Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar
Chapter 244: Training with Sharapova for the first time, reporters were excited
Chapter 244: Training with Sharapova for the first time, reporters were excited (4K)
PS: 8K has been updated today!
……
In the future of professional tennis, even on hard courts, serving and netting will gradually fade out, at least it will no longer be the mainstream. However, on grass courts, serving and netting will always retain a place.
As Roddick said, players with big serving skills do have an advantage at Wimbledon, but this is not absolute.
For example, Djokovic is not a big-serving player, but as of 2023, Djokovic has won seven championship trophies at Wimbledon, second only to Federer's eight, ranking second in history.
But you have to know that Djokovic’s seven Grand Slams were all held after 2010, including Federer, Nadal, and Murray. You can imagine the difficulty.
Therefore, many things about competitive sports cannot be said too absolutely.
As the training progressed, Chen Ran began to gradually enter the state.
He also reciprocated the favor and returned Roddick with a few aces.
Serve the net?
Chen Ran is a master. What he needs to adapt to now is the bouncing rules of tennis balls on grass, and try to avoid falling.
Grass courts are the slipperiest courts. Although they are not as prone to injuries as hard courts, they are very easy to slip and fall, and even cause sprains due to sudden braking.
"The center of gravity... pay attention to the center of gravity!"
"Bend your knees, lower your center of gravity, hold still, and keep your body balanced!"
“Get your toes moving!”
When Chen Ran was training, Zhang Depei's voice echoed over the training ground, repeating familiar words over and over again, without any new ideas at all.
The temperature in London is still very cool, even in July, the daytime temperature rarely exceeds 7 degrees.
Chen Ran stared at the big sun, sweating profusely, and his whole body looked like it was fished out of the water, but he enjoyed everything here very much.
Sunshine, grass, white clothes.
Playing tennis here is a complete pleasure. No wonder so many people like the grass court season.
Zhang Depei looked at Chen Ran who kept hitting the ball with his bat, and he felt some surprises and surprises in his heart.
This disciple's ability to adapt to grass courts was beyond expectations, just as he was to clay courts at that time.
This is talent!
I hope a French Open champion will not let you be satisfied.
Zhang Depei's performance at Wimbledon was mediocre. This was not because he was not good at playing on grass. On the contrary, he knew how to play on grass. It was just his limited talent and the fact that there were too many grass-court experts that prevented him from breaking through to the quarterfinals.
But imagine, among the players who can break through the top eight, which one is an ordinary person.
The organizing committees of the four Grand Slams all have a common rule. As long as you reach the quarterfinals of an event, you have the right to watch the game for free, and you will still be in a box.
Zhang Depei suddenly felt a little excited when he looked at Chen Ran who was concentrating on training in front of him.
"Maybe it will be difficult this year, but maybe he can reach Wimbledon one day, and that day is not too far away."
"My disciples will realize my unfinished dream!"
This idea emerged in Zhang Depei's mind without warning.
His ambition is indeed expanding bit by bit.This idea is like a seed. Once it takes root and sprouts, it can no longer stop. It thrives in the blink of an eye and spreads wildly.
calm down!
You must calm down!
Zhang Depei began to warn himself.
He knew that he couldn't put too much pressure on Chen Ran.
Chen Ran participated in two clay court masters before participating in the French Open, but he has not played in any grass court tournaments so far, so he is obviously lacking in experience.
"The goal should be more realistic and reach the second week of Wimbledon." Zhang Depei whispered silently.
In the four Grand Slam tournaments, as long as you reach the fourth round, which is the top [-], it means that you have made it to the second week and are a Grand Slam level player.
The great thing about tennis is that there are several types of courts, allowing players of all types to find their favorite place.
The Australian Open is on slow hard courts, the French Open is on clay, Wimbledon is on grass, the US Open is on fast hard courts, and the year-end finals are on indoor hard courts.
Although Chen Ran was very lucky to win the French Open, he still has to adapt to various court styles.
Take risks, try and make mistakes, and grow.
"Time must give him enough time and space to grow, and I also need enough patience."
