In the first half, the focus matchups have been one after another since the first round, but in comparison, the first week of the second half is full of nostalgia.

The style of painting is different.

From a professional point of view, Gao Wen's lottery is pretty good. At least the first three rounds of the lottery didn't include giant killers or time bombs. The overall situation was relatively stable, which also meant that Gao Wen could have some time to adapt to the competition. Adjust your status and prepare for the subsequent hard battle.

Logically speaking, this should be regarded as the fulfillment of the wish, but why didn't Yujia and the others raise their arms and celebrate?

The reason is...the first-round opponent.

In fact, the high-ranking seed players in the first half of this year have their own challenges.

Nadal played against Coric in the first round, Murray played against Kyrgios in the first round, Kei Nishikori played against Parley in the first round.

Djokovic and Ferrer had relatively easy opponents in the first round, but they also faced challenges in the second round, with Djokovic playing against Pospisil and Ferrer playing against Krajinovic.

On the whole, the first round match in the second half lacks some topics. Even the match between Federer and L-Mayer is difficult to create more waves. Professionals and media reporters are generally optimistic that Federer will advance easily. In the Grand Slam, the situation is still different after all.

If you must choose a first-round focus matchup in the second half, it will be "Gao Wen VS Jr. Zverev".

— Zverev Jr., this is Gao Wen's opponent in the first round of this year's US Open.

The reason for concern is slightly different from other first-round matchups.

Because do people believe that Zverev Jr. can beat Gawain? Not really.

It is because of people's expectations and hopes for the youth storm. After all, Gao Wen made his debut on this stage last year and made his voice in a way that shocked the world. At that time, he returned to Flushing a year later, curious and looking forward to it. , Exploring eyes will inevitably lay out.

As the well-deserved leader of Youth Storm, Gao Wen will never be easily missed by the media when he meets any young players.

What's more, Gao Wen has maintained a proud record so far. He has maintained a record of fighting against players born after 1990. He has maintained a complete victory and consolidated his position as the number one player of the new generation with unparalleled performance. Players are chasing an important goal of the challenge.

Besides, the kindness and resentment between Zverev Jr. and Gao Wen also added some adjustments to this meeting.

Born in 1997 and just turned 18 in April this year, Zverev Jr. has already become the youngest player in the top 100 in the ATP world rankings. His rising momentum is very gratifying, and countless eyes are focused on him, "Ten The voice of meeting a genius once a year is endless.

But what's interesting is that when people mention Zverev Jr., they can't forget a core event in their minds:

"Maximum consumption".

In this year's Miami Masters, Gao Wen and Zverev Jr. met in the second round. At that time, the young and energetic Zverev Jr. expressed that he could beat Gao Wen and challenged Gao Wen before the game; Responding in a joking tone, he uttered that classic quote.

The so-called highest consumption refers to the number of rounds that Gao Wen lost against players born after 1995. Against Coric, Zverev Jr. and Rublev, all of them lost only two rounds, including Challenger matches and ATP levels race.

In the end, "6:0", "6:2".

In Miami, Gao Wen easily swept Zverev Jr. to advance to the next round, and maintained his strength all the way, and finally reached the top to win the championship, becoming the youngest player ever to win the Sunshine Double.

In a blink of an eye, four months have passed. After the clay court season, the grass court season and the North American summer hard court season, the two young players met again—

Gao Wen, Zverev Jr., and Coric, these are the only three players born after 1995 in the top 100 ATP world rankings. Now two of them are about to meet in the first round of the US Open. How could people not Attention, how could you not care?

More importantly, for young players, growth and transformation are the key rather than strength and performance. There may often be radical changes between the last meeting and this meeting. In different states, expectations are naturally raised.

It goes without saying that Gao Wen continues to grow; and Zverev Jr. is also growing rapidly, transforming all his talents into strength on the field.

Grass season is key.

Zverev Jr. won the main match in Halle and Nottingham respectively, and for the first time in his career, he relied on the world ranking to enter the Grand Slam main match and set foot on the Wimbledon field; he also won a game and advanced to the second round. For a while, it once again sparked a frenzied pursuit of the German media.

Then, he broke into the semi-finals in Bastad and the quarter-finals in Washington, kicking off the North American summer hard court season with consecutive strong performances. Even Zverev Jr. and his team did not expect that entering the summer Afterwards, he played so well that it disrupted the plan.

Taking into account the Grand Slam and physical arrangements, Zverev Jr. gave up the Rogers Cup, and Cincinnati started from the qualifying rounds.

The lack of experience is still an obvious shortcoming. Zverev Jr. failed to find his form. Although he passed the qualifying test in Cincinnati and entered the main match, he stopped in the first round and lost to Coric, who was one year older than him. www.uukanshu. com's continued upward momentum was interrupted, which is an important lesson.

Without rest or adjustments, Zverev Jr. arrived in New York non-stop, passed the test of qualifying rounds, advanced to the main match with three rounds without losing a set, and stepped onto the main match stage for the second consecutive Grand Slam. Naturally, The expectations and attention of the media have also surged.

Judging from the past two months, regardless of the lack of experience in physical fitness distribution, Zverev Jr. already has the ability to confront the top 50 and top 30 in the world, and has entered the stage of rapid growth and rapid improvement. His impact And explosive power, indeed have the level of top masters.

Then-

There is a lottery in front of you.

Zverev Jr. is about to challenge Gao Wen again, and it is fast and hard like Miami, so will things be different this time?

In Yujia’s view, playing against young players has both advantages and disadvantages, because they are unpredictable, and because they cannot control their own potential and energy. If Gao Wen can control the situation, it will be like playing against the "post-95" players before. Easy to come by, but what if not?

Judging from the growth rate and current strength of Zverev Jr., it is not an easy bone to chew.

All kinds of scenes can't help but make people associate. Zverev Jr. is like Gao Wen last year. Because of his unknown name and youthful vigor, he finally became an "x factor", and everything is unknown.

Moreover, the reporters who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic will inevitably start to fan the flames again. No one can determine whether the interference of these off-site factors is a good thing or a bad thing.

No, the media immediately started booing, and the vigorous noise was like a carnival.