Chapter 906 Unveiled The
2015 Australian Open is in full swing at Melbourne Park, and the heat continues to rise. With the progress of the tenth and eleventh match days, it is reaching a new peak step by step.
All signs indicate that the theme of transition from the old to the new that runs throughout 2014 will soon usher in its first battle on the first Grand Slam stage of the new year.
Everything is developing as expected, with the heat waves continuously gathering towards the final stage of the Huashan Sword Contest.
On the tenth day of competition, the men's singles top half quarterfinals will play two more matches.
In the end, Djokovic defeated Berdych in three straight sets, and Wawrinka also defeated Kei Nishikori in three straight sets. The No. 1 seed and the No. 4 seed met in the semi-finals!
Boom! Here it comes!
It's finally here!
Last year at Melbourne Park, Wawrinka defeated the defending champion Djokovic in the final set in the quarterfinals, which also sounded the clarion call for the first chaos in men's tennis in a decade. The chaos lasted throughout the year and attracted the attention of all tennis fans.
A year later, Wawrinka and Djokovic met again, this time in the semi-finals. So, how would the battle end? It is no exaggeration to say that when the draw was released, people were looking forward to this matchup, to some extent, even more than the potential quarter-final match between Federer and Murray; but unexpectedly, Federer missed the appointment, and Wawrinka and Djokovic each defended their own half of the draw.
Boom, boom, boom! The drums of war are officially beating! The air above Melbourne Park is filled with excitement! In this way, the top four of the men's singles finals of the first Grand Slam in 2015 have been announced:
In the upper half, “Djokovic VS Wawrinka”.
In the lower half, “Murray VS Gawain”.
Perfect!
It's perfect!
This was exactly the topic that ran through last year, "Big Four vs. Challengers"! Among them, Wawrinka and Gao Wen are undoubtedly the leaders among the "Challengers". After experiencing ups and downs, both players stood out in Melbourne Park this year and stood in front of the Big Four again to launch an attack.
If Murray's position is replaced by Nadal, then the semi-finals will happen to be the winners of last year's four Grand Slam titles, further pushing the wave of new and old alternation to the extreme; but considering that the draw has already foreshadowed the impossibility of such a matchup, and Gawain has already defeated Nadal in the quarter-finals, then there is nothing to complain about.
incredible!
All this actually happened.
The matchup that people had been waiting for and looking forward to actually happened in Melbourne Park, just like the women's singles.
Dream showdown!
The entire tennis world is beginning to get excited. Perhaps, this year's professional tennis, starting with the Australian Open, will take on a whole new look.
Then, on the eleventh day of competition, gongs and drums were beating.
According to the schedule, three singles matches will be staged today, two women's singles semi-finals and one men's singles semi-final.
The final lineup for women's singles will be revealed today, while the men's singles will begin with the semi-finals in the lower half, and the semi-finals in the upper half will take place tomorrow, which is Friday.
This also means that players who stand out in the lower half of the draw on Sunday's final stage will win an extra day of rest.
Like men's singles, women's singles is also experiencing a period of fluctuation as the old and the new players take over, with two newcomers challenging the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds respectively.
Makarova has risen to prominence in 2012, but it was not until last year that she defeated Azarenka at the US Open and advanced to the Grand Slam semi-finals for the first time in her career. At this year's Australian Open, Makarova upset the third seed Halep and reached the semi-finals of the second consecutive Grand Slam, and will soon challenge Sharapova.
Keys, who just emerged last year, defeated the fourth seed Petra Kvitova and Serena Williams at this year's Australian Open, reaching the Grand Slam semi-finals for the first time in her career. Even though she played the role of a dark horse, the quality of her victory was very convincing. She will challenge Serena Williams in the semi-finals next.
result--
Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova both defeated their opponents in straight sets and met in the final.
This also means that this year's Australian Open women's singles final will be held between the top two seeds after the game. They both withstood the impact and will continue to occupy the top two positions in the world rankings after the Australian Open.
The first suspense has been revealed.
In the singles arena of women's professional tennis, the overlord is still the overlord. Despite the turbulence and strong impact, the third seed and fourth seed both suffered upsets, but Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova are still strong. This also means that we will have to wait and see for the impact of the new generation.
and!
The final will surely be a hot topic again, as the two most talked-about and most watched players in women's tennis today will once again face off against each other.
Wait, does this mean that the same thing is happening in men’s tennis? The challengers are once again defeated, and the Big Four withstand the impact and come back strongly, proving once again that their domination of men’s professional tennis has not ended?
The second suspense is about to be revealed.
It is precisely because of the result of the women's singles semi-finals that people's discussion about the men's singles semi-finals has also skyrocketed: So, "Djokovic VS Murray", will it be staged again?
After all, the instability and uncertainty in women's singles has always been more significant.
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In 2008, the then world No. 1 Justine Henin suddenly announced her retirement. Since then, the number of world No. 1s and fleeting "one Grand Slam" players has become too frequent to be counted on one hand; as a result, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova have managed to keep their footing amid the turmoil.
Then, the more stable and powerful men's singles should be like this.
Looking at the lineup of the singles quarterfinals is the most direct proof. Does this mean that the final will be another meeting of old faces?
Murray has challenged Djokovic three times in Melbourne Park, but was completely defeated. He kept fighting and fighting again and again. So, will this time be different?
Or in other words, the men's competition will take on a completely different look because the wind direction is indeed a bit strange this year.
In the men's doubles competition, the top seeds, the Bryan brothers, were unexpectedly eliminated in the round of 16; moreover, after entering the quarterfinals and semifinals, there were still upsets, all the seeded players were eliminated, and finally two pairs of unseeded players met in the final to compete for the championship. This situation is really incomprehensible.
Coupled with the unexpected eliminations of Federer and Nadal, there seems to be an undercurrent hidden beneath the calm and peaceful men's singles arena.
Speculation, imagination, expectation, curiosity...all kinds of emotions surged, and then, the first men's singles semi-final took place under the attention of everyone.
On the eleventh match day, at Rod Laver Arena, Gowen played his second consecutive match at the night session of the center court; it was also his second consecutive match against the Big Four.
This is an ultimate challenge for any player. So far, only Del Potro and Wawrinka have achieved the feat of defeating two of the Big Four in a row in the same Grand Slam tournament.
Now, it's up to Gao Wen.
"Andy! Boom!"
"Andy! Boom!"
Rod Laver Arena was filled with an orderly and roaring atmosphere. Even before the players took to the field, one could already feel the one-sided atmosphere of the game.
(End of this chapter)