Chapter 1679 The Top Four Are in Place

Here, Federer defeated Simon in straight sets and advanced to the semi-finals.

On that side, Djokovic defeated Cilic steadily, "", ".

One after the other, the two games ended within fifteen minutes of each other, bringing the ninth match day of Wimbledon to an end, which was really disappointing.

After two five-set battles with ups and downs in "Murray VS Gauvin" and "Wawrinka VS Gasquet", the other two quarter-final matches were defeated invariably, and the one-sided game was full of ups and downs. Not surprising, it completely lived up to the fans’ ardent expectations for the Challenger League to attack the giants.

If Court No. 1 at least provided the highlight moment when Simon ended Federer's historical pace of holding serve, then the center court was lethargic. The game between Djokovic and Cilic was completely watered down. Not only were the three sets the same, , and the competition content is also lackluster——

It may be impossible to pick the top five goals in a single game.

For neutral fans, a huge disappointment.

However, looking at it from another perspective, the two giants once again defended their glory with strong and sturdy performances:

At Wimbledon, their strong foundation is still unshakable. After experiencing the upset in Flushing and the bayonets at Melbourne Park and Roland Garros, when they came to the All England Club, the giants were still unmatched absolute rulers. , the golden age is still that golden age.

and!

The top four are in their places.

The pattern of "Big Four VS Challenger Alliance" has once again taken shape.

At this time, looking back at the semi-final matches of the past three Grand Slams, the matchup at Wimbledon will be more representative.

At the US Open, "Djokovic VS Gauvin" and "Federer VS Cilic", Gauvin and Cilic won, officially kicking off the Challenger League.

Australian Open, "Djokovic VS Wawrinka", "Murray VS Gauvin", Djokovic and Gauvin advanced, and the confrontation between giants and challengers took shape.

French Open, "Djokovic VS Murray", "Gawain VS Wawrinka", this is the only time where giants and giants, challengers and challengers faced each other and then started a Huashan sword debate on the top of the Forbidden City. In the end Djokovic and Wawrinka join forces, a comprehensive confrontation between giants and challengers.

Looking back carefully, we can clearly see the development process step by step, and finally, we came to Wimbledon.

The top four matchup is still "Big Four VS Challengers". Behind the emergence of Gao Wen, from Cilic to Wawrinka to Gasquet, the vanguard of the Challenger League has been changing, but the only thing remains unchanged. is the overall rise of the Challenger Alliance, so what will be the result this time?

Gearing up and eager to try——

The Wimbledon Organizing Committee officially announced the schedule before the start of the two women's singles semi-finals on Thursday.

Friday, Center Court.

The first game, Djokovic VS Gasquet.

The second game, Federer VS Gawain.

There is no suspense or controversy about this arrangement. Even before the event organizing committee announced it, social networks had already generally guessed it.

Gasquet can be called the biggest dark horse at Wimbledon this year. He has been on and off in the first half of the season due to a back injury, and his world ranking has dropped out of the top 20. Throughout 2014, his performance in the four Grand Slams was average. This year, Australia The French Open also saw an early exit in the third round, and the French Open only recovered slightly.

Looking at it now, Roland Garros' performance in re-entering the fourth round should be the first signal.

After the Wimbledon draw was released, Gasquet fell into the 2/4 area with many strong players, and it was also the thorny 4/8 small area. Almost no one noticed the existence of Gasquet, but with the arrival of Nassar Dahl stopped in the second round and Raonic stopped in the third round. He became the biggest beneficiary.

Of course, if anyone doubts that Gasquet's semi-finals are "picked up", then the performance of powerfully defeating Kyrgios and eliminating Wawrinka in five fierce sets is the best proof. No one should underestimate Gasquet's impact. Perhaps, his miraculous journey to the All England Club will continue.

Next, Gasquet will face the favorite Djokovic.

The top seed's path to promotion was smooth sailing, but he unexpectedly fell into a tough battle when facing Anderson in the fourth round, falling behind by two sets before catching up.

As players of the same era, Djokovic and Gasquet are very familiar with each other. They met twelve times in their careers. Gasquet only won in the year-end finals in 2007, which was also called the Masters Cup. Once, after that, he suffered a long nine-game losing streak.

From all aspects, Djokovic is the more optimistic side. Even judging from the pre-match odds, the Serbian king is overwhelmingly ahead.

By the way, at Roland Garros a month ago, Gasquet advanced to the fourth round but lost to Djokovic. At that time, the score was very different. The semi-finals’ post-game interviews were also self-deprecating.

"I hope I can play better on Friday than I did in Paris and get more innings."

As you can imagine, this game was scheduled to start at the front, with almost no suspense.

All eyes are focused on another collision of the top four——

"Federer VS Gawain".

At this point, it goes without saying that the significance and weight of this game have reached unprecedented heights.

If in the match between Djokovic and Gasquet, everyone was unanimously on the side of the world number one, then this match was full of suspense.

So far, Gao Wen and Federer have met twice in their careers, and each side has won one game. But as Gao Wen said, these data have no reference value.

Firstly, there are too few encounters; secondly, those games are not on grass; thirdly, those games are not Grand Slams.

The point is that Gao Wen has faced the Big Four in his career Grand Slam and has maintained a complete victory so far.

Federer is the undoubted king at Wimbledon. His entire career is closely related to the All England Club. He made his debut here, had his first breakthrough here, and won his first Grand Slam here. He created a dynasty here, he is the king of grass.

This year at Wimbledon, both players have some intentions of starting low and going high.

Although Federer is the favorite to win the championship, his odds are behind Murray and Djokovic, and were even almost the same as Wawrinka at one time. However, in a low-key manner, Federer showed a top-notch serving touch, and his mercury-filled offense was really pleasing to the eye. The back garden hit one climax after another, proving once again with unparalleled performance——

Never overlook Federer on grass.

Gao Wen, on the other hand, does not need much explanation. He arrived at the All England Club with a record of one win and one loss. He almost lost against Istomin in the first round. Later, he continued to improve against Dimitrov and Murray. , showed top performance and saved the match point to defeat Murray, which was the best game this year.

After saving match points in the two games to advance, Gao Wen broke into the semi-finals like a dog and made history.

so.

Federer? Or Gawain?

Gawain? Or Federer?

No one can predict in advance, the only thing that can be done is to wait and see.