Every male wolf has a dream of becoming a wolf king, and ambition and ambition are the most important qualities for achieving the dream of a wolf king.
In men's tennis, Djokovic is the one who has this trait.
Before the START OF THE US Open, Djokovic would visit his old friend and tennis coach Gordon Uehling in New Jersey, whose home was a manor house away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
"It's a free space and I like to walk around like I'm in the mountains." Djokovic said.
When it comes to the wild, many people are afraid to encounter wild animals, such as wolves in the mountains and forests. The teenager Djokovic used to walk in the mountains and forests near his home, and once he did encounter a wolf, he and the wolf looked at each other for a while, and then walked away, which became one of the deepest memories of his youth.
"Wolves always attract me. Most of us are afraid of wolves, and they are very important to ecosystems and humans. I took the energy and inspiration from the wolves – staying calm and knowing when to attack and when to rest, which has helped me a lot in my tennis career. ”
Every winter, wolves begin to gather in flocks. In the spring and summer hunting season, he is left alone. Cooperate with each other when acting collectively, and rely on individual strength to fight when acting alone. Wolves always repeat the "gather-go-go-regroup" model, which is very similar to that of professional tennis players.
Off the field, professional tennis players have their own teams, they act collectively for a common goal, cooperate with each other, and shape players into the most powerful person like a wolf king. After playing, the player is like a maverick wolf, he wants to fight alone, to fight, to win.
At Ulin's estate in New Jersey, there are four tennis courts of exactly the same size and ball speed as the four Grand Slam center courts, as well as modern training and recovery equipment such as hyperbaric oxygen chambers, swimming pools, and large woodlands. Before the START OF THE US Open, Djokovic can enjoy these facilities, go for a walk in the mountains and forests, and absorb what he calls "the energy of wolves".
As a strong believer in supernatural mysterious powers, Djokovic also cultivates his mind through meditation, allowing himself to remain focused and calm. Some people will find it strange and difficult to understand some of his words and deeds. For example, why is Djokovic delaying vaccinations? Why did it take 2 years to have elbow surgery? In the past, the "mind purification water" remarks that had been exposed in the past labeled him as "anti-intellectual" and "anti-scientific".
In fact, Djokovic attaches great importance to using modern technology to improve and strengthen himself, he has very strict requirements for diet, is willing to accept new high-tech training equipment, and is also good at using big data to analyze opponents and formulate tactics.
Compared to Federer's gorgeous brushwork and Nadal's power rotation, Djokovic has found his own style, he has made the defense to the extreme, and the venue has been used to the extreme. He can hit the almost incomprehensible ball back into the field, causing the opponent to be less confident, to take a greater risk to play a faster, more oblique ball, and make the opponent make unforced mistakes.
Like a wolf fighting an opponent, Djokovic knows how to measure attack and defense, attacking relentlessly when attacking and tenaciously defending when defending. Wolves are always cruel and ruthless to their enemies, and they will not give up until they reach their goals, and Djokovic does the same in the game.
In the eyes of opponents, Djokovic has the kind of breathtaking superpower that a psychic can possess, and he will play the best tennis when he needs it most. Even if he is pushed to the edge of the cliff by his opponent, Djokovic can still be determined in his eyes and firm in his heart, and the pressure will only make him stronger. Conversely, even when they get match points, opponents often lack the confidence, determination and courage to win the game, and they look away and become less confident at key moments.
The following pictures are Djokovic's life hanging on the line, and he won the game without exception, which has become the most classic famous scene of his career.
In Shen Shixi's "Dream of the Wolf King", the aging old wolf king Luo Jiadou is no more than a young male wolf named Shuangmao, and the victory or defeat is almost known. But at the last moment, Luo Jia suddenly looked up to the sky and cried out, which was full of the wolf king's domineering temperament, and also evoked the inferiority of Shuang Mao when he was a child, and finally Shuang Mao was bitten to death by Luo Jia, not so much that it died from the mouth of the old wolf king, but rather than dying from his own inferiority.
In the six famous scenes pictured above, Djokovic is the wolf king who can make opponents suspicious and inferior.
In 28 games of last year's four Grand Slams, Djokovic lost 10 of the first set. Other players will be upset and panicked, djokovic will not, which just means that the game will take a little longer. He won 27 consecutive games of 28 games, only to collapse in the last game, just one step away from making history.
For last year's FIASK defeat in the US Open final, Djokovic said that "there is nothing to say", the pressure before the great historical record, mental tension, physical exhaustion, Medvedev's perfect play, so many factors superimposed, in the end, it still crushed the "wolf king" who aspired to win the annual grand slam.
Just over 20 days later, the two sides faced each other again in the final of the Paris Masters, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, Djokovic staged a classic reversal, announcing the return of the "Wolf King" in the way he was most familiar.
Like the infamous Wolf, Djokovic is the least popular of the Big Three, and he receives the fewest honors among the Big Three. In the eyes of many, Djokovic is a challenger to the old pattern and a rebel against mainstream values. He was Federer and Nadal's greatest rival, and was thus placed in the hostile camp by Finer's fans.
Djokovic, who is not well received by more people, is also the most controversial person in the Big Three. He can crush his opponents, and he often crushes himself. He was expelled from the US Open in 2020 for accidentally hitting the line trial, and this year he was expelled from the Australian Open for insisting on not vaccinating, the biggest winning favorite of the two Grand Slams, and it was not his opponent who defeated him, but himself. This is a great regret in Djokovic's career and a bitter price he paid for recklessness and irrationality.
On the positive side, Djokovic has the power of kindness, he is smart, a linguistic genius who will delight the audience with Chinese words, and he is eager to be supported, understood and loved. He is passionate about philanthropy, has the courage to speak out for the players at the bottom, and has a strong appeal in some areas.
While djokovic likes to talk about politics and international affairs, djokovic is brave enough to speak out, even if it causes unnecessary trouble. He was honest, never afraid of disagreement, and he spoke openly and honestly about his "wolf nature."
In the unfinished competition of the Big Three, Djokovic is the one with the more advantage, he is younger and more ambitious. All along, people have been arguing about who is the greatest player in history (GOAT), this great player with the "wolf nature" gene, will not become the wolf king who hunts "GOAT "(goat)" in the future, and seize the top of the food chain in the final game of competition?
In the novel "The Dream of the Wolf King", Shen Shixi portrayed the she-wolf Zilan, who was bent on raising the wolf king, and he wrote, "The spirit of persistent pursuit of dreams is shocking, and the kind of broad and selfless maternal love that makes people cry." Similarly, Djokovic's ambition and ambition, his desperate desire for victory, and his relentless pursuit of historical records have also struck his opponents and fans. (Source: Tennis House Author: Yun Cirrus Yunshu)
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