Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 326 Chinese Tennis Blooms

In fact, Chen Ran knew very well that because of the butterfly effect he caused, Safin's fortune in this Australian Open was completely changed beyond recognition.

In the original time and space, Safin should have participated in the competition with a protected ranking.

As for who his first-round opponent was, it was impossible for Chen Ran to remember clearly.

However, given the character of the Australian Organizing Committee, it is very possible to arrange a strong seed player.

It's just that Safin was lucky that time. He passed all the tests and finally won the runner-up. His comeback was perfect.

However, this time, Safin's perfect comeback was disrupted by Chen Ran.

There is a huge difference between finishing second and being stopped in the first round.

Chen Ran has some regrets, but he doesn't feel guilty about it.

If all this is to be blamed, it can only be blamed on the Australian Open organizing committee, or on my own bad luck.

Although the opponent performed very well, it is indeed very difficult to defeat Chen Ran today.

However, if Safin can continue today's competitive state, and when his body gradually returns to its previous level, he will still be competitive.

Chen Ran seemed very relaxed after winning the game. When interviewed by reporters, he even joked: "I almost thought I would stop in the first round... If that was the case, it would be very lively after the game."

He glanced meaningfully at the beautiful Chinese reporter who was standing in the distance and hesitated to speak: "I'm sorry, I won the competition and you lost a lot of topics."

"Chen Ran!"

A tennis reporter from China said excitedly: "You and Li Na won at the same time. This is the first time in history that both male and female players won on the same day in a Grand Slam event."

"The spring of Chinese tennis has arrived!"

Chen Ran smiled brightly: "I hope! I hope the spring of Chinese tennis can last longer."

"What results do you think Li Na can achieve this time?"

"I'm not very good at commenting!" Chen Ran shook his head, "But she has won her first Grand Slam victory, which can be regarded as letting go of her burden. After that, she travels lightly, no matter where she goes, it is gratifying."

"With four Grand Slams in a year, she has a lot of opportunities."

"I believe she will become a leader in Chinese women's tennis."

Among everyone here, except Chen Ran, no one knows that without her butterfly effect, Li Na would probably still be in college now, and she would have to wait until after the Athens Olympics if she wanted to come back.

All this is because of Chen Ran's butterfly effect.

Chen Ran hopes that she can achieve more brilliant achievements than in her previous life.

However, I have to admit that "Sister Na"'s appearance is indeed a bit shabby, and she is far different from Sharapova. Coupled with her fiery temper and tendency to curse, it is estimated that she will attract a lot of negative fans in the future.

Even those anti-fans will use Chen Ran as a positive example to ridicule the other party.

As for whether it can achieve commercial value close to that of its previous life, it's a bit uncertain.

First of all, Chen Ran occupies a large part of the commercial market, and men's tennis itself has higher viewing pleasure and influence.

Of course, nothing is absolute.

For example, because of Chen Ran's relationship, China's tennis market is in a period of rapid expansion.

Of all the sports in the world, only tennis has a very close gap between women and men.

At the time when Chen Ran was reborn, among the ten highest-paid female athletes in the world, tennis occupied a full nine seats, and Zheng Qinwen of China Golden Flower was also ranked fifteenth. The only exception was "The one in the United States is the United States "People are Chinese" in China.

In terms of commercial value, Li Na is definitely not as good as Sharapova.

Even if the latter is placed in the entire history of women's tennis, it is a unique existence.

But if Li Na can win a Grand Slam and become the leader of Chinese women's tennis, even if her commercial value is not as good as in her previous life, there will be no big problem in competing with Serena Williams. Even though Serena Williams' peak career lasted so long, she also won 23 Grand Slams.

In her previous life, her business income was completely beaten by Sharapova and Li Na, and even her status as a beautiful country could not be changed.

Chinese sports reporters also shouted: "I hope you and Li Na can continue to advance to the next round."

"It's okay, don't put pressure on me!" Chen Ran said very calmly, "There are so many tennis matches in a year, and we have many opportunities. We even have three Grand Slams."

He really likes the four majors and enjoys them.

If today's tennis events want to attract the attention of most Chinese sports fans, there are only four Grand Slams.

Whether it is the Masters Tournament or the year-end finals, their appeal to everyone is obviously much weaker.

Only Grand Slam tournaments can attract national attention.

After all, today's tennis culture is not very strong in China. It can only be said to be a rising and emerging sport.

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The first round of the Australian Open was uneventful. Regardless of men or women, some seeded players passed the test one after another.

Chen Ran's second round player is also a qualifying opponent from New Zealand.

After passing Safin's level, his pressure was reduced a lot.

6:2，6:2，6:1！

There was no suspense, he easily swept his opponents in straight sets and entered the top 32.

In the three games, the total number of games won by the opponent was less than 6, which was completely Chen Ran's crushing game.

At the same time, after three sets of nearly three hours of hard work, Li Na struggled to defeat a Ukrainian player with a score of 3-2, and also locked a place in the top 1.

The first time I participated in a Grand Slam, I broke into the top 32.

This is indeed a surprising result.

A reporter from "Sports Weekly" even published this headline on the front page: At the 2004 Australian Open, Chinese tennis blossomed for both men and women.

Because both Chen Ran and Li Na who participated in the competition continued to win.

In the next round, Chen Ran will face the No. 31 seed, Shuttler from Germany.

Yes, this guy is none other than Chen Ran's first-round opponent at the last Australian Open.

Perhaps there was some divine will, and the second time the two met was still at the Australian Open.

As for Li Na, she met Maria Sharapova, a super star who is very popular in the WTA and was also rumored to have had an affair with Chen Ran.

So some reporters got excited, as well as those netizens who were full of gossip.

Everyone is talking about it. Between Sharapova and Li Na, who does Chen Ran hope to win more?

"Although I am Chinese, I hope Sharapova can win!"

One LSP netizen said very frankly: "I admit, I just want her to look good!"

Some netizens said: "I also support Sharapova because I am a CP fan of Chen Ran and Sharapova. If you want to blame, blame Chen Ran."

What surprised Chen Ran even more was that even Sharapova, the real owner, sent him a text message.

Xiao Maomei asked him: "Chen, who do you want to win?"

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(End of this chapter)