Chapter 577: Easy Go
History! History! History!
In fact, history has already been written since Gao Wen emerged out of nowhere to win the US Open and entered the top 20 in the world rankings with his championship points: In short, Gao Wen is not only the first male player in Chinese history to be ranked among the top 100 in the world, but he also made it into the top 20 in one go. This also means that every step Gao Wen takes from now on will inevitably create history. He is the pioneer of a new era.
All you have to do is follow Gawain to witness history at all times.
Everyone knows the facts, but when history is truly written, it is still difficult to suppress one's excitement and excitement. Then, like a fool, one repeats the "recording" over and over again, participating in it in this way, becoming a witness to history, and as if becoming a part of history.
Just like at this moment——
Gao Wen became the first male player from China to be seeded in the Masters; even if we look at the whole of Asia and Asians, he is only the fourth person in the field, leaving another mark on the milestone of writing history. Obviously, this glorious journey has just begun and should not be missed: it is precisely because of this that social networks are boiling again, because of the excitement of witnessing history up close and because of the excitement of experiencing history personally. For a moment, the bustling eyes all gathered towards the Shanghai Masters, setting off a wave of ticket rushing and directly rushing to the hot search list.
Then, the historic moment happened again. The Shanghai Masters sold out for the first time in history! In China, the most popular competitive sports are still football and basketball. Tennis still has a weak mass base. After ten years of promotion and publicity, it is still in a continuous climbing stage. Naturally, the box office market performance is slightly inferior.
Even the star-studded Shanghai Masters has never had an attendance rate of more than 60% so far, so last week's Imperial Capital Open at Gao Wen had an attendance rate of over 50%, which was already a very gratifying box office figure, easily demonstrating Gao Wen's current hot appeal.
When it came to Shanghai, the attendance rate went up a notch, thanks to the historic moment when Gao Wen was seeded for the first time. All major news media publicized it enthusiastically, and then the moment to witness history came. All the tickets for Gao Wen's first round match were sold out, writing a first for the Shanghai Masters.
Sure enough, the box office still depends on celebrities!
The most ridiculous thing is that the box office sales explosion was so sudden and fierce that the scalpers did not have time to collect the tickets. They waited until all the tickets were sold out before they realized Gao Wen's appeal belatedly and missed the opportunity.
Therefore, scalpers have to start thinking about a serious question: should they start hoarding tickets for Gao Wen's second round match now? This is not the first time that scalpers have done business in the Shanghai Masters, but the problem is that the tennis market is indeed lacking in cultivation. Even top stars like Federer and Nadal always have surplus tickets for their matches. Once they are eliminated unexpectedly, the tickets hoarded by scalpers will be stuck in their hands and they will not be able to give them away.
So, what now? "To be, or not to be, that is the question."
For scalpers, this is a difficult decision they are facing now.
However, the spectators do not have such worries. Their mentality of buying tickets is not so much because they truly like tennis as it is because they support their fellow young players. They look forward to becoming witnesses of history, looking forward to Gao Wen creating more miracles, and looking forward to keeping up with the trend of the times.
That's all.
So, the first round singles tickets are sold out? No problem, did you forget that there are still doubles tickets!
Moreover, the ticket price for doubles matches is much lower than that for singles matches. For those passers-by who don’t know much about tennis and just want to watch Gao Wen up close, doubles tickets will appear to be much more economical and affordable. Then, tickets for Gao Wen’s first round of doubles matches ushered in another round of snap-ups.
By the time the scalpers reacted, the buying craze had subsided. Although the doubles match tickets were not sold out, enthusiastic spectators had basically bought them all, and there was not much market for the remaining tickets. The scalpers beat their chests and stamped their feet, wailing that they had missed out on 100 million yuan.
Outside the venue, there was a lot of hustle and bustle, and the "Gao Wen fever" was still going strong.
Inside the field, Gao Wen was completely unaware, completely isolated from all the noise outside the field, and focused wholeheartedly on the training field. From recovery training to physical training to basic training, all training was body-oriented, without any intensity or technique. The simple training kept people focused.
It’s like going back to the time when I first started learning tennis.
When I was young, I always had an urgency and desire. I wanted to run before I could even walk steadily. I disliked the basic training all day long because it was boring. My mind was full of thoughts of picking up the racket to start hitting training and going onto the court to compete with those older kids.
After growing up, I re-examined the repetitive basic training and found that it was the foundation of everything, the simplest yet most important, the purest and most relaxing link. Only then did I slowly find the fun in basic training, become addicted to it, and my mentality became relaxed.
Especially after experiencing ups and downs, storms and waves, basic training has awakened my original intention, and the boring training has become interesting.
Of course, Lu Qian was not alone.
In addition to his hitting partner and doubles partner Thiem, Raonic and Dimitrov also joined the daily training. Several young people got together for group cooperation training to relax their tense mood a little and make the training break away from the repetitive rut as much as possible, which also added a lot of fun to the training.
Just two days is not enough for Gao Wen to get back on track and regain his form, but putting aside distractions and focusing on training does help him calm down and return to his familiar daily routine. His life has become regular again, which is also very important for professional players.
In the blink of an eye, the competition day arrived.
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There are quite a few players who have signed up for single doubles like Gao Wen for similar reasons. In addition to L-Meyer, Gao Wen's first-round opponent in the Imperial Capital Open last week, we can also see Cilic, Auger-Aliassime, Feliciano Lopez and others, so the schedule is a test.
The organizers also put a lot of thought into it. After careful consideration, the singles match was opened by Dimitrov against Istomin of Uzbekistan; and the doubles match was first played by the combination of Gao Wen and Thiem. The two popular players of the new generation joined hands to attract attention on the first day of competition.
When Gao Wen and Tim were preparing to enter the court in the player tunnel of Court No. 2, Tim was shocked when he saw the tip of the iceberg of the audience in the court: "Are we sure we are not on the wrong court?"
Third update.
(End of this chapter)