Chapter 829: Court No. 3
In the tide of the times, everyone is making their own choices, but no one can say whether it is right or wrong. Only time can tell.
Regarding the stadium roof, the four Grand Slams all compromised and gradually built roofs on their respective center courts.
Regarding night broadcasts, the US Open took the lead in creating the feat, followed by the Australian Open, but Wimbledon and French Open have temporarily slowed down.
Our attention returns to the Australian Open.
The core significance of night games lies in television broadcasts.
Traditionally, most tennis matches have been scheduled in the daytime, which means that it is very difficult to watch live broadcasts during working hours on weekdays.
Therefore, tennis also began to learn from football and basketball and arrange night games so that office workers can watch live broadcasts after get off work. Then the events can generate profits through broadcasting rights and advertising fees.
It is also because of this that night matches often feature real top superstars to further stimulate ratings in the hope of a good harvest.
Media reporters also like to use the number of matches and night games on the center court to measure the status of players and the importance of the event.
Correspondingly, the venue for night games is naturally the most core and important, with the most complete and advanced broadcasting equipment and a large number of live broadcast rooms.
This year's Australian Open, only Rod Laver Arena and Margaret Court Arena have night matches.
The answer is self-evident.
Among them, Rod Laver Arena is undoubtedly the central venue. The five finals of men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles are all held here; the finals of youth competitions may be adjusted according to the schedule, and may occasionally be held at the Margaret Court Arena.
Naturally, Margaret Court Stadium became Stadium No. 2 and Hisense Stadium became Stadium No. 3.
So, how will the schedule and venue be arranged?
The next morning, at ten o'clock, the organizing committee announced the schedule for the first day of competition.
Rod Laver Arena.
Daytime.
The first game is "Halep VS Karin-Knepp".
The second game is “Ivanovic VS Lucie-Hradecka”.
The third game is “Nadal VS Youzhny”.
Night show.
The first game is “Federer VS Lu Yen-hsun”.
The second game is "Sharapova VS Petra-Martic".
The first suspense surfaced:
Murray being kicked out of center court was, strictly speaking, not an unexpected result.
In the end, Halep was responsible for the opening and Sharapova was the main player; in addition, Federer surpassed Nadal to enter the night session, and everything went as expected.
Naturally, Murray should go to Margaret Court Stadium to play.
really!
In the schedule of Margaret Court Stadium, you can see Murray's name at a glance, but what about Gawain?
No.
Wait, no? How could that be possible!
But... no, no, absolutely not.
After repeated confirmation, Gao Wen's name was still not found in the first day schedule of Margaret Court Golf Links, which surprised many people.
However, if you look at the schedule carefully, it doesn't seem so surprising -
Like Rod Laver Arena, Margaret Court Arena has five matches throughout the day: three during the day, two women's singles and one men's singles; and two at night, one women's singles and one men's singles. The order of each match is carefully arranged and may involve the status of the players.
In the first day schedule of Margaret Court Arena, Murray is in the day session, and the night session is... Kyrgios.
incredible!
and.
Kyrgios' first-round matchup is against another unseeded player, Federico Delbonis of Argentina.
Simply put, Murray was not only squeezed out of the Centre Court by Nadal and Federer, but also squeezed out of the night court by Kyrgios.
Unbelievable!
It's so funny!
So, was Gao Wen simply squeezed into the Hisense Stadium?
Strictly speaking, this shouldn't be surprising, but should be commonplace.
After all, this is the Australian Open.
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Just like the venue arrangement for the pre-match press conference, they can squeeze out Djokovic and arrange Hewitt and Stosur in Press Conference Room No. 1.
Likewise, they could squeeze out Gowen and give the Rod Laver Arena and Margaret Court Arena opportunities to Australian players.
Due to the first day's schedule, Australian players were unable to enter the Rod Laver Arena as the star power of the top superstars was still too dazzling; correspondingly, Australian players began to "occupy" the Margaret Court Arena.
In addition to Kyrgios, there is another women's singles match between two unseeded players, occupying the first match schedule of Margaret Court Arena.
One of them is an Australian player.
Thinking about it this way, Gawain was indeed wronged. It was obviously not him who squeezed Djokovic out of Press Conference Room No. 1, but the news media made him take the blame. He was cursed by Serjan for no reason, and as a result, Gawain was "thrown" out of the Margaret Court Arena by the Australian Open Organizing Committee.
Of course, no matter what, Gao Wen is the eighth seed and is also the rising star that the Australian Open organizing committee has been focusing on promoting this year. In addition, the first round match is against an Australian local player. Therefore, no matter how bad it is, they should not kick Gao Wen to the small court outfield.
Hisense Stadium, Game 4.
This time, Gao Wen's name was found in the schedule of Hisense Stadium very smoothly.
Interestingly, Hisense Stadium is an Australian special.
The first two matches were women's singles matches, the third match was "Tomic VS Tobias-Kamke" - also a match between two unseeded players, and the fourth match was "Gawain VS Koggenakis".
Anyway, we successfully entered the No. 3 court.
Here, Chinese media have expressed their indignation.
It's OK that he missed out on Rod Laver Arena, as the combination of Nadal and Federer is indeed hard to contend with, but why did he miss out on Margaret Court Arena? Was it because... the organizing committee didn't think Koggenakis could beat Gawain? Kyrgios had a much better chance of beating Delbones, and they were all expecting the Australian player to have a good start, so they sacrificed Gawain? So, is this a compliment or a disdain? Gawain was calm.
Having only been in the professional arena for less than six months, everything is new to Gao Wen.
Whether it is Rod Laver Arena or Hisense Arena, they are all brand new venues for him. Compared with the venues, Gao Wen is more looking forward to the event itself.
This is the Australian Open, a brand new tournament which means brand new challenges; and, as the eighth seed, it means that if he wants to compete with top players, he must reach the quarterfinals. Before that, he will face the challenge as the defender.
Everything is brand new.
Gao Wen couldn't wait and was eager to try. He was ready.
The facts...also proved Gao Wen's conjecture.
The challenge came early, even before entering the stadium. In the locker room, you can see the bustling Australian gang.
(End of this chapter)