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On May 26, the first day of the French Open, the sun was shining brightly at Roland Garros, but there was a big upset!
The sixth seed in the tournament, Swiss player Federer, was eliminated in the first round just like last year. Peruvian Horner, ranked only 72nd in the ATP ranking, won a victory worth celebrating.
In 2001, Federer, who was only 20 years old, shocked the tennis world by defeating the reigning world champion Sampras at Wimbledon.
However, Federer has not made much progress in the past two years. The Hamburg Masters, two Grand Slam quarterfinals and the top four of the ATP Finals are his most outstanding results.
Last year, Federer was eliminated in the first round at the French Open and Wimbledon, and now that he has returned to Roland Garros, his performance is still poor!
Naturally, the media will inevitably add insult to injury, ridiculing Federer for being a fake, with a good playing style, extremely poor psychological quality, and will never win a Grand Slam!
The No. 11 seed player, the former Asia's number one, Sri Chapan, was eliminated by the Slovakian veteran Hebati, who had not been seen for a long time, with a score of 6-4, 3-6, 6-0, 7-5. He can prepare for Wimbledon.
In addition, the French's beloved "grande dame" Pierce also failed in the first round, which made the host very sad.
Since winning the French Open in 2000, Pierce's performance in the four Grand Slam tournaments has plummeted. Judging from the current situation, the 28-year-old Pierce has inevitably entered the end of his career.
Gu Fei saw Sharapova's name on the tournament briefing. Now known as the "Little Kourt", she was eliminated in the first round and was inevitably ridiculed by the media.
No one would have thought that Sharapova, who was born in 1987, would be crowned the queen at Wimbledon next year and become the youngest women's singles champion in the century-old history of Wimbledon.
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After the first match day, players from the lower half of the field appeared one after another, and the upset remained the same. Roddick, the seventh seed in the tournament, lost in the first round, and the Chinese star Zhang Depei also stopped in the first round.
Hewitt struggled to defeat American Vahari in a battle of errors, which took 4 hours. It is not easy for the world's number one to win the French Open.
Gu Fei came on the scene in the evening and easily defeated his opponents from the qualifying round with three scores of 6:3, advancing to the second round.
Gu Fei only served 8 aces in the entire match. The slow speed of the clay court was undoubtedly a nightmare for a serve and net player like Gu Fei.
If it were a more powerful opponent on clay, I'm afraid Gu Fei wouldn't be so relaxed.
In addition, famous players from all walks of life have advanced one after another, and there were too many upsets on the second day of the French Open.
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After reaching the second round of the French Open, Gu Fei was in a pretty good mood. He accepted a joint interview with Sports Weekly and China Five Set at the hotel where he stayed to look forward to the upcoming games.
"Naturally, we have to fight hard to win the game. As for where we can get to the final step, it depends on on-the-spot performance and a little bit of luck!" Gu Fei does not have much confidence in the French Open. After all, Roland Garros has a slow ball speed and hot weather.
The weather has placed higher demands on Gu Fei's physical fitness.
Although Gu Fei can add points to his attributes, there is indeed a big gap between his physical fitness and those opponents who have been trained professionally since childhood.
In the Australian Open finals, if I hadn't consumed less before the finals and the finals ended in four sets, I wouldn't have been exposed.
Nowadays, jet lag, long-distance flights and frequent competitions have inevitably affected Gu Fei's physical fitness, making his steps even heavier at venues like the French Open.
However, when being interviewed by the media, Gu Fei still seemed confident, saying that the victory in the Hamburg Masters allowed him to gradually find the feeling of playing on clay courts.
Afterwards, reports from China Five Sets and "Sports Weekly" further set off a tennis craze in the country, and the leaders of the China Tennis Management Center also made up their minds to send more players to foreign competitions to use competitions as training, and strive to win
Rich competition experience.
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In subsequent games, the French Open still adheres to the tradition of upsets. Basically, in every round, there will be some heavyweight seeded players preparing for Wimbledon in advance.
The first to be eliminated was the former French Open champion, Iron King Kafelnikov. The former French Open hegemon faltered, and 101 unforced errors would naturally hand the game away.
Local seed player Grosjean was eliminated by the fledgling Russian model worker Davydenko. At this time, Davydenko had thick hair, which was in sharp contrast to his later stunning image.
Nalbandian, the No. 9 seed in the tournament, suffered an upset loss to the local wild card player Cutro, which was disappointing.
Agassi almost capsized in the gutter. After losing two consecutive sets, he fell behind 0:2 in the third set and fought back. Finally, he came back 3:2 and successfully advanced to the third round.
Gu Fei had the best luck. In the second round, his opponent was the injured and absent-minded Australian cannon Philippoussis. Facing an opponent who was out of shape, Gu Fei swept his opponent 3:0.
Gu Fei's victory also caused a collective carnival in the domestic media. Many student gang members who watched the sports news in the dining hall also remembered Gu Fei's name.
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The competition entered the fourth round, which was also the 1/16 finals. Hewitt, the top seed player in the competition and ranked No. 1 in the world, was defeated by "Tennis Raul" Robredo, and the world's No. 1 ranking was shaky.
The Spanish Legion has always had 5 players break into the top 16, which also shows the profound knowledge of Spanish players on clay courts.
Only Gu Fei knows that in two years a monster will break into the world of tennis from Mallorca and become the master of Roland Garros. No one can beat him here when he is healthy!
Gu Fei struggled to defeat Argentinian Chela in a five-set battle. Gu Fei's physical fitness was still at a disadvantage. If it weren't for the two aces at the critical moment, the result would have been hard to say.
The three-time French Open champion Kurten fell to the dark horse Robredo and stopped in the top 16. This was Robredo's two consecutive "upsets", which cooled down the hot Paris a lot.
Gu Fei's opponent in the 1/8 finals is the Czech player Novak. Although the opponent is not well-known, his solid basic skills and abundant physical fitness will make him a stumbling block for Gu Fei.
Sure enough, Novak used his running and baseline skills to fight against Gu Fei for nearly five hours during the game. In the end, Gu Fei was unable to celebrate after winning the game in the long game.
For Gu Fei now, once he fails to win the game quickly, the situation will be very unfavorable for him.
After eight days of fierce battle, the 2003 French Open men's singles top 8 has been released. There are famous players and dark horses in the list, which is very exciting.
Although he made it to the top eight, Gu Fei's faltering steps had already been magnified to the extreme by the media. European and American betting agencies even offered odds that Gu Fei would fall in the top eight.
Because Gu Fei’s opponent was Moya, the 1998 French Open champion, the media and professionals were unanimously optimistic about Moya’s dark horse nature in defeating Gu Fei and defending his title as the King of Clay!
The other three quarter-finals are the Spanish Civil War between Robredo and Costa, Ferrero faces Argentinian cannon Gonzalez, and veteran Agassi faces seventh-seeded player Coria. It can be described as a battle between dragons and tigers!
The war is about to begin!
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