In his first match after winning the US Open, and at home in his hometown, Gawain will face L-Mayer.
At present, there is more than one "Mayer" in men's professional tennis. Germany, Chile, Spain, etc. all have Mayer, so the official needs to add the first capital letter of the name as a prefix to indicate the distinction.
Mayer from Argentina is now in the best condition of his career. This year, he not only won his first ATP level singles title in his career, but also entered the top 30 in the world ranking for the first time, temporarily ranking 20th this week Three, every step is refreshing the personal best ranking.
In addition, the performance of the four Grand Slams is also very stable, the second round of the Australian Open, the third round of the French Open, the fourth round of Wimbledon, and the third round of the US Open.
Overall, Mayer is a player who performs better on clay courts than on hard courts. Stability and balance are his strengths. Although explosive power is not his strong point, his overall performance has remained stable. While the upper limit is relatively low , The lower limit is also relatively high, so the fluctuation range is relatively narrow.
He may lack a little competitiveness when facing top players, but he has always been a very difficult and difficult role among ordinary players.
Moreover, Mayer's bottom-line shots have their own characteristics, and they all have solid basic skills in flat shots, slices and spins, which also give him more room to adapt to changes-although he is not a player who is good at changes.
It is very worth noting that Federer once took the initiative to invite Mayer to train with him for a period of time as a sparring partner—that is, Russell’s current role. This also means that Federer believes that hitting the ball with Mayer can help him. This is undoubtedly an affirmation.
But Mayer declined after much thought.
"I think it's good to train with superstars like the Big Four, but it's not an easy task. They will bring you extra pressure, because even in training, they will fight for every ball, so you have to be 100%. It takes a lot of investment.”
For Mayer, it was both a stress and a burden.
Mayer's character can be seen in small details.
In the Imperial Capital Open, Gao Wen played against Mayer in the first round. As Sampras said, this is a good thing, because Mayer is characterized by stability but lacks a little explosive power and impact, which also means that he can use the game to boost training , looking for more time to slowly adjust the state, at least better than playing against Djokovic or Cilic in the first round—
Facts have proved this.
Before the match draw came out, the major news media could not wait to start analyzing the possibility of Gao Wen and Cilic meeting again, the gimmick of "replay of the US Open final", even surpassed Gao Wen in the first round to some extent. The potential of encountering Djokovic will detonate the focus.
After the lottery results came out, Cilic faced Bo Yan, Gao Wen faced l-Mayer, and more importantly, the two players entered the upper and lower halves respectively. However, the media's heated reports still did not stop:
"The only chance for a repeat of the US Open final is the second meeting in the final. Is it possible for a miracle to happen again?"
"The familiar draw, the familiar situation, from the US Open to the imperial capital, is it possible for the plot to repeat itself?"
"Judging from the lottery, this episode seems familiar. Is it really going to be staged 'I have seen this scene'?"
Interesting, indeed interesting, if you think about it carefully.
Federer did not come to the Imperial City to compete, but went directly to Shanghai to participate in the Masters next week. The main reason is that he signed an appearance agreement with Basel in Switzerland. After the Shanghai Masters, he needs to fly back immediately Basel is competing at home, so the itinerary has been adjusted.
Instead, Nadal, who had been exempt throughout the North American season, chose to come back at the Imperial Capital Open to prepare for the next Asian season and the European indoor season. The "Big Four" have three more players, and they are preparing to play in Shanghai next week. Masters come together.
It's no wonder that the media couldn't hold back their excitement one by one, and couldn't wait to hype it up. The bustling voices couldn't stop, and all resources were used to promote Gao Wen. Even the "Big Three" couldn't match the enthusiasm of the competition——
Expectations, overwhelming.
But for Gao Wen, there is only one thing that needs to be paid attention to at this moment: l-Mayer, this first-round opponent, is not as easy to deal with as he imagined.
Perhaps, for ordinary fans, they seldom pay attention to a Mayer who has never been ranked in the top 20 in the world in his career; The ranking can be used as a reference effect to some extent—
The first three hundred and the last three hundred are two different things; the first hundred and the last one hundred are two different things.
Top fifty and after fifty are two different things; top twenty and after twenty are two different things.
To put it simply, a player whose world ranking can be stabilized in the top 50 for a long time is already the top part of the professional tennis pyramid, and at this level, the top ten, top 20, and top 50 players Divided into three grades, but the gap between each other is relatively limited.
In other words, who wins and who loses depends entirely on the performance on the spot. Even if there is an upset, it cannot be regarded as a shocking accident.
L-Mayer, since entering the top 50 in the world ranking for the first time last year, has remained stable and has shown a gradual upward trend.
Since entering the top 30 for the first time this year, he has not dropped out-and, in the next two years or so, he has maintained this ranking, which means that he has always been able to play as a Grand Slam seed player, regardless of It's stability and durability, both excellent.
This is definitely an opponent that should not be underestimated, very difficult to deal with, any slightest carelessness, the result of the game may be different:
In April, in the Hamburg game, Mayer defeated Ferrer, known as the "stable man", for the first time in his career to beat a world-ranked player, and won the first ATP-level men's singles championship trophy in his career .
Facts have proved this.
The first game between the two sides fell into anxiety.
Facing the new U.S. Open champion, the enemy was in the open and I was in the dark. Mayer was fully prepared and quickly entered the state at the opening stage~www.mtlnovel.com~ Dare to fight and fight hard, and took the lead in breaking Gao Wen's serve In the round, the audience was still looking for their seats. Before they had time to sit down, Mayer had already taken the lead.
But Gao Wen immediately gained a firm foothold, actively seeking changes to disrupt the rhythm of the game, and then completed a reverse break to equalize the score, and the two sides returned to the same starting line.
In the mid-set, the two sides held each other's serve and lived in peace. Then it was Mayer who took the lead at the end of the set, broke Gao Wen's serve for the second time, and took a "5:4" lead. Come to your own serve to win the game.
However, Mayer failed to see the set points in his serve victory. On the first break point, Gawain used the iconic backhand straight line to complete the break. The first game returned to a tie for the second time. The stalemate is still going on.
And then?
Then, the dog teeth criss-crossed, you chased each other, and the two sides entered the tie-break, and the outcome of the first set would be decided by the tie-break.
Everything, deja vu, seems to have returned to Flushing.
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