Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 231 Dream comes true, win the French Open! (4K)

While resting between sets, for some reason Chen Ran's heartbeat began to accelerate and his breathing began to become rapid.

calm down!

Must be calm!

He didn't feel it at first, but when the championship was only one step away, Chen Ran couldn't help but become nervous.

In comparison, Federer looked as pale as water.

Falling behind in two sets was not enough for Federer to give up the game, even if he lost 6 points in a row in the tie-break of the second set.

In Grand Slam level events, there are many examples of falling behind in two sets and then fighting back.

So even if he was leading 2-0 and even if victory was in sight, Chen Ran didn't dare to take it lightly.

“能3比0的比赛，为什么要3比2或者3比1呢？”陈然没有一点让费德勒赢一盘的想法。

Don't think that if it's 2 to 1, you still look like you're in the lead. By then, the opponent's momentum will be fully up.

This is the final of a Grand Slam. It can be decided quickly, so why bother with long nights and long dreams?
So, Chen Ran immediately poured the water from the bottle into his palm, and then wiped a few handfuls vigorously on his face.

The slightly exaggerated movement made Federer look sideways, showing surprise.

what is he doing

Federer certainly didn't expect that Chen Ran would feel uneasy when he was leading two sets.

Normally, as a top player at such an important moment of the game, he has generally entered a state of selflessness and has long forgotten his nervous emotions.

Especially someone like Chen Ran, who has won three Masters championships, should be able to face this situation calmly.

However, Chen Ran is reborn. When the memories of the past life and this life merge together, and when the once-out-of-reach dream becomes close at hand, he will feel all kinds of feelings in his heart.

After all, I was ordinary and mediocre in my previous life, but now I am only one step away from winning the French Open.

Federer cannot understand this feeling.

The two-minute break between sets passed in a flash, and players from both sides continued to walk onto the court.

"What's wrong with him?" Federer scratched his hair and looked confused, "Is it possible that Chen Ran is nervous? He is still too young, or..."

He himself has no experience of winning the second set first in a Grand Slam final. Maybe he will be nervous even though he is in a different place.

Looking at Chen Ran who looked tense, he thought so in his heart.

This should be an opportunity, right?
Federer quickly realized this.

Having already reached this point, his first consideration should be to get back a set, and other messy things have nothing to do with him.

If Chen Ran's mood really fluctuates, Federer would obviously like to see it.

At the beginning of the third set, Federer took the lead in serving.

"2-0 is not time to celebrate!"

Chen Ran was not the only one who had such an idea. C5 host Zhan Jun also spoke nervously.

Li Na, the guest commentator on the side, joked: "Fortunately, women's tennis has never won three out of five sets."

Jiang Shan also jumped in: "I have never played a best-of-five set, because I have never participated in a Grand Slam main draw."

The atmosphere in the live broadcast room relaxed a bit.

"Oh, what a pity!"

Zhan Jun slapped his thigh regretfully, "Even though Chen Ran scored 6 points in a row in the second set tie-break, Federer's morale didn't seem to be affected. He's so tenacious."

This was a round that lasted more than 20 beats.

In the end, Federer won the first game with an elegant and freehand ball.

Chen Ran briefly led 30:15, but Federer won three points in a row to maintain serve.

After the exchange of venues, Chen Ran kept his head down and said nothing, his brows furrowed.

In the first game, Federer still maintained an excellent competitive state.

And what about himself?Because of the nervousness and uneasiness, the state was somewhat ups and downs.

In some rounds Chen Ran's condition was very good, while in other rounds his condition fluctuated.

Of course, he didn't expect to break serve in his opponent's first serve.

Fortunately, after the battle just now, his emotions calmed down and his concentration began to pick up again.

"Forget the first two sets. In the third set, everything starts over!" Chen Ran closed his eyes and muttered something.

He just stood there with his racket in hand, his eyes closed tightly.

After waiting for a long time, Chen Ran stood there like a wooden figure, motionless.

"Is this Chinese man doing something wrong? Why hasn't the game started yet?" The Parisian audience at the scene began to whisper, and some even booed.

At this time, even Federer, who had always been gentle and elegant, showed some dissatisfaction.

After a while, he began to play tennis slowly again, seeming to have forgotten the time.

clap clap~
clap clap~
Finally, the referee's patience ran out and he gave Chen Ran a warning not to delay any longer.

