Have you won? The most important question for everyone at the All England Club was when they looked at the scoreboard at the Wimbledon tennis court to make sure Corey Goff's dream continued.
Amid crowd chants and sunsets in southwest London, the organizers added another name to the fourth round, after Joff beat Slovenia's Bulona Herzog 3-6, 7-6, 7-5.
The 15-year-old has recovered from a setback and saved the winning point to the fourth round, in the most famous yellow ball tournament.
Without a doubt, the tournament witnessed the birth of a new strong player. Perhaps since the emergence of the star Bjorn Borg late seventies of the last century did not affect any player or player this way in the masses of the oldest and most prestigious championships.
"It's crazy," Goff said. "It's crazy to know how life can change in a moment!"
"Chanting in my name"
Juff, who has become the youngest player to qualify for Wimbledon since she converted to professionalism just over half a century ago,
Her five-time winner Venus Williams beat her in the first round and made the main pitch at Wimbledon her own.
The organizers certainly did not dare to put them in a stadium that was not in line with its global ranking 313, but for its remarkable rise.
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"I remember before Venus came out of the training grounds and watched the fans waiting outside. One of the children asked for a picture with me. Then the next day after the win over Venus, everyone was shouting in my name." Goff refuses to anticipate events, regardless of how fast things are going.
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"I'm trying not to think about my destiny or the like ... I think if I thought about it, I'd think about it. I always hear: you'll do it someday or it will happen someday ... if you feel comfortable now, it will not happen in the future."
Never before had she been given a little encouragement by the public, as had happened with Herzog.
Herzog played vigorously. Apart from those present from Slovenia, the fans have strongly supported Goff.
But Gouff qualified to face seventh-seeded Simona Halib in the first and first world championship on Monday.
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I do not know what it would be like to feel the ball when I play against it, but I know its style well from just watching it, it's a different player from the players I've encountered, all of them are different in some way, "she said. I think every game is different, but I do not think anything will change for me because it's classified. "