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Chapter 110 I’m glad everyone likes tennis (3000 words please subscribe)

Chen Ran finally won this "Asian Civil War" with difficulty.

The ASB Central Stadium was very lively at this moment, with cheers and boos.

The cheers came from the Chinese audience who came to cheer, and the boos came from the noisy Thais.

There is an old Chinese proverb that goes: The enemies of others are our heroes.

When Chen Ran accepted the cheers from the Chinese audience, he was also hated by the Thais and gritted his teeth.

Especially between games, this guy continued to provoke the Thai audience despite the boos.

Chen Ran won the final battle, but also became an enemy of the country.

If there were Twitter or INS in this era, his account would definitely be flooded with saliva from Thai fans.

When the two parties shook hands, Sri Chapan was also obviously dissatisfied, and seemed very perfunctory when shaking hands with Chen Ran.

Chen Ran didn't care at all.In his opinion, this medical suspension is for one person only, and no one owes it to anyone.

During the on-site interview after the game, the host asked him very curiously: "First of all, congratulations on winning the Auckland tournament. I checked and confirmed that this is the first tour championship won by one of your Chinese tennis players. Historic moment!”

"Well, thank you." Chen Ran flipped his hair as he spoke, "I hope all tennis fans and even sports fans in China can be happy for this championship."

Generally speaking, the first question is usually just a topic, and the second question is what the host really wants to ask.

These are all interview routines.

"Next question, uh..." the host paused, but still couldn't resist his curiosity and asked, "During the first set, why did you provoke the Thai audience?"

Chen Ran knew very well that this official post-match interview would definitely be broadcast in China, and would be broadcast on many TV stations, even more than once.

"I don't have any ill intentions..." Chen Ran shrugged, "Boos are part of competitive sports. As a tennis player, I will definitely encounter all kinds of boos when I fly around the world to participate in competitions in the future."

"So I told myself I need to get used to playing under the pressure of boos."

"I'm lucky I got over the boos."

"I believe that similar boos in the future will not affect me."

The host looked a little disappointed, obviously this was not the answer he wanted.

Such a young player can speak so impeccably.

"You defeated Thailand's national hero, how does it feel to become a public enemy of the country?" The host was ready to continue causing trouble.

Chen Ran blinked and said slowly: "You are exaggerating. There will always be winners and losers in the game. There are four Grand Slams a year, and there are many, many tours, and we will have many opportunities to compete. .”

"What does this championship mean to China Tennis?"

"It means..." Chen Ran thought for a while and continued, "Tennis is a global sport, but if there is always a lack of Chinese athletes, does it seem a bit regretful?"

"Then from today onwards, the names of Chinese players will officially appear on the tour stage."

"Hopefully this is just the beginning, not the peak."

Even if it is an ATP250 tournament, it is a tour championship, far beyond the comparison of a challenger championship.

Tour championships will be recorded as individual honors in the Professional Tennis Association, but challenge tournaments will not.

After finishing the interview and receiving the championship trophy, Chen Ran walked to one side of the stands where the Chinese audience gathered and clapped his hands.

Chen Ran saw the five-star red flag waving in the sky.

Those Chinese reporters who had already been impatient swarmed in.

It feels so good to have a dream come true, but Chen Ran's mood has calmed down after his brief moment of ecstasy.

Yes, it’s just a 250 race winner.

Although Chen Ran has created unprecedented history, this is not the Masters or a Grand Slam after all.

In the history of China, there have been too many great Olympic champions, world champions, and a mere 250-meter champion, but it is far from enough for Chen Ran to be compared with these people.

However, Zhou Yuan from Sports Weekly and Zhang Sheng from C5 Sports are still excited.

The two grown men were still hugging each other.

"From today on, can tennis also enter the mainstream of Chinese sports?"

This idea flashed out of their heads at the same time. After all, it was closely related to their own careers.

"Chen Ran is here!"

"Still holding the championship trophy!"

"Which of us will do the interview first?"

Zhou Yuan said magnanimously: "You are CCTV, you come first."

"it is good!"

Zhang Sheng immediately tidied up his somewhat messy clothes and said, "Brother, then I will do my part."

Zhou Yuan seemed to have remembered something and whispered: "Brother, this is the championship. The championship is the best opportunity to promote tennis!"

Zhang Sheng understood immediately and silently made an "OK" gesture.

Yes, the basketball craze caused by Yao Ming after entering the NBA made tennis practitioners like them jealous.

Although basketball was already very popular in China before Yao Ming entered the NBA, its popularity on TV and media is far less than that of football, and it is only on par with table tennis and badminton.

