Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 224 French Open final, the real top of Asia!

Although leading 2-0, Chen Ran played very anxiously in every set, and the gap was very small.

We are only one step away from the final.

Chen Ran only felt that his heart was getting hotter and hotter, and the moment he was looking forward to was about to come.

He clenched his fists tightly, determined to vent all that emotion in the next set.

At this moment, the air in Roland Garros is already burning.

"Dear viewers, the third set is about to begin!"

"Let us look forward to a historic moment!"

In the live broadcast room of C5 Sports, the host was so excited that he could not speak coherently: "Did you know? Before Chen Ran, the best result of Asian tennis in the history of Grand Slam was the semi-finals!"

Wait, apart from Chen Ran, isn’t the best result in Asian tennis the top [-]?Created by Thai player Sri Chaphan.

Chen Ran has raised this standard too much.

As a result, the audience was confused.

"It's the female tennis player Date Kimiko from her childhood. She once reached the semi-finals of the US Open." The host's voice came slowly.

It turns out it refers to female players.

The audience couldn't help but complain.

But no one can deny that women's tennis is also a part of tennis, especially in the four Grand Slam events, where men's and women's games are held simultaneously.

For example, when Djokovic later became No. 22 with 1 Grand Slams, those picky Westerners would say: No, you are not No. 1 yet because Serena Williams has 23 Grand Slams. .

When Djokovic won the 23rd Grand Slam, Westerners said: No, you are not No. 1 yet, because there is another female player named Court, who has 24 Grand Slams.

The second court of the Australian Open is named after Court, its full name is Margaret Court Court.

But the problem is that Margaret Court, for many fans, is a figure from ancient times.

Of the 24 Grand Slams, she only won 11 in the Open era, and the other 13 in the non-Open era.

1968 was an epoch-making year.

Starting from this year, the four Grand Slam events began to allow professional players to participate, and thus entered the Open Era.

This shows how incompetent Westerners are in using Margaret Court to suppress Djokovic.

However, even so, Djokovic still won the 24th Grand Slam. Since then, all doubts have completely disappeared.

The same goes for Chen Ran.

Because of the existence of Mr. Date, when describing the history of Asian tennis created by Chen Ran, the prefix "man" is always added.

Just like when Kei Nishikori reached the US Open final for the first time in his previous life, Chinese people always like to compare it with Li Na, saying that before Kei Nishikori, there were Asians who had reached Grand Slam finals and even won the championship.

You can't openly say that women's tennis is not tennis and should be treated differently from men's tennis.

If Chen Ran can win today's decisive battle, then there will no longer be a need to add the prefix "man" when praising him in the future.

At this moment, 1 spectators at the Central Asia Stadium in Roland Garros gave out uniform applause and shouted Chen Ran's name.

"Clap!"

"Chen Ran!"

Such a fiery atmosphere made the Chinese audience in front of the TV fascinated, and they had an idea: they must go to watch a Grand Slam tennis match in person in their lifetime.

"What a lively competition atmosphere. I really envy the influence of tennis." Liu Xiang had just finished the preliminaries of the 110-meter hurdles, and then brought his team member Shi Dongpeng to the central court of the French Open with CCTV reporters.

Although the competition venue of the French Open is much smaller than the Stade de France where the World Athletics Championships are held, the feeling brought by the competition atmosphere is completely different.

Of course, if an important football match is held at the Stade de France, the majestic momentum will be unmatched by any sports event.

"Brother Xiang..." Shi Dongpeng swallowed and said with some envy, "It seems that if you reach the finals of the French Open, you will get 60 U.S. dollars, and the champion will get 100 million U.S. dollars. In our 110-meter hurdles, even if we win the championship, we will only get 3 U.S. dollars. "

"It can't be compared, it's completely incomparable." Liu Xiang smiled bitterly, looking very helpless, "So I can form a team on my own without relying on the state for blood transfusions."

If you rely solely on prize money, you will really starve to death, which is true for most sports.

You can only really make money if you achieve excellent results and then get some advertising endorsements.

So for many Chinese athletes, the Olympic Games will be a life-defining moment.

But for tennis, the Olympics are just the icing on the cake, and the Golden Slam is just the embellishment on top of the Grand Slam.

"If he reaches the finals, the commercial value and influence will be incredible, unimaginable!" Shi Dongpeng looked at Chen Ran on the court and sighed sincerely.

Liu Xiang patted Shi Dongpeng on the shoulder and joked: "Train well. Besides, it's too late for us to change careers now. Not to mention Chen Ran, you see, the income of the men's basketball and men's football team is much higher than ours. They There’s no honor yet.”

"Professional sports and non-professional sports are incomparable. Just recognize this fact."

While the two were chatting, the third set began.

Did Moya, who was facing a desperate situation, pull back a set, or did Chen Ran sweep it 3-0?

"Let me experience the will of Spanish players." Chen Ran squinted his eyes slightly and stared ahead with great momentum.

