Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 285 The talent that shocked the world, Roddick went crazy!

From Roland Garros to Flushing Park.

This was Chen Ran's second time standing on the stage of a Grand Slam final, and that exciting feeling swept over him again.

Puff, puff!

Chen Ran could clearly feel the beating of his heart as soon as he finished simple warm-up exercises.

He will once again attack towards the dream that was once out of reach.

Chen Ran quietly glanced at Roddick. This guy was holding his hands on his hips, lowering his head and thinking deeply, and taking deep breaths from time to time.

It seems that playing at home also makes this guy very nervous.

After all, Roddick now holds a Grand Slam in his hands, and the competition held in his hometown is highly anticipated. The expectations of the American people are already full.

What's more, in this US Open, Roddick is the No. 2 seed, and the attention he received is completely different from the No. 7 seed in his previous life.

This kind of attention can be a source of motivation, but it can also be a source of pressure.

After a while, Roddick patted his chest and walked towards the net in the center.

Chen Ran was already standing there calmly, moving his muscles from time to time.

Roddick was lucky and got the right to serve first.

He shouted "yes" excitedly. He was lucky today, and the goddess of luck seemed to be on his side.

As the best server in the world, he can make the opponent feel desperate in almost every service game.

Chen Ran has the best return of serve in the world, but even so, it is extremely difficult for him to break Roddick's serve.

In the first two matches between the two sides, Chen Ran lost 2-3 at Wimbledon, and Chen Ran won 2-1 at the Toronto Masters. The four sets he won were all through tie-breaks, which is enough to prove that Roddick is in the game. Advantage on serve.

What's more, this guy's baseline skills are very solid and he is very resistant to hits, which is also a headache for his opponents.

He establishes his offensive advantage with serving as the core, and his defense relies on solid baseline skills. This is Roddick's competitiveness.

Before the game, the tactical layout Zhang Depei formulated for Chen Ran was to seize the initiative in the opening game and gain the upper hand.

But when Chen Ran looked at Roddick, who was now in high spirits, he had other thoughts in his mind.

Although he is only seventeen years old, Chen Ran has no less experience in high-level competitions than Zhang Depei because of his "simulation training ground".

He found that Roddick was indeed a little nervous and under pressure, but as the game progressed, he began to become extremely focused and highly focused, and those negative emotions could not affect him for the time being.

Therefore, attacking is a very risky behavior, especially it is easy to consume one's own physical energy.

Zhang Depei actually didn't know Chen Ran very well. He didn't know that he often played against Djokovic in the "simulation training ground" and learned the essence of the opponent's defense.

clap clap~

Roddick slaps a tennis ball.

Chen Ran slowly adjusted his breathing, cleared his mind and focused on the game. For him, the most important thing in the game was concentration. He needed to think and invest before fighting.

After 5 minutes, the first game ended.

Chen Ran only scored two points in this game.

Roddick hit two aces.

Chen Ran even has a feeling that Roddick is in better shape today than he was at Wimbledon.

But being able to score two points in the opponent's first serve should be a good result.

Big deal...the toughest scenario is just winning the match in a three-set tie-break.

In the second game, Chen Ran started serving.

Although his serving level is slightly inferior to Roddick's, like Djokovic, he is strong in placement control.

Sometimes a serve that is less than 190 kilometers can make the receiving party feel very uncomfortable.

Roddick was like a bull, trying to attack Chen Ran in his first serve.

Chen Ran wanted to attack in his own serve at first, but suddenly his heart moved and he began to defend and counterattack steadily.

From the audience's point of view, this style of play is naturally inferior to Roddick's wide-open and wide-open style of play. The mercury-like offense is pleasing to the eye.

But attentive viewers can also find that Chen Ran's defensive layout for each hit is very exquisite, which makes Roddick feel very uncomfortable.

If he accidentally makes a mistake, Chen Ran will attack immediately, and the offensive and defensive momentum will be reversed immediately.

In this game, after Roddick and Chen Ran tied at 40, the latter struggled to hold serve.

However, there was no joy on Roddick's face.

He found that Chen Ran had actually changed his style of play, and what surprised him even more was that this guy's skills were so comprehensive. Even if he only focused on defense, he could still achieve such an outstanding level.

Excellent offense and defense!

Moreover, Chen Ran can adjust different playing styles according to different opponents.

This is truly a genius!

Roddick admitted that he was having a hard time playing.

As long as he performs at a high level when receiving the serve, the two sides will most likely fall into an extreme tug-of-war, involving more than ten shots, or even nearly twenty shots.

