Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 302 The Grandmaster cannot be insulted? Depressed Roddick

After more than 4 months, Chen Ran returned to Paris, France.

Everything is still so familiar, with a romantic atmosphere full of humanity and dirty streets. This is Paris.

Because this time it was an indoor competition, Chen Ran also chose to train indoors.

The world's top players gathered here once again.

For example, Chen Ran wants to keep the first place at the end of the year, and Roddick wants to compete for the first place at the end of the year. As for other top players, they want to fight for the opportunity to participate in the end of the year.

To take a step back, even if you can't make it into the top eight to participate in the year-end finals, you must at least keep the top 12 and get the chance to get year-end dividends.

Other players don't know, but Chen Ran knows very well that the year-end number one in 2003 originally belonged to Roddick. This was the only year-end number one in his career.

This time, now that he was involved, he didn't want to leave this opportunity to Roddick again.

After the US Open, with Chen Ran leading by more than 1000 points, if Roddick still catches up later, it would be no different from the national football team, which frequently suffers "three black minutes".

So to say that Chen Ran is not under pressure must be false.

On the contrary, he is under great pressure and must keep his year-end number one ranking.

"Chen, this is your first season."

"But you have to be mentally prepared that every season in the future is going to be so busy."

"That's how I came here."

Zhang Depei looked at Chen Ran who was silent and comforted him. He thought the other party was under too much pressure.

"I see!"

"Coach, keep practicing!"

Today is a closed training, and Chen Ran is also adapting to the indoor court.

The weather in Paris is quite good today, with clear skies and a hint of coolness in the air, which is actually very suitable for outdoor sports.

But Chen Ran could only continue to practice in a somewhat closed environment, which was boring and monotonous.

In fact, Chen Ran also tried practicing in an indoor arena in the "simulation training ground", but he was still in an adaptation stage.

On an outdoor tennis court, whether it is hard court, grass, or red clay, when you have blue sky and white clouds above your head, you will always feel particularly comfortable and comfortable.

When Chen Ran is used to playing outdoor games, when he comes to the indoor court again, there will always be a sense of depression lingering in his heart.

He didn't notice this problem when he was in the "simulated training ground", but after practicing for a while in the real world, Chen Ran just wanted to shout: I miss the feeling of playing outdoors so damn much.

Tennis is different from other sports in that players always have to adapt to various types of courts.

Of course, this is why tennis is so popular all over the world.

However, as the training progressed, Chen Ran suddenly remembered the past of learning table tennis in elementary school in his previous life.

Table tennis matches can only be held indoors, because in an outdoor environment, even a small amount of wind can seriously affect the ball's path.

I don’t know if other players have discovered this, but Chen Ran keenly captured the tennis indoors. The entire batting rhythm was comparable to that of table tennis. All reactions were compressed, almost forming a conditioned reflex, and the batting movements were natural. Radians and frequency are also affected.

In other words, here, the action of lobbing can easily be incomplete, so that the parabola cannot be stretched to the ideal state. If you are not paying attention, you will be caught by the opponent, and then directly hit to death with a high-pressure shot.

Lobbying is a very risky behavior here.

"It seems that I should sign up for a tour before the Paris Masters, even if there is no appearance fee..."

"Looks like I'm a little overconfident!"

Chen Ran muttered to himself, of course this was just talk.

If time could be turned back, Chen Ran would most likely continue to stay in China leisurely and wait until the time was almost up before leaving for Paris.

There was a voice shouting in Chen Ran's heart: It's just a 500-meter game, and the appearance fee is so low, why should I go? When I was little, the prices there were so high, but I didn’t even go there.

Whether it is the Basel 500 in Switzerland or the Vienna 500 in Austria, after all, they are not as wealthy as Shanghai, Tokyo or Dubai.

The other party's tournament organizing committee said very simply that the appearance fee is only 15 US dollars. We only have this little money. If you come, you can come. If you don't come, forget it.

Roddick originally didn't want to participate, but in order to catch up with Chen Ran in terms of points, he gritted his teeth and accepted this "insulting" offer, but he only chose one of the stops.

But in this comparison, Roddick is much more pure than the future new king of Spain, Alcaraz.

The latter was also chasing the world's No. 1 Djokovic, but because Basel and Vienna could not agree on the appearance fee, he chose to register first and then withdraw. In the end, he said coquettishly: I There is an injury!

Of course, Alcaraz's mentality at that time was consistent with Chen Ran's mentality at this time. To describe it with a word from an online novel, it would be five words: A master cannot be insulted!

