Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 179 The stimulated Roddick
Does the ATP hope that Chen Ran will continue to win the championship and create history?of course!

Because the European and American markets are almost saturated, they need to vigorously expand Asia and even the Far East market.

The sudden emergence of Chen Ran ignited the ATP's ambitions in this area.

His Chinese identity is more approachable than Zhang Depei's, and his potential seems to be better than Zhang Depei's.

However, the ATP cannot control the Western media, as well as those arrogant European and American journalists.

Chen Ran won his first Masters championship. These Western media were surprised, but when Chen Ran had the opportunity to achieve the "sunshine double crown" achievement, they were actually panicked.

After this press conference, the Chinese media immediately reported what happened here, saying that there was unhappiness between Chen Ran and those foreign media.

There is a lot of public opinion on the Internet. Some say that foreign journalists are provoking, and some are making trouble, saying that Chen Ran is too crazy and is embarrassing to the Chinese people.

In order to gain attention, some commentators also jumped out and shouted: Chen Ran has damaged the polite and friendly image of Chinese people, and it is recommended that he be banned!

As a result, Chen Ran's fans were angry.

It's this kind of braggadocio again who eats royal food and farts all over his mouth.

In today's critical period of competing for the "Double Sunshine Crown", there are still such clowns coming out to grandstand, which is no different from traitors.

Suddenly, the Internet was filled with abuse.

Some fans of Chen Ran even launched a "human flesh" search for this "brick family".

Because of the relatively free speech atmosphere of this era, the Chinese Internet in the spring of 2003 became extremely lively because of the topical figure Chen Ran.

In short, there are all kinds of voices and they converge together.

"Chen Ran, do you know?"

The reporter from "Sports Weekly" smiled bitterly and said: "Your performance at the press conference yesterday has overturned Western reporters' impression of Chinese athletes, especially with..."

"And what?"

"Compare with Yao Ming!"

Chen Ran frowned slightly when he heard this, and then smiled calmly: "One is a red face, and the other is a bad face. I am me, Yao Ming is Yao Ming, they are all independent individuals, not to mention that our sports are different, and we face the same environment. different."

There was one sentence he didn't say.

Today's Yao Ming has only made some achievements in the NBA, but he has not had an impact on the NBA's structure.

However, Yao Ming is already a pioneer in the NBA's development of the Chinese market.

At that time, the most mentioned sentence by Yao Ming's anti-fans on the Internet was: Yao Ming didn't have any great glory, and the NBA only gave him preferential treatment because he coveted the Chinese market.

But when it comes to those Chen Hei on the Internet, they never make similar remarks.

Because Chen Ran has top championship glory, even if the ATP wants to open up the Chinese market to support Chen Ran, it cannot be so outrageous as to let other top players deliberately lose to give Chen Ran a championship.

No one with any brain would say such outrageous things.

Zhou Yuan continued: "Don't worry, most netizens support you, and those who sing the opposite are just mavericks who want to gain attention."

In fact, normally speaking, as long as you can continue to reap honors, those who support you will support you even more, and those who criticize you may also become fans.

"By the way, what message do you hope to convey to the public through us this time?" Zhou Yuan then asked.

Chen Ran pondered silently for a while and replied: "I just want to play quietly. I don't care about outside public opinion and will not be affected. Also... I am not an honest person who can succeed in competitive sports. No one is honest."

"That's it for now..."

"Some words are inappropriate to say at this time."

What time period is appropriate?Finals or championship?
Zhou Yuan thought to himself, but kept this question in his heart.

During training that afternoon, Chen Ran's popularity skyrocketed.

Fans and reporters surrounded the training ground on three levels inside and outside.

When Chen Ran was practicing, he met Roddick again.

"Hey, Chen!" Roddick greeted from a distance.

In the world of professional tennis, strength comes first.

At this moment, Roddick's attitude towards Chen Ran was much more enthusiastic than when they first met at the Australian Open.

After all, Chen Ran used his outstanding strength to completely defeat this guy.

Although Roddick has more tour championships than Chen Ran, his top honors are not as good as his. Chen Ran has a Masters championship.

"Well done! Those reporters are disgusting. If it were me, I would walk away without looking back." Roddick agreed with Chen Ran's behavior and immediately felt that the other person was a fellow-minded person.

He never cared what the media said, and a group of self-righteous guys often taught him how to play.

If Roddick knew that this incident had caused a very heated discussion in China, and everyone was fiercely debating "whether it was appropriate for Chen Ran to do this," this guy would probably have his eyes widened with an expression of disbelief.

How could such a stupid thing be made such a fuss about?

Sometimes, just as Chinese people cannot understand the brain circuits of Americans, Americans cannot understand the brain circuits of Chinese people.

