Sports + reporter Xie Wei reported
2017 US Open women's singles final dust settled, Case 3-6, 0-6 defeated his friend Stephens, did not win his first Grand Slam championship, although lost the game, but Keys was not unhappy at all, when the game ended she and Stephens in front of the net for a long time hugged, and stephens had a laugh when the award was awarded, and even joked about snatching Stephens' bonus check at the award ceremony, showing the most innocent friendship between the two girls in front of the world. Without those intrigues and cold eyebrows, Keith made everyone's liking for her suddenly increase.
After today, the name Madison Case is afraid to appear frequently in the mainstream media of major sports in the world, and the fans who know this American girl will be more and more. As Keith's predecessor, Williams, once commented: Maybe the sky is her limit. Perhaps, this girl with super offensive firepower and humble personality can really carry the banner of the American women's network in the future.
Keith grew up with images of three tennis masters, who also left a deep imprint on Keith, namely: Dawei, Li Na and Davenport.
Tennis Enlightenment: Dawei
Talking about why she embarked on the road of tennis, Keith is most grateful to David, when she was 4 years old, she saw David playing Wimbledon on TV, and Keith Jr. especially wanted to get Dawei's skirt. So her parents made a small pact with her: if she went to learn tennis, she would get Dawei's skirt.
For this reason, Keith embarked on the path of tennis. Introduced to tennis at the age of 4, she began to devote herself to tennis training at the age of 10, and at the age of 14, she won the first WTA match of her career, becoming the youngest female player to win the WTA since Singis in 1994. He won his first career WTA title (2014 Eastbourne) at the age of 19, becoming the youngest U.S. player to win a WTA singles title since 2006. Despite a series of amazing achievements at a young age, Keith did not believe that he was good at playing tennis until he entered the top 100 at the age of 18: "Many people have instilled this concept in me before and told me about it, but I accept it more slowly, so I am willing to believe in the fact that I am good at playing tennis later. ”
Spiritual Teacher: Li Na
In the first round of the 2013 Madrid Crown, the lucky loser Case defeated the world's top five Li Na, the first great victory of Case's career, the first time she beat the world's top five players. Keys only received the news that she could play 30 minutes before the game, when she was writing her high school algebra homework in the locker room.
Keith, who was temporarily appointed, played the role of a killer, but she was not complacent about winning, and she had a deep respect for Li Na. In 2015, when she reached the top four of the Australian Open, Case spoke at a press conference about the impact of Li's autobiography "Playing Alone" on her: "I have encountered the same problem as her, that is, how to stay optimistic. Li Na left tennis for a long time, and then decided to return because of her love of tennis, this journey was very inspiring, and I learned a lot from it. ”
Meritorious Coach: Davenport
Although the cooperation between Case and Davenport is intermittent, Davenport will almost always appear in her box whenever she competes in the United States. Davenport's big name, many people who like tennis are not strangers, 3 times Grand Slam champion and climbed to the top of the world, Davenport's playing style is full of attack, and her disciple Keith is very similar, so the outside world is also optimistic about her prospects for coaching Keith.
Keith never hid her admiration for Davenport: "I'm really happy that she's willing to coach me, her experience is successful and brilliant enough, if you want to choose a candidate who advises me, I don't think there is a better fit than her." 」 "Case said that the most special thing that Davenport taught her was to "take a step back and think about everything,' and she said, 'If you're number one in the world, then your only way out is to go down, because you can't go up any further,' and she told me to take a step back and jump to conclusions about everything, to be thankful for what I got." ”
Dawei, the most elegant woman in tennis; Li Na, Asia's most successful tennis player to date; Davenport, the most humble person in women's tennis. In Keith, you can see the shadow of these three great celebrities, Keith on the field is full of firepower, but off the field, she is a good student. She never casually reviews others for extra spotlights and philim, and when the entire tennis world is almost against Sharapova, Keith still chooses to stand next to Sharapova with a smile and send her encouragement and greetings. The days of playing in tennis are not few, but Keith has never turned her face and quarreled with other players, and she smiles and says thank you to her opponents every game, and you can't see the perfunctory element in her handshake.
Keith said that she and Stephens are very good friends, once off the field, she will not remember the scene, she is not just talking, this is her cultivation, this is also her consistent style. Who doesn't like such an indisputable girl?