If Chen Ran is eliminated early at the French Open, he may choose one of the ATP250 grass-court matches to get familiar with it. But after playing 7 games at the French Open, he obviously needs more rest?
Why not choose the ATP500 grass court game?
In addition to Chen Ran's intention to make his 500 debut at the China Open, another point is that there are too many masters in the grass 500, and he might not be able to make it to the first round.
Looking at Chen Ran who was conscientious and meticulous in completing basic training.
He started to adjust his footsteps, movements and hitting habits from basic skills. The repetitive training was boring, but he devoted himself wholeheartedly, and his somewhat immature face showed great enthusiasm and concentration.
"He...maybe really was born for tennis!"
In fact, Chen Ran was also grateful for his plan.
In professional tennis, there is a famous saying called "Grand Slam syndrome."
This describes how professional players often fall into a downturn after winning their first Grand Slam championship, and continue to perform abnormally in subsequent tours and Grand Slam games.
After all, after you win a Grand Slam championship and reach the pinnacle of professional tennis, your body and mind are also impacted by the huge joy of victory.
Your tense nerves will relax a lot, which will also cause ups and downs in your state.
For example, after Li Na won the French Open in 2011, she was eliminated in the second round and first round at Wimbledon and the US Open respectively.
Such examples have happened to many Grand Slam champions.
This is the "Grand Slam Syndrome".
After Chen Ran won the French Open, he did not choose to start training immediately and then participate in the grass court tournament. In fact, there were also reasons for this.
When he returned home, he spent some time wandering to his heart's content.
Including teasing Korean reporters, going to watch Liu Xiang's game, visiting Yao Ming, and making some innuendoes at Mr. Shin, followed by intensive campus tours and speeches, interactions with the crew of "Dragon" and a series of Some high opinions on "You Tanzhi" and "Licking Dog".
This was all done intentionally by Chen Ran.
During this time, he didn't even touch the racket.
Chen Ran needs to use this method to slowly eliminate the impact of "Grand Slam Syndrome".
When two weeks passed by, Chen Ran felt that the hunger for tennis matches had returned.
He couldn't wait to pick up the tennis racket and once again devoted himself to training with enthusiasm.
So he was very focused in training and his adaption speed was amazing.Zhang Depei didn't know Chen Ran's plan, he still guided by himself: "Overall, the tactical system on grass does not need to make earth-shaking changes. It can only be slightly adjusted on the basis of hard courts, and the foundation of the entire tactical system The pace and focus are still the same.”
"You now have to increase your muscle memory through continuous training! Make sure you can react correctly when facing a low-bounce return ball."
"Coach, I understand!"
Chen Ran continued to devote himself to basic batting training. There was nothing fancy, just the basic forehand and backhand.
Get used to the rebound of the grass by playing basic shots again and again, then locally adjust your hitting habits, and adjust your shot selection according to such conditions.
This is like going back to the time when I was in college in my previous life and just started learning tennis.
vivid memory!
After the training, Chen Ran returned to the stadium after finishing the interview and signing autographs for the fans.
Early the next morning, Chen Ran came to the training ground again.
He first conducted two hours of personal training, and then began his first joint training with Sharapova.
Both Chen Ran and Sharapova understand that their focus is on singles, and mixed doubles is just the icing on the cake.
Therefore, in the allocation of training time, singles training is the main focus and doubles training is supplemented.
Tennis, like badminton, has two completely different sidelines for doubles and singles.
The distance between the singles sideline and the doubles sideline is about 1.37 meters, which also allows players to become bolder when hitting diagonal shots at large angles, which are less likely to go out of bounds anyway.
"Chen Ran actually signed up for mixed doubles!"
"My partner is actually a tall blonde beauty!"
"She seems to be taller than Chen Ran!"
"This is big news!"
The Chinese reporters who were watching began to get excited, and then they picked up their cameras and started taking special pictures of the currently unknown Sharapova.
In the eyes of these guys, this news seems to attract more attention from domestic fans than Chen Ran's participation in the men's singles at Wimbledon.
The flickering fire of gossip in his eyes has obviously begun to burn brightly.
