Chapter 508: Everyone is paying attention
Ouch!
The whole audience roared! Awooo!
Smile, bloom! Then, Gao Wen saw Gao Hongli and Jiang Yanyun in the crowd. Jiang Yanyun snuggled in Gao Hongli's arms and clapped his hands vigorously; Sampras next to him was like an old naughty boy, howling with the audience, making Agassi laugh happily.
There was also Tobias, who was clapping his hands vigorously and whistling from time to time, and Tate and Meng Xiushan, who were jumping up and down to blend in with the scene.
Suddenly, an idea popped into his mind. Gao Wen wanted to go up and hug his team. Without their support and help, there would be no achievements of his own. They should share this honor and glory together.
Gao Wen did what he said and walked towards the side of the court, looking for the way to "go up" with his eyes.
Jiang Yanyun seemed to be aware of Gao Wen's intention, and quickly waved his hand and gestured to the other side of the court.
Gao Wen was stunned for a moment, then reacted in the next second: Cilic.
He completely forgot about Cilic. This was clearly a sign of disrespect. He immediately stopped, turned around and ran quickly towards Cilic across the court.
After the last point, Gawain fell to the ground, and so did Cilic.
Cilic lay quietly on the ground, looking at the gorgeous fiery clouds in the sky, his mind blank. In the semi-finals, he defeated Federer, whom he had never beaten before, in three straight sets. This made his confidence reach an unprecedented level. He firmly believed that he could beat the 18-year-old dark horse in the final and win his first Grand Slam championship.
He admitted that he had gotten a little carried away and had even started to imagine himself reaching the top and winning the championship. As a result, he showed his shortcomings of insufficient preparation and imbalanced mentality in the opening stage of today's game. Then the game was no longer under his control and he lost control all the way to the end.
He couldn't even grab a single plate.
The emptiness in my heart even overwhelmed my sadness, and I fell into silence.
When Gao Wen reacted, Cilic had just stood up. Then Gao Wen simply gave up waiting on the other side of the net, walked around the net to Cilic's half, opened his arms and gave Cilic a big hug.
The whole audience burst into thunderous applause.
Because of Gao Wen's gentlemanly demeanor, and because the two players dedicated such a game to them——
Classic? That's definitely not the case, but for the two Grand Slam rookies, the match did not collapse, and they also presented a wonderful process of ups and downs, which is already very rare.
"Congratulations."
Cilic's voice has a slight nasal tone. In fact, in private, Cilic is a slightly introverted person. But in order to motivate himself on the court, he will show an aggressive attitude in the game, such as celebrating the opponent's mistakes, not apologizing for the net touch, and continuing to celebrate when the opponent is injured, etc. This has also made him always controversial.
Of course, these behaviors are indeed ungentlemanly, but people who have truly devoted themselves to competitive sports know that when one is completely focused on the game, sometimes one completely forgets oneself and often makes some moves that deviate from the daily routine. Ultimately, it all comes from the desire for victory.
Gao Wen opened his arms and hugged Cilic, showing a smile.
"It was a great match, the side that played better won, but nobody lost."
Cilic smiled stiffly. He was obviously a little clumsy and didn't know what to say at this moment. In the end, he just said dryly, "Congratulations on winning the championship!"
Gao Wen also showed a big smile, "Looking forward to our next fight!"
After saying that, the two players turned around. Cilic walked towards the dugout, while Gawain walked towards the player tunnel, because that was the lowest part of the spectator stand wall. He took a short run-up and then sprinted forward, climbing up the high wall with both hands. His agility was like that of a gibbon, which once again caused exclamations and whistles from the audience.
The audience in the stands and the tournament staff beside the stands were not frightened. Instead, they stretched out their arms and asked if Gao Wen needed help. Their enthusiastic and helpful appearance was a unique sight. It seemed that this had already become a special scene of the US Open championship moment.
"Come up, come up!"
"Congratulations, man!"
“The game was really exciting!”
After waiting for Gawain to climb up, the audience came forward to celebrate with Gawain by high-fiving him, sharing in the joy of being the champion. Cheers were heard one after another, and a large wave of people could be seen visibly surging up, and the Arthur Ashe Stadium was once again caught in a wave of ups and downs.
“UCLA!”
A shocking voice came from his ears, causing Gawain to pause for a moment, and he responded with a bright smile.
"Go! Brown bear! Go!"
Crash! In an instant, the laughter and shouts all around surged, and then a bustling cheering sound could be heard colliding and interweaving.
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"Go! Brown bear! Go!"
This is probably a scene that has not been seen for a long time. The last NCAA player to win the US Open was Andy Roddick in 2004, a full ten years ago.
Before the start of this year's US Open, local media in North America focused all their attention on Serena Williams, wondering whether the legendary superstar could make a strong recovery and sweep away the slump of this season to win the US Open for the third consecutive time; as for the men's singles, they were expecting local players to make breakthroughs, such as Isner, Querrey, Sock and so on.
However, the reality is cruel. All the local male players were wiped out after the third round of the game, which also caused the local media to wail. But who could have thought that Gao Wen, who graduated from UCLA, would eventually succeed in reaching the top. Is this an unexpected surprise?
"Go! Brown bear! Go!"
Cheers roared at the top of their lungs in a corner of the stadium. The camera that had been following Gawain's figure captured the surging waves at the first moment. The deep blue figure walked up the stairs among the colorful crowds of people, as if the eyes of the whole world were focused on him, so that the North American audiences who were watching this scene in front of the TV also felt their hearts surge.
Then, they could see Gawain opening his arms from afar, his handsome face sprinkled with the first ray of sunlight that penetrated the pine forest in early June. He rushed happily towards the players' box, shouting in incomprehensible Chinese with great joy, and hugged his parents tightly.
Only the fans waving the five-star red flag and watching this scene with tears in their eyes in front of the TV could hear it.
"Dad, Mom, I won the championship!"
It was so simple and so pure, but no matter whether one could understand the language or not, at this moment one could deeply feel the happiness from the words and the hug. Looking at Gao Wen burying his head in his mother's arms, Jiang Yanyun's eyes, which he had not had time to wipe dry, turned slightly red again, and he couldn't help but feel excited.
(End of this chapter)