Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 271 The despair from the Swiss guy

Swiss brother Wawrinka was left out in the cold and no one cared about him.

Especially since this guy was wearing a pair of extremely ugly floral underpants and standing alone on the court, he looked particularly eye-catching.

Obviously the three of us are under the age of twenty, but the amount of attention we receive is really different.

This powerful host didn't even ask Wawrinka a single question. He focused all his attention on Chen Ran and the big black man named James.

Looking at the chattering host, Wawrinka wanted to ask: Can the game start?
  However, today's Chen Ran and James are both rising stars that Nike is touting, and they will also be front-level figures in the future. Nike intends to increase interaction in this area.

Both of them knew this very well.

Chen Ran's success actually gave James confidence.

The opponent is so young and has already won a Grand Slam championship and became the world's number one.

So it’s not too much to become the boss of the Cavaliers in the first year, right?
  Who has any objection?

Then I'll ask the manager to trade him out.

"Chen Ran, welcome to come to Cleveland to watch my games in the future!" James said very enthusiastically and hugged Chen Ran.

"Yes, I will definitely come and see it when I have the chance." Chen Ran also responded with pretending to be enthusiastic.

But he silently muttered in his heart, when the day comes that I actually come to Cleveland to watch the game, are you sure you are still with the Cavaliers?
  After the interaction, James left the court.

As for the Swiss boy Wawrinka on the side, he was ignored by the young classmate Xiao Zhan.

If you're not a Grand Slam champion, you don't deserve to be his brother!

Fortunately, the Swiss guy had a good attitude and was not frustrated by being ignored by this big black man.

At only 18 years old, he has achieved his goal by breaking into the second round of the US Open, and can now go into battle with ease.

At the Rome Masters, Wawrinka defeated the then favorite Chen Ran, which was considered a blockbuster.

He naturally hopes to continue the miracle in this confrontation.

Chen Ran looked around indifferently and frankly said that the number of people at this game was smaller than the first game.

After all, although Wawrinka is somewhat famous, he is not an American player after all, and it is difficult for too many discerning American audiences to pay for it.

At this moment, compared to Chen Ran who looked calm and calm, Wawrinka already had a serious look on his face.

The attention and heated discussions on and off the court, as well as the grand opening of the Grand Slam tournament, have had little impact on Chen Ran, who is only seventeen years old.

Surrounded by countless noises and hustle and bustle, Chen Ran was still able to deal with it with ease.

For today's Chen Ran, whether he is nervous or excited, it is no longer difficult to control his emotions and stay focused.

Of course, Chen Ran still had a bit of excitement and expectation in his body.

Wawrinka and Chen Ran are the same age, and in his previous life, he was a three-time Grand Slam winner, one each at the Australian Open, French Open, and US Open.

In a Grand Slam arena, being able to play against such a famous player from the past is something that makes Chen Ran extremely excited.

Wawrinka on the opposite side also vaguely realized that Chen Ran's eyes seemed to have changed. The invisible pressure that the other party brought to him made him feel that the Chen Ran in front of him seemed to be a completely different person from the Chen Ran who played against him in the Rome Masters that day. people.

Grand Slam level competitive status?
  Even though Wawrinka is in his first year on tour, he has heard the term.

Indeed, Chen Ran occasionally gets some unexpected upsets on tour, but in Grand Slam-level competitions, he has never been upset!

The only match Chen Ran lost at the Grand Slam level was to the mighty Roddick at Wimbledon, and the latter was the Wimbledon champion, so this was not an upset.

The other party is terrifyingly stable!
  Unknowingly, even though Wawrinka had an advantage in the head-to-head record against Chen Ran, there was still some pressure in his heart. This was brought to Wawrinka invisibly by Chen Ran.

Wawrinka also realized that the victory at the Rome Masters was nothing.

Facing the uniform applause of the audience in the stands, Chen Ran gently threw the tennis ball up.

"Is this the appeal of the No. [-] seed?"

"It seems like everyone in the audience is cheering him on..."

Wawrinka thought helplessly.

Soon after just a few rounds, Wawrinka felt a strong sense of oppression, mixed with a trace of despair.

Could it be that Chen Ran wanted to take back the loss in the Rome Masters with a profit?

On the court, Chen Ran was dressed in white, but his whole temperament seemed extremely cold.

Iron-blooded, tough and sharp.

This is the impression Chen Ran brought to the audience in the first few games.

Chen Ran easily won the first serve and calmly broke Wawrinka's first serve, but it was far more than that.

Amid the exclamations of the audience, Chen Ran completed the astonishing feat of breaking serve twice in a row.

He led 5-0 in the first set.

Although Wawrinka saved his third serve, Chen Ran's intuition told him that he consciously gave up the third break in order to preserve his physical strength.

