Reporters, it's Chinese New Year.

Indian Wells is indeed the "Fifth Grand Slam". From topic to popularity to discussion, it exploded in an all-round way, not inferior to Melbourne Park.

Moreover, on the basis of the Australian Open, it can go a step further. This season's men's tennis is really getting better and better.

For the final lineup, do you expect "Gowin VS Raonic" or "Gowin VS Federer"?

Whether it is the former or the latter, this will be destined to be a bayonet contest, comparable to the Australian Open final, and attracting all attention.

Wait, on par with the Australian Open final? If it is "Gaowen VS Raonic", can it also be comparable?

Not necessarily?

In fact, if Raonic can indeed beat Federer to reach the final, then the meaning of the game is different, but it will indeed make history.

As mentioned earlier, since the French Open in 2005, the Big Four have never missed a Grand Slam final, and at least one member of the Big Four can make it to the final stage. This record was broken until the US Open in 2014. Wen and Cilic were both upset in the semi-finals and completed their meeting.

A whole decade.

This is also the most intuitive data of the peak dominance of the Big Four.

In addition to the Grand Slam, the same is true for the Masters.

Of course, there are more variables in the Masters, and the dominance of the Big Four is obviously loose. In addition, the Big Four may not necessarily participate in all Masters, which also gives other players more opportunities.

despite this!

Since the Indian Wells Masters in 2005, during the ten-year period, there have been 90 Masters tournaments, and the number of times that the Big Four have all been blocked from the final is very few:

Nine times, to be exact.

Paris in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, Hamburg and Cincinnati in 2006, Indian Wells and Miami in 2010.

The above is all.

It is clear at a glance.

First of all, the Paris Masters at the end of the year is the event with the loosest dominance of the Big Four. A total of five Big Four collectively missed the finals.

Second, three times each in 2006 and 2010—

That was the era when Djokovic and Murray hadn't completed their transformation, the saying of the Big Four hadn't appeared yet, and men's tennis was still a duo.

However, after Djokovic and Murray completed the puzzle, all the Big Four missed the final of the Masters, only this time in Paris in 2012.

Finally, the last time the Big Four were all absent from the Masters final was in Paris in 2012. Two full years ago, it was the familiar Paris again, when Ferrer and Janowitz broke through.

so?

If Raonic can defeat Federer and enter the final against Gawain, then the match itself will be of epoch-making significance.

Perhaps, it is slightly inferior to last year's US Open final, but this is still the first Masters final between the "post-90s".

The frenzy of "Big Four VS Challengers" will go one step further.

To a certain extent, media reporters seem to be looking forward to the "Gaowen VS Raonic" match, after all, the topic and discussion are higher.

but…

Thinking about it from another angle, can anyone really refuse the stage of "Gaowen VS Federer 2.0"?

Dubai, this was only two weeks ago!

Gao Wen lost to Federer and ended the season undefeated. Since then, the media has not let Gao Wen go, making things difficult, harassing and hyping.

Not a second of breathing room.

Then, from Dubai to Auckland and then to Indian Wells, those who complained, ridiculed, ridiculed, and pressured never stopped.

Assuming that Federer defeats Raonic to enter the final, this also means that Gao Wen has a chance—

Or, beat Federer and shut up all the media.

Or, lose to Federer and set yourself up for disaster.

Obviously, Gawain is looking forward to a chance to "prove himself" for revenge, but the key is here:

In just two months, all four giants won once?

In just two weeks, facing Federer again can learn a lesson and turn the situation around?

Difficulty, not a star and a half, to be precise, it should be difficult to reach the sky.

Although Gao Wen has once again written an incredible feat in Melbourne, becoming the first player to defeat three giants in a row in a Grand Slam.

However, Nadal returned from injury and Murray returned from injury. Strictly speaking, only Djokovic's game was convincing.

However, a victory is still a victory, and a champion is still a champion. The media did not deny the glory and aura of the champion Gao Wen. The difference lies in:

Harder, harder, sharper, that's all.

This is also an important reason why the media made such a fuss and made a fuss after the loss in Dubai. They expected Gao Wen to show a more convincing and dominant performance, and they expected Gao Wen to truly take up the "challenge". The banner of the "League of Players" broke the existing pattern of tennis.

But what if?

The media would never miss such an opportunity, so it might as well stick to Gao Wen.

Now, the same is true.

The media still don't think that Gao Wen can beat Federer, the matter is definitely not that simple.

Deep down, the media is as conflicted as the fans.

On the one hand, they are looking forward to the emergence of Gao Wen, Wawrinka or other new-generation players to seize power and break the overall dominance of the Big Four.

On the other hand, they resisted the end of the era of the Big Four. After all, they grew up with the Big Four and witnessed the magnificence of the entire era.

This kind of ambivalence of anticipation and resistance continues to pull, so when they treat Gao Wen, Wawrinka, Raonic and others, they are all extremely harsh.

Usually already harsh enough and picky enough, now it will be even worse.

The media is ready—

How should they write headlines if Gawain loses to Federer again?

"The king of the ball is still the king of the ball, and your uncle is still your uncle."

"The challenger was coming, but Federer said: no."

"Federer defends the glory of the Big Four, and the challenger still has to wait a little longer to seize the title."

or-

"Djokovic is still the number one in the world, but Federer is still the number one in the world."

"What Nadal, Djokovic, and Murray couldn't do, Federer did."

"Against Gawain? Federer, two consecutive victories!"

The media doesn't mind putting Selyang in the way at all, sowing discord between Federer and Djokovic ~lightnovelpub.net~ and looking forward to a good show.

Anyway, the media has always, always, always sided with Federer.

Gao Wen: So I am a tool person.

and so on and so forth.

Even if it's just a brainstorm, it's already a lot of fun, and the continuous inspiration continues to burst out. How can the media be willing to miss such fun?

So, "Gowin VS Raonic", or "Gowin VS Federer"?

This is simply a problem of a century, and there is no choice. This kind of men's professional tennis world is full of new vitality, topics are everywhere and the focus is everywhere. The media is in the happiest and most beautiful period of time.

They were looking forward to an exciting 2015 season, but they still didn't expect it to be this exciting and couldn't ask for more.

(end of this chapter)