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Chapter 159 Completed the first brush of "Fei Tianwang"

In the CCTV C5 sports live broadcast room, Zhan Jun felt that his palms were slightly sweaty.

The game has reached the final set, and he is too nervous.

As for Wang Liangzuo, the head coach of the national tennis team next to him, he looked calm and calm.

For him, he can accept winning or losing in this game.

Anyway, according to the current trend, it is impossible for him to become Chen Ran's "nominal" coach.

"I hope the goddess of luck can be on Chen Ran's side!" Zhan Jun prayed silently in his heart.

Many fans who come to China, and even sports fans, also have this mentality.

After the semi-finals of the Grand Slam, another semi-final of the Masters is enough for Chen Ran's popularity to continue to rise steadily in China.

After the decisive set began, the two sides continued to compete fiercely.

Time and again, almost tense and suffocating performance and defense duels.

In almost every game, there will be an extreme tug-of-war between holding serve and breaking serve.

Neither Chen Ran nor Federer managed to secure serve easily.

"Although this is a best-of-three-set match, I found that Chen Ran's physical fitness seems to have improved compared to the Australian Open." Zhan Jun seemed to have discovered something, "Maybe we can look forward to Chen Ran's clay court season."

Is there any difference between clay courts and hard courts?In front of the TV, many new tennis fans expressed doubts.

"Beautiful, Chen Ran successfully maintained serve again!" Zhan Jun clenched his fists excitedly, "Currently 3 to 3, the two sides are tied again."

Just now, Chen Ran and Federer fought again at 40 to 40 in the sixth game. Fortunately, Chen Ran worked hard and won two points in a row, successfully holding serve.

However, in the seventh game, Chen Ran finally broke serve for the first time in the third set and for the second time in the entire match.

Take the lead 4 to 3!

Just when everyone thought the balance of victory was tilted towards Chen Ran, Federer, who was fighting against the odds, immediately broke back.

The score became 4:4 again, not 5:3 as everyone expected.

Chen Ran wiped the dripping sweat with his elbow, and was obviously extremely disappointed with the result.

He admitted that when he had just broken serve, his mental state showed a slight relaxation, but Federer decisively seized the opportunity.

Chen Ran tapped his heel with the racket in frustration.

At least compared to those players who like to smash their rackets at every turn, this behavior is much more civilized.

In a very close tennis match, the next service game after you break serve is often very difficult and dangerous, because your opponent will make a desperate attack.

The anxious game continues...

5 to 5...6 to 6.

Both sides successfully maintained their serve, the score continued to be deadlocked, and entered the tie-break.

During this period, both Chen Ran and Federer reached the limit of their physical fitness, and then got over it and got back on track.

"Can Chen Ran, the king of tie-breaks, continue his strength in the tie-breaks when facing Federer?" the host asked.

A final set tie-break?This seems to be my first time!
Chen Ran sighed in his heart.

At the Australian Open, he also entered the final set with Agassi, but the final set of the Grand Slam is a long set.

The last time he and Federer played against each other in Shanghai, there was a "tie-break" match, and Chen Ran won.

This time in the "tiebreak", he hopes to have the same result.

Federer made his first serve. Relying on his rich on-field experience and changes in rhythm, he successfully scored the first point.

Chen Ran also tried his best to save his two serves.

2: 1!

2: 3!

4: 3!

The scores of both sides continued to rise alternately, but this time no one was able to complete a mini break!
But if you observe carefully, you will find that after entering the tie-break, Chen Ran's first-serve success rate was horribly high, and he did not even make a single first-server error. It seemed that every serving action had been integrated into his blood and became The instinctive reaction of his limbs.

As for Federer, he made two first-serve errors.

Fortunately, he relied on his high-quality second serve to keep his serve.

4: 4!

Federer once again relied on his signature one-handed backhand to catch Chen Ran off guard.

His one-handed backhand was too confusing, and the direction of the shot this time was once again opposite to Chen Ran's judgment.

Second serve...

A mistake!
This time, Federer's serving state once again had ups and downs.

Chen Ran took advantage of this gap to squat down and stretch his muscles, but at the same time he still stared intently ahead.

"My third shot was a mistake..." He muttered silently in his heart.

How will Federer perform his second serve this time?
Federer just chose the outside corner for his first serve, and his tactical intention of suppressing Chen Ran's backhand has been exposed. So should he change his tactics for his second serve?Or continue to insist?
The game has reached such a critical moment. To be on the safe side, the speed and power of his second serve will inevitably be reduced. So what tactics can be chosen to achieve the suppressive effect?

Federer is scheming, and so is Chen Ran.

At this stage, willpower, physical strength, and strategy are already competing in all aspects.

The two players faced each other across the net, but they could deeply feel the auras between them colliding fiercely.

