for a longer period of time, proving his abilities in the fierce competition of the ATP. He has become an undisputed member of the top players.
In other words, Gawain is establishing his own "authority".
Before Roland Garros, there were many doubts, and Gawain fought back.
Before Wimbledon, doubts arose and Gawain proved himself again.
Now in Flushing, doubts still linger for various reasons, however, Gao Wen still steadily made it to the top eight.
You have to accept it.
Although there are still voices of opposition and complaints, and some people think that Gao Wen has good luck in the draw and has not encountered serious challenges in the first few rounds, haters will always be haters and their ideas will not change; the real change is still very obvious, and everyone from fans to professionals has sent out signals -
Gawain, here we come.
When the Grand Slam enters the second week and the tournament enters the quarterfinals, these top players will slowly enter their best form and the danger factor will instantly increase by one or two levels.
Gao Wen also showed his competitiveness and his status. Those voices of pessimism, doubt, and contempt almost all disappeared, and they cheered loudly:
"Gawain, get back on the championship team."
Especially when Nadal and Murray suffered upsets one after another, Gawain's odds of winning the championship have surpassed Wawrinka and ranked third, only behind Djokovic and Federer.
In the hustle and bustle, the situation changed again.
In fact, you can feel it by looking at the response of Louis Armstrong Stadium——
Gao Wen is still the darling of New York.
It was a bit of a shame that Gawain didn’t get to enter center court because of the relationship between Isner and Donald Young, but New York audiences still flocked to the game.
The surprise and confusion in the opening stage brought the first wave of impact. As the game progressed, exciting rounds followed one after another and could not be stopped at all. Gawain and Agut presented a retro, solid, real and unparalleled baseline battle.
It’s so refreshing!
Not only the audience, but also the professionals and media reporters on site also sighed:
Gao Wen is back.
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"Pah! Gawain!"
"Pah! Gawain!"
At Louis Armstrong Stadium, you can see the bustling crowd standing up and paying their respects with applause and cheers.
The game is over, but the carnival has just begun.
The eyes of the media reporters have changed. They all realized that not only is Gao Wen back, but Gao Wen's draw is indeed impressive.
In the next round, Gawain will face Gasquet.
Although Gasquet reached the semifinals at Wimbledon and has fully recovered since the summer, people are still generally optimistic about the meeting between Gawain and Gasquet. Does this mean that Gawain's chances of reaching the semifinals and waiting for Federer or Wawrinka have increased sharply? The situation has indeed changed.
It is hard to imagine that just two days ago, due to a sprained ankle, the media generally viewed Gao Wen's prospects pessimistically, and bookmakers also lowered their odds; but two days later, after a game, the whole situation quietly turned around, and cheers and applause returned again.
It was not until this time that the media seemed to finally regard Gao Wen as a real candidate for the championship.
Looking towards Gao Wen's player box, the reporters felt a little strange when they saw Gao Hongli standing up and raising his hands high to applaud.
If Gao Wen had really listened to his team's advice and withdrawn from the tournament two days ago, where would the US Open be heading this year? Gao Wen was almost, just a little bit away from leaving Flushing.
Then--
Wait, who is that? Reporters noticed a figure in the players' box.
Strictly speaking, they had noticed it before, and more than once, but they never paid much attention to it and selectively ignored the focus; but now it was different, Gawain's hopes of continuing to compete for the championship were soaring, and the same picture and the same scene had different meanings.
Then, they finally began to focus on the strange figure of the young girl.
Huh? Is this the girl that appeared with Gao Wen in Los Angeles?
(End of this chapter)