Chapter 434 Crazy Idea
Boom!
Boom boom boom!
From America to Oceania, from Asia to Europe, all major news media went crazy. More than 300 media reported the results of the "Asian Showdown" at the first time. Gawain's upset victory over Kei Nishikori caused an unimaginable wave of enthusiasm, and amazement and praise filled the sight.
Well-deservedly the hottest figure this late summer.
Then, someone made a statistic, and found that Govan is continuing its strong momentum of 55 consecutive wins since the spring season.
Objectively speaking, the winning streak records of the NCAA regular season, the U.S. Championships, and the Challenge Tournament have no reference value for professional players. Players like Isner, Wawrinka, and Kei Nishikori have no need to set winning streak records in those levels of competitions unless they are in special circumstances returning from injury.
Because this is like an adult playing games in kindergarten. Losing is shameful and winning is unfair. Even the ATP officials will not keep records of such records.
Moreover, there are many more incredible winning streak records in professional tennis, such as Nadal's 81 consecutive wins on clay, Federer's 65 consecutive wins on grass and 56 consecutive wins on hard courts, and Djokovic's 43 consecutive wins across seasons and venues. These records are worthy of being recorded in history.
But the magical thing about Gao Wen is that this young player is like Sun Wukong who jumped out from the cracks of a stone. After intensive training during last winter break, he grew and transformed all the way, and then rose strongly from the NCAA regular season and remains undefeated to this day.
Fifty-five consecutive wins! Among them, there is a Pac-12 championship, a national team championship and a singles championship, three Challenger titles, and five consecutive Grand Slam wins to reach the semi-finals. This is indeed... shocking. A series of numbers and a series of victories are linked together to form the trajectory of Gao Wen's sudden emergence and are presented to the public.
Shocking, overwhelming!
The news was released by a Chinese media, and then became popular in Europe and America. After investigation, local media in North America gave further confirmation: This is true!
Looking back at the miracle created by Gawain at this moment, things seem to have some reasonable explanation.
Then, the news from the Los Angeles Times attracted everyone's attention.
“Is the wild card miracle about to happen again?”
What is this talking about?
Since three tournaments ago, major news media have been emphasizing that Gawain is making history step by step in his first Grand Slam tournament.
The reason why Grand Slam tournaments are called Grand Slams is because of the different tournament specifications and difficulty levels. Even geniuses need some time to adapt, so achieving such results in the first participation is indeed worth writing about.
For the same reason, the Grand Slam is an unattainable chasm for qualifiers and wildcard players.
As of 2014, no qualifier has ever won a Grand Slam title, let alone made the semi-finals - only four players in the Open Era have done so, two men and two women.
Likewise, wild-card players have also struggled, but at least wild-cards have created miracles before.
In 2001, at Wimbledon, Goran Ivanisevic, a veteran player who had just returned from injury, received a wild card from the organizing committee. In that tournament, Ivanisevic, who was ranked 121st in the world at the time, served 227 aces and eventually won the championship, becoming the first wild card player in history to win a Grand Slam title.
In 2009, Kim Clijsters, who had retired for two years and chose to make a comeback after becoming pregnant and having a child, applied for a wild card to participate in the US Open because she had no world ranking. As a result, Clijsters wrote the Cinderella myth and won the championship, becoming the second unranked women's singles Grand Slam champion in history.
These are the only two "wild card Grand Slam champions" so far. It can be seen from here that qualifying players and wild card players still face many difficulties. History is history because of the difficulties involved. So, does Gawain now have a chance to go all the way?
First, Gawain became the first player, male or female, to reach the semi-finals on his Grand Slam debut in the Open Era.
Secondly, Gawain became the lowest-ranked male player to reach the semi-finals of a Grand Slam in the Open Era, at 193, breaking the record previously held by Ivanisevic at Wimbledon in 2001.
Once again, Gawain became the first male wildcard player to reach the semi-finals of a Grand Slam in the Open Era.
There was no need to add any keywords or tags. The history that Gawain had created was already amazing. He had come this far with a wild card for the U.S. Championships, which had astonished everyone. The media across the entire North American continent all exclaimed in amazement.
Although Gao Wen is an international student, it is undeniable that Gao Wen is a player who has come all the way from high school to college and from the NCAA. He has reawakened people's attention to the NCAA. Not only is professional tennis worth looking forward to, but college tennis also urgently needs the attention of fans and sponsors.
In particular, Gao Wen always wore the Bruins' uniform when competing, and he was like a beautiful landscape crossing the sky over Flushing.
Naturally, from ESPN to the New York Times, from social networks to top professional media, from TV shows to online discussions, an all-round discussion frenzy has emerged.
In a trance, the North American people seemed to have forgotten the "dark history" of Corwin's upset elimination of American hope Isner in the first round, and they wholeheartedly supported Corwin, looking forward to the "UCLA player" to continue to achieve good results in this year's US Open.
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Undoubtedly, the North American media has gone crazy enough, but the headline of the Los Angeles Times went a step further, bluntly raising a question: Can Kouwen replicate the miracles of Ivanisevic and Clijsters? However, the problem is that when Ivanisevic and Clijsters participated in the competition with wild cards, they were already veterans in the professional arena for many years. Clijsters was a top player who had already won a US Open championship, while Kouwen was just a newcomer.
Reaching the semifinals in the first Grand Slam tournament is already incredible history, so is there anything more to expect? The reason why Grand Slam champions are so rare is that the journey to win is full of difficulties. The two-week schedule and the severe tests of many masters make the long journey full of tests. It is really too unfriendly to newcomers, wildcards and qualifiers.
But the Los Angeles Times boldly and wildly raised this possibility: Since history has been made, why can't it continue?
At the same time, precisely because history is being created continuously, why can’t we believe that miracles will continue?
More importantly, history, records, and miracles exist for belief, breakthrough, and writing, right? Why don’t you dare to believe?
(End of this chapter)