"I understand!" Chen Ran took a deep breath and stretched out his hand in understanding.

The boos, coupled with the referee's warning, actually calmed him down.

No one knows that this is Chen Ran's conscious psychological warfare.

He needs these little episodes to stir up his emotions.

In Chen Ran's next service game, he only allowed Federer to score one point and then maintained serve relatively easily.

This strong performance also made the Chinese fans in front of the TV can't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, if it hadn't been for the little episode just now, it would not have been easy for me to mobilize my state to maintain my hair."

Chen Ran murmured in his heart as he walked.

No matter what, it's better than throwing a racket to vent your emotions.

"After entering the third set, Chen Ran, who was under huge pressure, still maintained a very good competitive state." Zhan Jun, who explained the game, finally said with confidence, "The scene at the beginning was really disappointing. I'm a little worried."

At this time, even Chen Hei on the Internet sarcastically said: "Chen Ran's method worked!"

"Have you forgotten Chen Ran's nickname, Master Chen!"

"You are worthy of Master Chen for doing something right at the critical moment of the game."

If Chen Ran knew what Chen Hei said on the Internet, he would retort: ​​"This is not a practice, it is just meditation."

After the future Djokovic reached the peak of his career, he also fell in love with meditation.

It's just that Chen Ran, who has always been a bold artist, directly moved his meditation to the court.

He deliberately asked the referee to give him a warning.

Of course, it's only this once.

If you are warned again, you may face penalty points.

The trend in the third set was still very anxious.

In the third and fourth games, the score reached 40 to 40. Fortunately, both sides secured serve without any danger.

Then, things changed in the fifth inning.

After the two sides reached 40-40 again, Chen Ran, who was in full swing, broke serve first and led Federer 3-2.

At this time, even as calm as CCTV, he could not restrain his excitement and began to look forward to the final victory.

Chen Ran only needed to hold serve in all subsequent service games to win the set.

The French Open championship trophy begins to beckon.

Federer has been pushed to the edge of the cliff by Chen Ran.

But in a desperate situation, Federer took off his burden and began a desperate counterattack.

In his desperate attempt, he once again showed his extraordinary performance.

Every time he scored a point, whether it was his own winning point or Chen Ran's mistake, Federer continued to cheer for himself, shouting with his voice, and his momentum and energy seemed to be finally released.

After Chen Ran succeeded in breaking serve, Federer succeeded in breaking serve immediately.

The two sides drew again!

Then, what shocked the audience was that perhaps Federer had tried his best to complete the break.His state fluctuated during his serving game.

Chen Ran knew it was a bit risky, but he still gritted his teeth and completed the break.

"The opportunity has appeared again!" The interest of the Chinese fans at the scene was once again aroused by Chen Ran, waving the national flag excitedly.

But what the audience did not expect was that what happened to Federer happened to Chen Ran again.

Obviously, in such a fierce confrontation, it is very difficult to maintain a high quality of serve.

When the quality of your serve deteriorates, your opponent is often the first to catch it.

Federer scored 3 points in a row after losing one point first, and then took advantage of his opponent's first serve error to use the "SABR" tactic that Chen Ran is good at to suddenly hit the opponent with a cold arrow.

4 is better than 4!

The two sides drew again!

It was simply an ups and downs.

The exciting scene of mutual destruction is a constant climax for neutral fans in Paris, but for Chinese fans, they cannot stand this excitement.

After reaching 4 to 4, neither Chen Ran nor Federer dared to exert force rashly.

Because after reaching this score, once you are broken again, if you don't break back immediately, the set will be over.

Similarly, if Chen Ran raises the gear again and tries hard, but fails to break serve, it will also affect his ability to maintain serve in the service game.

So both sides are very cautious.

5 is better than 5!

The game went into extra innings again.

In the No. 11 game, Federer overcame his physical bottleneck and was as brave as ever, using a "love game" to secure serve.

5 is better than 6!

Then, in Chen Ran's sixth service game, Federer seemed to have a mental shadow about the "tiebreak" and was unwilling to enter the tiebreak again, so he launched a crazy offensive against Chen Ran.

Chen Ran scored the first ball straight away, leading 15:0.

But starting from the second ball, the situation changed.

Federer first broke Chen Ran's prediction with a straight forehand attack, pressing the outside of the sideline to score a point.