Some senior tennis reporters immediately found information about Sharapova from the WTA official website.
"Sharapova, Russian, born in 1987, is only 16 years old now!"
The first reaction of these guys was: You are only 16 years old, Chen Ran, you are such a beast!Hey, it seems that Chen Ran is only 17 years old, so he is just the right age.
Maria Sharapova, a super star with high hopes from the WTA, has huge potential, excellent skills, and beautiful appearance.
The WTA believes that Sharapova will become a bright pearl in professional women's tennis in the future, just like Henin and Hingis.
Seeing such unstinting praise, these sports reporters in China became even more excited.
what does this mean?
The professional tennis world will welcome a golden boy and girl!
But the only regret is that Sharapova is a few centimeters taller than Chen Ran, which makes the two seem uncoordinated when standing together.
Although in the European and American world, couples in which the girl is taller than the boy are not uncommon, they are still rare in China.
If Chen Ran knew what these Chinese journalists were thinking, he would probably smash them with a tennis racket.
I didn’t even have any idea in this regard, so you just started to make things happen and set the pace, right?
There are so many mixed doubles partners in professional tennis, how many of them are lovers?
So many Chinese Golden Flowers have partnered with foreign players in later generations, but there has never been any scandal.Overall, you reporters are still fussing because you have never seen the world.
After all, among the Chinese male and female tennis players at this moment, only Chen Ran is qualified to participate in the Grand Slam main draw, and the rest have not even touched the qualifying rounds.
Li Na, who has been retired for more than half a year, although she has certain strength, can only start playing in low-level ITF competitions and has already won several championships.
But if Li Na wants to qualify for the four Grand Slams, she will have to wait until next year at the earliest.
Even if she does not have enough points by then, the Australian Open Organizing Committee may issue her a wild card for the qualifying rounds.
Therefore, Chen Ran is still fighting alone in this year's four major championships and tours.
"I have never seen the world!" Chen Ran cursed secretly again, "These guys are no different from the junior high school students in school who make fun of boys and girls when they see them walking together."
He continued to practice with Sharapova.
However, here comes the problem.
Generally speaking, in mixed doubles matches, the female players stand in the service area 1 or 2 in front of the net, while the male players stand on the baseline.
Whenever Sharapova turned her back to Chen Ran and was still half-bent... the picture was so beautiful that Chen Ran didn't dare to look directly at it.
Especially here is Wimbledon. Sharapova is wearing a white jersey and tennis skirt. When she bows, she reveals the same white... plus she will be soaked with sweat during training...
Time and time again, Chen Ran took a few deep breaths, then tried to divert his gaze, pretending to be nonchalant.
This isn't training at all, it's simply suffering!
He wanted to divert his attention, but this picture still came into his sight inadvertently.
After all, when practicing, Chen Ran's eyes must be fixed directly in front of him.
Chen Ran even hypothesized that if he was paired with Serena Williams in the mixed doubles, he should be able to be as stable as a rock and deal with it calmly.
boom!
Oops!
During training, Sharapova jumped up and tried to hit a high-pressure ball, but she obviously didn't jump high enough, causing her to miss the top.
After all, the jumping ability of female players is far from comparable to that of male players.
Chen Ran, who was already a little flustered, and his view was blocked by Sharapova who wanted to press hard, he returned the ball in a hurry without observing Sharapova's position.
The quality of the ball returned was okay, but it returned very flat, probably slightly higher than the net.
However, Sharapova blocked Chen Ran's hitting path, and she had her back turned to Chen Ran and did not see the tennis ball at all.
There was only a "pop" sound, and Chen Ran's shot hit Sharapova's butt.
Because the pants were white, there was an obvious ball mark on them.
This……
Chen Ran reacted very quickly and immediately lowered his head to pick up the ball.
Fortunately, Sharapova didn't think about anything else. She gently rubbed her sore butt and shouted: "Chen, did my position just now not be very good?"
"Yes, please adjust your position." Chen Ran came back to his senses and replied immediately.
"Okay!" Sharapova responded with an "OK" gesture, but added: "That spank you just made really hurt my butt!"