Time and time again, Chen Ran's return shots landed in positions that made him very uncomfortable, forcing him to make mistakes or leaving gaps for the opponent to counterattack.

In the second game just now, Chen Ran seemed to have a hard time winning, but Roddick also put in a lot of effort.

"Chen Ran has never played this type of tennis in such an important match."

"Today should be his first time, right?"    "He is also too courageous to directly apply this style of play in such a crucial time and space like the US Open final without much experience."

Not only Roddick, but also reporters and fans in the industry were shocked by this.

No one knows that Chen Ran has long been familiar with this "defensive counterattack" style of play in the "simulation training ground". It has penetrated deep into his bones and formed a very profound muscle memory.

boom!

There was a crisp sound.

One of Roddick's shots went out of bounds again.

40 is better than 40!

In the service game that Roddick has always been proud of, he was dragged into an extra game by Chen Ran.

"I feel like my serving level has dropped?"

This thought suddenly came to Roddick's mind, and then he shook his head violently, trying to throw the thought away.

He glanced at Chen Ran's standing position and couldn't help but cursed inwardly: Damn, this is getting further and further back.

When Chen Ran's position was further back, and he had a very good level of receiving the serve, it became more difficult for Roddick to serve an ace or even a straight serve.

After another multi-shot stalemate, Roddick struggled to maintain his serve.

If you can't kill him with one beat, you can't kill him with two, three, or even seven or eight beats.

This made Roddick feel very upset.

At the same time, boos came from the packed auditorium, and it was obvious that the proud American audience was dissatisfied.

"Damn it, I want to see the confrontation!"

"This Chinese guy keeps defending and defending. The game is so damn ugly."

"Chen Ran is really good at grinding!"

Not to mention Roddick, these audiences were tortured by Chen Ran's grinding style of play.

Ticket prices for this year's US Open final are the highest ever.

I spent so much money just to show you this?

Although they couldn't rush into the field, they could only give Chen Ran the strongest boos.

But if viewers from these beautiful countries have paid attention to Chen Ran's previous games, they will know that this guy is not only thick-skinned, but also has a strong psychological quality.

Those boos had no effect on Chen Ran at all.

At this time, Chen Ran was playing tennis slowly. A New York rich man sitting close to him in the front row shouted to Chen Ran.

"Chen, use the same offensive style you had in the semifinals. I spent more than 1 US dollars to buy this ticket!"

"You know, last year the ticket for this position was $8000."

"You can't afford my ticket money!"

The score at this time was 5 to 6, and Chen Ran was one game behind.

After hearing the complaint from the New York rich man, he felt something in his heart, grabbed the tennis ball, and shouted at him: "The money is for the US Open Organizing Committee, not me. Even if your position is only sold for 1 US dollars, and my bonus is also fixed.”

"So what does this have to do with me?"

"If you are not satisfied, you can ask the organizing committee for a refund!"

"By the way, you don't need to buy tickets for my match at next year's US Open!"

Please, this is a tournament system, not a professional league.

In professional league games, players are responsible for the fans who buy tickets, and they cannot take breaks at will. But this is a tournament system, a single elimination system. If I lose, I will go home, and there is no guaranteed salary. How do you care about how I play?

Do you want to watch enjoyable offensive tennis? Haven’t you seen enough in the previous rounds?

I play to win the championship, not to feast your eyes.

Chen Ran has the attitude of "I won't spoil you".

Chen Ran's voice was not low. Many viewers in the front row laughed and thought he was very humorous. Some people continued to boo, thinking this guy was too mean.

The rich man in New York shrugged his shoulders, as if "I don't want to reason with you."

Although he has been in the shopping mall for many years, he found that he could not defeat Chen Ran at all.

In addition, because of my successful career, I still have to maintain my grace in public, so I still refrained from saying the word starting with "F", which was too difficult.

This episode seemed to disrupt Roddick's receiving rhythm.

Chen Ran sent a "love-game" for the first time in this game, which made Roddick so angry that he almost wanted to smash his racket.

In the previous games, I could get at least 2-3 points.

In addition, Roddick did not want to play a tiebreaker with Chen Ran.

Was that idiot spectator just here to help?

After the "tiebreak", because each player could only serve twice, and because Chen Ran was so good at grinding today, Roddick's mentality almost exploded.

Soon, with the entire audience stunned, Chen Ran actually gave Roddick a 7-1 disparity.

What is even more shocking is that in today's final, Chen Ran showed a brand new style of play, which made everyone marvel at his terrifying talent.

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(End of this chapter)