Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 172 Chinese Superstar and First Victory

Even though Chen Ran was [-]% reluctant, he had to force out a wry smile and take a pre-game photo with Isner.

The huge height difference made the contrast between the two of them obvious when they stood together.

Chen Ran felt that this was almost... what he looked like when he took a photo with Guo Xiaosi.

Miami is also an international metropolis and is a favorite place for many celebrities to choose to vacation or settle down.

According to past practice, the organizing committee of the Miami Masters relies on the strong connections of the IMG agency and will invite some celebrity guests to interact with the players.

Today, the audience who came to the stadium to watch the game basically came for Chen Ran, and the organizing committee also invited a Chinese star who is in the United States.

"Let's invite Leslie Cheung from Hong Kong, China!" the host shouted excitedly and said an English name.

Who is this?
Chen Ran was confused.

He has basically heard of some of the more popular Hong Kong celebrities of this era, but he really doesn’t know their English names.

But when this celebrity from Hong Kong appeared with a smile, Chen Ran's face became particularly wonderful.

"It's him!" He quickly recognized the person and exclaimed in surprise.

The artist from Hong Kong in front of me is the Chinese superstar Leslie Cheung who is famous throughout Asia!

Leslie Cheung loves tennis and once came to the scene to cheer for Cheung Depei.

During the period when Leslie Cheung and Alan Tam were competing for the king of the music industry, fans on both sides were also incompatible.

In order to ease the relationship between the two parties, Leslie Cheung also invited Alan Tam to form a tennis doubles to participate in an exhibition match held in Hong Kong.

The Chinese superstar loves tennis, and with Chen Ran’s connections, the IMG agency invited Leslie Cheung to the scene.

"Are you surprised? It seems that the organizing committee's confidentiality work is good." Looking at Chen Ran who still looked shocked, Leslie Cheung stepped forward and joked.

After Chen Ran came to his senses, he smiled and said, "What should I call you? Brother, or Brother Guorong?"

"Call me brother Guorong." Leslie Cheung smiled slightly, "Those who call me brother are all my fans, or some newcomers who have just debuted."

Obviously in his eyes, Chen Ran, who has reached the semi-finals of a Grand Slam and won the Indian Wells Masters, is already a Chinese star who is equal to him.

"I really like tennis, and I even played doubles with Alan Tam." Leslie Cheung patted Chen Ran on the shoulder with great interest.

"I've heard about this. This combination shocked the whole of Hong Kong." Chen Ran smiled brightly.

Two rivals who could be described as mortal enemies actually formed a tennis doubles team together.

"After Zhang Depei retired, I felt that I would no longer pay attention to tennis. I didn't expect that your timely appearance would arouse my passion for tennis again."

"Brother Guorong, let me tell you something... I originally wanted to paddle today, but now that you are here, I must go all out."

After Leslie Cheung heard this, he was slightly startled, and then smiled cheerfully.

This young man is very humorous.

"Okay, I will cheer for you!"

"Brother Guorong, how long will you stay in Miami?" Chen Ran seemed to have thought of something.

Although Leslie Cheung smiled brightly, his expression seemed a bit depressed.

Today is March 3th, and there are still more than ten days left before April Fool’s Day, April 20st.

"I happen to be on vacation in Miami, so I have plenty of time." Leslie Cheung said very calmly, "What? You want me to continue to watch your games, but the premise is that you have to go farther."

"I know tennis. The Sunshine Double Tournament is back-to-back. How can you be in good shape for two consecutive tournaments?"

He is almost 50 years old, has become famous, and once stood at the top of the entire Chinese entertainment industry.

Today, Leslie Cheung has greatly reduced his workload and hopes to enjoy life, of course because of his illness.

He suffers from depression, a condition full of uncertainty.

"Brother Guorong is not very optimistic that I can continue my form in the Miami Masters." Chen Ran said with some anger, "I'm not convinced."

To the outside world, he is still a boy who is not yet 17 years old.

Being young and frivolous, speaking some frank and honest words is easy to be accepted.

"Haha..." Looking at Chen Ran with a serious look on his face, Leslie Cheung smiled very happily, "Anyway, I'm fine recently. I'll stay here as long as you can hold on in Miami."

"Okay, it's a deal." Chen Ran also said, "If I can reach the finals, I will definitely leave a ticket for Brother Guorong to the finals. The finals will be on April 4."

"Okay, come on!" Leslie Cheung also gave a thumbs up, "If you can reach the finals, I will definitely come to the scene. But next time a tennis exhibition is held in Hong Kong, you must also participate, and you must partner with me in doubles."

