The Mubadala World Championship, which will be held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Thursday. Is a special event that marks the start of a new season. The list of players who are participating in the event is as impressive as it is. World's top-ranked Novak Djokovic (Serbia), second-ranked Rafael Nadal (Spain), sixth-ranked Kevin Anderson and eighth-ranked Dominic, and 11th-ranked Karen Khachanov (Russia) will participate in the event. One more. Chung Hyeon (25, ranking) who is the most famous tennis player in Korea has also made a name for himself.
The Mubadala Championship is an invited event. Although it is not the official event of the men's professional tennis tour (ATP), the world's top stars compete every year for a huge fee. Among the six players, top-seeded Djokovic and Nadal are first placed in the semifinals, and the other four are in a single match to decide who will advance to the semifinals.
However, this year's final round reflects the situation of men's tennis this season. The way in which Chung hyeon, Anderson and Dominic and khachanov's winners compete against the men's tennis "Big 3" Djokovic and Nadal represents the so-called "generation war."
In other words, new talent groups are challenging the existing male tennis players.
Nadal and Djokovic are older people in their early 30s. In addition, the Dominic team (25), and khachanov (21) represent the new generation in their early 20s. Experts predict that this season will have the biggest showdown between existing and rising stars.
"This season's men's tennis will challenge existing elite groups such as Roger Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic," head of NH Nonghyup's tennis team, adding, "If the British team recovers from injury, competition will be fiercer than ever."
In fact, the past 2018 season was a year when the existing "Tennis emperors" swept the major championships, while the holy ones showed full potential. Federer (Australia Open), Nadal (France Open), and Djokovich (Wimbley and U.S. Open) shared the grand slam, but Alexander Zverev (21), who is considered Germany's next generation No. 1 player, defeated Zhukov in the final of the World Tournament, which will be the next to a major tournament. khachanov also defeated Djokovic in the final of the Paris Masters and held his first Masters trophy in his arms.
Before that, "New Generation," the most prominent player in major competitions, is chung hyeon. In the Australian Open in January, she beat strong players such as Zverev and Djokovic to become the first Korean tennis player to make it to the semifinals. Among the younger players under the age of 23, Chung is the only player who has reached the semifinals of the major championships.
Therefore, this season is expected to bring about unprecedented competition among generations. The age gap between the new generation stars represented by Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and chung hyeon, who dominated the tour for the past 10 years, is over 10. A match between official and spirit is expected.
Chung is waiting for a more difficult challenge this season. The number of potential competitors in their early 20s has increased significantly since last year, and existing veterans are looking to burn the last spark. It is expected that the number of potential winners will increase for each tour, and that the pool of threatening opponents will not be as good as the 2018 season.
It is important to overcome the crisis in the beginning of next season. chung made a remarkable achievement in January by advancing to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the sixth straight time. This means that there are many ranking points to defend in the upcoming season. The ATP ranking system, which calculates the ranking every 52 weeks, determines the current ranking by how well it has achieved compared to last year. In other words, if Chung does not perform as well as in the early part of the 2018 season, a huge drop in ranking is inevitable.
"Although we have to focus on defending points early in the season, Clay court season has been a real win since March.
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