An interesting phenomenon has already happened, when the flag bearer of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is a proud honor for professional athletes, indicating that they have a certain sports status in their homeland, they naturally want to go all out to win the game, and winning the championship is the best way to repay.
In fact, however, they are under great psychological pressure. Sure enough, on the fourth day of the tennis tournament, all the tennis players who were the standard-bearers of the Tokyo Olympic Games lost in the first three rounds!
Veteran Lu Yanxun, who represented the Chinese Taipei standard-bearers, lost 2-0 in the men's singles first round to Zverev, which was the last battle of his career and was confirmed to retire.
French Open champion Ostapenko, who represented latvian flag bearers, lost 2-0 in the first round of the women's singles to Vesnina, who partnered Sevastova in the women's doubles match and also lost.
Roig, who represented the Paraguayan standard-bearers, lost 0-2 in the first round to Wang Qiang.
Two-time Wimbledon champion Kvitova, who represented the Czech flag bearers, avoided the spell of their first round of collective first-round exits, and won 2-0 in straight sets to advance to the next round, but the joy was not enjoyed in time, and the result was a 1-2 defeat to Van Ujwank, stopping the second round.
Looking back at the previous tennis players who were the standard-bearers of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, most of them did not win the gold medal in singles, but won the medal, as follows:
Federer has twice served as the standard-bearer of the Swiss delegation, the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, but unfortunately did not win a singles medal, but in the Beijing Olympic Games, he won the men's doubles gold medal with his compatriot Wawrinka.
Nadal became the standard-bearer of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, playing in the men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles, and in the men's singles bronze medal battle, he lost to Kei Nishikori and failed to win a medal. Fortunately, he and his partner Lopez won a men's doubles gold medal.
Djokovic made his debut as Serbia's standard-bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, winning a bronze medal in singles.
Wawrinka, who represented Switzerland as the standard-bearer for the 2012 London Olympics on Federer's recommendation, did not win a medal.
The Danish flag bearer of the Rio 2016 Olympics is tennis player Wozniacki, who was out of the second round.
A. Radwanska served as polish standard-bearer at the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games, playing in singles and doubles, but did not win a medal.
Haining, who was the world's number one at the time, represented Belgium as the standard-bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, and she realized her dream of winning the olympic women's singles gold medal.
At the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games, Sharapova served as the standard-bearer of the Russian delegation, and reached the women's singles final, losing to Serena Williams and winning the silver medal for Russia.
Murray became the standard-bearer of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, in a brave state, defeated many masters, including De Polrode, and successfully defended his title, becoming the only player in the history of tennis to defend the Olympic gold medal.
Under the honor, there will be pressure, turning pressure into motivation, which is a manifestation of strength. In this way, the British flag bearer Murray, finally became the first successful men's singles champion in the history of Olympic tennis, which is really great! (Source: Tennis House Author: Stray Rabbit)