Match point

Chapter 441 Destined
Here, Gao Wen and Dimitrov are practicing, preparing for the upcoming semi-finals.

On the other hand, the No. 12 match-day events were staged one after another as planned, and the two women's singles semi-finals were staged after the mixed doubles final.

In the first game, Wozniacki played against Peng Shuai. This game attracted a lot of attention and caused a lot of controversy.

In the first set, the two players competed fiercely until the tie-break, and Wozniacki won with a small score "7:1".

However, in the second set, Peng Shuai suffered from high temperature and heatstroke due to thigh cramps and interrupted the game. He broke the rules of the game and used a medical timeout before the end of the game. After returning from the medical timeout, he played four short points and applied for a second medical pause.

According to the rules of the tennis game, first, the application for a medical timeout must be made between innings. If the inning is not over, the correct way should be for the player to give up hitting the ball and hand over the inning to the opponent before applying.

Second, the same injury position or condition can only apply for two medical timeouts in one game.If the two medical timeouts are used up, then only simple treatment can be performed during the [-]-second break between rounds.Different injuries are not subject to this rule.

Obviously, Peng Shuai's situation is very, very special, which once caused controversy.

However, in the end, Peng Shuai fell into a serious condition where he could hardly breathe after the second medical timeout, and he had no choice but to withdraw from the race.

As a result, Wozniacki returned to the US Open final stage after five years.

After the game, Wozniacki did not complain. Facing the special situation, she expressed that she was completely understandable, and was very worried about Peng Shuai's situation. After learning that Peng Shuai was only dehydrated due to heatstroke and that there was no serious problem, she also sent own blessing.

But for Huaxia tennis fans, this is very regrettable news——

After all, Peng Shuai failed to make a further breakthrough, and with Peng Shuai's exit, there is only the last Huaxia player left in the Flushing arena who is still struggling.

To be precise, there is only one Asian player left who is still in the singles arena.

As Tobias thought——

On the one hand, all the eyes of the bustling people were focused on Gao Wen, and the focus of attention from other Asian countries and regions was also projected over.

On the other hand, the pressure is also rising. News keywords such as "the only seedling in Asia", "the greatest hope", and "waiting for a miracle" are all exerting invisible pressure, and all the burdens are piled on Gao Wen's shoulders.

This is a double-edged sword, but it is also a test that must be endured in competitive sports.

Tobias could clearly feel the change in the atmosphere after Peng Shuai was out.

Adidas' frequent movements are in stark contrast to Nike's calm, but Tobias clearly knows that all parties are preparing and waiting, and it is just the calm before the storm.

Perhaps, they can really make history off the court, everything seems to be predestined.

Then, the No.13 match day came, and the schedule was officially announced before the semi-final between Serena Williams and Makarova the night before. It can be seen that the organizers of the US Open have also thought carefully——

Which game should be put on the back end to attract higher ratings?

In the end, between Djokovic and Federer, they still chose the latter, worthy of the name of Federer's "global home stadium".

So, at [-]:[-] noon, the match between Djokovic and Gawain took the lead, followed by Federer and Cilic, and the final match was the women's doubles final.

By the way, in another women's singles semi-final, Serena Williams swept Makarova in straight sets and will face her friend Wozniacki in the final.

Gurgling.

Gurgling.

Air, burning.

New York time, twelve noon; BJ time, twelve midnight, the time difference between the two cities is exactly twelve hours.

For the fans in mainland China, the time is just right, sitting in front of the TV and computer at midnight, waiting for this historic and important game——

Who can imagine that one day, Chinese men's tennis players can stand on the stage of the semi-finals of the Grand Slam and become No.1 in Asia?
Cough cough, cough cough...

Zhan Jun was clearing his throat, when he turned around and saw Hu Litao who was wiping his sweat, he couldn't help but chuckled.

Hu Litao noticed the eyes and shook his head, "I feel more nervous than Gao Wen."

Zhan Jun didn't speak either, but just spread out his palms to show Hu Litao the sweat on his palms, and then both of them laughed.

Two weeks ago, who would have imagined that the five-star red flag could be seen flying on the semi-final stage of Arthur Ashe Stadium in the live broadcast of CCTV [-]?

The two commentators who had experienced many battles inevitably felt the pressure, and the agent who had also experienced great storms could not control his nervousness.

Tobias thought he might need oxygen.

At Wimbledon, Dimitrov's break into the semi-finals was a breakthrough from quantitative change to qualitative change. Before that, they had already made psychological preparations and continued to attack their goals.

But this time it was an absolute surprise. Everything happened so fast, too fiercely, so fiercely that Tobias was also killed and caught off guard.

However, Gao Wen appeared calm and prepared for the match in an orderly manner, as if this was a normal match, not the semi-finals of a Grand Slam, and the opponent was not the world's No. [-] Djokovic.

Tobias felt a little strange.

"Huh?" Gawain noticed Tobias' gaze, and looked up.

Tobias realized that he had been spotted, and touched his nose in embarrassment, "I thought you would be nervous, after all, this is the semi-final of a Grand Slam."

"Ha." Gao Wen laughed straight away, "The semi-finals are the same as the first round, because once you lose, it means you haven't reached the finish line. If you are really nervous, it should be the final, after all That is the competition for the championship, the weight and atmosphere are different, as for the semi-finals..."

Gawain paused and thought for a while.

"I'm just looking forward to playing Djokovic. This is the Big Four. I've been looking forward to playing the Big Four since college."

"Djokovic, that's Djokovic!"

As he spoke, Gao Wen's eyebrows were beaming. The excitement and excitement of challenging the strongest, challenging the limit, and challenging himself made the adrenaline gushing out continuously, so that the whole person couldn't help but jumped up on the spot.

Many people believe that the greatest charm of competitive sports lies in victory and championship; but Gao Wen disagrees, he believes that the most fascinating part of competitive sports lies in challenging the strong and surpassing oneself——

If he wants to win and win the championship, he can go to the hope competition and challenge competition, where he can easily win countless victories and some championships, but such competitions are meaningless, only to really challenge the strongest to break through their limits, like that Victory is the sweetest.

Facing Djokovic, this duel is the contest that Gao Wen has been waiting for and looking forward to, nervous?how is this possible!

(End of this chapter)