Match Point: Chapter 387 No. 3 seed

Two months ago, Gao Wen participated in the Challenger League for the first time and stepped onto the stage of the professional arena. He felt the strong impact of professional players when he faced Kokinakis in the first round. With a dream in my arms:

If I can reach the highest stage of the Grand Slam, if I can challenge the top 20 or even the Big Four in the world, if I can compete with the real top players to challenge my limit...

Unexpectedly, this day came so quickly. Today, Gawain is about to challenge No. 3 seed Wawrinka at the Louis Armstrong Stadium.

After reaching the top of the Australian Open at the beginning of the year, Wawrinka's world ranking reached the third place in his career; second only to Nadal and Djokovic, although he was later overtaken by Federer and slipped to fourth, this US Open Still because of Nadal's retirement, he still ranks high as the third seed.

Undoubtedly, this is the highest-ranked player that Gao Wen has faced in his career, and he is also the top group of current professional tennis players.

Fear? fear? perturbed?

None of them.

It is a kind of anticipation and excitement of challenging the limit, eager to try, full of energy like never before, eager to fight.

Among the top players, Wawrinka is the only special wonderful person. The act of separating from his wife and daughter to focus on tennis is completely different from Federer. Instead, Federer completely stabilized after getting married and ushered in a new breakthrough in his career; and the Australian Open After winning the championship, Wawrinka changed his name.

Changed from the official "Stanislas" to "Stan", Wawrinka applied for a name change in all official documents, and all tournaments at the same time.

When the French Open started, all the documents were finalized and officially announced to the public, so that this matter became the focus of the pre-match press conference.

"Because everyone calls me Stan, I'm really not kidding, I just want to make my name concise in the draws and press conferences, that's the only reason. Everything is more concise, that's all, for no other reason."

Andy Murray's original name was "Andrew-Murray (Andrew-Murray, and Andy is Andrew's nickname. In fact, in daily life, they are often called nicknames, so Murray simply applied to modify the ATP and ITF. The relevant official documents are all unified into a more concise Andy.

It can be seen from this incident that Wawrinka is the only player who is very simple. His tennis philosophy is-

Attack, attack, attack again.

In comparison, his defensive ability is really lackluster. It is very difficult to create opportunities for himself through defense. His game is to attack with all his strength. This player with both forehand and backhand is one-handed. Powerful offensive ability with full open bow and continuous output.

The characteristic of Wawrinka is that the strong duel of "strength VS strength" is very good. He can withstand both forehand and backhand, and can continue to output offensive firepower. The entire offensive rhythm is relatively balanced and relatively strong. However, facing the ever-changing In the round of the ball, his handling ability can only be regarded as second-rate.

When facing the Big Four, Wawrinka's overall record is more losses than wins, but when Wawrinka faces Djokovic, the victory is the most critical, the reason is that Djokovic's The bottom line rounds are relatively stable and even, and Wawrinka's offensive acceleration is particularly handy.

As of 2021, Wawrinka's total record against Djokovic is six wins and nineteen losses. However, in the 2014 Australian Open, 2015 French Open, and 2016 US Open, Wawrinka won the Grand Slam champion three times before and after. , All of them have defeated Djokovic. Among them, the Australian Open is a quarter-final matchup, and the French Open and the US Open are all finals.

In the face of the other Big Three, Nadal has 3 wins and 19 losses, Murray has 9 wins and 12 losses, and Federer has 3 wins and 23 losses.

From the record, it is clear at a glance that Murray and Djokovic play similarly, and Wawrinka's winning rate has increased significantly; while facing Nadal and Federer, it is difficult because of the rotation, arc, cutting, and so on of these two players. Varying methods such as pulling the ball can often interrupt Wawrinka's efforts.

In other words, it is difficult to limit Wawrinka's offense just by being able to change the rhythm. Murray is the best proof; That's how Dahl and Federer win.

This year, the first half of this year was when Wawrinka broke out in an all-round way. He first defeated Djokovic and Nadal at the Australian Open, and then defeated his other bitter master Federer at the Monte Carlo Masters to win the championship. First Grand Slam and first Masters title.

It is no exaggeration to say that Wawrinka, who has gone crazy, will indeed enter a "super **** state".

However, after the full-scale outbreak, Wawrinka's unstable shortcomings gradually exposed—

Offense needs touch. When Wawrinka is in a brave state, the offense is smooth and eloquent, with amazing magic **** one after another.

But when the state is not good, the offense is stumbling and sloppy, especially the one-handed backhand, because the inherent instability of the one-handed racket requires higher hitting points, and the relationship with the state is even closer.

Moreover, Wawrinka has a problem, "when you are strong, you are strong, and when you are weak, you are weak". When facing players who are not so high in the world ranking, he often is not excited enough, loses the chain inexplicably, has no offensive touch, and the defensive end. If you can't hold the ball, even some qualifying players can win with three tricks.

This is the case after entering May. The French Open encountered Spanish veteran Guilermo-Garcia-Lopez (Guilermo-Garcia-Lopez) and was eliminated in the first round; Wimbledon recovered and reached the quarterfinals, but was eliminated by Federer, and then came to North America In the season, his performance was even more impressive.

Rogers Cup, eliminated by South African player Kevin-Anderson (Kevin-Anderson); Cincinnati, eliminated by French veteran Julien Benneteau (Julien-).

In the two Masters, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Wawrinka only won three games in total, obviously not in the best condition.

When he came to the US Open, Wawrinka had good luck in signing. The opponents in the first two rounds were all players ranked outside the 80th in the world. However, Wawrinka still performed mediocre. ; The opponent in the third round retired before the game due to injury, and then Wawrinka came to the fourth round like this.

On the whole, just like the two Masters tournaments in the North American season, Wawrinka's state is still bumpy and ups and downs. And when Kyrgios became Wawrinka's opponent in the fourth round, the media was all excited.

On the one hand, Gao Wen is a test to test Wawrinka's state. If Wawrinka passes the game and shows his state while playing, then he is likely to face Djokovic in the semi-finals. Obviously this is everyone A showdown everyone loves to see.

On the one hand, Wawrinka is the threshold for testing the quality of Gao Wen's dark horse. No matter in terms of strength or ranking, Wawrinka is the strongest opponent Gao Wen has encountered in his career. The brigade is still revealed, and the answer will be revealed soon.

The focus showdown is coming!

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