"Haha~ I will definitely give it to Brother Guorong."

Chen Ran had an idea and whispered quietly: "But if Alan Tam calls me, I will definitely not go."

You glib boy!
Leslie Cheung was also amused. This guy at such a young age actually made fun of his relationship with Alan Tam.Immediately afterwards, Leslie Cheung accompanied Chen Ran and Isner to take a group photo together.

During the hot chat between Chen Ran and Leslie Cheung, Isner, the American giant, was simply put aside.

Anyway, this American couldn't understand Chinese, and he didn't know Leslie Cheung, so he could only stand there with his hands on his hips, feeling embarrassed.

The utilitarian and realistic organizing committee only considered Chen Ran when inviting guests, and did not consider him at all, otherwise they would have to deal with a blond girl with big boobs.

There's nothing I can do about it. Who makes people become very popular right now, but I'm just a little transparent.

Chen Ran also glanced at Isner intriguingly.

As a traditional white male whose idol is the leader, if he knew about Leslie Cheung's special orientation, would this guy get angry on the spot and protest to the organizing committee?
Of course, from Chen Ran's perspective, although he doesn't understand this, he doesn't have the habit of telling others what to do.

Putting this aside, Leslie Cheung is an almost perfect superstar without any flaws.

"Humanity in the entertainment industry is very thin, but Leslie Cheung, as a hugely valuable superstar, doesn't talk about money at all and only talks about friendship. It's hard to get to know this kind of friends who know each other well."

This is the evaluation given by many people after Leslie Cheung's death.

In addition, there are many artists in the entertainment industry who are both singers and actors.

Many netizens in later generations unanimously believe that across the two fields of actors and singers, Leslie Cheung has the highest overall achievement.

The pre-game interactive session officially ended and the game officially started.

Isner, who had been left alone for a while, was simmering with anger. He was ready to teach Chen Ran a lesson.

He was lucky enough to get the chance to serve first.

However, Isner's confidence soon suffered a heavy blow, and he felt like stars were shining in his eyes and he was dizzy.

0: 40!

As soon as Isner's serve came up, he lost three points in a row and encountered three consecutive break points, which really caught him off guard.

In fact, objectively speaking, at the beginning of the game, there will be a slight slow start or poor feel, which will put you in trouble and have to face the test of break point at the beginning. This is very normal in tennis games. .

There is no need to make a fuss about this. After all, from an overall perspective, tennis is a sport with a relatively high error tolerance rate.

But what really shocked Isner was, was the person in front of him really the same person as the person he fought six months ago?
Completely different!

Although Isner also knows that Chen Ran has made rapid progress in the past six months, reaching the semi-finals of a Grand Slam, winning the Tour and Masters championships, and his world rankings have also soared, which is not what he used to be.

These are the facts before our eyes, but we haven't actually played against each other, so the feeling brought by those data is still not real, that is to say, the sense of oppression is not real.

For Isner, his memory of Chen Ran still remains at the Magic City Challenge six months ago.

At that time, the two sides were playing very anxiously, and Chen Ran was even more embarrassed in his own serve game, and even won a set.

Chen Ran won the game with difficulty through two suffocating tie-breaks.

This period of history is not so recent, and Isner knows that he is also improving.

But the Chen Ran in front of him now surprised him so much that it was difficult to connect him with six months ago.

Not only can the strength create a confrontation, but the layout of the batting line and the choice of tactical timing almost completely crush him.

Of course, if Isner could see Chen Ran's attribute panel, he wouldn't be so surprised.

In addition to only increasing his physical attributes by 5 points, Chen Ran's technical attributes and mental attributes have both increased by at least 10 points. This is a complete change.

As a result, throughout the game, Chen Ran completely suppressed Isner.

In his own service game, it was almost a "love game" and he completed the sweep.

In Isner's serve game, Chen Ran even regarded it as a training match for his return of serve.

At his peak, Isner was definitely the best cannon-type server in the world. Even players at the level of the Big Three would be helpless when faced with his serve.

But now Isner, who is only 18 years old, has power in time and space when serving, but there are still big deficiencies in his control of the landing point and selection of angles.

This also allows Chen Ran to always make accurate predictions in advance and then break serve very neatly.

6:2, 6:3!

No more, no less, Chen Ran broke serve twice in both sets and won the first round. The match lasted just one hour.

The reason why the scores are different is because the player who serves first will change.

After the game, a depressed Isner looked like he had no hope for life.

He even found that Chen Ran didn't even sweat much and didn't wipe off the towel a few times throughout the game. This was really shocking.

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(End of this chapter)