……
(End of this chapter)
PS: 8K has been updated today!
……
In the future of professional tennis, even on hard courts, serving and netting will gradually fade out, at least it will no longer be the mainstream. However, on grass courts, serving and netting will always retain a place.
As Roddick said, players with big serving skills do have an advantage at Wimbledon, but this is not absolute.
For example, Djokovic is not a big-serving player, but as of 2023, Djokovic has won seven championship trophies at Wimbledon, second only to Federer's eight, ranking second in history.
But you have to know that Djokovic’s seven Grand Slams were all held after 2010, including Federer, Nadal, and Murray. You can imagine the difficulty.
Therefore, many things about competitive sports cannot be said too absolutely.
As the training progressed, Chen Ran began to gradually enter the state.
He also reciprocated the favor and returned Roddick with a few aces.
Serve the net?
Chen Ran is a master. What he needs to adapt to now is the bouncing rules of tennis balls on grass, and try to avoid falling.
Grass courts are the slipperiest courts. Although they are not as prone to injuries as hard courts, they are very easy to slip and fall, and even cause sprains due to sudden braking.
"The center of gravity... pay attention to the center of gravity!"
"Bend your knees, lower your center of gravity, hold still, and keep your body balanced!"
“Get your toes moving!”
When Chen Ran was training, Zhang Depei's voice echoed over the training ground, repeating familiar words over and over again, without any new ideas at all.
The temperature in London is still very cool, even in July, the daytime temperature rarely exceeds 7 degrees.
Chen Ran stared at the big sun, sweating profusely, and his whole body looked like it was fished out of the water, but he enjoyed everything here very much.
Sunshine, grass, white clothes.
Playing tennis here is a complete pleasure. No wonder so many people like the grass court season.
Zhang Depei looked at Chen Ran who kept hitting the ball with his bat, and he felt some surprises and surprises in his heart.
This disciple's ability to adapt to grass courts was beyond expectations, just as he was to clay courts at that time.
This is talent!
I hope a French Open champion will not let you be satisfied.
Zhang Depei's performance at Wimbledon was mediocre. This was not because he was not good at playing on grass. On the contrary, he knew how to play on grass. It was just his limited talent and the fact that there were too many grass-court experts that prevented him from breaking through to the quarterfinals.
But imagine, among the players who can break through the top eight, which one is an ordinary person.
The organizing committees of the four Grand Slams all have a common rule. As long as you reach the quarterfinals of an event, you have the right to watch the game for free, and you will still be in a box.
Zhang Depei suddenly felt a little excited when he looked at Chen Ran who was concentrating on training in front of him.
"Maybe it will be difficult this year, but maybe he can reach Wimbledon one day, and that day is not too far away."
"My disciples will realize my unfinished dream!"
This idea emerged in Zhang Depei's mind without warning.
His ambition is indeed expanding bit by bit.This idea is like a seed. Once it takes root and sprouts, it can no longer stop. It thrives in the blink of an eye and spreads wildly.
calm down!
You must calm down!
Zhang Depei began to warn himself.
He knew that he couldn't put too much pressure on Chen Ran.
Chen Ran participated in two clay court masters before participating in the French Open, but he has not played in any grass court tournaments so far, so he is obviously lacking in experience.
"The goal should be more realistic and reach the second week of Wimbledon." Zhang Depei whispered silently.
In the four Grand Slam tournaments, as long as you reach the fourth round, which is the top [-], it means that you have made it to the second week and are a Grand Slam level player.
The great thing about tennis is that there are several types of courts, allowing players of all types to find their favorite place.
The Australian Open is on slow hard courts, the French Open is on clay, Wimbledon is on grass, the US Open is on fast hard courts, and the year-end finals are on indoor hard courts.
Although Chen Ran was very lucky to win the French Open, he still has to adapt to various court styles.
Take risks, try and make mistakes, and grow.
"Time must give him enough time and space to grow, and I also need enough patience."
If Chen Ran is eliminated early at the French Open, he may choose one of the ATP250 grass-court matches to get familiar with it. But after playing 7 games at the French Open, he obviously needs more rest?
