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Chapter 252 Subverted Wimbledon, Federer’s tears (8K completed)

"Oh, Maria, please be gentle, I can't breathe..." Chen Ran shouted helplessly, feeling Sharapova's tall and plump body squeezing against his own.

Perhaps the countless LSP fans in front of the TV are envious of Chen Ran and even drool.

However, Chen Ran at this moment was not as happy as they imagined.

After the excited Sharapova hugged Chen Ran and pressed him on her body, she kept squeezing forward.

slap~
Chen Ran felt uncomfortable being pressed by this little girl, so he had no choice but to stretch out his palm and slap the prominent protruding position.

"Maria, you are just a mixed doubles champion, not a singles champion, so there is no need to be so rude." He had no choice but to remind him again, "You are aiming to become the number one player in the world."

Sharapova finally came to her senses.

Yes, I want to be the number one woman in the world. How can I lose my composure for a mere mixed doubles champion?

Sharapova immediately got up, but due to the slippery grass court, the little girl just got up, her legs and feet slipped, and she fell on Chen Ran again.

The flaming red lips were printed directly on Chen Ran's face, leaving a red lip mark.

Chen Ran raised his hands, as if "I am innocent" and "she forced me".

This scene was also broadcast throughout China through CCTV live broadcast.

"Is this hairy girl so horny? She had sex right on the lawn..." Some netizens were stunned and expressed surprise.

"Rakshasa demon girl, let Chen Ran go, come to me if you can!" This is the envy of netizens, who can't wait to replace her.

As for the Chinese reporters at the scene, seeing this scene was like seeing the "rebirth of the dinosaurs", and they kept pressing the shutter with excitement.

"Oh, I'm sorry...Chen Ran, I didn't mean it." Sharapova stood up immediately and apologized.

Chen Ran also stood up with "difficulty", and then patted the grass stained on his jersey and shorts.

This was the first time in his past life that he had such close contact with a hairy girl.

"It's okay... I won't embarrass a 16-year-old Russian girl." Chen Ran waved his hand grandly.

Yes, he can forgive the unintentional behavior of a 16-year-old girl, but if it is a 36-year-old Russian aunt, then he will definitely pursue the other party's frivolous fault.

He is such a simple and pure person.

At this moment, Sharapova, who seemed innocent, did not hear the underlying meaning of Chen Ran's words, and still seemed very excited: "Thank you very much... I know that I didn't contribute much in this mixed doubles competition."

Generally speaking, in tennis mixed doubles matches, male players are basically the ones doing the work, which is completely different from table tennis mixed doubles and badminton mixed doubles.

In the latter two, at least the female players also have to keep running and hitting the ball.

In terms of differences between men and women, tennis is far greater than table tennis and badminton.

However, there is also a rule in the world of sports. The greater the difference in spectatorship between men and women, the higher the degree of professionalism and commercialization.

The prize money for the mixed doubles competition is 10 pounds. Even though Chen Ran contributed more, the male and female players are still divided equally, 5 pounds each.

So for many top players, mixed doubles matches can only be used to warm up and earn a little pocket money.

"With this bonus, the sponsors will be happy and my dad will have less burden. At least for a while, he won't have to work two jobs."

"Congratulations, that's a good thing."

Chen Ran nodded, and then comforted himself: "5 pounds is more than Liu Xiang's prize money for winning the World Championships."

Sharapova blinked and asked expectantly: "Chen Ran, for the US Open...will we still form a team then?"

The US Open is the finale of the four Grand Slams!

It is the youngest Grand Slam tournament, held since 1978, and also has the highest prize money among the Grand Slam tournaments.

"I think... we should focus on singles." Chen Ran gave his own explanation. "The US Open is the last event of the four Grand Slams, which also means that this season has entered the end."

"Both you and I will be very tired physically and mentally by then, so we'd better focus on singles."

After hearing this, Sharapova tilted her head and thought about it, and felt that it made sense.

She also knows that her focus is still on singles. Whether it is a mixed doubles or women's doubles championship, no matter how much she wins, it is not as meaningful as a singles championship.