Second shot!

The speed is 177 kilometers per hour. It can be seen with the naked eye that the speed of this serve has dropped by two levels. It can even be thought that Federer is deliberately slowing down.

The line and landing point were the outside corners, and the opponent still chose the outside corner.

Federer's second serve landed on the service line, which was very thrilling and very accurate.

Although the speed was reduced, the tricky landing point of the ball, combined with the strong top spin, still easily opened the angle.

Chen Ran moved at will in an instant.In fact, in the "simulation training ground", he has already received many similar serves from "Federer".

After the tennis ball had just bounced, Chen Ran had already adjusted his serve-receiving movements.

This time, he showed off his flexible and versatile hair receiving skills.

Chen Ran stretched out his one-handed backhand, holding the racket head with his left hand, exerting force with his right hand, and swung the racket with great force, hitting the ball back.

This time, he did not choose a two-handed backhand, but chose the same one-handed backhand as Federer.

The preparation time for swinging is reduced, which has an unexpected effect.

The tennis ball flew past lightly and quickly, crossing the entire court in a diagonal direction at a large angle.

This shot was completely unexpected by Federer.

His steps were ready to move towards the midline, but he found that the flight path of the ball was contrary to his own movement direction.

Fortunately, Federer stayed calm in the face of danger and showed the reaction ability of a top player.

He immediately chipped hard and returned a good quality backspin shot.

However, Chen Ran's reaction was too fast. He had already predicted the landing point of Federer's return shot.

Before the tennis ball hit the ground, Chen Ran rushed over, swung his racket and pushed the ball in the other direction.

Federer's reaction was equally quick. While running at high speed, he still lifted the tennis ball high in a hurry.

He placed a high ball into the far corner.

When Chen Ran faced the incoming ball, even though he was standing some distance away from the net, he still took the risk and chose a high-pressure ball because he was also taking advantage of Federer's unsteady foothold.

A perfect smash!

It seemed that when the ball flew over the net, it lightly rubbed the net, slightly changing the position of the landing point.

This time, it was too late for Federer to save the ball.

After the tennis ball bounced on the court, it immediately jumped away into the distance.

Chen Ran stretched out his hand to signal. Although the net was not obviously wiped, it did hit the net.

4: 5!

In this tie-break, Chen Ran achieved a mini-break for the first time.

Federer closed his eyes, raised his head, and sighed.

He knew that the balance of victory was once again tilted towards Chen Ran.

Can he complete the "mini break" again?

Chen Ran took advantage of the break to wipe his sweat with a towel and waved his arms, trying to adjust his serving state.

Immediately afterwards, he served directly with a beautiful serve, and the score of the tie-break came to 4:6, and he also reached the match point for the first time.

The entire audience held their breath, including the sports fans in front of the television.

The next ball will either be Federer saving a match point, or Chen Ran winning the game.

Chen Ran continued to use high-speed external spin to suppress Federer's backhand.

"Chen Ran is about to attack!"

"He wants to end this fight!"

The host at the scene also saw Chen Ran immediately making an attack gesture after serving the ball.

At this moment, he had given up all tactics and strategies.

Once you lose ten points with one force, you can just shoot and that's it. No tactics matter anymore.

Two powerful forehand attacks in a row with completely different attack routes forced Federer to miss the return ball and fly out of the baseline.

7: 4!

Won!

Victory belongs to Chen Ran!

After three hard-fought sets and a suffocating "tie-break" in the final set, Chen Ran finally won 2-1 and secured a spot in the semi-finals.

This time, he is in very good physical condition and has every chance to compete for a ticket to the finals.

"Top Four!"

"After Chen Ran broke into the semi-finals at the Australian Open, he once again broke into the semi-finals at the Masters!"

"The history of Asian tennis has been refreshed once again!"

"This was a wonderful match. Chen Ran defeated Federer, who is ranked third in the world!"

Zhan Jun roared excitedly, while the guest commentator Wang Liangzuo beside him had his arms crossed and said nothing with a complex expression.

"TOP20!"

"After Chen Ran defeated Federer and reached the semi-finals, his ranking will reach No. 20!"

"We in China finally have players who can break into the top twenty in the world rankings!"

"But I believe that 20th place will never be Chen Ran's end!"

Since the points between 21st and 31st were very close, Chen Ranxin gained 180 ATP points, which suddenly made his ranking soar [-] places.

Chen Ran looked up at the sky, and his tense expression finally relaxed.

At the same time, he did not forget one key thing. He completed the first brush against "Fei Tianwang" in the four major events!

Chen Ran immediately opened the system panel, and the system sent prompts on how to allocate the newly added potential points.

Technical attributes!
As a result, the upper limit of his technical attributes changed from 85 points to 86 points!
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(End of this chapter)