Gao Fu has been jokingly called the WTA "backstage woman" by many Chinese fans, mainly because she became famous at a young age, and in 19 years, Wimbledon reached the round of 16 with the ultra-young age of 15 years old, and was praised by the WTA as the next tennis diva. However, the recent Grand Slam results cannot be further advanced. Therefore, it is gradually distant from the image of a talented girl in the minds of many Chinese fans.
But ah, Gauff has just celebrated her eighteenth birthday...
She did become famous so early that many fans felt like Gauff had been playing tennis for years. Two years and nine months ago at Wimbledon, Gauff defeated the former grass queen Williams in the first round at the age of 15, and caused a lot of trouble for the final champion Halep in the 16-in-8 match, when Gauffke was the first time to compete in the main event of a Grand Slam tournament, and to have such a performance, the WTA's high evaluation of Gauff after the game is actually not exaggerated. To know that the genius girl in the WTA is a year stubble, people like to see the gray-headed "Cinderella" overnight become "princess" fairy tales, the genius girl standing in the Grand Slam arena to create history, such a picture, who will give the "Cinderella" standing in the center of the stage to send the best wishes!
After 19 years of fame, Gauff did not soar as expected, but also improved step by step, the best result of the Grand Slam came to the quarterfinals, also won the tour championship, and the world ranking broke through the TOP20. This is a remarkable achievement, just passed the eighteenth birthday of Gauff, is currently the best performing and most experienced female player in the 04 generation, although she has been playing in the WTA for nearly three years, but she is still strictly a little girl who has just finished her teenage title.
Gauff has the physical qualities of a black player, and her outstanding explosiveness and athletic talent allow her to easily deliver a service that exceeds 190km/h in one shot. Forehand and backhand abilities are balanced, the forehand is dominated by spinning balls, the backhand flat shot is excellent, the bottom line moves quickly, and the pre-net ability has become more and more outstanding in recent years with the increase in the number of doubles matches. So, on the whole, Gauff now has the basic hardware capabilities of top players.
At the Miami Open, which is currently in progress, Gauff has defeated Wang Qiang and Zhang Shuai, who are currently the strongest in singles in the Chinese mainland. Although Gauff was not even the dominant side in the whole game, she won the more comprehensive reserve of ability than the two Chinese Jinhua.
In the battle with Wang Qiang, Gao Fu's net ball was handled better than the former, coupled with a powerful shot at a critical moment, and Wang Qiang's bottom line hitting and running ability competition showed an advantage at this time. In the third round of the match with Zhang Shuai, Gao Fu's bottom line shot in the whole game was not dominant, and even a little inferior, but the excellent psychological quality helped her to restrain herself many times in that game, and improved the batting state when the opponent's concentration declined, and won many key points in one fell swoop to achieve a late rise.
With more games played in the past few years, Gauff's psychological quality on the field has also improved little by little, and in the face of opponents who are ranked lower than herself, the number of mistakes she makes and the ups and downs of the game state are effectively restrained. But to be in the top ten of the world, or even to win a Grand Slam title, Gauff now has a lot to learn. For example, how to improve the threat of a shot to the enemy in the bottom line draw, as well as the richness of offensive routines, plus the penetration of the forehand's flat shot, and so on.
Miami Open 16 into 8 match Gauff will face the new science and technology world number one Swatek, the latter is the first WTA post-00 world number one, Gauff may be able to find a direction with the super first-line players in the future can be targeted in this confrontation.
If you can find that further direction of effort, Gauff'snother career breakthrough may not be far away. Young 18 years old, there is too much trial and error capital! (Source: House of Tennis Author: Yep)