Chapter 277 Small Town Fans
Growth potential: 203.76%.
The Binghamton Challenge Championship Award Ceremony has ended, but Gawain's rewards are far more than just a championship trophy. When you open the system, you can see satisfying numbers at a glance, clearly showing the hard work and struggle that Gawain has shown on the court in the past week.
In fact, to be precise, it was only after defeating Kokkinakis in the first round that Gao Wen broke through the bottleneck and ended the stagnation for a period of time. His growth potential was untied and began to grow again.
After that, it was just four games, but the growth trend of growth potential was unprecedentedly fierce.
From this we can directly see that the intensity of the professional tour is indeed higher than that of the NCAA. Even if it is just the Challenge Tournament - the lowest level event in the professional tour, it is not even considered to be in the same system, but is considered to be another system together with the Hope Tournament. However, the overall intensity is no longer comparable.
Especially the two matches against Stakhovsky in the semi-final and against Zverev in the final.
It has nothing to do with the final score. What is more important is that every point of the confrontation can feel the sparks flying back and forth, and it often takes more energy to win. The pressure on the mental and technical levels is a new challenge. Such a level of confrontation can allow Gao Wen to initially see more content of professional competitions, and the rewards of each victory are richer.
Naturally, the increase in the overall growth potential value has also been greatly improved.
In addition, there is another very important reason that cannot be ignored -
This is Gao Wen's first competition after being promoted to a professional. After breaking through the bottleneck, he will usher in a period of rapid growth in strength. After adapting to the intensity, the upward trend of his growth potential value will inevitably slow down, and then slowly return to the previous growth momentum, and then slowly move towards the bottleneck period.
The growth potential of 203.76% is the best reflection of Gao Wen’s hard work on the court.
Moreover, in addition to the growth potential, the test of severe competition will inevitably bring about natural improvement.
The spiritual attribute automatically increased by two points!
Although his physical and technical attributes have not changed, his mental level has withstood impact again and again, and he showed strong control and tenacious willpower in the final against Zverev, demonstrating his advantages in technical and tactical aspects without reservation.
Thus, rising from 80 to 82, the spiritual attribute continued to advance by leaps and bounds, leading the way all the way.
So, where should the growth potential value be added?
One strategy is to add a little bit of physical attributes and a little bit of technical attributes separately, to advance both at the same time and develop in a balanced way. This is a safer and more conservative approach, but it was quickly rejected by Gao Wen.
Judging from the two matches against Stakhovsky and Zverev, he does have certain disadvantages in terms of physical fitness, but it is definitely not as weak as imagined, and the confrontation has already reached a stalemate; and the key that really allowed Gawain to have the last laugh in the two duels lies in his brain.
That is to play with your brain.
How to use your own skills, how to seek changes in confrontation, how to break the deadlock in difficult situations, and how to give full play to your own characteristics.
These are the keys to victory.
Gao Wen's eyes fell on a sub-item in the technical attributes, prediction.
Through actual combat, you will understand how important prediction is in tennis. From serving and receiving serve, you need to keep your attention highly concentrated at all times, use prediction to buy time for yourself, and also use prediction to lay the foundation for your tactical layout.
Although Binghamton is only Gawain's first professional competition, Gawain has gradually determined his own playing style. He is definitely not a violent offensive player. Game wisdom and technical ability are his winning magic weapon. Naturally, he should highlight his strengths in the early stage of his career so that he can gain a foothold in the professional arena as soon as possible.
Without hesitation, Gawain added both points to the technical attributes.
76 has evolved into 78, and is very close to breaking through the 80 threshold.
I have to say that I gained a lot from this Binghamton Challenge. Not only did I win the championship trophy and gain confidence, but I also broke through the bottleneck.
The most important thing is that I am gradually forming my own playing style. I have played a lot of NCAA games before, but I was basically still in the initial confrontation stage. Now I have risen to a new level, and my understanding of tennis and the game has quietly changed. I have been growing and improving.
Moreover, I also gained some fans.
When Gawain, McDonald and Gillon were leaving the hotel together, they saw several fans who came to see Gawain off in the lobby.
"Gao...Wen..."
“Is this the correct pronunciation?”
"I really like your ball. The temperament you show on the court is very charming. I fell in love with you after watching your match against Kokkinakis. I didn't expect you to win the final championship."
"Good luck as you wait for the North American season."
In front of me was a middle-aged man with a beard and a fat beer belly. His eyes were almost invisible due to his naive smile, and his English with a strong Italian accent was very funny. It was like watching a comedy show and I couldn't help laughing.
Gao Wen really wanted to express his gratitude. After all, there were not many opportunities to meet fans face to face. But this chubby uncle didn't give him any chance at all. His words came at him like a torrential rain, making it difficult for him to breathe.
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MacDonald and Gillon stood by in a daze, unable to react.
MacDonald wanted to help, but Jilong pulled his friend back in time and hinted with his eyes -
Obviously, it is very impolite to interrupt the contact between fans and players. What's more, there are not many fans in front of them, and they are far from needing help. Rash intervention may leave Gao Wen with a negative impression of arrogance, which is not a good thing.
Of course, Jilong would not deny that he was looking forward to the show. After all, it was a rare opportunity to see Gawain speechless.
“Ah, ah, welcome back to Binghamton next year!”
The middle-aged uncle patted his head, as if he finally remembered something important, and then gave Gawain a bear hug. Obviously, Gawain should have the advantage in height, but in the uncle's arms, Gawain looked particularly small and cuddly.
"Come over then, I'll take you to eat something delicious..."
Gao Wen was about to say that professional players cannot eat and drink as much as they want, everything needs to be planned, and they also need to pay attention to doping tests that may happen anytime and anywhere, but another Asian face next to the middle-aged uncle silently complained.
"What nonsense are you talking about? If you come to Binghamton again next year, do you want Gao Wen to stay at the Challenge level?"
"We should hope that Gawain never comes to Binghamton to compete again. If necessary, we can go to New York to watch Gawain compete."
Third update.
(End of this chapter)