Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 313 The End of the Season and the Hawkeye Challenge

When Chen Ran shook hands with Roddick, the latter also said regretfully: "Chen, to be honest... I also felt that the ball should have hit the line."

Roddick seemed very honest.

But honesty is honesty, and the result of the game cannot be changed.

Likewise, he is also the beneficiary of referee misjudgments.

However, although Roddick reached the year-end finals, his mood was particularly complicated.

Because of this misjudgment, the original joy of victory was diluted a lot.

This was not the result he wanted.

But then I thought about it, if Chen Ran's shot was not misjudged, the outcome would indeed be unpredictable.

What was wrong was that the referee was not Roddick, and he didn't take any money to bribe the referee.

Thinking of this, Roddick felt much better.

Chen Ran didn't have any good feelings toward the referee who misjudged the situation. He simply ignored the referee and walked to his chair.

shake hands? That is impossible!

You want me to smile at the penalty that is deliberately disgusting? Have your spring and autumn dreams!

The worst case scenario is that he will be fined by the ATP after the match.

If you have a temper, you must show it, and you must never let others think that you are a nice guy who can be bullied at will.

In that shot, it was not the edge that overwhelmed the baseline, but most of the ball that pressed on the line.

This stupid referee is really blind!

Although Chen Ran was playing away from home, many of his fans and supporters in the local Houston audience were extremely dissatisfied with the result.

These people unceremoniously booed the referee on duty the most intensely.

At the same time, while some traditional sports media in China will implicitly state that this is an obvious misjudgment, those portal websites are not polite at all in order to attract people's attention.

"Shady story! This must be a shady story!"

"The ATP doesn't want to see us Chinese players monopolizing so many heavyweight honors!"

Yes, Chen Ran has already won two Grand Slams and five Masters championships this year. If he wins another year-end championship, he will turn tennis into table tennis!

Therefore, many Chinese fans have put forward conspiracy theories, believing that this is suppression from the ATP.

They didn't want to see Chen Ran's family being the only one in the family.

Especially since this year-end event is still held in the United States, sending Roddick to the final will obviously bring greater benefits.

However, the ATP may know that they are in the wrong, and they kept silent about Chen Ran's refusal to shake hands with the referee after the game, and did not issue a ticket.

When facing questions from the media, he also said that he would carefully review the semi-finals and summarize the problems that occurred in the refereeing.

Obviously they also knew that this misjudgment was serious.

You can take care of Roddick a little, but you can't show it so obviously.

However, Chen Ran did not directly criticize the referee after the game, but said intriguingly: "I know that the ATP and WTA are already considering introducing Hawkeye into the game. This is a good idea, and I think this plan must be accelerated. .”

"It would be nice to be able to drive the Hawkeye into professional tennis next year."

“I believe this is what everyone expected!”

Stopping in the top four at the end of the year and failing to enter the finals is nothing to Chen Ran.

He also realized that this opportunity was rare and directly called for "Hawkeye" to enter professional tennis.

In terms of today's science and technology, introducing the "Eagle Eye" system is not a problem at all.

But the reason why it has been delayed for so long is very simple: the food and clothing of millions of water workers depends on it.

The systematic introduction of "Eagle Eye" will greatly weaken the power in the hands of referees.

This is just like a football match. FIFA refused to introduce artificial technology at the beginning, which also led to various misjudgments and omissions in the game. However, it is still very stubborn: misjudgments are part of the football match.

In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, England faced Germany and Mexico faced Argentina. There were shocking cases of injustice.

FIFA then had to introduce artificial technology, which also greatly weakened the referee's power.

Referees are often the first to be affected by technological changes in any sporting event.

As the victim of this misjudgment, Chen Ran knew that he had the right time, location, people and people, so he took advantage of the situation.

In fact, he has encountered some misjudgments since he participated in the tour for a year, but they were basically ambiguous.

Because the speed of the tennis ball is too fast, and it is difficult to leave a clear ball mark after landing and rebounding on a hard court like it does on a clay court, so it can only be judged by the naked eyes of the referee.

So misjudgment is indeed inevitable, and Chen Ran can accept it.

But his intuition told him that this misjudgment came with a mission and was purposeful.

In fact, in the sports world, this kind of "mission whistle" is everywhere. Since you can't change, you can only adapt.

Chen Ran did not blame the referee, but insisted that "if you want to reduce misjudgments, you only need to introduce Hawkeye."

He took the trouble to repeatedly emphasize the "Eagle Eye Challenge".

