Yesterday, the Australian Open produced the top eight in the upper half of the men's and women's singles. In the men's singles, No. 6 seed Nadal, No. 7 seed Berrettini, No. 14 seed Shapovalov and No. 17 seed Monfils advanced first. The four winners all advanced in three straight sets, and even their winning scores were somewhat similar.
[17] Monfils 7-5, 7-6, 6-3 Ketzmanovic
[7] Berrettini 7-5, 7-6, 6-4 Busta[19]
[14] Shapovalov 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 Zverev[3]
[6] Nadal 7-6, 6-2, 6-2 Manarino
After Djokovic eventually failed to play at the Australian Open, fans mostly lamented that the two-quarters zone that Zverev and Nadal fell into was a dead zone, and if the two of them could go to the quarter zone, the signing table would be very balanced.
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However, with Zverev's defeat to Shapovalov yesterday, the previous fears seemed a little superfluous. Despite last year's year-end finals Zverev lev levik Djokovic and Medvedev, the two biggest Australian Open rivals, this year seems to have a favorite posture to win the championship, although he has a two-game winning streak on the hard ground before looking forward to the match with Nadal.
But when all this is added to the background of the "Grand Slam", all the advantages are suddenly gone. At the Australian Open, Zverev went back to the big slam boy with the same grand slam defeat against the world's top 111 consecutive losses, against the world's top 24 wins and 15 losses, and fell in front of Shapovalov with a bad defeat.
Zverev's performance at the Grand Slam is really difficult to explain from a technical point of view. It can't even be said that it is a matter of will quality, after all, he defeated the tenacious Djokovic to the end of the extremely hot and harsh competition environment of the Tokyo Olympics.
If you want to explain it from a psychological point of view, the atmosphere and environment of the Grand Slam, Zverev's own strong wishes and expectations, or some bad experiences in the past, may trigger Zverev's psychological problems and affect him to fully exert his full strength.
Psychological problems in life are often simply understood as "emotions" and brushed over, often not effectively valued. But now Zverev may be a good example of how important a person's success is on a spiritual and psychological level, and how difficult it is to change psychologically. At least now, his pre-net skills are still quite skilled, but his mental problems still seem to have not been effectively solved.
There is an old Chinese saying: three years old looks big, seven years old looks old. In fact, it also shows a good illustration of a person's personality often formed in infancy and infancy. Especially in the cultivation of young players should be paid more attention to, over the years I have seen too many parents, whether professional or amateur, are giving negative energy to players.
This is true for each of us, and the original family has left a deep character imprint on us, although the personality is not absolutely good or bad, but many traits do affect our performance towards success. Many people spend their entire lives healing from the wounds they have inflicted on their families of origin.
Perhaps before Zverev, like us ordinary people, never really faced these problems. But now, judging by his response after the game, all of this really needs to be urgently put on the agenda.
Zverev thus missed a great opportunity to benefit from Djokovic's absence from the Grand Slam, so who is the biggest beneficiary of the defending champion's absence?
Maybe it's Djokovic compatriot Kezmanovic, who stepped on Djokovic's top seed to reach the round of 16 and create his best Grand Slam record. Maybe Monfils, if djokovic, who has won 17 consecutive games in front of the round of sixteen, It should be difficult for Monfils to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open again after six years, and even hope to break through his best record at the Australian Open.
Berrettini, who was swept by Djokovic's Grand Slam triple sweep at the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open, at least has to worry about being swept by the world's first "full sweep"; of course, as Nadal gradually finds his form in this Australian Open, his hopes for better results are also increased because he does not have to face Djokovic; and Shapovalov, who often does not shy away at important moments and can play well, the pattern in the first half of the district is now more open.
Women's singles top seed Barty, No. 4 seed Klechkova, No. 21 seed Pegula and this year's Australian Open in good form Keith presented four games to win the quarterfinals, especially the two big seeds showed a very good state, how much let this year's Australian Open everyone's expectations for the women's singles champion have been relaxed