Then, Chen Ran's forehand attack missed the baseline slightly.

The referee went to the spot where the tennis ball landed and confirmed that the ball had gone out of bounds.

Immediately afterwards, Federer's lucky ball landed in Chen Ran's half, giving Chen Ran no chance at all.

It's a bit unlucky. If any one of them is favored by the goddess of luck, it will have a fatal impact.

Federer also gained two break points and a set point.

"Roger...how much do you not want to play a tiebreaker?" Chen Ran's intuition told him that Federer had burned almost all his energy and wanted to break him for the third time in this set.

As long as these two break points can be saved, the balance of victory will completely tip to oneself.

da da da~
Facing a break point, Chen Ran adjusted his rhythm again.

After just three shots, he started serving.

It kind of messed up Federer's return of serve.

boom!
ACE ball!
Chen Ran saved a break point.

30: 40!

Chen Ran then served.

I saw him shaking his arm, giving the impression that his arm was very sore.

"Is there something wrong with his arm? We must seize this break point."

As soon as this idea flashed through Federer's mind, the speeding tennis ball passed by him like a cannonball.

"..."

Another ACE ball!
When faced with two consecutive break points, Chen Ran used two ACE balls to save the situation.

Until this moment, Federer finally realized that Chen Ran was playing psychological warfare again.

This cunning Chinese boy!
After 40 to 40, it means that his advantage in this round is gone.

The originally rock-solid mentality finally began to fluctuate.

Even faced with Chen Ran's fiery serving touch, even the host on the scene lamented that the balance of victory had completely tilted towards Chen Ran.

Chen Ran continued to serve, with strong external spin and tricky angles, forcing Federer's return to be flat and low.

He took a few steps directly, hit a backslash, and scored another point.

AD: 40!

game point!
“Win another point, go to the tie-break, and then go all out!”

Chen Ran muttered something silently and waved the racket again.

Federer is ready to fight to the death again!

Tatata!
When facing Chen Ran's serve, he chose to attack.

Return ball, inbounds!
Chen Ran, who was highly concentrated, was moving quickly, stopping momentarily.

Kick the ground!Swing the racket!Push block!

boom! boom! boom!
Waves of crisp hitting sounds continued to be heard.

The players on both sides were in a stalemate for more than ten shots.

But under Chen Ran's fierce offensive, Federer's always strong one-handed backhand returned the ball out of bounds.

Keep it up!

6: 6!

The two sides entered the tiebreaker again.

In the second set, the good situation was reversed by Chen Ran.

In the third set, it was also a good situation, but Chen Ran once again made a desperate counterattack.

Almost the same process.

Federer, who has always maintained an elegant temperament, finally lost his temper and threw his racket.

Today's Federer is not the future King Federer. Although he has transformed, he is far from reaching his peak. Under Chen Ran's repeated reversals under extreme pressure, his mentality has collapsed.

Chen Ran, who scored 4 consecutive points to secure serve, knew that the moment he had dreamed of was approaching.

In the tie-break, he was unstoppable and poured out all the remaining energy he had accumulated.

Yes, Chen Ran no longer wants to hold back, nor does he want to play the fourth set.

Compared to Federer, whose mentality was a bit broken, Chen Ran was surging and focused as never before.

6: 2!

Chen Ran reached his match point with an absolute advantage, and he held the service point.

He slowly threw the tennis ball up again, then turned and swung the racket!

One zone, one inside corner, suppressing the backhand.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Ran faced Federer's return and swung vigorously again, this time to suppress the forehand.

With his high-quality serve, Chen Ran was like a rhythm master, mobilizing Federer to run back and forth on both sides of the baseline.

In the end, under Chen Ran's extreme pressure, Federer returned a half-high ball.

Chen Ran jumped high and hit a high-pressure ball in the air!
3: 0!

Match point, fulfilled!

At this moment, he raised his hands high!
The dream that was once out of reach has finally come true!
……

PS: Originally, I thought the protagonist would win 3 to 2 with difficulty in this final, but after thinking about it, I was still disappointed. This is one of them.Secondly, you see the LOL Bangzi won 3-0, and the men’s football team Bangzi also won 3-0, so let me win 3-0 too! 3-0 was the perfect match to win the first Grand Slam as a protagonist.

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