Gauff's defeat set three records for Paulini, and foreign media called this duel the final of the tennis hijacking

Gauff will definitely win the championship in the final! Almost everyone thought so before the game, but the result completely subverted everyone's perception, and the winner in the end unexpectedly became Paulini!

When the Italian girl Paulini first advanced to the final of the Rome 1000, at least nine and a half out of ten people thought that the winner between Zheng Qinwen and Gauff would win the final. As a result, when Gauff advanced to the final, the support rate of the American girl for winning the championship instantly reached a peak, and some people even directly emphasized that the runner-up in Madrid will finally be replaced by the championship trophy in Rome.

As a result, the Italian girl is so underestimated, in addition to her clay strength is not as good as Gauff's, and her height of 163 also makes people think that it is difficult to compete with American girls. The bookmaker also offered odds of 2.1 to 1 for Gauff and 3.6 for 1 to Paulini, and they were not optimistic that the Italian girl would be able to win the championship in the end.

It is precisely because Gauff's optimism before the game was directly filled, even though Paulini had a good performance against Gauff in this year's Stuttgart Car Rush Competition, and many people in the outside world thought that it was the American girl who was not in good shape at that time, so she gave Paulini a chance to turn over in disguise, otherwise the record of the two would have made Gauff 3-0 such a one-sided, rather than the current 2-1.

However, there are still people who are worried about whether Gauff's physical fitness will have problems at that time, and from the side, Paulini will win the championship in front of her hometown parents!

In the focus battle against Zheng Qinwen, Gauff fought hard for 3 hours and 30 minutes before he had the last laugh. After the match, Gauff admitted that he was too tired to celebrate the victory, and his physical strength was completely overdrawn.

This worry from the outside world is indeed not unreasonable!

Judging from the first set of the contest, Gauff's performance made people feel like two people against Zheng Qinwen, the whole person seemed to be lazy and not excited at all, which was in stark contrast to the scrappy Bolini. At that time, some fans and netizens in the live broadcast room bluntly said, "If it weren't for the exhaustion of physical strength when fighting Xiao Zheng, it would be impossible for the Italian little steel cannon to take Fumei so easily." ”

Gauff's fitness did not fully recover, and it was further verified in the second set.

According to everyone's understanding of Gauff, American girls often lose the first set, and the second set will definitely improve their state and fight back, but her performance when she is forced to the edge of the cliff is still a little inadequate, if it is not for the physical problem, with Gauff's strength on clay and previous performance, there is really no other more reasonable explanation, and it is impossible for Paulini to beat her 3-0 at the beginning.

When Paolini finally settled the score of the second set at 6-2, it also meant that the Italian girl swept Gauff in straight sets to win the Roma 1000 title. After the game, fans and netizens in the live broadcast room immediately sighed, thinking that there was no problem with Gauff's physical fitness to run a full marathon, and it seemed that she was not an iron man, "I won Xiao Zheng, and finally folded it in the hands of the Italian small steel cannon." ”

With the victory over Gauff, Paulini also set three personal records in one fell swoop: first, the world ranking has reached a new high and will come to fourth place next week; 2. Become the first homegrown player to win the championship in the Italian capital, and at the same time make the 1000 championship a double; 3. Won the Rome 1000 championship and the clay tournament championship for the first time in his career.

Gauff lost this crucial match, and although it was also very difficult to reach the final from Madrid to Rome, the pre-match prediction of the winner turned out to be the runner-up, and for the American girl, she missed the best chance to reach the top in Rome. After seeing Sabalenka and Swiatek eliminated early, everyone thought it was the perfect opportunity for Gauff to win the clay 1000 for the first time, but it turned out to be a pity.

After the game, Gauff's defeat was mentioned as a physical problem, and in addition to the physical problems that many people thought it was, many people pointed out that the interference of the Italian crowd may also be another reason for the American girl's final loss.

To be precise, Paulini's reach for the final of the Rome 1000 was a major event for the entire Italians!

Italian President Mattarella came, and 2015 US Open champion Pennetta also came to support, such pomp and circumstance naturally made Paolini extra motivated, if coupled with the support of the audience, people with poor psychological quality will certainly be difficult to resist the home advantage of the Italian girl.

When describing the title match, the newspaper directly called it "the final of the tennis hijacking".

Why does this famous foreign media say this? Gauff's many baseline shots were disturbed by the sudden outbursts of sound from the audience, so the referee had to remind the crowd to be quiet several times. Originally, his physical fitness was not at his best, and he had to bear such pressure, so you can imagine how difficult Gauff's situation was. Otherwise, there would be no fans and netizens who bluntly said that Gauff would really become an immortal if she could win in this harsh environment, but unfortunately she is always a mortal, how can she reverse the win?

Of course, Paulini was able to win the championship in the end, not only because of the home advantage, but also because of her own hard power. Nothing else, the fact that the Italian girl was able to reach the final in Rome, where there are many masters, speaks for itself.

Another thing revealed by Paulini's team after the game also let the outside world know another reason why Paulini had the last laugh in the final: it specifically studied the movement trajectory of American girls and made targeted improvements in this regard. Then, after this targeted strategy achieved excellent results, and for various other reasons, it became a natural thing for Paolini to win the championship in the end!(Source: Tennis House Author: Starry Sky of Moon River)