Chapter 827: Enemies Meet
Coincidentally, the Australian media, like the Chinese media, all focused their attention on the 3/4 area, sparking a comprehensive heated discussion.
Moreover, the two small divisions under the 3/4 zone, like lies, have more unexpected highlights: one is the 5/8 zone led by Gawain; the other is the 6/8 zone led by Nadal. These two divisions will each decide a winner to enter the quarterfinals, compete against each other, and then the winner will enter the semi-finals.
Zone 5/8 gathers five Australian players, and all of them are young players. Except for Sam-Groth who was born in 1987, all of them were born after 1990.
Zone 6/8 gathers a group of tour stalwarts, including Anderson and Gasquet, who are both of Nadal's age, as well as Diego Schwartzman, who was born in 1992.
So what is this? Even by design, it would be very hard to come up with a draw that feels like the Hunger Games: one division, one generation fighting it out.
One division, a head-on confrontation between the Mesozoic and the modern era.
Then, the "New Generation VS Mesozoic Generation" met in the quarterfinals. It was so coincidental that it was like a script, but the problem is that it really happened.
In short, Zone 3/4 is indeed full of hidden mines; moreover, it is quietly gathering the attention of the entire Australia, so anything is possible.
Uncertainty, uncertainty, and uncertainty. Although all attention is on Nadal and Gawain, the places in the quarterfinals are still difficult to predict.
Moreover, there was a much-anticipated exciting matchup in the first round:
"Gawain vs Kojkinakis".
Not only is it a showdown between new generation players, but local players are also involved, which has increased the attention and popularity of the game.
Since last summer, Koggenakis has entered a period of comprehensive growth as a teenager, with significant progress, and his world ranking has soared from outside the top 300 to the top 150.
Among the current group of young players in Australia, his fame is second only to Tomic and Kyrgios. His crisp and violent style of play has also won the love of countless fans. It is precisely because of this that he is competing in the main draw for the second consecutive year with an Australian Open wild card this year.
Last year, the fledgling Koggenakis made his first Grand Slam appearance in his career, defeated a qualifier to advance to the second round, and then lost to Nadal.
At this Australian Open, Koginakis will face the newly crowned US Open champion Gao Wen in the first round. For the second consecutive year, he will face a difficult draw. The local media has already been excited.
Among all ten Australian male players, Koggenakis is the only one who faces the top eight seed in the first round, so he is naturally the focus of discussion.
To use the words of the local media, “Not bad, not bad.”
Obviously, in their eyes, among the top eight seeded players, Gawain is undoubtedly the easiest soft persimmon to deal with. Maybe Berdych and Kei Nishikori are not that difficult to deal with, but their overall strength is very solid and very stable, and it is more difficult to cause an upset, so Gawain is the only one.
Sharpening the knife.
Some media had already begun to expect Koginakis to be upset in the first round, and at this time, less than an hour had passed since the draw ceremony.
Of course, this game also has special significance for the two players, Gao Wen and Kokkinakis, involving... "personal grudges."
Perhaps, the suspense of the outcome has already begun from the first round, and the gathering of enemies is a unique experience.
So, for Gawain, is this a good or bad fortune?
But think about it carefully, no matter how tough the draw is, can it be tougher than last year's US Open?
At least, in the eyes of the news media and professionals, the death zone of the 2015 Australian Open is not the 3/4 zone.
In zone 4/4, Federer faces Murray.
There is no doubt that the matchup between the two top players is the highlight of the entire draw, and it also earned this division the title of "Hell".
This is the death zone.
Interestingly, Federer lost only one game in sweeping Murray in London last year, but Murray also beat Federer in Melbourne.
In addition, there is another fact that needs to be noted: Murray has not been eliminated before the quarterfinals of the Australian Open since 2009; Federer has reached the semi-finals for eleven consecutive years since 2003.
In other words, both players have performed very, very well on this field, and if they meet in the quarterfinals, it will definitely be a clash of titans.
At the same time, for other players, the fact that two giant players are standing in the way of their promotion is definitely not good news.
In Federer's small zone, he faces Robredo, and other players such as Karlovic, Coric, and Borelli are also here.
Murray's small zone is more complicated. Young newcomers such as Goffin, Dimitrov, Joao-Sousa and others are here. At the same time, the two Australian players in the 4/4 zone are also here.
Compared with Zone 3/4, the number of young players in this zone is just as great, further boosting the youth storm in the lower half.
Among them, the most noteworthy matches in the first round are:
"Dimitrov vs. Brown".
Dustin Brown, who lost to Gawain in Doha last week, comes to Melbourne this time and will challenge Dimitrov in the first round. The game should be very interesting.
The draw ceremony is over and the 2015 Australian Open schedule has been released.
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The discussion was bustling and explosive.
Now, you can start looking forward to it.
However, before arranging the live broadcast schedule of the game, there is still one thing to be done: the schedule, which half of the draw will the game start from? The upper half or the lower half? In fact, the schedule is completely determined by the organizing committee. The ATP and ITF have no relevant regulations. After all, the scheduled schedule may also be disrupted by the weather.
The four Grand Slams all have their own set of rules. For example, for the US Open, they need to consider box office and ratings, so the schedules for the opening game, the first day of competition, and the second day of competition are very particular.
At the Australian Open, the organizing committee will draw lots based on the decision. After all the draw ceremonies are over, they will draw another lot separately:
The upper half, or the lower half.
Whichever half is drawn will play first.
This year, I was drawn into the lower half.
Therefore, on the first day of competition, the lower half will be the first to appear. In other words, Federer, Nadal and Murray, the three giants will appear on the first day.
So who should be on center court, and who should be squeezed out?
This is a problem.
The Australian Open is the tournament with the fastest venue completion rate among the four Grand Slams. With the support of the State of Victoria, venue planning and fund-raising have been very smooth.
Now, the Australian Open has three major stadiums, all equipped with roofs that can be opened and closed. This means that even in the face of interference from rain, these three large stadiums can continue to hold competitions, ensuring that the schedule is effectively advanced and will not be delayed too much.
Moreover, in 2022, the fourth stadium of the Australian Open was officially completed and sponsored by Kia, making them the first Grand Slam tournament to have four stadiums.
However, the three large stadiums are the same thing, but not every stadium can be called the "center stadium". The venue for the final is the only center stadium.
(End of this chapter)