Chapter 247 Looking for Trouble

"We could have won today, but I'm unwilling to accept it."

It was just a simple sentence, but one could detect a hint of bitterness in McDonald's nasal voice. Although the corners of his mouth were smiling, it was bitter.

Gao Wen gently patted McDonald on the back and said, "Remember this unwillingness now, and imprint it firmly in your mind. It will become motivation the next time you play. Victory and failure are actually the same thing."

Hearing MacDonald's words, a hint of bitterness flashed across Gillon's eyes as he thought of his own game; but then he heard Gawain's words, and from just a few words he could feel Gawain's desire for victory, as well as his maturity and wisdom beyond his age.

Although they have been together for a season, Jilong finds that Gao Wen is still very unfamiliar.

Here, MacDonald chewed on Gawain's words carefully, and after he vented out his negative emotions, he felt much more comfortable. He let out a long breath, finally catching some fresh oxygen, and then raised his head to see Jilong's expression.

"Marcos, what about you?"

Jilong shook his head and gave a wry smile, "There is still a lot to learn." Although there was no direct answer, it was enough.

"This means we still have a lot of room for growth." Gao Wen clenched his fists and cheered for his two teammates.

In professional tennis matches, there may be more than 70 or 80 games played throughout the year. No one can remain undefeated. No one. This also means knowing how to face failure, which is a process that every professional player needs to go through.

In this regard, they are all novices. After all, professional competitions and NCAA are different, and they all need to learn step by step.

MacDonald and Gillon exchanged glances, then both laughed and said in unison:

"Training maniac!"

Obviously, they saw through the subtext of Gao Wen's words. After they finished speaking, the two of them high-fived each other and laughed heartily.

Gao Wen didn't mind at all and spread his hands, "Are you ready? I can go to the training ground anytime and practice for another three hours."

Jilong shuddered:

After two hours of intense confrontation, there was another three hours of training? This was so painful, I couldn't bear to think about it, I really couldn't bear to think about it, and then I quickly stepped back, keeping a little distance, as if Gawain was some kind of virus, and if I got close, I might get sick.

Seeing this, Gao Wen laughed contentedly.

MacDonald was not surprised at all. He just remembered something at this moment. "Ah, Gawain, what about you? How was the result of your match with the guy in red underwear?"

Jilong also reacted and slapped his thigh heavily, making a crisp "pop" sound, which made Gawain and MacDonald both frown and cry out in pain.

But Jilong himself had no feeling at all, staring blankly at Gao Wen, "I forgot how your game went! How about the damn red underwear?"

Red underwear? Hahahaha.

Obviously, Giron and McDonald were very dissatisfied with Kokkinakis' inexplicable provocation and kept it in mind.

The smile in Gawain's eyes overflowed, and laughter surged in his chest.

“Win!”

Then Gao Wen made a very exaggerated Popeye pose to show his biceps and said in a muffled voice.

"How is it! Am I really amazing?"

Gillon and McDonald both jumped high and hugged Gawain warmly. The joy and happiness from the bottom of their hearts just spurted out, as if they were the ones who won the game. They completely forgot the bitterness of losing and jumped and cheered to celebrate.

No matter what, one of the three Brown Bears advanced to the second round.

While waiting for the cheers and celebrations to end, Jilong realized that his thigh was burning with pain. He immediately turned into a rhinoceros beetle, jumping on the spot with his teeth bared. He looked like a circus juggler. His thick and long reflexes were truly jaw-dropping, causing Gawain and MacDonald to both laugh.

The bitterness of failure doesn't seem to be so overwhelming.

At the same time, the two favorites to win the championship, Zverev and Stakhovsky, also advanced, but the specific circumstances were different.

Stakhovsky was in hot form, winning two straight sets and losing only three games to advance strongly, showing strong dominance in the challenge-level competition.

It is worth mentioning that the two NCAA opponents, Dennis Nguyen and Ryan Shawn, met in the first round. Nguyen won in two sets and will challenge Stakhovsky in the second round.

Zverev had just arrived in North America from Europe, and had not yet fully adapted to the time difference and weather. He lost the first set in a tie-break, but he immediately adjusted his state and made a comeback with two consecutive "6:1". Although he lost a set, his strong strength can still be seen.

Overall, the first day of competition was uneventful, with only the fifth seed being unexpectedly eliminated. The rest of the competitions were all uneventful, even lackluster.

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For the players, this was a daily routine, with the top-ranked players beating the bottom-ranked players and continuing the game without any drama, but for the reporters, this was a disaster.

Because there is no explosive point.

What about the news pages? If there is no gimmick, then the journalist’s job is to create a gimmick. No matter what, there has to be something to come up with, right?

As for the target... who could be more suitable than the top seed Zverev? In professional tournaments, including gold tournaments and tours, each tournament organization has an official press conference session, but the scale of press conferences at different levels of tournaments is still obviously different. Only the press conferences of Grand Slams and Masters tournaments are mandatory for players to attend.

As for other levels of competitions, it depends on the organizing committee to see how they will arrange the venue for the press conference. What is certain is that top-name players will have the opportunity to face reporters, but other unknown players may not even have the opportunity to attend the press conference.

Binghamton is just a challenge tournament, so there is no official post-match press conference. Reporters take what they need and go to the corresponding stadium to wait patiently. However, even so, there are not many reporters interviewing, mainly ATP official website reporters, official tournament reporters, etc.

Just like Gauvin, McDonald and Giron, there were no reporters coming to watch after the game because no one cared.

But as Zverev was a rising star that everyone was paying attention to, with more than a dozen reporters gathered at the exit of the stadium, the lineup seemed noisy and large.

Reporters asked Zverev many strange questions, hoping to create a hot topic, and then an inexplicable and illogical question came up.

"In the first set today, you saved a set point but still lost the first set. Today on Court 3, Gao saved a match point and turned the game around. What do you think of his performance? Is it possible for him to become a dark horse in this tournament?"

What? What does this have to do with anything?

(End of this chapter)