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In 2014, the third match day of the Shanghai Masters was still going smoothly, but as mentioned before, the last two Masters at the end of the year were always unpopular due to various reasons. The first round of this year has already proved this point, and This continued in the second round as well.
The highest seed out of the second round is the second seed Nadal—
The dream of "Gaowen VS Nadal 2.0" was shattered.
In fact, objectively speaking, Philip Lopez's defeat of Nadal is not considered unpopular. Although Philip Lopez is also a Spaniard who grew up on clay, he is actually best at grass, followed by hard courts.
Remember that list of men with the most ACEs in history? Karlovic and Isner are vying for the all-time No. 1 title, while Faye Lopez is fifth on the list, with even more aces than Federer as of 2014.
Faye Lopez has beaten Nadal twice in his career. The first time was in Basel in 2003 on indoor carpet; the second time was in Wimbledon in 2010 on grass; today is the third time. Still fast and hard.
But no matter what, Fey Lopez defeated his compatriots to advance to the third round, and was about to face Gao Wen, so an interesting scene took shape like this:
Fey Lopez defeated Kogginakis and Nadal, and finally stood in front of Gao Wen. The two potential opponents Gao Wen was looking forward to were both defeated by Fei Lopez, which also means that the next The third round should be very interesting.
Nadal wasn't the only player in distress, and so was Federer.
In the second round, Federer faced Argentine player L-Mayer—yes, he was Gao Wen’s opponent in the first round of the Imperial Capital Open last week, but he did not expect that Mayer’s arrival in Shanghai made Federer break out in a cold sweat. It is necessary to reveal the biggest upset since the start of the Shanghai Masters.
Federer saved five match points and narrowly won the tiebreaker of the final set "9:7". The audience followed Federer through a roller coaster ride.
Mayer's outstanding performance is one reason, and this game is Federer's first official match after three weeks after the US Open is another reason.
Even Federer and Nadal are like this, so other upsets don't seem to be so "shocking".
The fourth seed Wawrinka, like Federer, played for the first time after the U.S. Open, and then Wawrinka was also in danger, but he was not so lucky. Facing the difficult tug-of-war master Simon, he exploded after three hard-fought battles. Cold out.
In addition, the wild card player Monaco defeated Raonic. To be precise, when he fell behind "2:5" in the first set, Raonic retired due to injury. The season has come to an end, and any injury is annoying , but does not know whether it will affect the rest of the season, he still needs to undergo a doctor's examination to be sure.
French veteran Julien Benneteau (Julien-) overturned Dimitrov in an upset. The latter was out of state like sleepwalking throughout the game, and the deep impact of the "Grand Slam Syndrome" can also be clearly seen .
If you add Anderson who lost to Kukushkin, then after the second round, there are only seven players left among the 16 seeded players, and the loss is more than half.
In addition, there was a duel that attracted the attention of all Huaxia fans. Wang Chuhan challenged Jia Zeli, who was ranked 75th in the world.
However, the game was disappointing. "6:0" and "6:4", Jia Zeli easily defeated Wang Chuhan, sent a duck egg in the first set, and advanced smoothly.
The dream bubble that the media eagerly inflated died down like this, and disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye. This also means that, except for Gao Wen, there is still no Chinese player who can win consecutively in the local competitions of the Imperial Capital and the Magic Capital. two games.
It was precisely because of this that the eyes focused on Gao Wen's shoulder became hotter and more crazy.
A little earlier, Gao Wen was eliminated in the third round of the Imperial Capital Open, which aroused criticism from some netizens. They believed that Gao Wen had too many off-court activities after winning the US Open, and failed to prepare for the Asian season. Hope, miss the possibility of winning the championship in his hometown.
Complaining is not a big deal, but it does exist objectively.
Especially when Wang Chuhan upset Fognini to advance to the second round, these remarks reached a small peak. They believed that local players can also achieve such good results, so it is only natural that Gao Wen, who is expensive as a Grand Slam champion Should be a leader and perform better.
But the speech has not had time to ferment, and in less than 24 hours, it has already shut its mouth——
Perhaps Gao Wen is indeed not in the best condition at the moment, but the imperial capital has won two consecutive victories, and the Shanghai magic city has also won two consecutive victories and is still moving forward. Such performance has proved that Gao Wen is worthy of being a representative player of China at present, even including women players. Inside, the banner of the top players now also needs to be carried by Gao Wen.
As a result, those doubting and provocative voices disappeared in embarrassment.
However, they all know that this is only temporary. As long as Gao Wen is still fighting in the professional arena, he will be a moving target. Whether he wins or loses~www.mtlnovel.com~ Every move will trigger countless discussions, and things will obviously not happen. So easy to stop.
The point is still Gao Wen: He doesn't care.
Right and wrong outside the court has no meaning or weight to him, and all his attention is focused on the upcoming third round of the showdown.
Fey - Lopez, this is not an easy opponent to deal with.
In the latest world ranking, Faye Lopez ranked 16th, but because of the world ranking of 21st at the time of registration deadline for the Shanghai Masters, he did not make it to the seed seat.
Faye Lopez entered the Challenger League as early as 1997 to start his career. It is precisely because of this that his style of play follows the tradition of the 1990s. Compared with Nadal, Ferrer, Robredo, etc. In terms of the playing style of clay court masters, he is closer to the grass court playing style of Sampras and Federer.
Therefore, it is no surprise that Wimbledon has become his best performance in the four Grand Slams. In 2005, Fei Lopez became the first Spaniard to break into the quarter-finals of Wimbledon since 1972. Making history has also officially established his place in men's professional tennis.
On grass courts and fast hard courts, Fei Lopez can best give full play to his strengths, strong serve, excellent forehand and excellent ability in front of the net—
As an excellent doubles player, Fey Lopez's ability before the net is definitely among the top players in the pyramid in the tour. This also makes his playing style different from most players who stick to the bottom line. Stalemate; at the same time, the bottom line has excellent stalemate ball ability, which also makes him have a special position in the tour.
To put it simply, this is a type of player that Gao Wen has never encountered so far, and it is a brand new encounter.