In the original time and space, the "Eagle Eye Challenge" system was not applied to the ATP Tour until early 2006. We have to wait for more than two years, which is really too long.

After this year-end semi-final, a bold idea emerged from Chen Ran's mind.

He hopes that the "Eagle Eye Challenge" can enter the stage of history early.

If this is true, it can be regarded as one of the butterfly effects he brings.

Chen Ran spoke, and countless media reporters followed suit.

For most people, they hope to see fair and just sports competitions without being interfered by human factors.

Soon, the public opinion offensive surrounding the "Eagle Eye Challenge" began to intensify.

"We need fairness, so we need to bring in Hawkeye!"

"Let those damn, black-hearted referees who like to steal the show have no use!"

"Whether they are fans or sponsors, no one comes to see the referee, but they just like to steal the show!"

A host of C5 Sports even said this: Sports competitions need a fair competition environment, and we must never let the scene in the 2002 World Cup happen again.

Although he did not name him by name, the sensitive and fragile South Koreans felt that the other party was talking about them after hearing about this incident, so they immediately sent a letter of protest demanding an apology from the host, which then triggered There was a series of minor disturbances.

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The year-end finals continue.

Due to the extremely controversial scene in the semi-finals, the year-end finals were conducted in an orderly manner, and no referee dared to commit crimes against the odds.

Although Roddick played very excitedly and actively, he was unable to reach his maximum competitive state and was firmly suppressed by Federer throughout the game.

In the end, Federer, playing away from home, defeated Roddick 3-1 despite the boos of the fans and won the year-end Masters Cup championship trophy for the first time.

This season, although Federer missed the Grand Slam twice, fortunately, he finally won another very heavyweight year-end championship and had a more satisfactory ending.

After winning all five matches, Federer not only took away a bonus of up to 150 million US dollars and 1500 points, but also could drive away a Mercedes-Benz car on the spot.

At the same time, his world ranking surpassed Roddick and ranked second.

Following the US Open final, Roddick once again held a plate depressedly.

Chen Ran, who made it to the top four at the end of the year, is still firmly ranked first in the world.

So he also attended the year-end awards ceremony and raised the trophy representing the year-end number one in front of the cheers and applause of the audience.

Although he was cheated by the disgusting referee, Chen Ran is still the unquestionable "year-end number one" and the youngest year-end number one in history at 17 years and 2 months.

Overall, Chen Ran, Federer and Roddick each had their own achievements in the 2003 season.

Chen Ran won two Grand Slams, Federer won the year-end championship, and Roddick also had a Grand Slam.

Of course, Spain's Ferrero also has a Grand Slam, and briefly became the world's number one, but fell behind step by step in subsequent games, and the gap was widened by these three people.

Nowadays, the top five tennis superstars Riviera Ferrero and Agassi have begun to fall behind. Although they are ranked fourth and fifth respectively, there is a certain gap between them and the top three in terms of points.

Federer won the runner-up in two Grand Slams in the 2003 season, and in the year-end finals, he defeated Chen Ran and Roddick in a row, winning the final championship with an impressive record of five consecutive victories.

Both the media from the United States and China believe that Federer will become a disruptor in the "Sino-US talent competition" next year.

Next year's men's professional tennis world is likely to no longer be a two-pronged competition for hegemony, but a tripartite confrontation between three countries.

Professional sports are always so fond of the new and disgusted with the old and extremely cruel.

At this time, people had forgotten Agassi and the equally young Hewitt.

A change of dynasty has come.

Of course, there are also those with ill intentions who will insinuate that Chen Ran will be the next Hewitt.

He became famous at a young age and won two Grand Slams. Then his competitive status declined rapidly and Zhongyong was injured.

Regarding these remarks, Chen Ran smiled slightly and didn't take them seriously at all.

He will only use practical actions to slap these small-minded guys in the face.

In addition, the ATP announced that it is planning to accelerate the introduction of the "Eagle Eye Challenge" system.

This is to make tennis matches more fair and just.

From another perspective, there are also many black whistles in football matches.

But football has various club leagues, cups, and various national team competitions, and it is the leading sport.

Black whistles only harm a certain event, but they hardly harm the sport of football itself.

But tennis is different. There are only a few top players, and there are only a few heavyweight events. If there are too many black whistles, it will greatly affect the development of this sport.

In addition, in today's world, in addition to football firmly occupying the top spot, other sports are also frantically seizing the remaining markets besides football, and a fair playing environment can also increase the competitiveness of this sport.

The ATP also hopes that tennis will become the first sport to introduce the "Eagle Eye Challenge" system.

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(End of this chapter)