Your quote is an insult to a "tennis master". I would rather give up the opportunity to catch up with the world's number one.

Of course, different people have different ideas.

In addition, the tennis king Agassi has been on vacation since the US Open. Apart from playing an exhibition match to earn some extra money, he has not played any official matches, which is even worse than Chen Ran.

He also arrived at the beginning of the Paris Masters with his wife Steffi Graf, and he arrived a day later than Chen Ran. Anyway, there is no chance of being ranked first at the end of the year, and it is unlikely that my ranking will fall out of the top 8, so the year-end finals are stable, and coming to Paris is just a trip to relax.

There are also world number three Federer and number four Ferrero.

Ferrero has been on vacation in Spain after playing in Tokyo and chose to land in Paris only one day earlier than Chen Ran.

As for Federer, he participated in the tournament in his hometown of Basel, Switzerland, but did not travel to Vienna.

Chen Ran obviously understands the routine here.

Most of Basel's appearance fees are probably given to the local Federer, so there is no extra money to invite other top players.

In addition, from their perspective, they definitely hope that Federer can win the championship in his hometown.

"Among the top 5 players in the world, I am the toughest!" At this moment, Roddick came to the court cursing.

After winning the Tokyo Championship, Roddick accepted an "insulting" offer from the Vienna Organizing Committee and ended up with only one semi-final.

How many points are there for the top four? Only 180 points!

Although this is a huge score for players around the top 50, it is of no use to a player like Roddick, who is ranked second in the world.

In the 500 race, you must get at least 300 points from the runner-up to narrow the gap with Chen Ran.

180 points is a drop in the bucket.

After playing so many games so hard and for such a low appearance fee, Roddick was so angry that he only had this result.

Even the harsh American media are ridiculing him. In order to catch up with Chen Ran's world number one, Roddick did not hesitate to lower his status. This is a shame.

What's more, it's a shame. You haven't won the championship yet, and you haven't been able to achieve the goal of chasing points.

Think about Agassi. Although he has been suppressed by Sampras for a long time, Agassi will never compromise on appearance fees in order to surpass Sampras in the rankings, even as big as Roddick. discount.

Generally speaking, the thoughts of those top 5 players are very simple and pure: I only gave 15, who do you think I am? If you give me 100 million, I will be yours for the time being.

Obviously, Roddick abandoned this principle this time.

Of course, you can say that he is too young, after all, he is only 21 years old.

But Chen Ran is only 17 years old, 4 years younger than Roddick, so he will not lower his worth.

The American media, which is good at sarcasm, used Chen Ran to ridicule Roddick, which made Roddick even more depressed.

At this time, Chen Ran also saw Roddick with an unhappy face.

But he still refused to mention any pot: "Andy, the point difference between you and me is less than 1000 points. I'm under a lot of pressure!"

"..." Roddick angrily put the tennis bag on the ground, "You have a lot of pressure, and I didn't win the championship."

If he wins the championship, the point gap between him and Chen Ran will be less than 600 points.

"Chen, I think you are gloating!" Roddick said very dissatisfied.

"..." Chen Ran suddenly realized.

He almost forgot that the mighty Wimbledon champion, US Open runner-up, and world No. 15 player ran away after the Austrian paid a measly US$ appearance fee.

You must know that the Magic City Organizing Committee gave 90 US dollars. Even though Tokyo was a 500-race event with a higher level, it still gave 70 US dollars.

Obviously Roddick regretted it. He would have preferred not to go to Vienna to participate in the competition.

It would be fine if he won the championship, but if he didn't, the top players in the circle would secretly laugh at him.

"Chen, let me ask you. If you were ranked second, would you accept this price to catch up with me?" Roddick asked reluctantly.

Chen Ran shook his head decisively, and then replied: "There are five words in China, a master should not be insulted! And you and I are both tennis masters. Although I don't lack the money, the price is equivalent to the other party's recognition of your value. "

"There is no way I would accept such an insulting offer."

"Even if you are very sure of winning the championship!"

After hearing this, Roddick murmured the words "A master must not be insulted" and then sighed: "That's so good. Your Chinese writing culture is really broad and profound!"

Yes, our Chinese writing culture is so extensive and profound even in online novels.

"It's okay, you're still young. Forget it this time, just take it as a lesson." Chen Ran sighed and patted Roddick on the shoulder.

After hearing this, Roddick became even more speechless and depressed.

What does this say? What do you mean I'm still young? Aren't you yourself younger?

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(End of this chapter)