Match Point: Chapter 1541 Unlimited sparks

Chapter 1542 Unlimited sparks

Among the four Grand Slams, the U.S. Open is the most special. First, it is the last Grand Slam of the year. After eight months of exhaustion, physical strength and energy have often begun to decline. Second, the number of fast and hard courts has not increased. Certainty, this is also the first event where the dominance of the Big Four is broken.

The French Open is the strongest. Although clay is a venue full of variables, Nadal's birth has completely changed the fate of Roland-Garros; And two injuries in 2015 led to the loss.

The Australian Open is the most intense, because this is the opening of the season, and the energy accumulated during the offseason is fully released. This is true of the Big Four, and so are other challengers. In the end, the champions showed their undisputed peak state.

Only Wimbledon—

Neither forward nor backward, neither early nor late. On the one hand, connecting the clay-court season and the North American hard-court season as a link between the past and the future, puts forward strict requirements on the adjustment ability of players; Highlight the talent of top players.

With various factors and multiple effects, Wimbledon has become the last bastion of the giants in the four Grand Slams.

It's not just the championship, which has never been left behind since 2003; the same is true for the runner-up, with the Big Four meeting the most times in the finals.

Looking at the long years of the past twelve years, the number of times the Big Four have met in the finals of various Grand Slams is clear at a glance—

Australian Open five times, French Open six times, US Open six times... Wimbledon, seven times.

Since 2003, only Roddick has entered the Wimbledon final four times in 2004, 2005, 2009 and Berdych once in 2010; the other time happened to the other three giants In 2003, before his rise, Mark-Philippoussis (Mark-Philippoussis) advanced to the final.

A champion is a champion, that is one thing; but at Wimbledon, let alone a champion, it is very, very difficult to even advance to the semi-finals and finals. The dominance shown by the four giants on the grass court is completely superior One way, it does make Wimbledon their back garden.

It is precisely because of this that last year when Raonic and Dimitrov ushered in a breakthrough and advanced to the semi-finals at Wimbledon, they sparked a frenzy of discussion; but even they both stopped in the semi-finals, losing to Federer and Djokovic, after all, failed to go further.

At this point, it became increasingly apparent just how rare Berdych's feat of reaching the final at Wimbledon in 2010 was.

One can imagine—

When this year's draft came out, the four giants fell into the four divisions. Naturally, all professionals and senior fans became excited.

Far more excited and looking forward to Roland Garros than last month.

At Roland Garros, it was a possibility, a hope, a fantasy, but in the end it didn't work out, and people couldn't be called disappointed at all. Wimbledon is different, it's a completely different story.

People are curious that the challenger alliance has risen in an all-round way and has won three consecutive Grand Slam championships since last year's US Open. Does this mean that the dominance of the Big Four has completely disintegrated, and will then enter the era of melee, the era of giants? Has it gradually declined?

To be precise, has the page of the "Big Four" been turned in the annals of history?

Then, came here.

Wimbledon can be said to be the back garden of the Big Four, but at the same time it can also be said to be the last position of the Big Four. If even here is lost...

At that time, there is no need to elaborate, everything will be judged by itself.

For professionals, there is a little hesitation in the expectation; for fans, there is no doubt that it is nervous and anxious—

After all, in the past ten years, the era of ATP giants has been so brilliant and so bright. The four top players have attracted countless fans. Won the love of countless fans.

It is no exaggeration to say that a large number of players are now fond of tennis because of the Big Four.

However, this year fell into a full-scale turmoil. First, Gao Wen and Wawrinka won the Grand Slam successively. In the past 12 years, the Big Four lost both of the two Grand Slams before the season for the first time; Break the monopoly of the giants on the world rankings for a full decade.

Chaos, precarity, turmoil.

"Big Four VS Challengers", this is one thing, as long as the game is more exciting, everyone welcomes with hands and feet; but the Challenger Alliance really subverts the rule of the Big Four, ends the ten-year dynasty, and reopens an era. It's another matter, I'm afraid it will be difficult to accept for a while.

Wimbledon, precisely at this critical juncture—

The stress and attention, you can imagine.

Twelve years ago, when Federer reached the top of Wimbledon, people could see that the next champion was about to take over the scepter from Sampras, but no one realized that this was the beginning of a new era, and at the same time It was also the beginning of one of the greatest and most glorious years in professional tennis.

History has been written since then, but no one realized it. It wasn't until more than ten years later when I looked back that I realized it.

But this time is different.

From New York to Melbourne, then to Paris, and finally to London, before entering Wimbledon, people can already feel the turmoil that is about to come. They stand at a historical crossroads and can clearly see the turbulent waves , the madness and vastness of lightning and thunder.

The answer is very simple -

If the Big Four are unable to reach the championship, and any challenger wins the championship by surprise again, then this will also be the beginning of the collapse of the era of giants; It doesn't matter any of the giants, they will defend the glory again.

Perhaps, the impact of the Challenger Alliance will continue, and it will become more turbulent as time goes on. However, the giants have also gained a firm foothold in the turmoil and chaos, and the next strong collision will continue. ATP's The era of giants will push to an unparalleled peak.

All of them are maintained in this year's Wimbledon.

All attention!

Therefore, after the signing was released, heated discussions continued, the entire social network spread mightily, and expectations rose to a new level.

Even without the media fanning the flames, one can already deeply feel the full-scale sparks. The duels all over the corners of the draw may become an important step in writing history. People are looking forward to the performance of the giants and the performance of the Challenger League. I also look forward to the performance of the dark horse—

Who knows, maybe just like last year's US Open, this year's Wimbledon also has a dark horse, which turns out to lay the fatal blow to change the track of history?

So, what are the prospects for the Big Four? What about the draw matchup? As for the position of the Challenger League, can it continue its strong performance?

(end of this chapter)