The third match at the O2 stadium was the second men's doubles semi-final, and the Bryan brothers were about to make their debut.
The Bryan brothers have been in the professional circuit for many years and have made friends all over the world. It seems that Wawrinka should have some friendship with them in private.
"What about Bob and Mike?"
Just before Gao Wen entered the locker room, he waved to Bob from a distance to say hello, "They are stretching their small muscles for the last time, and the game should start soon."
The duration of the men's singles semi-finals far exceeded expectations. Just look at the previous group matches. The schedule of the O2 stadium is always more than enough, but today it seems a bit tight. The men's singles semi-final has just ended, and the scene will be cleared, and then the audience will be arranged to enter.
Immediately after that, the players will enter the field.
"..." Wawrinka didn't respond.
The conversation just started, and then fell into silence in a blink of an eye.
Obviously, Wawrinka is not good at such social greetings, and a good topic can also be directly chatted to death—
It has to be said that this is also a kind of ability.
After thinking for a while, Gao Wen took the initiative to say, "Today's game, come on!"
"Thank you." Wawrinka replied sullenly, without further words, cutting off the next words of Gao Wen in his stomach.
Then Gao Wen stood up and was about to pack his things, but Wawrinka's voice came from the corner again.
"Actually, losing is a good thing."
Wawrinka still turned his back to Gawain, and seemed to be talking to himself, a little flustered and dull, but the volume was enough and echoed clearly in the dressing room, so that Gawain was not sure whether he should respond.
"I don't mean to like to lose, I just mean..."
"Well... Only when you have truly experienced failure can you firmly remember that pain. It is better to experience the pain yourself if someone tells you a thousand or ten thousand times."
"Only those who have failed know how to succeed."
The simple words seem fragmented, it is difficult to accurately capture the meaning of Wawrinka's words, and the hard tone is not so friendly.
If you are someone who doesn't know Wawrinka, you may think that Wawrinka is gloating and sarcastic. Who would comfort someone who just lost like this?
But Gawain knew that Wawrinka didn't.
Wawrinka means,
Only those who have truly experienced failure know how to fight back when faced with absolute difficulties; only those who have truly experienced tragic failure know that there are people beyond others and that there is always room for improvement; only those who have truly experienced failure Only a person can have a brave heart.
Gao Wen realized that this should be a lesson from Djokovic.
Nadal, Simon, Murray, Djokovic.
These are the four defeats of Gao Wen this season. Although the reasons and circumstances are different, each failure taught Gao Wen different things.
Just like today, from the end of the second set to the beginning of the third set, this is a situation that cannot be considered on the training ground, and can only be understood after experiencing it.
In this prolific season of horseshoe disease, these failures kept Gao Wen sober, realizing that he still needs humility, motivation, and fighting spirit. Compared with a long career, half a season is indeed only considered A starting point, and his starting point is still so high.
Naturally, there will be more and more difficult challenges in the future.
Sampras once said that after winning a Grand Slam, it is a whole new world, starting from scratch.
Failure is still bitter, but he should firmly remember this unwillingness and discomfort.
Wawrinka was slightly cautious, turned around, and scratched his face.
"Gao Wen, I... I have no malicious intentions."
"I don't know much, I just want to say, I've grown up like this, you know, I lost a lot of games against four of them, so..."
Wawrinka was a little clumsy, he didn't know how to express himself, his eyes were always erratic, and there was no context when he was talking.
It can be seen that this is really not something he is good at.
Gao Wen also turned to look at Wawrinka, showing a smile, "Stan, I know."
"Thanks."
Gawain solemnly met Wawrinka's gaze, expressing his friendliness, opening up a topic, and the follow-up words became much simpler.
"This loss is not good for me. It's like a punch in the chest. I don't like it. I don't know how to express it."
"So, thank you for being able to tell me what you just said."
Gawain also knew how difficult this was for Wawrinka.
During the tour, in just half a year, Gao Wen made many friends, but except for the Brian brothers, they were basically all young people.
It's not because Gao Wen only likes his peers, but because he joined the tour at different times and at different stages, and the players around him are also different.
Not to mention the Big Four, players like Wawrinka, Berdych, and Ferrer who have been active in professional tennis for many years have already formed a relatively fixed circle of friends. Easy, there is an invisible barrier between each other.
Age, country, ranking, personality, etc., etc., are all elements for making friends.
Obviously, there is not much overlap between Gao Wen's circle and Wawrinka's circle~www.mtlnovel.com~ It is precisely because of this that Wawrinka's opening is even more precious.
Wawrinka paused slightly, he did not expect Gawain's response, raised his eyes, and then he could see Gawain's sincere and calm eyes, a look and a smile are more convincing than words , which made Wawrinka relieved.
But don't know how to respond.
After all, when people are looking for an opinion, Federer is clearly the better choice than him.
Wouldn't it be too arrogant to answer "you're welcome" at this time? What experience should he impart?
After thinking about it, Wawrinka didn't say much after all, but just expressed his thoughts in a regular manner.
"I watched the second set and the third set, and you did a good job, I mean, very, very good, just look at the reaction from the crowd."
"It's just that Novaka performed even better today."
Even if it is comfort and encouragement, it is still clumsy; but I can be sure that it is 100% sincere, with sincerity in every word, and it is definitely not polite and polite.
Gao Wen didn't mind, and laughed brightly, "Djokovic is just doing Djokovic, performing well as always, and then making his opponent feel desperate."
A small tease, Wawrinka also laughed.
Gao Wen nodded heavily, "Thank you. It seems that there is still a lot of work to be done during this offseason, if I want to make a difference in the new season."
Immediately afterwards, Gawain shook his fist at Wawrinka again, and sent his blessing, "Next, it's up to you, we are all looking forward to a wonderful duel."
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