Chapter 294 Temporary Adjustment
The plan was disrupted.
Why is the Winston-Salem Gold Race so important?
Because of the quality of the contestants.
Before this, although Gao Wen won 15 games in a row and won the Challenger Tournament Championship three times, he was in great glory; but all the players he faced were low-ranked players, and the highest-ranked Zverev was not even among the top 150 in the world.
The U.S. Open is a Grand Slam-level tournament, and any player in it is ranked within 128th in the world. And considering that Gawain holds a wild card, there is a high possibility that he will face a seeded player in the first round, and his opponents in the Challenge Tournament are not in the same league at all.
It’s like in a boxing match, suddenly moving up from featherweight to heavyweight. Such a huge leap requires both mental and physical preparation, otherwise you might be knocked out by one punch.
The Winston-Salem Gold Tournament plays such a role in preparation and adaptation. After all, the participating players are generally ranked within the top 250, allowing Gao Wen to feel the rhythm and intensity of top-level confrontation step by step. Even if he is eliminated in the first round, he can still accumulate some experience.
The most direct comparison is with the Belgian player Goffin, who made history with Gao Wen in July and also participated in the Winston-Salem Gold Tournament.
But the situations of Govin and Goffin are different. Goffin just returned from injury and his world ranking was already high enough, so he was directly shortlisted for the competition. However, when he registered three weeks ago, Govin was still a nobody ranked outside the top 500 and did not even meet the qualifying threshold, so applying for a wild card was a more appropriate choice.
In fact, if Gawain had waited for the qualifying reserve spot two weeks ago like Giron did and registered at that time, he could have directly entered the qualifying list based on his ranking and entered the main competition after passing two rounds of qualifying. However, Tobias had already applied for a wild card for Gawain at that time, so there was naturally no need to do this.
Moreover, considering Gao Wen's fatigue from consecutive competitions, it would be best to skip the qualifying rounds, since the level of competition in the qualifying rounds is similar to that in the challenge rounds. Gao Wen expected the intensity of the competition to start from the main competition, so using a wild card to go straight to the main event was obviously a better choice.
Unexpectedly, after going around in circles, Gao Wen missed the Winston-Salem Gold Race. It can only be said that fate is a fickle thing.
Now, MacDonald and Gillon have arrived in Winston-Salem, where qualifying begins this afternoon, but Gauvin remains in Los Angeles with nowhere to go.
By some strange coincidence, that's how it happened.
So, what should we do?
After the plan was disrupted, a new plan was made based on the actual situation. Gao Wen believed that this was not a big deal, at least it was not a blow caused by injury.
From another perspective, it is also a good choice to make full use of the next two weeks to examine himself, sort out his thoughts, and then cooperate with corresponding training to prepare for the Grand Slam. After all, he is still in a period of rapid growth and can use more time to summarize his game.
Perhaps he should take a good look at the game videos of the past three weeks and not ignore the problems that occurred during the game just because the game ended in victory.
After seeing Tobias off, Gawain's thoughts quickly calmed down and he returned to the gym. However, he did not rush into training immediately. Instead, he summoned the system and browsed through it carefully. The latest status had undergone many changes.
Physical attributes: 78 Technical attributes: 82 Mental attributes: 87 It has been nearly three weeks since I won the Binghamton Challenge - to be precise, it should be eighteen days.
During this period, there were two weeks of competition, one day of rest, and three days of training. All the sweat was reflected in various attributes. It was visibly felt that the rapid growth period after breaking through the bottleneck and advancing to a professional was not over yet. The double effect of training and the triple effect of orange status were even more gratifying.
Among them, the physical attributes naturally increased by three points, especially the three-day recovery training ushered in another increase, which also proved Grant's theory -
After going through the rigorous test of three weeks of non-stop competitions, the body is now ready for a qualitative change. Now it all depends on whether Gao Wen can grit his teeth and persist in training.
In addition, Gao Wen also consciously maintained a balance between his body and technique, especially in the final stage of the three-week competition. The burning feeling after exhaustion sounded the alarm. The Grand Slam is a two-week event and it is an extremely arduous event. If you want to create as many confrontations as possible with strong opponents, then the body is the foundation.
Therefore, after the growth potential reached the maximum value, Gao Wen also added three points.
Then, the physical attribute rose from 72 at that time to 78.
As for technical attributes, there was almost no separate special training in the three-day recovery training, and the corresponding improvement was very weak, at least not visible in terms of numbers; and the natural growth achieved through two weeks of competition was also obviously weak, and the arduous consecutive competitions only improved it a little.
It is precisely because of this that when his growth potential is at its maximum, Gao Wen always consciously considers his technical attributes first. After all, the improvement through daily training is limited. Especially in the non-stop competition process, he still needs to pay special attention to maintain balanced development.
During this period of time, Gao Wen added three points to the technical attributes.
From the previous 78 to 82, this also makes the technical attribute exceed the threshold of 80 points, from which we can see Gao Wen's playing style.
It is very important to note that in two weeks, ten games and three days of training, the growth potential value reached the maximum value six times.
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The speed of rise is rapid!
This was something that had never been seen before. On the one hand, it was because of the successful advancement by breaking through the bottleneck. On the other hand, it was because the intensity of the challenge tournament was higher than that of the NCAA. Coupled with three consecutive weeks of strong output, it naturally brought rich rewards.
This also once again proves the correctness of the decision to use the summer to participate in the challenge.
As for mental attributes, although Gao Wen did not gain points through growth potential, severe competitions are always a test. Every match, every game, and every point of confrontation may become the key to tempering the nerves at any time. This is also the only way to accumulate competition experience.
Incredibly, the spiritual attribute has increased by five points just by natural growth. The growth trend is terrifying. Now it has reached 87. With the comprehensive improvement of physical and technical attributes, it still maintains a huge advantage and has always been the toughest and most powerful link of Gawain.
At this time, Gao Wen was not only browsing the various attribute values, but also browsing the sub-items under each attribute value to see what his shortcomings and strengths were, and what he needed to continue to improve. Because there were only two weeks, where should he focus his training?
He needs a clear framework. Only when he fully understands himself can he understand his needs, instead of simply leaving everything to the system and just burying his head in hard work. This is wrong and not conducive to his long-term development.
(End of this chapter)