The world of professional tennis is so cruel. Only singles champions can become real stars.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Ran and Sharapova took over the mixed doubles championship trophy with a smile, and their cooperation journey came to an end for the time being.

During this trip to Wimbledon, Chen Ran took away a total of 25 pounds, a mixed doubles championship, and a member of Wimbledon's "Quality Eight Club".

In this era, the British pound was extremely strong, with an exchange rate of 1:1.6 to the U.S. dollar. Chen Ran's 25 pounds was equivalent to 40 U.S. dollars.

Chen Ran thought that tomorrow was the men's singles final at Wimbledon, and he had the right to watch it for free in a small box, so he decided to stay for another day.

The two sides in this final are 21-year-old Roddick and 22-year-old Federer.

Chen Ran was also somewhat curious. It remains to be seen whether Federer will follow the trajectory of his previous life and aspire to win Wimbledon, or Roddick, who is in full swing, will suddenly emerge.

This final is seen as a contest between European tennis and American tennis.

Although Chen Ran failed to enter the finals, which greatly reduced the interest of Chinese reporters, due to the increasing popularity of tennis in China, many Chinese reporters came to the scene.

"Chen Ran, what do you think of this final?"

"Who do you think will win the championship?"

"Chen Ran, if you and Roddick are in two halves, will you and him meet in the final?"

When Chen Ran came to the finals venue wearing casual clothes, a group of Chinese reporters immediately swarmed up and surrounded him.

"Both of them are talented players. It's normal for whoever wins." Chen Ran said without missing a beat.

"Then who do you support to win the championship?" someone continued to ask.

"I hope it will be a good final, that's all."

After answering this sentence, Chen Ran passed through the somewhat crowded crowd of reporters and walked into his small private room amidst the envious eyes of countless people.

This is a unique treatment for members of the "Top Eight Club".

"Let's take a closer look first."

"These two guys will be long-term competitors in the future."

Even if Roddick retires at the age of 30 like in his previous life, he can still maintain his peak period for five or six years. Such an opponent should not be underestimated and can become a giant killer at any time.

Chen Ran found that Federer's face was a bit serious, as if Roddick had put a lot of pressure on him.

Having reached the finals at the French Open and Wimbledon consecutively, Federer is now the most representative player in Europe.

But Roddick, who is one year younger than Federer, has been hailed as a super genius since his debut. Coupled with the strong public opinion offensive of the American sports media, Roddick's reputation has overshadowed Federer for a long time.

Especially before this final, the Yankee, who has always been arrogant and used to being arrogant, has almost concluded that the Wimbledon championship is already in Roddick's bag. After all, the latter's condition is too hot.On the way to the finals, the only challenge Roddick faced was Chen Ran.

As for Federer, although he reached the final, he experienced another five-set battle in the semi-finals.

How could this guy stop Roddick?

"Tennis for Roddick is coming!"

"Of course, except for the damn clay courts, that may be Chen Ran's world."

The arrogant American media still retains some sense.

So who will be Roddick's successor?Not Agassi, but Sampras.

A tennis king who has won fourteen Grand Slam championships but no French Open.

Roddick will be the next scientific tennis king.

After all, Britain and the United States are of the same origin. All the bad habits of British journalists are shared by American journalists.

Of course this made Federer quite angry.

This kind of pressure is invisible, and its impact is also not small.

After the final started, Roddick had a clear advantage in momentum and offense.

boom!
A serve with a speed of 220+ kilometers allowed Federer to make no save action at all and walked directly to the other side of the court with his head lowered.

boom!
Another serve with a speed of 210+ kilometers, this time Federer walked directly to the opposite half.

Roddick played another simple and violent "love game" to save his serve.

"It's strange, Roger seems to be under a lot of pressure." Chen Ran touched his chin, frowning and thinking.

This is a private box. Chen Ran can bring his relatives and friends in, or he can have a room to himself.