After more than two hours of fierce battle, whether it was Chen Ran or Moya, the physical fitness of the players on both sides reached a critical point.

Different from the weather in Melbourne, Paris is not humid, but slightly muggy, and the sweating is still very serious, so the speed of physical energy consumption is also obviously accelerated.

Both Chen Ran and Moya will eat some fruit during their work breaks to replenish energy.

Generally speaking, even a tour match that lasts for three sets is full of tests for the players' physical fitness, let alone a Grand Slam that is a best-of-five-set format.

Therefore, because of the extremely cruel nature of the Grand Slam tournament system, it also means that the championship of the four Grand Slams is the highest honor in tennis, even if there are four open tournaments a year.

In the third set, Moya was still focused and crazy, unwilling to give up even the last chance.

In his career, there have been several scenes where 2 chased 3.But his opponent is Chen Ran, and the drama of letting 2 chase 3 is absolutely not allowed to happen.

As victory approached, Chen Ran instinctively became more passionate and excited.

In the third game, which was Moya's second serve, Chen Ran suddenly burst out, kept raising gears, and then put pressure on Moya.

In the end, he used a forehand diagonal shot at a tricky angle that prevented Moya from touching the ball at all, winning the winning point and completing the break of the game.

2: 1!

Cheers came from the CCTV studio.

"Victory is really in sight this time." Tong Kexin clenched her fists and shouted excitedly.

At this moment, even the most critical fans no longer accuse Tong Kexin of announcing victory in advance.

Obviously, Aunt Tong's "magic spell" failed on Chen Ran.

Only Sun Jinfang, who has always been cautious, said worriedly that he should not be careless. The game is not over yet and now is not the time to relax.

But if you think about it carefully, Aunt Tong's "curse" has appeared twice in this game, and both times it is about to come true. In the end, Chen Ran's strong strength was used to break it abruptly.

As if to prove that this "curse" has completely failed, Chen Ran won his second serve game with a crisp and sharp "love game".

3: 1!

Chen Ran's advantage has been extended to two games.

"Director Sun, there should be no problem this time, right?" Tong Kexin said with a smile. She obviously did it on purpose.

Let you netizens who are mean-mouthed say that I am unlucky every day. Where is my bad luck? It is obviously because the other tennis players are not strong enough.

In fact, I am a lucky star. Look at all the Chen Ran games that I narrated, he won them all!

"No, don't relax so early. It's only 3-1. Theoretically, Chen Ran has to hold serve for three more games." Sun Jinfang said.

As the director of the Tennis Management Center, she still knows whether to keep a low profile or not. After all, she has been in the system for most of her life.

boom!
Moya's high-pressure ball from the far corner missed the net and went out of bounds.

30: 40!

Chen Ran actually reached the break point again.

Moya was obviously very dissatisfied with his performance. He screamed directly at the coaching team in the player box and couldn't believe his performance.

In fact, this scene is very common in tennis matches.

When many top players perform poorly, the first person they vent their anger on is their own coaching team.

For example, later generations of Li Na liked to scold her husband for nothing, but in the end she would still play ball according to Jiang Shan's advice.

"Another break point!"

"Chen Ran broke him!"

"Director Sun, believe me! The next ball will definitely break serve!"

Tong Kexin clenched her fists and shouted excitedly.

This woman has clearly started to let herself go.

She wants to prove that whatever is a curse or not, has never existed, is all made up by you netizens.

Sun Jinfang couldn't help but shook her head and said to herself: If you are such a monster, even if Chen Ran enters the finals, it will not be your turn to host.

In fact, Tong Kexin didn't know that it would definitely not be her turn in the French Open final, so she had to try her best to express herself in the remaining time.

It can definitely be broken!

Chen Ran, you can definitely do it!
On the court, Chen Ran ran with all his strength and then made a beautiful slide, leaving two long white traces.

He was just a stone's throw away from the net, flicking the ball with his racket.

The tennis ball flew very slowly, but because Chen Ran had a hidden fake move, its flight trajectory was exactly opposite to Moya's subconscious movement direction.

Easy score!

4: 1!

Chen Ran completed two breaks of serve!

"Director Sun, you should feel relieved this time." Seeing this, Tong Kexin repeated it again.

She was so happy. This time, she had no idea that Chen Ran would be able to break serve and win the game.

"Don't worry!" Sun Jinfang finally let go of her worries.

In a tennis match, if you break your opponent's serve twice in one set, you are basically guaranteed to win, unless you want to cut the spinach company's leeks.

More than ten minutes later, Chen Ran easily maintained serve for two consecutive games and won the third set with a score of 6:2.

3 is better than 0!

Chen Ran swept the former French Open champion Moya and entered the final.

On the way to promotion, he has eliminated two French Open champions and many clay court masters before reaching this point.

Likewise, this is the first Grand Slam final for an Asian player!

From now on, no matter how critical the media is, they will no longer compare Chen Ran and Mr. Date.

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(End of this chapter)