Text 278 All Night Long
Outside the window of the bus, the night was getting darker. Gao Wen watched the receding scenery, the town that had just been brightly lit was getting farther and farther away, and the whole world became quiet.
Chewing on Elena's words in his mind, he was both moved and burdened. From the fans he met in the hotel lobby to the familiar Elena, he felt the power of another level of competitive sports like never before.
It turns out that he can also become someone's idol and a role model for someone; it turns out that his hard work and struggle can also bring courage and strength to someone; it turns out that his spirit and will can also become a guide for someone to move forward. A ray of dawn; it turns out that there is more to competitive sports than just victories and championships.
In fact, there is only one champion in an event, and there is only one winner in the end, but the core of competitive sports is far more than that.
Indistinctly, Gao Wen felt a little different again.
The Binghamton Challenge has all come to an end, but there is no room for Gawain, MacDonald, and Geelong to rest and breathe. They need to rush to the next race day and night:
Lexington Challenge.
In the professional tennis tour, from the second week of January to the last week of November, there are matches every week, all year round. How professional players arrange their schedules is also a matter of knowledge, otherwise they will be non-stop every week and every week Contesting all over the place, I am afraid that Iron Man will also have a day when his energy will run out.
With events as closely linked as the Binghamton Challenge and the Lexington Challenge abound, how should you organize your schedule?
If they are top professional players, on the one hand, they have their own private jet, which not only shortens the travel time, but also can get sufficient rest; You can enjoy the first-round bye treatment, and the game schedule will naturally not be so tight.
But if it is an ordinary professional player, I am afraid that there will be no such treatment.
what to do? Salad!
We can only bite the bullet and march quickly!
For example, Gao Wen at this moment.
After winning the championship, there was no rest time, let alone a chance to celebrate. I took the bus to Lexington overnight, and then notified the organizing committee in advance, asking them to adjust their competition schedule as far back as possible—
Some organizing committees are willing to coordinate, but some organizing committees are not.
Therefore, it is not uncommon for players to rush to the participating cities and have to rush to the stadium to play before they have time to pack their suitcases.
Occasionally, if the organizer's hotel arrangements go wrong again, players are forced to leave their suitcases in the corridor and enter the game without a room.
If the ranking is too low and you need to participate in the qualifying competition, you must arrive at the participating city two days in advance. Therefore, there are more than one or two cases where a race has to be given up due to schedule conflicts.
For low-ranked professional players, there are countless challenges in participating in every competition, which is no different from business trips in the workplace. They just keep running around to participate in competitions in different cities. Outside the city streets are no chance to browse.
Competitive sports, not only has the passion on the field, but also the turmoil in life, which is far less glamorous than it seems.
But precisely because of this, Gao Wen prefers the moment of standing on the court, where he can release himself freely and without reservation.
Lexington, located in the north-central part of Kentucky, is also a small town, about 700 miles away from Binghamton. The biggest problem is that there is no direct flight, and it takes four hours at the fastest to get there. Arrived, but the Greyhound bus can go directly.
Judging from the lottery, the Lexington Challenge also has many familiar faces.
In addition to the three musketeers of the Bruins, Kokinakis, Corker, Odensnik, Krajicek and other players also rushed from Binghamton to Lexington to compete like them.
In addition, some names worth looking forward to can also be seen among the eight seeded players.
Britain's Dan-Evans (dan-evans), breaking into the third round of the Grand Slam six times proved his stability, and the first defeat of the season given to Djokovic at the beginning of 2021 also showed his stability. explosive power.
Australia’s James Duckworth (James-Duckworth), just this year, he has attended all the first three Grand Slams, the Australian Open is a wild card, the French Open and Wimbledon all passed the qualifying test to advance to the main match .
Among them, in the first round of Wimbledon, they faced French player Richard Gasquet (richard-gasquet). The two fought fiercely for five sets. It was not until the final set that the winner was decided.
Perhaps, compared to Binghamton, Lexington's starlight is not so shining, but in terms of strength, it is absolutely not inferior, and the competition is very fierce.
When arriving in Lexington, it means that Binghamton's victory must be temporarily forgotten, and then start from the beginning, a brand new game, a new battle, even if it encounters the same opponent, it will be a completely different duel, Gawain can't help but Gearing up to start looking forward to it.
For young players, the most difficult thing to adapt to is the rhythm of professional tennis, because there are matches every week, UU Reading www.uukanshu. But no one can remain undefeated all the time, how to adjust the mentality while switching between different events, how to find the best state between victory and defeat, how to adjust the state in the rush and tossing, this is a knowledge.
Gao Wen still has a lot to learn if he wants to turn professional.
Turning his head, he saw Macdonald and Jiron who had closed their eyes and fell asleep. Gawain also closed his eyes, and the nervousness of excitement and novelty slowly relaxed like this.
Wait, only the Bruins Three Musketeers? What about Tobias?
This time, Gao Wen went to Lexington to compete for the second consecutive week.
On that side, Tobias officially attacked, shouldering his responsibilities as a manager—
Why is it so troublesome for players to transfer between different cities?
Obviously, not all players have enough prize money to pay for private jets. What's more, Gao Wen is not yet a professional player, and the championship prize money of the Binghamton Challenge cannot be withdrawn for the time being.
So what should I do? Does everyone have to use the bus transfer? Can travel expenses, accommodation expenses and training expenses only be borne by oneself?
The answer is, sponsors.
Tobias has officially embarked on the journey of signing a sponsor for Gao Wen, but is he not too anxious?
After all, Gao Wen just won a championship trophy for the Challenger League now.
In Tobias' view, the timing is just right now, and what sponsors need to invest in is the future, otherwise, after Gao Wen really made his name, the sponsorship signing fee will not be so high-quality and cheap-
Investment needs to be done as early as possible, and what is tested is their vision.
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