Chapter 739 Season Ends
Ha.
Sampras couldn't help laughing after all, all the depression and repression in his chest were released, and his expression was like the sun clearing up after the rain.
Hahaha.
As if he noticed Gawain's frown, Sampras waved his hands repeatedly to show that he meant no harm, and his brows relaxed.
"For other players, the situation is naturally different because they are not so enthusiastic about training and need constant urging from the coach to return to the training ground."
"To be honest, training is really, really hard."
"But if it's you, a training maniac, we would hope that you could control your training time a little and take a break and relax occasionally so that you can start better."
Only by combining work and rest can you achieve twice the result with half the effort, just like before in Paris.
In order to increase his persuasiveness, Sampras gestured to Pelt who was standing next to him, and kept signaling with his eyes, asking Pelt to say a few words.
There was no special expression on Pelt's face, but it was still noticeable that his facial lines were slightly relaxed, without his usual seriousness.
"Believe me, we have a lot of work to do in the offseason, and I have already imagined a schedule that will fill the entire offseason, but it will definitely be okay to delay this little bit."
"To be precise, we are all praying that you can relax a little."
"Since we left Shanghai and learned that we had a chance to qualify for the year-end finals, we have been running hard and sprinting. We have turned a marathon into a 100-meter sprint. If you continue to run so hard, I'm not worried that you can keep going, but I think we may not be able to hold on."
For once in a while, Pelt made a little joke, expressionless and deadpan.
As a result, Sampras, Tobias and Russell were just looking at each other in the back.
"And you?"
"Me? Of course not me."
"How could I?"
"It's not me anyway."
"That must be Martin."
"Don't involve me in this."
Obviously, no one is willing to admit that they "can't take it anymore". How can a man say "no"?
Finally, all eyes turned to Dimitrov——
Dimitrov, who originally thought he was out of the matter, was inexplicably caught in the crossfire. He was a beat slow to react and his head was full of question marks.
"Me? What's wrong with me?"
But everyone ignored Dimitrov and nodded to each other tacitly, reaching a consensus.
Dimitrov: ???
Tobias looked at Gawain and spoke for the first time, "Why don't we pack up and go watch the second semi-final?"
"That's a good idea." Gawain's eyes lit up.
There is no doubt that being able to compete face to face with top players is a very valuable opportunity; but if you cannot participate in the competition yourself, you can still learn a lot by watching the top players compete.
"Wawrinka VS Federer".
Two offensive masters, one hardcore and violent, the other smooth and changeable, the two different offensive methods show different styles on indoor hard courts, which are worth learning.
So, Gawain and Dimitrov reappeared in the VIP box of the O2 Arena.
In a word: live up to expectations!
This season, Federer and Wawrinka's third clash, following the ups and downs of the previous semi-final, once again ignited the passion of the O2 Arena.
“6:4”, Wawrinka won the first set.
"7:5", Federer won back a set.
In the deciding set, Wawrinka was leading 5:4, but he missed three match points in his serve and was broken.
Then after the game was tied at 5:5, Wawrinka missed two break points facing Federer's serve and was unable to continue to overtake the score.
In the end, the match had to be decided in a tie-break.
In the tie-break, Wawrinka led with a score of "6:5" and got the fourth match point, but Federer won three points in a row and completed the reversal with a score of "8:6".
Federer wins.
It is very regrettable that the goddess of luck did not favor Wawrinka.
The entire match lasted two hours and 48 minutes, surpassing the previous match between Djokovic and Galvin, becoming the longest match in this year's year-end finals.
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The whole audience stood up and applauded!
The thunderous applause lasted for five minutes without stopping.
After much anticipation and waiting, the most exciting and best-looking game of the year-end finals finally arrived in the semi-finals. Both semi-finals made the audience scream with excitement and were worth the ticket price.
This is the game that people expect to see in the year-end finals!
More importantly, the two giants, Djokovic and Federer, both withstood the strong impact from Gawain and Wawrinka. After a chaotic season in which the four Grand Slams belonged to four players, the world's No. 1 and No. 2 finally met in the final to defend the majesty of the giants.
So, does this mean that “the giants are still the giants” and the era of giants dominating men’s tennis is far from over?
But even if this is true, players represented by Wawrinka and Gawain already have the ability and mentality to impact and even overthrow the giants. Just look at the two semi-finals. Both giants have faced the test of match point, which also means that the victory or defeat of the two games is decided by a hair's breadth.
No matter what, the new season is worth looking forward to.
In London, people stay up all night, cheering, celebrating and partying. The passionate confrontation between the two strongest teams is always the most wonderful and moving chemical reaction in competitive sports.
After the semi-finals, everyone began to look forward to the upcoming peak showdown. The giant contest between "Djokovic VS Federer" is undoubtedly the best way to put a perfect end to the whole year.
However--
This year's ATP Finals is destined to be turbulent, just like the chaos that lasted throughout 2014.
At the moment of the final opening, Federer and Djokovic walked onto the O2 Arena hand in hand, but did not start warming up as usual. Federer, who escaped death in the semi-finals, walked to the center of the arena under the attention of everyone, stood in front of the upright microphone, and announced very difficultly and heavily: in the match against Wawrinka the night before, in the final stage of the deciding set, Federer's back injury relapsed. Although he wanted very much to continue, his body would not allow it.
This was the third time this happened in Federer's 1,221 career games. The old injury that had plagued him since Indian Wells in 2013 ultimately prevented Federer from continuing to take to the court to fight for the championship and victory, putting an amazing end to the 2014 season full of drama and chaos.
The O2 Arena was in complete silence.
Later, ATP announced that Djokovic won the 2014 year-end finals. Although there was no final tonight, there was an exhibition match instead. Djokovic will play an exhibition match with Murray, and there will be a veterans' doubles exhibition match afterwards.
Regardless of whether the audience is willing to stay and watch the exhibition game, all spectators who purchased tickets through official channels will receive an official full refund.
When the ATP announcement was officially released, the fans felt the reality, an incredible yet messy reality.
The 2014 season came to an abrupt end in such an inexplicable way.
(End of this chapter)