6: 1!

This is the score of the first set, it is extremely disparity!
  "Aside from Chen Ran, is this the strongest post-85s generation?" This is the thought of many American viewers. Their vision is too picky.

As a result, many guys shook their heads and prepared to leave.

Because Isner is an American, he got a wild card into the main draw of the US Open, while Wawrinka broke into the main draw of the US Open by relying on his own strength.

"Don't be impatient!"   "Let's watch one more show!"

Some companions had no choice but to persuade them.

Many American fans remembered the expensive tickets and had no choice but to sit down and continue watching.

After a period of dizziness, Wawrinka also knew that he had to adjust.

The center court in Flushing is really too big, comparable to a football field. The entire sense of space and position also needs to be adjusted, and the ball feels slightly different.

This is Wawrinka's first time playing at this golf course, so it takes some getting used to, while Chen Ran is already familiar with this golf course since this is his second time.

In his previous life, he was able to win three Grand Slam championships from the Big Three, especially during that time when Murray was at his peak, which is enough to prove that Wawrinka is also a complete tennis genius.

He is excellent in all aspects and has no relative shortcomings, especially Wawrinka's one-handed backhand, which is not weaker than Federer's.

But the biggest problem is that he is still too immature. Although he has excellent skills, he is completely suppressed by Chen Ran in terms of momentum.

After the start of the second set, the two sides often fell into a multi-shot extreme tug-of-war.

But Chen Ran is obviously the more skilled one. He often relies on his changeable hitting routes and excellent placement control, making Wawrinka very passive.

Although Wawrinka improved in the second set, he was still broken once by Chen Ran.

6: 4!

This is the score of the second set.

In less than an hour, Chen Ran took a 2-0 lead.

"Man, I really have to leave this time. There is no suspense in the game!" Many American viewers obviously didn't want to watch anymore.

"The second set was much more exciting than the first set, and maybe the third set will be even more exciting!"

"No matter how exciting it is, it can't change the 3-0 result." The audience who wanted to leave continued to complain, "Well... after all, it cost money. Let's watch it for a while, hoping that the third set will be a tiebreaker, or at least 12 games will be played. .”

But they obviously forgot that in the third set, Chen Ran took the lead in serving.

When there is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, the side that serves first will have a great psychological advantage.

If they simply hold serve, their opponent will be under tremendous psychological pressure to "have to hold serve" in the next service game.

Because as long as you fail to hold serve and let the opponent lead 2-0, even if the first set only lasts two games, the outcome will basically lose suspense.

Sure enough, Chen Ran was ready to take away the game in one go.

Those picky American viewers should just think of buying a depreciated ticket.

In the third set, Chen Ran showed his comprehensive skills.

Move laterally, cross steps, sideways forehand, switch from defense to offense, and then attack with force.

The course of the game was exactly the same as in the first set. Chen Ran incredibly broke serve twice more.

6: 1!

Exactly the same score as the first set.

Even if the Swiss guy tried his best, he couldn't stop this brutal game from happening.

In the end, Chen Ran defeated Wawrinka in three straight sets with 6:1, 6:4, 6:1 and directly entered the top 32.

In fact, overall, Wawrinka's performance is much better than that of another player in 85, Isner.

But some viewers in the United States had high expectations for him, and this result made everyone leave disappointed.

"Damn!"

"I already said you shouldn't watch the third set."

"It's such a disparity in scores again. This game is so boring!"

When the show ended, the American audience was still cursing.

However, no one will deny Chen Ran's hot state now. It seems that 3-0 has become his label, just like Roddick during Wimbledon.

The host of C5 Sports also said excitedly: "Both rounds were 3-0, and neither game lasted more than an hour and a half. We have reason to believe that Chen Ran will do better than Wimbledon at this US Open." farther."

"Recall Chen Ran's Wimbledon trip!"

"I actually played five sets in three consecutive rounds. Thinking about it makes me shudder."

The seven-round schedule is a best-of-five-set Grand Slam format. If you want to go far enough, you must not consume too much in the first few rounds.

Chen Ran's two 3-0 scores also made the expectations of many Chinese fans soar.

"Congratulations!" Wawrinka was completely convinced by Chen Ran and said with a smile, "I couldn't find any chance to win. Now I'm sure that you, Master Roman, didn't try your best that day."

"No, I tried my best!" Chen Ran immediately retorted. He would not match-fix. "It's just that my condition was very bad that day, and you played very well that day."

He then glanced at Wawrinka's flowery pants and smiled: "I am always attracted to your flowery pants during matches."

"You're not the first to tease me like this!" Wawrinka shrugged, not caring at all, "But no matter how many people say this, I will stick to my choice."

"I just like wearing flowery pants!"

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(End of this chapter)