The latest website: "...What did you just say?" After being courteous to each other, it was Hu Litao who signaled Zhan Jun to speak first.
Zhan Jun did not refuse, and said with a little regret, "Nadal is definitely absent because of his wrist injury."
From the standpoint of fans and neutral commentators, we always see exciting matchups. It is undoubtedly a pity that Nadal, one of the "Big Four", withdrew from the US Open due to a wrist injury.
Moreover, in the past ten years, tennis fans have witnessed the long confrontation between the greatest opponents in history, "Federer VS Nadal". Djokovic and Murray are also out of reach.
But it is very, very regrettable that this pair of opponents who have continued to break the historical record for the number of times they have played against each other has played against each other countless times on different occasions, but they have never met in the US Open. This is always a great pity for the entire professional tennis world.
Before the opening of the US Open every year, fans are looking forward to the "Fena Show" being staged, but every year it ends in disappointment.
Hu Litao can fully understand Zhan Jun's thoughts, "If you want to see Feiner's battle, you can only look forward to next year."
Zhan Jun sighed regretfully, "Sister Na first, and then Natto, the injuries are really blocking the way, I hope their injuries don't have too much impact, and I can see them returning to the singles game soon style."
Hu Litao nodded in agreement.
Zhan Jun immediately calmed down and changed the subject, "What did you want to say just now?"
Hu Litao let out an "oh" and then came back to his senses, "I said, the list of wild cards for the US Open has come out, and there is a Chinese in it."
"Huh?" Zhan Jun was very surprised, very very surprised.
The influence of the four Grand Slams is deeply rooted in the entire professional tennis world. Even behind the award of wild cards, we can see the confrontation and cooperation between different organizations.
To give a simple example, in order to cultivate the Asia-Pacific market, the Australian Open has very close cooperation with China, and even held a wild card match in China alone.
The French Open and the US Open are deeply rooted in the local professional tennis world. They tend to tap young players from their own countries, but in addition, they also cooperate with each other. For example, the French Open gave the US Tennis Association a wild card, and the US Open also gave The French Tennis Association has a wild card. As for how to decide which wild card, it is up to the opponent's tennis association to negotiate internally.
Wimbledon, which has always been proud and noble, has also started to cooperate with the other three Grand Slams in recent years. After all, if you want to expand the influence of the event and cultivate young players in your own country, you must do it behind closed doors.
Of course, in addition to this, wild cards may also be awarded to famous players who have returned from injury, young players who have performed well in other events, young players sponsored by official sponsors of the event, and so on.
It is precisely because of this that the wild card seats for the Grand Slam are often not announced all at once, but all are announced before the end of the final round of the qualifying round, and then the qualifying players and wild card players are mixed together. The lottery will be drawn together to fill in the main match list that has been drawn a week before entering.
For Chinese players, female players have made their mark, and it is often easier to apply for wild cards; while male players are always working hard out of sight, even the relatively close Australian Open, let alone the ones on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. It's the US Open.
The U.S. Open has not announced the list of wild cards this year, and the complete list was not announced until the second round of the qualifying round.
Zhan Jun didn't hide his surprise at all, "Are you a female player?"
Hu Litao also had a weird expression, "Male player."
Zhan Jun: ...
Hu Litao: ...
Zhan Jun thought about the names of male players in his mind, but the young players who meet the criteria are Zhang Ze and Wu Di. If the world ranking is lower, there is no point in playing with a wild card. A round of travel, a waste of wild cards; but both of them participated in the qualifying round, so who is it?
Is it some rich second generation, or some illegitimate child?
"The name is Gao Wen, and I'm not sure which one is which. The official information is only in English, and it is said that this year's NCAA All-American champion got a wild card." Hu Litao further explained.
To be honest, in recent years, due to the overall rise of Li Na and the Huaxia Women's Corps, the attention of tennis in China has increased. Zhan Jun is even known as an encyclopedia. He knows everything about tennis in the past 20 years, and all the information can be obtained continuously presented to the audience.
But the NCAA?
There is a specialization in the art industry, and Zhan Jun must admit that he has no concern for the NCAA.
As far as the moment is concerned, China's only understanding of the NCAA should come from the NBA. After all, the rookies in the annual draft are all from the NCAA, but the understanding of other projects is very limited.
"Gao Wen Gao Wen Gao Wen..."
Zhan Jun chewed it carefully, and felt that the name was somewhat familiar, and then suddenly patted his thigh, which startled both Hu Litao and the driver who was driving.
"Ah! The challenger champion? Is he Chinese? I always thought it was just an Asian player with a similar pronunciation."
Hu Litao was confused, "Brother Jun, have you heard of him?"
Zhan Jun thought for a while, "I'm not sure, but there was a news article on the ATP official website last month, saying that two players went hand in hand to create history in Europe and North America, winning 15 consecutive challenges and winning three championships in a row. "
Hu Litao's mouth can swallow a duck egg.
Zhan Jun shook his head, "I just glanced at it and saw the name, but the ATP official website didn't say much about it, so I didn't think of it and thought it was an Asian player."
If it is just the champion of the Challenger League, there is really nothing worth mentioning. According to the statistics on the ATP official website, the player with the most victories and the most champions in the Challenger League is the same player, Lu Yanxun, who is from China's Baodao Province.
From the perspective of creating history, Gao Wen is really far behind. All his historical records need to add a prefix of "Huaxia Mainland" in front of them.
It is precisely because of this that ATP did not say it separately, and Zhan Jun didn't take it to heart. He just glanced at it when he browsed the news every day.
But he didn't expect to hear this name again from Hu Litao's mouth~www.mtlnovel.com~ Really jumped out of the cracks in the rocks, killing everyone by surprise.
No matter how I think about it, I still find it ridiculous, so that Zhan Jun added another question, "Have you confirmed your nationality?"
How could they have not noticed at all? This is really outrageous.
Hu Litao nodded as a matter of course, "How could I read the five-star red flag wrong? Moreover, it was because I saw the national flag that I was shocked. Otherwise, I would have ignored it when I saw a bunch of English. Unless it was preparing competition materials, how could it be possible?" Will care about who the wild card is from the start."
After finishing speaking, Hu Litao still couldn't believe it, "Brother Jun, wait, you said you are the champion of three challenges?"
The ATP official website may not realize what this means, but after the news of the two professional commentators was pieced together, shock and consternation swept over.
This is too powerful, right?
Zhan Jun and Hu Litao exchanged glances, and both of them realized: This is big news!