Match Point: Chapter 1002 worthy of attention

Chapter 1003 Worth Watching

Huh!

All the reporters in the audience gasped, Gao Wen was really outspoken, and even made fun of the football game so lightly.

Didn't you see the faces of the ATP officials on the scene turn pale? Even though the air conditioner has been turned on to 18 degrees, cold sweat still drips down in big spots.

But I have to admit, the effect is very good.

Just look at Morgan's livid face, he was stunned, almost going into cardiac arrest—

Gambling is a taboo topic in the entire professional tennis world. Once discovered, it will be severely punished without mercy.

The main reason is that tennis is a single-player sport. If professional players participate in gambling, the operation is very simple and it is not easy to be detected. Therefore, the ATP, WTA, and ITF have always used the most severe means to deter players to ensure that players do not Take risks because of the small profits in front of you.

On the contrary, it was Gao Wen, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth all the time, and a mischievous light in his eyes, like a devil playing with a cat and a mouse.

Immediately afterwards, Gao Wen raised his head and showed a friendly smile to Morgan.

"What if my answer is yes?"

Victory is to prove something, so what?

"Excuse me, does this reporter have heartburn from my victory?"

The provocative one is you!

Morgan looked at Gawain's pupils, and suddenly contracted them, but unfortunately, he couldn't say anything—

Competitive sports are like this. Victory is undisputed. There is nothing that cannot be solved by one victory. If it is not enough, then two.

Morgan, indeed, had a severe heartburn, but in the end he could only grit his teeth, "I hope you can still laugh in the next game."

This sentence is not just a casual talk. The third round was indeed a very, very interesting duel, and even received special treatment on the headline of the official ATP homepage——

Youth storm!

Gawain vs Borna Coric.

Born in 1996, Coric was even one year younger than Gao Wen. After reaching the top of the world in 2013, Coric officially turned into the professional arena and ushered in a series of impressive results in 2014. .

At the end of the year, at the Basel Indoor Hard Court, Coric ushered in his famous work, defeating Nadal, who was suffering from appendicitis at the time, in straight sets.

Fight to fame!

Subsequently, Coric also became the youngest player to rank among the top 100 in the world since Nadal in 2003.

Looking at the whole year, the 18-year-old Coric's performance is indeed remarkable, and was even once considered a strong contender for the best rookie of the year.

Then, Gao Wen appeared.

As mentioned before, Raonic, Dimitrov and other players born after 1990 ushered in breakthroughs last year, and then Gao Wen further broke the shackles, which also made the youth storm look further towards Players born after 1995 gather.

Including but not limited to Zverev Jr., Kyrgios, Koginakis, Coric and so on.

For now, Kyrgios is the most talented and Coric the most consistent.

This year in Dubai, Coric participated in the qualifying round, but lost in the second round, but entered the draw as a lucky loser (Lucky-Loser).

The so-called lucky loser is equivalent to a match substitute.

As we all know, after the game draw is released and before the game officially starts, there may be various accidents that may lead to the absence of players who are shortlisted for the draw.

In addition to the obvious injuries, accidents, etc., there is another situation that is very common, that is, the schedule overlaps.

For a simple example, a player has signed up for two consecutive weeks, the first week in Delray Beach, and the second week in Dubai.

According to normal expectations, this player may stop in the quarter-finals, and then immediately pack his bags and fly from the United States to the UAE. There is plenty of time to play.

But the actual situation was unexpected. This player made it to the final with all his might, which means that Sunday is the final at Delray Beach, and he must go to Dubai to participate in the first round of the match on Monday. There is a conflict of time and schedule, and it is very likely that he will not be able to make it. Therefore, It is often a routine choice for players to give up the next event for the final.

Similar situations are not uncommon.

It is precisely because of this that when arranging the schedule of the event, one must either look at the follow-up schedule of the previous week's event, or arrange the schedule of the top-ranked players in the world a little later, and try to bet on Tuesday, and things will be much simpler.

However, sometimes, it is too late, and between the "finals" and the "first round", the choice is always the former.

Due to various reasons, the lottery has been drawn, but the game has not yet started, and the lottery is vacant. So, what should be done at this time?

The lucky loser was born in this way, and the player who lost in the last round of the qualifying round came on as a substitute.

The ATP and WTA do not have an official rule for lucky losers. It is up to the discretion of the tournament. Most of the tournaments use the same plan to avoid trouble, that is, the world's highest-ranked player among the losers of the qualifying rounds is replaced.

In a small number of events, for the sake of fairness, the ranking is based on the ratio of the number of games in the last round, that is, the loser with the best performance in the qualifying round of the event is selected as a substitute.

Occasionally, there will be special circumstances. There may be more than one vacant position in the draw for an event, or even five, six or more, and then the lucky losers will line up to enter.

In addition, there is another prerequisite, that is, the lucky loser must be present—

Sometimes, all the qualifying rounds are over, and the losers leave the city, go to the next stop, and continue to participate in the qualifying rounds. As a result, when the lucky loser's qualification comes to their turn, they are not present, so the qualification It will also be postponed.

Therefore, after the qualifying round, whether to stay in this city and wait is also a difficult choice.

One of the charms of the game of tennis is the lucky loser.

According to common sense, the lucky loser is the player who lost in the qualifying round~www.mtlnovel.com~ Even if they enter the main match, they should not be very competitive and may be eliminated soon.

This is also the case in most cases, but there are still a small number of cases where the lucky loser performed well, won all the way, and even reached the semi-finals and even the final.

This also directly proves that tennis is a sport that changes and adjusts at any time. The performance of the same player against different opponents, the performance of the same group of opponents in different games, or even the performance of two identical opponents the day before and after The performance of two games in one day may be different.

Coric, the lucky loser of Dubai this year, did not expect that after entering the main match as a substitute, he performed well, winning two games in a row and reaching the quarterfinals.

Thus, the counterpoint of "Churic VS Gao Wen" was formed.

Objectively speaking, Gao Wen is now a two-time Grand Slam champion, ranked third in the world, and he is no longer in the same position as the new generation of players; but because everything happened so fast, people still will not forget:

At the end of last year, when Coric and Gao Wen competed for the best rookie of the year, Gao Wen won the two awards of the best rookie of the year and the best progress of the year.

Therefore, the two players have already had a "clash" at different levels and levels.

(end of this chapter)