Chapter 732:

Qualifying from the Group Stage No chance of fighting back, a crushing defeat.

The score of "6:0" or "6:1" between any two male players is a huge and abnormal score.

But the problem is that this is the third time a similar situation has occurred on the stage of this year's year-end finals. Even if it is abnormal, it is too abnormal.

What's more, this happened between Federer and Murray. Throughout Murray's entire career, such a score is rare.

From a professional perspective, Murray has run out of energy.

Since the end of the US Open, in order to compete for a place in the year-end finals, Murray has played a new number of competitions, maintaining full attendance for six weeks: two 250-point tournaments, two 500-point tournaments, and two Masters tournaments. When he came to London, it was his seventh consecutive week of competition.

He can be called a model worker.

This also means that his energy and physical strength have reached their limits, and Murray is no longer competitive enough at the level of the year-end finals.

Of course, the essence is that Murray has not been able to reach his best condition after returning from injury, and he still has a lot of work to catch up in the offseason.

A complete defeat, a crushing defeat.

The competition on the fifth day has also come to an end.

At this point, the round-robin matches of Group B have all ended. On the last match day, the two games still failed to break the "one-sided" curse.

For the audience, this is undoubtedly regrettable and disappointing. It is one thing that all six group matches ended in “2:0”, but why are the scores of “6:0” and “6:1” appearing frequently?

But for the spectators, this is undoubtedly exciting and can be regarded as a microcosm of the weird and chaotic situation throughout 2014.

In the end, Federer won all three group matches and advanced to the next round as the group leader.

So, what about the second place in the group?

Kei Nishikori defeated Murray, Murray defeated Raonic/Gauvin, and Gauvin/Raonic defeated Kei Nishikori, and the win-loss relationship between the three players formed a cycle.

Therefore, it is necessary to compare the sub-scores.

ATP has formulated detailed regulations for such situations.

First, compare the "win rate in the number of games". If the win rates are the same, then compare each other's wins and losses.

All three players won two sets and lost two sets, with a uniform winning rate of 33.3%, and the wins and losses formed a cycle with no clear winner.

Secondly, compare the “game winning rate”. If the winning rates are the same, compare each other’s wins and losses.

Kei Nishikori won twenty games and lost thirty-two games, with a winning rate of 38.5%.

Murray won 22 games and lost 32 games, with a winning rate of 40.7%.

Gao Wen won 27 games and lost 29 games, with a winning rate of 48.2%.

The answer is obvious.

If the second step still cannot determine the winner and the three players are still tied, then the final rule is that the player with the higher world ranking will advance.

But here, there is no need to adopt the final rule, because in the second step, the winner has been decided -

Gao Wen qualified from the group and advanced to the semi-finals.

In the opportunity to step onto the year-end finals stage for the first time in his career, Gao Wen firmly grasped his shining moment and made good use of the opportunity.

A ray of hope! A ray of hope, literally.

In the last match, no matter whether Kei Nishikori wins a few more games or Murray wins a few more games, it is likely that Gawain will not be the one to qualify from the group.

However, as fate would have it, Gawain made his O2 debut with a flawless performance, and with a little help from Federer and Murray, history was made.

Who could have thought?

Who could have thought!

The most incredible thing is that when the "Federer VS Murray" match ended, the first thing that topped the trending search list was not Murray's defeat, but Gawain's historic entry into the semi-finals as a substitute player, just like he won the Grand Slam championship with a wild card three months ago.

incredible!

How did all this happen? Whether in New York or Paris, Gawain fought his way out of this bloody situation step by step with his own efforts and hard work. Even though people generally call Gawain a "dark horse", there is no way to deny that Gawain fought his way out of this bloody situation and wrote history.

But London? Nishikori's fumbling before Gawain and Murray's disintegration before Federer are shrouded in an indescribable mystery.

The opportunity to make history is right at Kei Nishikori's fingertips. Compared to Federer standing opposite Murray, Gawain does lack a little deterrence.

However, Kei Nishikori watched helplessly as opportunities slipped away from his fingertips bit by bit. The powerlessness and boredom he felt was devastating.

In the end, Kei Nishikori "accomplished" Takahashi's historical moment.

He is not only the first player in history to reach the semi-finals as a substitute, but also the first Asian player in history to reach the semi-finals of the year-end finals.

The younger generation is indeed rising, which makes us sigh that heroes are made by the times. In the chaos of 2014, Gao Wen emerged.

Dumbfounded.

Speechless.

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Boom! Boom boom boom! Almost visibly, all the news media went crazy—

Because Gawain made history, and even more because of the way Gawain made history.

"Murray was swept and sent Gawain to the semi-finals."

"Federer handed Murray the worst defeat of his career and guaranteed Gawain a place in the semi-finals."

"Murray seemed to be sleepwalking throughout the game, watching Gawain qualify from the group stage."

"Kei Nishikori tried his best but he just kept running into walls like a headless chicken, and ended the season with a high start but a low finish."

"History! It's history again! The years in which Gawain wrote miracles continue."

"Gawain and Federer advance to the semifinals, awaiting Djokovic."

“Asia breaks through again! The post-90s generation breaks through again! This is a year of miracles.”

"A strange situation, witnessing history."

A one in 10,000 chance, or even a one in 100,000 chance, actually happened! The British media went crazy. Murray didn't even need to win a set, he just needed to win a few more games to advance to the semifinals with a small score advantage. What happened? The Japanese media went crazy. After Kei Nishikori defeated Murray, he became the biggest favorite to qualify from Group B, but ended up finishing fourth in the group?

The Chinese media went crazy. History! History! Making history! Coming on as a substitute! The firefighter! Not only did he win the game, but he also advanced to the semi-finals! Gao Wen's magical journey is still climbing to new heights.

In fact, not only tennis media, but also sports reporters from other sports have turned their attention and discussed this year's year-end finals with relish.

Even journalists from other fields are starting to care about sports.

This is really a strange thing.

On the one hand, the consecutive one-sided matches in the group stage were boring, and many viewers were already cursing.

On the other hand, the incredible chaos was invigorating, and everyone was talking about the year-end finals.

After experiencing New York, Paris and this crazy 2014, the surprises are not over yet. When I came to London, the madness continued.

If there is anything that can push this crazy journey to a new peak and make all the reporters' heads explode into fireworks, it is -

"Djokovic vs. Gawain", another match? (End of this chapter)