Why not choose the ATP500 grass court game?
In addition to Chen Ran's intention to make his 500 debut at the China Open, another point is that there are too many masters in the grass 500, and he might not be able to make it to the first round.
Looking at Chen Ran who was conscientious and meticulous in completing basic training.
He started to adjust his footsteps, movements and hitting habits from basic skills. The repetitive training was boring, but he devoted himself wholeheartedly, and his somewhat immature face showed great enthusiasm and concentration.
"He...maybe really was born for tennis!"
In fact, Chen Ran was also grateful for his plan.
In professional tennis, there is a famous saying called "Grand Slam syndrome."
This describes how professional players often fall into a downturn after winning their first Grand Slam championship, and continue to perform abnormally in subsequent tours and Grand Slam games.
After all, after you win a Grand Slam championship and reach the pinnacle of professional tennis, your body and mind are also impacted by the huge joy of victory.
Your tense nerves will relax a lot, which will also cause ups and downs in your state.
For example, after Li Na won the French Open in 2011, she was eliminated in the second round and first round at Wimbledon and the US Open respectively.
Such examples have happened to many Grand Slam champions.
This is the "Grand Slam Syndrome".
After Chen Ran won the French Open, he did not choose to start training immediately and then participate in the grass court tournament. In fact, there were also reasons for this.
When he returned home, he spent some time wandering to his heart's content.
Including teasing Korean reporters, going to watch Liu Xiang's game, visiting Yao Ming, and making some innuendoes at Mr. Shin, followed by intensive campus tours and speeches, interactions with the crew of "Dragon" and a series of Some high opinions on "You Tanzhi" and "Licking Dog".
This was all done intentionally by Chen Ran.
During this time, he didn't even touch the racket.
Chen Ran needs to use this method to slowly eliminate the impact of "Grand Slam Syndrome".
When two weeks passed by, Chen Ran felt that the hunger for tennis matches had returned.
He couldn't wait to pick up the tennis racket and once again devoted himself to training with enthusiasm.
So he was very focused in training and his adaption speed was amazing.Zhang Depei didn't know Chen Ran's plan, he still guided by himself: "Overall, the tactical system on grass does not need to make earth-shaking changes. It can only be slightly adjusted on the basis of hard courts, and the foundation of the entire tactical system The pace and focus are still the same.”
"You now have to increase your muscle memory through continuous training! Make sure you can react correctly when facing a low-bounce return ball."
"Coach, I understand!"
Chen Ran continued to devote himself to basic batting training. There was nothing fancy, just the basic forehand and backhand.
Get used to the rebound of the grass by playing basic shots again and again, then locally adjust your hitting habits, and adjust your shot selection according to such conditions.
This is like going back to the time when I was in college in my previous life and just started learning tennis.
vivid memory!
After the training, Chen Ran returned to the stadium after finishing the interview and signing autographs for the fans.
Early the next morning, Chen Ran came to the training ground again.
He first conducted two hours of personal training, and then began his first joint training with Sharapova.
Both Chen Ran and Sharapova understand that their focus is on singles, and mixed doubles is just the icing on the cake.
Therefore, in the allocation of training time, singles training is the main focus and doubles training is supplemented.
Tennis, like badminton, has two completely different sidelines for doubles and singles.
The distance between the singles sideline and the doubles sideline is about 1.37 meters, which also allows players to become bolder when hitting diagonal shots at large angles, which are less likely to go out of bounds anyway.
"Chen Ran actually signed up for mixed doubles!"
"My partner is actually a tall blonde beauty!"
"She seems to be taller than Chen Ran!"
"This is big news!"
The Chinese reporters who were watching began to get excited, and then they picked up their cameras and started taking special pictures of the currently unknown Sharapova.
In the eyes of these guys, this news seems to attract more attention from domestic fans than Chen Ran's participation in the men's singles at Wimbledon.
The flickering fire of gossip in his eyes has obviously begun to burn brightly.
Some senior tennis reporters immediately found information about Sharapova from the WTA official website.