Chen Ran chose to be alone without hesitation, enjoying the finals while occasionally drinking drinks and eating snacks, which was very comfortable.

"Could it be the sequelae of the last French Open final?" Such a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

This is also normal.

In his previous life, Federer won all seven Grand Slam finals in his career, an incredible seven consecutive championships.

Of course, there is also an important reason here. In the first few years of his peak period, he was unable to break into the French Open finals dominated by Nadal.

But in this time and space, the French Open became the first Grand Slam final that Federer entered. Although every set between him and Chen Ran was very fierce and the gap was very small, the result was still swept by Chen Ran 3-0.

This blow was a bit big for Federer, and it also affected his mentality.

Therefore, after Federer entered the Grand Slam final for the second time, he faced Roddick, who entered the Grand Slam final for the first time. Perhaps due to psychological pressure, he was actually overwhelmed by the opponent in terms of momentum.

Another sharp attack like a cannon!
an excited Roddick yelled.

5: 3!

He breaks serve first!
After that, there was no suspense in his own serve, and Roddick sent another ACE, a straight serve.

6: 3!

Roddick easily took the first set.

Chen Ran in the private room shook his head secretly: "Roger's competitive state is not even as good as in the semi-finals. In addition to psychological pressure, maybe the five-set battle in the last game also had an impact."

罗迪克在前六场比赛里，是一个3比2，两个3比1，三个3比0；费德勒在前六场比赛里是两个3比2，三个3比1，一个3比0。

Judging from the score, Roddick seemed much more relaxed.

His biggest challenge comes from Chen Ran.

"If there is no improvement in the second set, this game will be decided." Chen Ran thought helplessly.

Today's Federer is far from his peak, and he has no psychological advantage at all when facing Roddick. What can he do to "make two chase three"?

The second set continues.

Federer's condition recovered somewhat and he was the first to break serve.

But when Roddick fell behind 4-5 and faced Federer's fifth serve that was unbreakable, he launched a desperate counterattack.

The powerful two-handed backhand was at home on the grass court, firmly suppressing Federer's backhand.

After seven or eight rounds of fierce fighting between the two sides, as Federer returned the ball to the net, Roddick completed the break at the critical moment.

After 5-5, it was 6-6 again, and then the two sides entered a tiebreaker.

Roddick, who was more energetic, was the one who performed better in the tie-break. He won the tie-break 7:3 and took a 2-0 lead.

"Tie-break..." Chen Ran remembered the quarter-final match between himself and Roddick. The two sets he won were all tie-breaks.

This also helped Roddick accumulate valuable tie-break experience in another aspect.

"It's 2-0, Roger is at his wits end."

Chen Ran shook his head secretly.

Sure enough, after the start of the third set, when Roddick faced his first Grand Slam championship within easy reach, he felt like he was on fire and was extremely excited.

In contrast, when Roddick was one step away from victory in the second set, Federer's mood and state went up and down.

He didn't even have the toughness he had when playing against Chen Ran in the French Open final. After all, the third set that day also brought huge trouble to Chen Ran.

6: 2!

This was the third set, and Roddick even broke Federer twice.

Since the French Open final, the Wimbledon final was another simple and brutal 3-0, and even the background wall of these two times was Federer.

After winning the championship, Roddick excitedly threw his tennis racket into the sky.

He even grabbed the microphone directly from the Sky Sports host, and then shouted excitedly at the broadcast camera: "Paris Hilton, you bitch, did you see this? Didn't you say that I can't get it in this life?" Grand Slam? Now I’ve got it!”

"You must be disappointed and shocked!"

"Brother doesn't care if you are the heir to the Hilton Hotel! Come over here and kneel at my feet!"

This guy was so proud that he forgot about it, while Federer on the other side was rubbing his eyes and seemed to be crying.

Chen Ran in the private room covered his face and couldn't bear to look directly.

Then a thought flashed across his mind, wasn't it because of my relationship that affected Roddick, but because of that bitch Hilton?
Or maybe both of them stimulated Roddick?
A subverted Wimbledon!
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(End of this chapter)