Reborn Almighty Life
[0287] Clay boy
The Monte Carlo Masters, as the first heavyweight clay court event every year, has always attracted much attention because of its location and high prize money.
As the defending champion and the top seed of the tournament, Gu Fei's every move in Monaco attracted much attention. Even when he was supporting a commercial event for Armani, he attracted nearly a hundred reporters to surround him at the scene.
For the media, Gu Fei is now on the right path to becoming one of the world's top superstars, and reports about him will be the foundation of the media's sales.
The media knows what the audience likes to see, and naturally pushes relevant content out. This is the way for the media to survive.
Even those left-wing media that were highly wary of China did not discount their praise of Gu Fei at all, knowing full well that they would become the vanguard of praising Gu Fei.
Without him, Gu Fei can bring them enough benefits.
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The Monte Carlo Masters has officially kicked off, and just when people are still looking forward to Gu Fei, Federer and other famous players joining hands to advance, the unpopular nature of clay soil is fully reflected!
Roddick was eliminated in the first round, and Safin also followed in the footsteps of the Americans in the second round. The Monte Carlo Country Club was like a man-eating beast, frightening all the high-ranking seeded players.
However, the tournament organizers are most concerned about Gu Fei, Federer and last year's runner-up Coria all advanced to the third round, so the country club's box office pressure is not great.
However, everyone did not notice that the young player Nadal quietly broke into the quarterfinals and was particularly conspicuous among the famous players.
Gu Fei knew, however, that Nadal was heading in the right direction as the 'God of Clay'. He had just won back-to-back victories on South American clay courts.
Sure enough, Nadal defeated the last French Open runner-up Coria in three fierce sets in the quarter-finals and broke into the semi-finals!
At this time, the attention of the global media was suddenly attracted by this Mallorcan teenager wearing a sleeveless sweatshirt and loose cropped pants.
Nadal's long hair and roar on the court made him a fighter who broke into the gentleman's sport, bringing a fresh breath.
In the past two years, people have become accustomed to the gentle and elegant competitive state of Gu Fei and Federer, and have almost forgotten that the competitive game itself is full of passion.
Nadal's opponent in the semifinals was Federer. This game was also called a battle between a "gentleman and a fighter", and the media paid enough attention to it.
As for Gu Fei, he defeated his opponent without any blood in four consecutive rounds. His opponent in the semi-finals was the former clay court king Ferrero.
Starting from Moya, Spain's clay court masters have emerged one after another, and a good atmosphere has been formed, which makes Gu Fei extremely envious.
The development of tennis in China is not smooth, even with a superstar like Gu Fei, but because there are too few tennis courts across the country and too much money is spent on tennis training, the domestic tennis population is growing slowly.
In Gu Fei's view, the huge tennis population is the foundation for the vigorous development of tennis. Just one or two superstars cannot make a sport popular among the people.
Take table tennis as an example. Almost everyone in China, from 70-year-olds to 6-year-old children, can play a little bit. This has created a huge table tennis population in the country and led to the emergence of an endless stream of talents.
Starting this year, the foundation under Gu Fei's name has accelerated its cooperation with the General Administration of Sports and the Ministry of Education, and has begun to build tennis courts across the country so that more students can be exposed to tennis.
At the same time, the ‘Gu Fei Tennis School’ has also entered into intensive preparations, striving to open the school in the second half of the year and exploring ways to cultivate tennis players.
In his previous life, Gu Fei struggled in a sea of hardships. Although he made some money, he did so at the expense of his own health. He suffered from a terminal illness at a young age. At that time, Gu Fei couldn't even take care of himself. How could he have more money?
How much time do you have to do other things?
Nowadays, Gu Fei has no worries about food and clothing and financial freedom. He can use his fame and influence to do something for this country.
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The game continued, and Gu Fei, who took the lead, easily defeated Ferrero 2:0, continuing his five-game winning streak against his opponent.
Two years ago in Monte Carlo and Roland Garros, Gu Fei lost to Ferrero, which made him known as the "King of Clay".
Nowadays, time has passed and Gu Fei's strength has grown by leaps and bounds, while Ferrero's condition has declined year by year due to injuries, age and other factors, and he is no longer Gu Fei's opponent.
Seeing Gu Fei on the other side of the net celebrating his victory, Ferrero couldn't hide his disappointment. After all, the clay court was his most confident field, but now he still couldn't pose any threat to Gu Fei. Gu Fei was playing steadily like a robot.
, it’s really disappointing!
In another subsequent semi-final, Federer, who was unanimously optimistic by the media and fans, could not find a solution to Nadal's powerful forehand topspin and lost the game 0:2!
In this way, Nadal entered the Masters final for the first time, and he will have a fierce battle with the defending champion and top seed Gu Fei.
Gu Fei, who will turn 22 in three months, and Gu Fei, who will celebrate his 19th birthday in two months, have also become the youngest pair in the finals in the history of the Masters.
When many media reported on this final, they almost unanimously used the term "Youth Storm".
The final came as promised. Nadal's powerful forehand topspin and tireless running made him sufficiently competitive on the clay court; and Gu Fei, as the current world champion, had no flaws in his stable technical characteristics.
The collision between the two sides can be described as Mars hitting the Earth!
Gu Fei is good at forcing his opponent to make mistakes under strong pressure, slowly accumulating a large enough advantage, and finally delivering the fatal blow.
But facing Nadal, this style of play may not be very effective, because the Mallorca boy on the opposite side can catch almost every ball, except those fairy balls that are infinitely close to the limit.
At the close of 7:6 (8:6), after an hour and ten minutes of fierce fighting, Gu Fei finally took advantage of his opponent's inexperience in the tiebreaker and won the first victory!
Having gained the upper hand, Gu Fei's confidence greatly increased. The opponent was still in his inexperienced stage and was not yet the 'God of Clay' who dominated the clay court.
The second set was almost a replica of the first set. Gu Fei attacked in the tenth game, broke Nadal's serve, and successfully won another set 6:4.
The final of the Masters adopts the best-of-five format, and a 0:2 deficit has forced Nadal into a desperate situation.
"Is this the true strength of the current world champion?" Nadal was a little discouraged, but then his strong self-confidence quickly made him get rid of those vague thoughts and concentrate on dealing with the third set!
As the game progressed, Gu Fei, who figured out Nadal's shot, became more comfortable.
The red clay boy was like a flying insect breaking into a spider's web. The more he struggled, the more restraints he had on him.
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