Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 106 Playing under extreme pressure (fourth update)

New Zealand Auckland Open final day.

On this day, the entire ASB Central Stadium was packed.

Not because of how passionate local New Zealanders are about the game.

Since top seed Safin was eliminated, Center Court attendance has been on a downward trend.

Clearly, the other players on this tour don't have Safin's box-office appeal.

However, as the saying goes, what is lost is what is gained.

There are many Chinese and Thai people living in New Zealand, especially in big cities like Auckland, where they gather in large numbers.

The more than 1 tickets for the final were basically snapped up by these enthusiastic Chinese and Thais.

Needless to say, Sri Chaphan is very popular in Thailand. He is a national idol and is almost a household name.

As a newly rising tennis star, Chen Ran is not familiar to some local Chinese.

When they saw that a compatriot, and one who was so young, could reach the finals of such an important competition, everyone volunteered to cheer for Chen Ranlai.

On this day, the stands at the Central Court were packed.

At this moment, in the players' locker room, Chen Ran was getting ready to go.

"Huh?" Chen Ran noticed the gaze of fitness coach Sergey and raised his head to look at him.

Sergey realized that he had been discovered and touched his nose awkwardly: "I thought you would be nervous. After all, this is your first tour final."

Of course Chen Ran would be a little nervous.

"Ha!" But he concealed it well and laughed directly, "If you just feel the atmosphere, it's not as good as last year's challenge finals."

Compared with the ASB Center Stadium, the Qizhong Center Stadium in Shanghai is larger and can accommodate more spectators.

The enthusiastic local Chinese fans beat the gongs and drums loudly, and the deafening sound was as if they were in a football stadium.

Even now, Chen Ran still remembers it fresh.

"Yes!" Sergey had seen the video of the game that day and was shocked by the scene.

Is this the final with the largest number of viewers and the most grand event in the history of the ATP Challenger Tour?

The Chinese people are indeed full of infinite enthusiasm for sports competitions!
"Don't worry, I won't be nervous!" Chen Ran waved his arm naturally.

In fact, he was a little nervous last night and had trouble falling asleep.

Then he practiced for a while in the "simulation training ground" and then talked to a few coaches.

After all, they are all top players and will definitely have similar experiences.

But after all, people are different, and these people's suggestions have no effect on Chen Ran.

In desperation, Chen Ran returned to reality.

At this time, he suddenly remembered his previous career as a writer of Qidian.com articles.

This also extends to a sleeping habit I once had, which was to lie in bed and read novels on my mobile phone, and I would fall asleep while reading them.

At this point in time, Qidian Chinese Network has already conducted interviews.

Chen Ran decisively turned on the computer again, logged into the Qidian Chinese website of this era, and selected a top-ranked novel.

Accustomed to the reading patterns and various novel routines of later generations, in Chen Ran's opinion, the novels of this era are a bit mediocre, with nothing new, and they don't even include this chapter.

This method was indeed correct. Chen Ran didn't look at it for long before he felt sleepy on his eyelids.

Then he held on for a while, and when he felt that he could hardly open his eyes, he lay down directly on the bed.

Chen Ran wisely used reading novels to solve the problem of insomnia.

However, when he fell asleep and had an appointment with Duke Zhou, a thought flashed through Chen Ran's mind: "I must find an opportunity to invest in the Qidian Chinese website in the future..."

The feeling of changing from a worker to a shareholder must be wonderful, right?

At this time, Chen Ran was full of energy and had adjusted his competitive state to the best.

"Coach, I'm so excited when I think about being able to compete with the strongest players in Asia today."

"Sri Chapan!"

"Now the whole of Thailand is paying attention to his game. I hope he can win the second tour championship in his career."

"I'm going to be a villain once and make the whole country hate me."

"Because today, I'm going to beat their national hero!"

As he spoke, Chen Ran became very excited.

The excitement and excitement of being able to challenge the strongest tennis player in Asia made his adrenaline flow continuously, so much so that he couldn't help but jump on the spot.

Many people believe that the greatest charm of competitive sports lies in victory and championships, and this is indeed true.

But it is more meaningful to be able to defeat the strongest on the road to the championship and completely surpass oneself.

Indeed, Safin is much better than Sri Chapan in terms of ranking and strength.