Immediately afterwards, the two of them practiced ball for a while.

"I hope to compete with you in the final again. I haven't had the chance since the Australian Open!" Roddick is obviously still brooding about his previous defeat.In particular, Chen Ran's ranking jumped up too fast and he was about to catch up with himself.

"How can you be so sure that I can make it to the finals?" Chen Ran shrugged, "Based on tour experience, Kubek is much better than me."

"Nonsense!" Roddick immediately retorted after hearing this. "I have never found the problem of 'lack of experience' in you. It's like you have been through hundreds of battles."

Of course, for professional tennis, there are too many talented players who showed strong competitiveness when they first debuted.

Chen Ran's behavior is not an isolated case.

"But I would rather face Agassi in the final..." Chen Ran said very frankly, not being secretive at all, "I want to prove that my victory over Agassi at the Australian Open was not a coincidence."

As for the real reason, of course he would not say it.

Because winning against Agassi is greater than winning against you.

However, these words inspired Roddick's arrogance like a provocation.

The so-called speaker has no intention, but the listener has intention.

However, Roddick interpreted Chen Ran's words to mean something else.

You wanted to play Agassi in the final because you wanted to prove that winning Agassi at the Australian Open was not a coincidence?
From another perspective, that is to say, you have no intention of proving that winning me at the Australian Open was not a coincidence?
What does this mean?You look down on people, right?

I don’t know if it’s a coincidence that you beat Agassi, but it’s definitely a coincidence that you beat me!
The aggressive Roddick, even in training, showed his full game state and sent several aces to Chen Ran.

The No. [-] player in tennis lives up to his reputation.

But Chen Ran was a little confused, why did this guy suddenly change to a different person?

Are you assuming that I am my opponent in the semifinals, Andre Agassi?
Well, I hope you two Americans fight harder in the semifinals.

After the training, Chen Ran was very friendly and signed autographs for the fans who were holding tennis balls.

As for whether the other party would sell the tennis balls for money, he didn't care at all.

Some reporters wanted to ask questions, but Chen Ran kept silent, got into the car, and drove away.

……

The center court of the Claydon Park Tennis Center finally welcomed the two semi-finals of the Miami Masters.

The first semi-final was Agassi versus Roddick.

This is a showdown between two of the best local American players out there.

Some American reporters even complained sourly about why two American players were allowed to engage in civil war in advance in the semi-finals of a competition that was clearly being held in their own country.

Isn't he good in the finals?

These guys obviously forgot how many good players in the lower half were upset, which was unpredictable before the game.

What's more, if Roddick and Agassi meet in the semifinals, at least one American can make it to the finals.

Do you really think that these two Americans will definitely make it to the finals if they don't meet in the semifinals?
Didn't they both get eliminated and go home?
Chen Ran's match will take place after the semi-final between Agassi and Roddick.

But he came to the court early to observe the first semi-final.

Sure enough, Roddick seemed to be stimulated. He showed an aggressive momentum from the beginning, as if he was like a ferocious beast, trying to swallow Agassi's bald head in one breath.

In the first set, Roddick played brilliantly, breaking Agassi's serve in two consecutive games and winning with a relatively disparate score of 6:2.

Compared with Agassi, Roddick does have a very obvious physical advantage and shows his talent. He is often able to hit some difficult magic shots in a relatively passive situation.

However, starting from the second set, Agassi showed his king-level strength, precise miss control and extremely rhythmic hitting line, and slowly controlled the rhythm of the game from the beginning.

But Agassi has old arms and legs after all, while Roddick is a lively young man. This makes Agassi's technical advantage and Roddick's physical advantage cancel each other out.

The competition was extremely fierce as the two refused to give in to each other.

In the second set, Agassi won the tiebreaker 7:5 and regained the set.

In the third set, the two entered the tie-break again. Both sides seemed to be red-blooded, playing extremely fiercely, and the score also increased alternately.

Finally, after a full 21 shots of extreme back-and-forth, Roddick hit the ball hard and missed the net, ending the game.

12: 10!

This is the score of the third set tiebreaker.

最终阿加西以2比6，7比6（7:5），7比6（12:10），无比艰难地逆转了这场比赛。

Roddick stood motionless in a daze with his hands on his hips, while Agassi sat on the ground tiredly.

Roddick's face was full of reluctance, because he felt that he still had physical strength and could fight for another [-] rounds, while Agassi had obviously reached the limit of his body and was gritting his teeth and persisting.

In this game, Roddick was too unwilling to lose.

"The fight was really exciting!"

Chen Ran stood up slowly in the audience and patted his body: "It's my turn to play."

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(End of this chapter)