It's a very, very sad fact that the last time an Australian player made it to the quarter-finals at Melbourne Park was ten years ago:
In 2005, the No. 3 seed Hewitt performed well and made great strides all the way. Not only did he enter the quarterfinals, but he also entered the finals in one go.
Unfortunately, in the final, Hewitt lost to Safin in four sets.
As for the champion?
That will go back to the distant 1976. In that year, Mark Edmondson (mark-edmondson) defeated compatriot John-Newcomb (john-newbe) to win the championship.
Australia's hunger for a homegrown Grand Slam singles title has been around for far too long - and the same goes for the women's singles.
Of course, among the four Grand Slams, only the US Open has no such troubles. Both Roddick and Serena Williams are local champions who reached the top after the millennium. In addition, Wimbledon and French Open are also the same as Australia. Facing the same dilemma, the performance of local players was far below expectations.
It is precisely because of this that when Murray became the Wimbledon champion in 2013, the whole people reveled.
But Australia is slightly different from Britain, France, and even the United States in that their young generation has grown up in an all-round way. The group of players born after 1990 and 1995 are talented, and one or two of them are already on the tour. demonstrate their abilities.
Naturally, Australia also has more expectations for the performance of young players.
Maybe it's too early for Xiao to want to be a Grand Slam champion, but a quarter-final at the Australian Open shouldn't be too much, right?
So, did the Organizing Committee of the Australian Open really operate in secret and deliberately draw all the young local players into the lower half?
of course not.
This is just a joke, a complaint and a mockery made by the local Australian media.
In the lower half of the area, the Big Three gathered together, which can be called a crematorium. When the draw came out, the local media was wailing, which was obviously not good news.
If the organizing committee really does this, then it will send the little sheep to the tiger's mouth with their own hands, which is not as good as animals.
To be more precise, one or two of the local media are celebrating:
Two of the most talented and promising players of the new generation, benard-tomic and Nick Kyrgios, have been lucky enough to sign.
Both players are unseeded players, but very, very lucky, they did not draw the Big Three.
"Lucky! Tomic didn't draw Federer!"
"Kyrgios managed to avoid Nadal!"
On the news media in Australia, you can see such headlines one after another. In the disaster of all the young players getting together in the lower half, they still found some positive factors after all, cheering for the local players, and expecting them to create good things. score.
and!
There is another thing that the media is thankful for:
"7/9, all gathered in the 3/4 area, maybe, the opportunity has come."
What's the meaning?
Among the local Australian players, all nine players drew lots to enter the lower half, and seven of them all gathered in the third quarter, which can be called a minefield.
On the one hand, they managed to avoid the quarter where Federer and Murray were located.
In the 3/4 area, Nadal played against Gao Wen.
It's not just the Australian local media. In the eyes of professionals, this is also an area that is most likely to fall into a melee.
reason?
Nadal is an unknown.
In the past two years, the King of Spain reached the final at Melbourne Park, but lost to Djokovic and Wawrinka respectively. This year, he is still the undoubted favorite; but after suffering from injuries, Nadal's state is unpredictable , In the new season, Doha only played one game and lost an upset. After coming to Melbourne, the state is in doubt.
Even Nadal himself said in the pre-match press conference that he can easily be defeated by anyone, especially in the first few rounds, because he still needs more time to adjust his state; but if he can enter the next few rounds, he believes he will Find the status slowly.
The problem is that Nadal has been dormant in many crises in the first few rounds. His opponent Youzhny in the first round and his potential opponent Rossol in the third round have all defeated the Spaniard in Grand Slam matches.
Gao Wen was also an unknown.
As the champion of the new U.S. Open and won the Paris Masters, Gao Wen has initially proved himself, but he and Wawrinka are facing the same situation:
pressure.
They all need to deal with unimaginable pressure, not only from the media and fans, but also from the opponents, the pressure is everywhere.
Of course, Gao Wen has just won the double crown in Doha and has shown good form, but people are not sure how he will perform at Melbourne Park.
After all, the U.S. Open is a local game. In any case, Gao Wen has also played in North America for so many years, and he is more accustomed to the weather and the venue; but the Australian Open, everything is brand new, which means that all adaptations Everything had to be started from scratch, and even the fans and spectators were brand new.
One unknown meets another, and the prospects of this area are indeed full of variables.
More importantly, this is also the most dense division of all potential rookies, and it seems that all challengers are gathered in this division.
Australia's local darlings Tomic, Kyrgios, and Koginakis all entered this division, focusing all the attention of local fans.
In addition, German rising star Jan-Leonard-Struff (jan-lennard-struff), Serbian rising star Krajinovic and Czech rising star Jerry-Vesely (jiri-vesely) also all entered this division.
Among them, Veseli, who was born in 1993, turned professional in 2009, but he didn't take the lead until these two years. He just won his first men's singles championship trophy in Oakland last week, and his momentum is booming.
Maybe, for the moment in 2015, Veseli is not significant, but in 2022, the name Veseli is very special to tennis fans, very very special, not because he became a Grand Slam Champion, but because he witnessed history invisibly.
The two biggest victories of Veseli's career came against Djokovic.
In 2016, Veseli ended Djokovic's 26-match winning streak at the Monte Carlo Masters, beating the world number one for the first time in his career.
In 2022, Veseli defeated Djokovic in straight sets in Dubai, and this victory also directly made history—
Because Djokovic was eliminated, Medvedev will be on the top of the latest ATP world ranking list~www.mtlnovel.com~ Since Federer reached the top of the world on February 4, 2004 Eighteen years and three weeks later, the first "non-Big Four" world number one finally appeared. Medvedev, born in 1996, finally broke the monopoly of the Big Four.
Eighteen years, an era has changed.
At the same time, for Veseli himself, he remains unbeaten against Djokovic in his career, winning both games.
There is no doubt that Veseli has impact, impact to be underestimated, and that is true on clay and hard courts.
Therefore, the 3/4 area is indeed full of crises. Perhaps, there is a lack of famous generals here, but unknown factors are hidden here.
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