Chapter 228 Fate Involves

Signing in is just signing in. Gawain and his party only showed up in person and left after signing in. As for other related matters, Tobias had already taken care of them, so Gawain didn't need to worry about them at all.

Things like what happened to Hanfman are hard to avoid even with an agent, but having an agent at least allows you to find more alternative ways to deal with them. Otherwise, you have to do everything yourself like Hanfman did.

This also made Gao Wen feel once again the special role of the agent. Although it seemed to have nothing to do with tennis, it made the entire game process more professional.

More importantly, agents can ensure that players can focus on training and playing without being distracted by off-field details.

Moreover, Tobias was also very straightforward. Even though Gillon and McDonald were not the players he represented, considering that they would practice with Gawain, Tobias sorted out all the relevant formalities when he handled them.

Tobias stayed behind to take care of things while Gawain and his crew prepared to return to the hotel and then head to the practice range with their equipment for recovery training.

This time, Martin and Grant did not follow them along. After all, they were not full-time coaches for any player. They were only responsible for summer special training. So when Gawain and the others set out on the tour, they had to rely on themselves. Tobias was an extra surprise.

However, even though there was no coach following them, they were no longer children and knew what they should do.

Today is our first time arriving in Binghamton, and we have also experienced the hardship of a six-hour long flight. Naturally, there is no need to increase the intensity and quality of the training. The main focus is on basic warm-up and recovery training to relieve the body's fatigue and then adapt to the climate of the East Coast. We will start formal training tomorrow.

So Tobias only booked two hours of training time for them.

"Hey, cream boy!"

A shout came from across the street, which was a bit abrupt, but Gao Wen and the other three did not pay attention to it. They thought the other party was calling for someone else. The three of them were still discussing the incident at Hanfman's practice field.

I had heard of it before, but it didn't feel real. Now it's actually happening, and it's happening to a friend I know. It feels really weird. Thinking that I might encounter a similar situation in the future, the three of us were discussing how to deal with it, and there was some indignation in our words.

"Hey! That banana milk boy! Are you deaf? Or are you too arrogant to pay attention to anyone?"

There is more to the conversation than that. As you walk through the conversation, you can hear several swear words starting with "F", which reveal a sense of mindless arrogance, just like a bullfighter who constantly shakes his red cape for fear that the bull won't see it.

This time, Gawain and the other three heard it clearly. As they were wondering what had happened, they looked in the direction of the sound. Then they saw a tall and thin boy who looked a bit like "Monkey Brother" and was looking at Gawain provocatively.

Huh? It's targeting Gawain?

Honestly speaking, Gawain's attention was not there just now, and he did not notice what the other party said. He just felt a burst of noise beside him. As a result, he saw Monkey licking his lips with a half-smile on his face, and he raised his chin proudly. His nonchalant look was completely a provocation.

Gao Wen was also full of questions.

"Who are you?"

As soon as this sentence was thrown at him, the other party's face suddenly froze, and his smile almost collapsed, and his whole momentum collapsed immediately.

Jilong thought that Gawain was deliberately trying to provoke the other party, pretending not to know him even though he knew him, so he cast an inquiring look at Gawain.

Gawain looked back with a frank expression, indicating that he really didn't know -

Strictly speaking, Gawain knew the other person, but he didn't lie.

I say I know him because from my memory in my previous life, the Monkey King in front of me was an Australian player.

After Lleyton Hewitt, there was a long gap in tennis in Australia, with a lack of talent until a group of talented players born after 1995 emerged.

However, most of these post-95 players have the same characteristics: they are talented, but arrogant. They are all proud of their talent. They obviously have excellent physical conditions and top tennis talents, but they are not doing their jobs properly. Some of them even cause trouble outside the court every day and are constantly involved in gossip. The result is... they have achieved nothing.

The Australian Tennis Association is both frustrated and angry about this situation. They have a group of talented players who can form a collective advantage, but they keep squandering their talents. "Hateful" is not enough to describe the association's anger.

Of course, these players are all friends, so it may be a bit of an exaggeration to say that they are all “birds of a feather flock together”, but it is true that “birds of a feather flock together”.

This monkey brother is one of them.

Tanasi Kokkinakis, born in 1996, 193 cm, 84 kg.

Judging from the numbers, Kokkinakis and Gawain are of similar size and seem to be slightly inferior in terms of strength, but the reality is not the case.

Kokkinakis has excellent instantaneous explosive power and his shots are fast and fierce. He is not necessarily at a disadvantage even when competing with Nadal in forehand. His playing style is more or less modeled after his idol, the former world No. 1 and two-time Grand Slam champion Russian player Marat Safin. His style is violent and straightforward, and very cool.

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Although he was repeatedly plagued by injuries during his career and was unable to make further progress, his highest world ranking was only 69, which seemed to be at the same level as Giron and McDonald, but talent is talent, and people are different after all. Kokkinakis has defeated Federer and many players ranked in the top 20 in the world.

Among the group of Australian players born after 1995, Kokkinakis has never been very prominent. Compared with his talent, injuries have hindered his progress. But if he is ignored and underestimated, this nervous player will make his opponents suffer if they are not careful.

What's more, this year is the second year that Kokkinakis has just turned into a professional tennis player. The impact of injuries has not yet come. He has already proved his ability in the professional tennis world:

At the beginning of the year, he participated in the Australian Open as the youngest player with a wild card and successfully advanced to the second round. He then passed the qualifying tests many times and advanced to the main competitions of the Gold Tournament and Masters Tournament.

Maybe they are not as dazzling as Zverev, but this group of Australian players including Kokkinakis has also created a youth storm in the professional tennis world.

Gawain naturally "knew" Kokkinakis.

But in this life, Gawain and Kokkinakis really met for the first time, and the two had no intersection at all, so he didn't understand why the other party was targeting him.

Could it be that someone had given him a hatred aura and he didn't notice it? Otherwise, it's impossible for him to attract a lot of hatred for no reason, right?

Third update.

(End of this chapter)