"Sharapova, Russian, born in 1987, is only 16 years old now!"
The first reaction of these guys was: You are only 16 years old, Chen Ran, you are such a beast!Hey, it seems that Chen Ran is only 17 years old, so he is just the right age.
Maria Sharapova, a super star with high hopes from the WTA, has huge potential, excellent skills, and beautiful appearance.
The WTA believes that Sharapova will become a bright pearl in professional women's tennis in the future, just like Henin and Hingis.
Seeing such unstinting praise, these sports reporters in China became even more excited.
what does this mean?
The professional tennis world will welcome a golden boy and girl!
But the only regret is that Sharapova is a few centimeters taller than Chen Ran, which makes the two seem uncoordinated when standing together.
Although in the European and American world, couples in which the girl is taller than the boy are not uncommon, they are still rare in China.
If Chen Ran knew what these Chinese journalists were thinking, he would probably smash them with a tennis racket.
I didn’t even have any idea in this regard, so you just started to make things happen and set the pace, right?
There are so many mixed doubles partners in professional tennis, how many of them are lovers?
So many Chinese Golden Flowers have partnered with foreign players in later generations, but there has never been any scandal.Overall, you reporters are still fussing because you have never seen the world.
After all, among the Chinese male and female tennis players at this moment, only Chen Ran is qualified to participate in the Grand Slam main draw, and the rest have not even touched the qualifying rounds.
Li Na, who has been retired for more than half a year, although she has certain strength, can only start playing in low-level ITF competitions and has already won several championships.
But if Li Na wants to qualify for the four Grand Slams, she will have to wait until next year at the earliest.
Even if she does not have enough points by then, the Australian Open Organizing Committee may issue her a wild card for the qualifying rounds.
Therefore, Chen Ran is still fighting alone in this year's four major championships and tours.
"I have never seen the world!" Chen Ran cursed secretly again, "These guys are no different from the junior high school students in school who make fun of boys and girls when they see them walking together."
He continued to practice with Sharapova.
However, here comes the problem.
Generally speaking, in mixed doubles matches, the female players stand in the service area 1 or 2 in front of the net, while the male players stand on the baseline.
Whenever Sharapova turned her back to Chen Ran and was still half-bent... the picture was so beautiful that Chen Ran didn't dare to look directly at it.
Especially here is Wimbledon. Sharapova is wearing a white jersey and tennis skirt. When she bows, she reveals the same white... plus she will be soaked with sweat during training...
Time and time again, Chen Ran took a few deep breaths, then tried to divert his gaze, pretending to be nonchalant.
This isn't training at all, it's simply suffering!
He wanted to divert his attention, but this picture still came into his sight inadvertently.
After all, when practicing, Chen Ran's eyes must be fixed directly in front of him.
Chen Ran even hypothesized that if he was paired with Serena Williams in the mixed doubles, he should be able to be as stable as a rock and deal with it calmly.
boom!
Oops!
During training, Sharapova jumped up and tried to hit a high-pressure ball, but she obviously didn't jump high enough, causing her to miss the top.
After all, the jumping ability of female players is far from comparable to that of male players.
Chen Ran, who was already a little flustered, and his view was blocked by Sharapova who wanted to press hard, he returned the ball in a hurry without observing Sharapova's position.
The quality of the ball returned was okay, but it returned very flat, probably slightly higher than the net.
However, Sharapova blocked Chen Ran's hitting path, and she had her back turned to Chen Ran and did not see the tennis ball at all.
There was only a "pop" sound, and Chen Ran's shot hit Sharapova's butt.
Because the pants were white, there was an obvious ball mark on them.
This……
Chen Ran reacted very quickly and immediately lowered his head to pick up the ball.
Fortunately, Sharapova didn't think about anything else. She gently rubbed her sore butt and shouted: "Chen, did my position just now not be very good?"
"Yes, please adjust your position." Chen Ran came back to his senses and replied immediately.
"Okay!" Sharapova responded with an "OK" gesture, but added: "That spank you just made really hurt my butt!"
……
(End of this chapter)
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