Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 195 The Lively May

"Raphael, the future belongs to you!"

Chen Ran walked up and patted the crying Nadal on the shoulder, and comforted him: "This is your first Masters trip, and you have already made it to the second round. You have done a very good job." .”

He meant it, but Nadal cried even more.

What kind of comforting words are these?

Have you forgotten that you won the "Sunshine Double" when you participated in the Masters for the first time?

Besides, you are a few months younger than me!

What does it mean that the future is yours?
Nadal always felt that the meaning of Chen Ran's words should be: the future belongs to him first, Chen Ran, and then it will be his turn to have some leftovers.

"Boy, cheer up! I'm sure you'll be as tough as a matador!"

Chen Ran continued to pat Nadal on the shoulder, and then shook hands with the referee of this match.

The referee joked with Chen Ran: "This game went too fast! The game was over before my butt was even warmed up."

When Nadal heard this, he wanted to cry again...

Thus, the first clay court Masters victory for a Chinese player came.

Another new record created by Chen Ran.

In the current history of Chinese tennis, except for the Asian Games championship, all other records are related to Chen Ran.

But what surprised the Chinese media even more was that even though it was his first time playing a clay court, Chen Ran showed super adaptability, as if it was not his first time on a clay court, but that he had been immersed here for many years. .

So why was he so low-key before the game and still praised Nadal so highly?

When Chen Ran was being interviewed, some Chinese reporters asked this question to the other party.

"You know this is my first clay court match, so even I don't know my true strength."

As Chen Ran spoke, he once again pulled out coach Zhang Depei as a shield: "My coach Mr. Zhang Depei has always said that there is a big gap between my strength on clay courts and hard courts."

"So in order for me to adapt to the clay court as soon as possible, he gave me a very detailed and rigorous training plan."

"Winning one game each in Madrid, Rome and Paris is also the goal set by the coach for me."

"So I was also surprised by today's performance. It must be the coach's training methods that played a role."

"My coach won the French Open championship at the age of 17! His understanding of clay courts must be far beyond ordinary people."

Even though Chen Ran won his first clay court match very well, he still acted very modestly and gave almost all the credit to his coach.

Did you gringos see this?How much we Chinese athletes respect teachers and education, that is our traditional virtue!
"So Chen Ran...can you adjust your competition goals now?"

"No..." Chen Ran shook his head firmly, "I don't set goals for myself, I just take it one step at a time."

"My mentality is very good! Anyway, every step forward will be a new history for Chinese tennis."

Zhang Depei, who was not far away, had a look of confusion and helplessness on his face after hearing Chen Ran's words.

I clearly said that your current strength on clay courts is very close to that of hard courts. Why do you want to say the opposite?

As for the training plan that Chen Ran praised so much, Zhang Depei was able to accept it calmly.

After all, this is how I was trained back then.

As for the effect, it should vary from person to person. Chen Ran's ability to adapt so quickly can only be explained by the fact that he is a tennis genius.

However, Chen Ran took all the credit for his outstanding performance on the clay court, which surprised Zhang Depei.

A few years later, when I no longer coach Chen Ran, other outstanding players will surely flock to him and spend a lot of money to hire him.

Because the cooperation between players and coaches can never be eternal, it will not be as stable and long-lasting as civil servants. Sooner or later, the day when they part ways will come.

Chen Ran's words were impeccable. After getting rid of the reporters, he returned to the locker room.

……

"Is this the reward?" Lying on the big bed in the hotel room, Chen Ran looked at the potential value given by the system and was very dissatisfied.

But then I thought about it, and it seemed reasonable.

What you defeated was just a 17-year-old Nadal, and it was a best-of-three-set Masters match, so that’s nothing.

Therefore, if the potential value given by the system is allocated to physical attributes or technical attributes this time, it is not enough.

Then Chen Ran had no choice but to retreat this time and allocate the potential value this time to the slightly weaker mental attribute, which could increase it just a little.

Technical attributes: 87 (limit value 88)

Physical attributes: 86 (limit value 92)

Mental attribute: 84 (limit value 86) After closing the system panel, Chen Ran silently turned on the computer in the room.

Today's game ended so quickly that he had enough time to surf the Internet.

The Internet in 2003 was very exciting, and China's cultural and sports circles were in a golden period. Coupled with enthusiastic netizens, the Internet in this era was exciting and colorful. (I think I’ll just skip SARS. There’s nothing to write about. There will be the earthquake in 08 in the future, so I won’t write about those heavier things)

This is something that many people born after the 90s and 00s cannot understand.