But Safin was indeed not in the best condition during this tour, while Sri Chapan was in hot form at this time and was gearing up to challenge for the championship.

To be precise, whether Chen Ran or Sri Chapan wins the championship, it will bring their respective popularity and visibility in their own countries to a higher level.

This is a must-win game for both sides.

Nervous, maybe a little bit just now, but now it's gone.At this time, Chen Ran's work phone suddenly rang.

Normally, he would not answer the call on the eve of a game.

But when Chen Ran saw that the caller ID was Xue Peng, who was in charge of his brokerage affairs, his heart moved slightly and he answered the call.

After a while, Chen Ran hung up the phone, with a weird and funny expression on his face.

It turned out that after Chen Ran reached the finals of the Auckland Tour, people from Metersbonwe approached Xue Peng and raised the offer to 2 million for two years.

Xue Peng meant to wait.

He meant that he was waiting for the final results, but he also left the decision-making power to Chen Ran.

As long as Chen Ran wins the final, Metersbonwe's quotation will continue to rise.

But if Chen Ran loses the final, the endorsement fee will be reduced.

That's the thing about competitive sports, sometimes one game can decide whether you're going to heaven or hell.

Metersbonwe's quotation was before the finals, and the 200 million-year endorsement fee was paying for unknown possibilities.

There are two results: one is that Chen Ran won the final, and the price is cheap; the other is that Chen Ran lost the final, and the price is high.

"interesting……"

Then wait until after the finals!
This was Chen Ran's decision after careful consideration.

There is nothing to worry about!
Chen Ran hopes to use this method to press himself to the limit and then force himself to overcome these pressures.

The mentality of wanting to win but fearing losing, or worrying about gains and losses, is not suitable for cruel competitive sports.

What's more, tennis is an individual sport. The glory belongs only to you, and the pressure will only be borne by you alone.

Carrying a long and narrow tennis bag, he walked through a long passage.

The dazzling eyes came, and the door of the passage became larger and larger.

When Chen Ran stepped through the gate, a vast and bright space appeared in front of him, accompanied by cheers that echoed through the sky.

Many Chinese spectators who came to the scene shouted their names loudly.

"Chen Ran, come on!"

In the media boxes on both sides, there were actually a few more Chinese faces.

They held microphones in their hands, and the logo on them turned out to be CCTV.

"When did you come?" Chen Ran stopped and couldn't help asking.

Zhang Sheng, the tennis commentator, said excitedly: "Originally, we were planning to fly directly to Australia, but you unexpectedly reached the tour finals, so we rushed to New Zealand overnight."

As he spoke, he clapped his hands vigorously: "Come on, win this championship!"

Although Zhang Sheng's tennis commentary level is only half a bucket of water, this does not hinder his excitement at the moment.

Like Zhou Yuan of "Sports Weekly", he also earnestly hopes that Chen Ran will achieve good results so that the proportion of tennis in C5 sports will continue to increase.

"I will!"

Chen Ran nodded lightly and walked to the stadium with his bag on his back.

On the other side, Sri Chapan's eyes happened to be cast towards Chen Ran.

The two are similar in height, but Chen Ran's wingspan appears to be slender.

The opponent was obviously surprised to meet this young Chinese boy in the finals.

Sri Chapan had made countless assumptions about the final, including Safin and Youzhini, but he never expected it to be this little-known Chinese kid.

After a simple warm-up, Chen Ran took the lead in getting the right to serve after the players from both sides tossed a coin.

This is the final of the tour. Standing in front of more than 1 spectators is like standing in the middle of the world, and through C5 Sports, tens of millions of spectators are watching this game.

Also in Thailand, the situation is almost a matter of national concern.

"The atmosphere in China was deliberately enhanced by me."

"There are also matters regarding endorsement fees, which were also postponed by me."

"But I love playing under this extreme pressure!"

Chen Ran threw the ball away gently, then bent his knees, kicked off the ground, turned around, and hit the ball hard!

District one, the outer corner.

Sri Chapan jumped out and stretched his entire body to the limit.

Damn it, still out of reach!

ACE!

210 kilometers per hour!

The audience burst into thunderous applause.

Chen Ran scored the first point of the game with a nearly perfect ACE ball.

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The fourth update is 9000 words, and the remaining 6000 words will be added during the day. Thank you for your support!
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