After all, you are just an Asian hegemon, not a world champion, and you have not even made it to the semi-finals.But after Yao Ming entered the NBA, basketball had such a leader, and with the marketing of the NBA, the popularity of basketball began to soar.

Tennis practitioners are also aware of this.

If a world-class ball game wants to be popular in China, it must have local leaders.

The only exception is football, which is undoubtedly the number one sport in the world.

Of course, if they could know the situation more than twenty years later like Chen Ran, they would find that when the national football team breaks through the lower limit again and again, the popularity of football in China will continue to decline.

When the two men were getting ready, Chen Ran had already walked up to them.

In fact, Chen Ran, like them, knows that the turn of the century is an excellent time to promote tennis in China.

The era of the Big Three is coming, which will push tennis to unprecedented heights. If you can participate in it, and the influence of men's tennis is greater than that of women's tennis, I will feel excited just thinking about it.

As a Chinese-American player, Zhang Depei has indeed had great achievements, but after all, he is an American nationality, and there is a sense of separation between him and the Chinese, but this problem does not exist for Chen Ran.

Chen Ran directly ignored the foreign reporters who wanted to interview him and walked to the two Chinese reporters.

Those foreign reporters will only ask some boring questions, which will not help promote the sport of tennis. How meaningful can their interviews be.

The problem Chen Ran was thinking about was very realistic.

His soul comes from 2023, so he will not look down upon those foreign reporters.

CCTV is the national platform, and Sports Weekly is the number one sports newspaper.

They are crucial to the promotion and promotion of tennis, and they must properly handle the relationship between them.

In her previous life, Li Na aspired to win the Grand Slam, but her relationship with Chinese reporters was so tense, which was not conducive to the promotion of tennis. On the contrary, Yao Ming was much smarter.

At this moment, Zhang Sheng and Zhou Yuan were much more excited than the host just now, and their words were a little incoherent.

It took a while for Zhang Sheng to regain his composure.

Although this guy's business ability is mediocre, he still did some homework before this competition.

"Chen Ran, first of all, congratulations on your first tour victory."

"A great champion."

"Since the beginning of the ATP Tour, Chinese men's players have been struggling to seek breakthroughs since the 90s, but their best results were only in the top 8. Now, you have suddenly raised this standard to the championship level."

"This is a historic breakthrough!"

"So, how are you feeling now?"

When the CCTV photographer pointed the camera at Chen Ran, his already somewhat calm mood became excited again.

"Yesterday I called on the audience across the country. Regardless of whether you like tennis or whether you have watched a tennis match before, I hope you can sit in front of the TV and cheer for me today."

"I think my performance did not disappoint everyone. I did it, I am the champion!"

"This championship not only belongs to me, but also to China Tennis."

The staff of CCTV indeed have extremely high political understanding.

When Chen Ran was being interviewed, he immediately found a five-star red flag and draped it on his shoulders.

In this way, this championship will be more dazzling and colorful.

"There will definitely be many Chinese viewers sitting on the TV today to cheer you on."

Zhang Sheng said excitedly: "According to our estimates, even if the ratings of CCTV C5 today are not as good as the national football World Cup, there will not be much difference. Of course, it will definitely create ratings for tennis events."

"Even for a Grand Slam final, the ratings will definitely not be as good as today."

"Of course, if you can reach the finals of a Grand Slam, you will definitely set a ratings record in the history of Chinese sports!"

He was smart and deliberately used an exaggerated tone.

In fact, in the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, the national football team's game against Brazil set a ratings record that is almost impossible to surpass by latecomers.

"Grand Slam..." Chen Ran wiped some sweat, "I hope I can recover my tired body as soon as possible and prepare for the next Australian Open."

He did exactly what the CCTV leader predicted.

When the first career tour championship is close at hand, even within easy reach.

Whether it is a Grand Slam or not, has long been forgotten. Chen Ran will only try his best to win this championship.

"Then can you tell me your goal for this Australian Open, whether to enter the main draw or..."

The Australian Open, one of the four Grand Slams, will kick off in a week, and even though Chen Ran is the new tour champion, he still has to start from the qualifying rounds.

Because the registration for the Australian Open has closed, and he was not ranked enough when registering, he still holds a wild card for the qualifying rounds.

"Let's enter the main draw first, and then take it one step at a time." Chen Ran seemed very low-key. "Tour tournaments and Grand Slams are completely different competitions. Even in my career, I have never played a best-of-five-set match." Made.”

At present, even in the "simulation training ground", Chen Ran has never played with the "coaches" in five sets and three wins.

"Finally, what do you want to say to the national audience that supports you?"

Chen Ran was silent for a while and said with some emotion: "I'm glad that everyone likes tennis."

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(End of this chapter)