For example, the Iraq War broke out not long ago.

Netizens are constantly criticizing the barbaric behavior of US imperialism, but there are also many guys who regard the beautiful country as a beacon and are frantically clearing the ground, thinking that Saddam should be beaten!
As a result, on the Internet in 2003, when speech was relatively free, netizens on both sides became quarrelsome, and even those experts and celebrities came to an end.

In addition, although netizens cursed the beautiful country, it did not affect their enthusiasm for watching the NBA at all.

At this moment, the NBA regular season has come to an end, and Yao Ming's Houston Rockets are competing for the last spot in the Western Conference playoffs.

Chen Ran also saw many songs that are familiar to later generations appear in his field of vision, such as "Ten Years", "Running", "Life is Like a Summer Flower" and so on.

Also, after the first and second parts of "Huan Zhu Princess" became popular all over the country, the much-anticipated third part also appeared on major satellite TV stations. Huang Xiaoming, who was later called the "leader", also officially For the first time, it came into the sight of the Chinese public.

But Chen Ran knew that although the third part of "Huan Zhu Princess" had mixed reviews, it also left a classic scene for future generations: Er Kang was stranded in northern Myanmar.

Hurun Report from the UK launched the "Mainland China's [-] Rich List" after breaking with Forbes.

Ding Sanshi from NetEase has become the latest richest man in mainland China. This is also the first time that an Internet boss has become the richest man in mainland China.

Another one, Chen Tianqiao from Shanda, also squeezed into the top three.

Netizens couldn't help but lament that the era of the Internet is surging and has arrived.

Many entrepreneurs also discovered the huge gold mines contained in online games and entered this industry one after another.

There are also journalists and experts who cry out sadly: These are all electronic opiates, and we must protect young people from harm.

In addition, the sports circle is also very lively.

The Chinese Football Association, which had been protesting to the Tennis Management Center and Chen Ran a few days ago, confidently held a press conference under the witness of hundreds of reporters.

Of course, they mobilized so much not to target Chen Ran, who had previously been so enthusiastic, but because they had something big to announce.

This is the end of the ten-year A-A season. In 2004, Chinese football will enter a new era of the Chinese Super League.

These leaders talked in front of many reporters and media, and they were very ambitious. They seemed to see an extremely brilliant future, and it was absolutely no problem to compare with Japan and South Korea.

That Chen Ran who plays tennis, right? Just wait to be slapped in the face!

Some sports reporters smiled knowingly. It seems that the good drama between Chen Ran and the football circle will continue.

At the same time, Liu Xiang, who is now only slightly famous, boarded a plane from Yanjing, China to Paris, France.

He is about to participate in the World Athletics Championships in Paris, France, in June this year.

Since the World Athletics Championships and the French Open were held in Paris in the same month, CCTV also sent a very large interview team.

Meanwhile, the good news continues at the Madrid Masters.

Chen Ran continued to make great progress.

他先是在8分之1决赛以2个6比4，淘汰了法国选手格罗斯让，又在4分之1决赛以7:5，4:6，6:3淘汰了来自西班牙的二号人物莫亚，成功闯入马德里大师赛的四强。

As a result, Chen Ran, who had always wanted to keep a low profile, obviously couldn't do so.

China in May is very lively, and Chen Ran has been cooling everyone down with the excuse of "his first clay court trip", which has also lowered the expectations of the Chinese audience and media for him.

But when they came to their senses, they discovered that Chen Ran had miraculously entered the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters again.

Since the "Sunshine Double Crown", Chen Ran, who has been immersed for a long time, once again attracted the attention of the country.

"Chen Ran, awesome!"

"I made it to the semi-finals of the Masters again without saying a word!"

"You have to know that this is the Clay Court Masters!"

Due to Chen Ran's previous "Golden Slam" remarks, he gathered a large number of anti-fans on the Internet, waiting for him to lose, and then started to cause trouble on the Internet.

However, after the first game, Chen Ran won three games in a row and broke into the semi-finals. He once again set a new record for the best results of Asian players in the Clay Court Masters. This also made those anti-fans who were ready to spray at any time find No chance to speak.

We are in the semi-finals, which means that if we go one step further, it will be the final again!
Although for the whole of China, this May is very lively, and there are too many eye-catching things happening.

But soon, Chen Ran once again became the focus of the entire May with his outstanding performance.

Semi-final matchups: Chen Ran VS Novak (Czech Republic), Ferrero (Spain) VS Gonzalez (Chile).

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(End of this chapter)