tennis giant

Chapter 394 A Great Professional Tennis Player

"Marin Cilic, he's a great professional tennis player."

This is An Sheng's evaluation of his next opponent at a regular press conference.

But he actually only said half of what he said, and the other half, he thought that Cilic was a bit out of date, or that in this era, there are too many excellent players, not to mention Federer, like Djokovic, Murray's two contemporaries are also better than him.

As for An Sheng's rare praise and evaluation, the outside world generally believes that he is showing weakness, because he cannot guarantee that he can defeat Cilic, so he is not as mean and arrogant as before, and wants to leave himself a way out.

An Sheng, of course, scoffed at this and disdained to reply.

At 9:4 pm on September 7th, the focus of the quarter-finals, the duel between Anson and Cilic, will be held at the Arthur Stadium.

And in this duel, An Sheng's "undefeated golden body" was finally broken.

In the first set, at the beginning of the match, An Sheng gained the upper hand with greater stability, and quickly broke serve in the third set.

After that, he chased after the victory again. In the fifth game, he broke serve again and kept the advantage of the two breaks until the end. With a score of 6-2, he won the first set.

In the second set, An Sheng was still in a clear advantage. The stability of his performance, as well as his own strength, allowed him to firmly control the situation of the game.

Moreover, in this game, Cilic's performance was very unstable, which caused him to make too many mistakes and frequently sent points.

As a result, An Sheng played another set with a disparity of 6 to 1.

Originally, An Sheng himself felt that there would be no more disturbances at this point in the game, but in the third set after that, the situation changed a lot.

The key lies in the fact that Cilic, who has been pushed into a dead corner, burst out with unprecedented energy like a flashback, not only greatly reducing mistakes, but also frequently hitting "fairy balls".

It has to be said that Cilic, who has entered this miraculous state, is really unstoppable, even An Sheng is powerless and unable to resist.

An Sheng was also shocked into a cold sweat. Fortunately, by the fourth set, Cilic seemed to have exhausted his energy and was no longer as ferocious as before.

In the end, Anson defeated the Croatian veteran Cilic with a total score of 3 to 1, and successfully broke into the semi-finals of the US Open.

Half an hour later, An Sheng appeared at the regular post-match press conference, but to his surprise, the entire venue was surprisingly quiet.

Hundreds of reporters sat neatly, but said nothing.

"Ahem, what's the matter with you? Don't you have any questions you want to ask me? If so, then I'm leaving."

After sitting down and waiting for a few minutes, An Sheng was really baffled to see that they still didn't ask any questions.

He didn't know it, but his performance in the previous few press conferences had already made many reporters a little scared of him.

In addition, An Sheng didn't play cards according to the routine before, and he took the initiative as soon as he came up, but now he is back to normal, waiting for them to ask him, but the reporters are a little uncomfortable.

But when the reporters came to their senses and wanted to ask questions, An Sheng didn't give them a chance. He stood up, shook his head, and walked away slowly under their gaze.

This made the reporters on the scene suffocate and almost suffocated to death. When they looked back, they couldn't blame An Sheng, but themselves. They were not active enough and missed a good opportunity to make news.

Fortunately, there was more than one opportunity to interview An Sheng. Even though An Sheng was unwilling to accept media interviews privately, he had to appear at the regular media meeting before the game.

In fact, An Sheng did appear, and he gave what the media wanted to hear, and made a comment on his opponent in the next round.

But after they finished listening, they were extremely entangled, and An Sheng didn't give them any chance to ask questions, so he left after speaking, very chic.

"Djokovic, he's a great professional tennis player."

No more, that's all.

More importantly, this is exactly the same as Cilic's evaluation.

That is to say, this time, An Sheng's comment could not become a hot topic in the news. The most unpopular thing about news is repetition.

Fortunately, this duel between An Sheng and Djokovic does not need the help of the media at all, because they are already eye-catching enough.

In particular, this is the first time Anson and Djokovic have played against each other!
This is actually a bit strange. They are both world-class top players, but they have no record of fighting before, but after thinking about it, it is understandable.

In the final analysis, the time for An Sheng to truly become a top player is too short.

Moreover, it is very unfortunate that during the period before Ansheng's rise, Djokovic was recuperating from his injuries and basically did not participate in the competition.

Because of this, they actually met for the first time until now.

And it must be said that among the four kings of Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, and Murray, Anson believes that Djokovic should be the strongest.

Of course, this refers to now, not before.

After all, Federer is old, and Nadal is the king of clay, but his dominance on hard courts is still slightly inferior.

As for Murray, in fact, with his current situation, it is difficult to be tied with the other three king-level figures. on a par.

In short, Anson believes that under the current circumstances, Djokovic should be No.1 in today's professional tennis world!
Of course, now that he's back, the No.1 status should belong to him.

What is very surprising is that after Anson gave his evaluation of Djokovic in a perfunctory manner, Djokovic actually responded to it, and he also gave his evaluation to Anson .

I have to say, very human, doing extraordinary things.

Generally speaking, very few professional players, especially top professional players, would comment on each other, and An Sheng was naturally an exception.

And after An Sheng gave the evaluation, no matter whether the other party agreed or not, the other party should not reply.

Because once you make a reply, no matter whether you refute or agree, it is equivalent to recognizing An Sheng's status.

As an opponent, this is naturally very few people are willing to do.

But Djokovic is not an ordinary person, so he replied, but the content of his reply is a bit dumbfounding, even An Sheng is like this.

"Anson, he is a great professional tennis player."

An Sheng never expected that Djokovic would use his exact words to fight back against him.

(End of this chapter)