Chapter 1482 Bombardment

"...Sir, sir! Mr. Gao!"

The calling sound came from far and near, Gao Wen gave a jolt, woke up, and subconsciously looked around to observe his position.

It was only when he saw the hotel that he was familiar with in the past two weeks outside the car window that he came back to his senses. During the short drive back to the hotel from the stadium, he actually fell asleep.

"Huh... sorry, I just wanted to close my eyes and take a rest, but I didn't expect... Haha, it seems that I don't have to sleep tonight."

Gawain made a self-deprecating joke, and then he was about to get out of the car with the equipment bag, but the driver's voice came from ahead, making Gawain pause for a while.

"Mr. Gao, today's game was very exciting."

Gawain was taken aback for a moment, raised his eyes to look in the rearview mirror, and then he could see the light shining in the driver's eyes, with a firmness and enthusiasm.

Faint, but warm.

"Thanks."

The smile on the corner of Gao Wen's mouth lifted slightly, the invisible burden that weighed heavily on his shoulders seemed to be a little lighter, and the tight lines were also relaxed.

The game is very tough, very, very hard, there is no doubt about it; but if you ask the players, they may all say that the post-match press conference is the real torture, because the game is often simple and pure, but it takes countless hours to deal with reporters. Extra Thoughts—

In 2021, four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka will encounter such a dilemma.

Because it bears countless expectations, and because its commercial value is rising steadily, and it is considered to be the next generation of leaders after Serena Williams, once the performance on the field is lower than expected, the media will siege like sharks smelling blood. Naomi Osaka, who is delicate and sensitive, is miserable.

At the French Open that year, Naomi Osaka finally plucked up the courage to speak out, saying that she would refuse to attend the post-match press conference because the stalking and blocking by reporters was not good for the mental health of the players.

The French Open issued a warning and communicated with the Naomi Osaka team, but after winning the first round and advancing, Naomi Osaka still missed the post-match press conference.

According to the rules of the Four Grand Slams, the post-match press conference is mandatory, and if you are absent, you must accept a fine. Serena Williams has been fined before. The French Open also gave Naomi Osaka a ticket of 15,000 Dollar fine.

Immediately afterwards, the Joint Committee of the Four Grand Slams issued a warning that if Naomi Osaka continued to boycott the post-match press conference, she would receive a higher fine, and even be disqualified from the game until the Grand Slam ban.

Then, after careful consideration, Naomi Osaka directly announced her retirement.

In the statement, Naomi Osaka stated that the current situation is something she did not expect at the beginning, and it is not what she wants to see. She believes that it is the best for the competition, other participating players and her own mental health. The solution is to retire and let the attention return to the French Open.

At the retirement press conference, Naomi Osaka said that the reporter's questions had caused great harm to the players' mental health, and she herself had been troubled for a long time.

The statement also mentioned that since winning the US Open in 2018, he has been plagued by psychological depression for a long time. When participating in the French Open in 2021, it was even more like a nightmare. Every time he faced reporters, he would be under great pressure, so he made the absent news. Conference decision.

"I have written an apology letter to the organizing committee and expressed my willingness to communicate, but now I really need to say goodbye to the game for a while, and I hope to discuss how to make players, fans and the media better in the future."

After the release of this statement, there were turbulent discussions on social networks. Many people thought that Naomi Osaka was creating a topic to gain attention; but these attacks also caused Naomi Osaka to fall into a more painful abyss—

Later, she was absent from Wimbledon and didn't come back until the Olympic Games that year. As a result, she was upset in the third round because of the huge pressure. After the game, she burst into tears at the press conference.

In fact, because of the threat of mental health, Naomi Osaka fell into a career trough, and her psychological and physical injuries made her withdraw from the ranks of top players.

Both the 2021 US Open and the 2022 Australian Open will stop in the third round, and then both the French Open and the US Open will stop in the first round. Wimbledon will be absent due to injury. The record of a Grand Slam champion ended, and the world ranking plummeted.

It is precisely because of this that the issue of players' mental health has been pushed to the front of the stage and has become a new focus of attention.

In fact, Naomi Osaka is not the only one. Countless players are in a panic under the siege of reporters. There are also many male players, including Kei Nishikori, Parley, Kyrgios and Wawrinka. Get out of hand in the post-match press conference.

Even the four giants have been irritated by reporters at press conferences, including Nadal, who has the most honest personality, and has directly changed his face.

There is no doubt that it is the task of reporters to besiege players and create explosive points to stimulate eyeballs, so the post-match press conference often becomes a battlefield—

Just like today.

After waiting and waiting, the reporters finally ushered in an important turning point:

No one would let Gao Wen go easily.

From the end of the Grand Slam winning streak to the world ranking competition to the feeling of losing this game, they launched an all-round attack, grabbed Gao Wen's wound and sprinkled salt and rubbed it. A little bit of blood could no longer satisfy their desire. Needed, even picked up a sharp knife and stirred vigorously in the wound.

Bombing!

Sword light and sword shadow!

Behind their aggressive stalking and blocking, even the malice that gloats can be felt, which also subtly changes the nature of the dialogue.

Although Gao Wen was not afraid or flustered, the whole press conference was leisurely and leisurely~lightnovelpub.net~ Let the reporters return without success one by one, and they were able to switch from defense to offense after seeing tricks, The reporters on the scene were also miserable; but the mental consumption was particularly considerable. The precarious tension on the high-altitude steel wire rope all the time completely eliminated the possibility of relaxation, and the whole person felt a sense of overdraft.

Tired, tired from the inside out, after the press conference that lasted for forty-five minutes, Gao Wen didn't even want to move a finger.

Moreover, fatigue is completely different from the game.

Perhaps, Gao Wen has never been afraid of the media, because this is his profession, and he is also a colleague. The reporter has no secrets in front of him. As long as he has the key, he will not get into trouble; He is still more willing to fight for three hours on the field after starting the 30-minute post-match press conference.

Even after five hours of fighting, Gawain might still make the same choice, the attacks from the reporters are really... endless.

Now I finally arrived at the hotel, but my mind was blank, I didn't have any thoughts, and the whole world fell into a hazy halo.

Then, Gawain saw Pulan—

For a moment, Gao Wen thought that his eyes were delusional.

(end of this chapter)