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Chapter 349 Butterfly Effect: WTA Crown Tournament

During the vacation, Chen Ran couldn't stand the teasing and teasing of Queen Faye Wong and had to play mahjong with her.

As for the other two mahjong partners, one is Li Yapeng and the other is an executive of a local entertainment company in Yanjing.

Good guy, he is worthy of being the hero Guo, he won the Queen of Heaven so quickly...

So the four of them fought all night long.

During this period, Chen Ran had not played mahjong for a long time, and it was his first time contacting "Yanjing Mahjong". It was like an amateur tennis player playing against an ATP Tour player.

Being killed by the opponent, he retreated steadily.

In one night, Chen Ran lost more than 2 yuan.

In his previous life, he had never lost so much money, and he felt heartbroken.

Well, you sang a song with me, and I played mahjong with you all night long, so the favor should be repaid.

It's just that Faye Wong's words and deeds hinted that Chen Ran must keep it a secret.

What to keep secret?

Chen Ran knew it well and joked: "Sister Fei, don't worry, I don't know any of the paparazzi, how can I tell the truth?"

Due to this bad fate, it is said that Daxia Guo suffered a loss in business, and the diva had no choice but to come out to hold a concert to repay the money.

But all this has nothing to do with Chen Ran. He has no interest in changing the fate of others.

What's more, while playing mahjong, this "Guo Daxia" also took the initiative to invite Chen Ran to do business together.

He also vowed to express how talented he is in doing business. If you leave the funds to him, then just wait for the money to make money.

Chen Ran felt that if he really wanted to do a joint venture, he would have to find a more reliable partner, such as Yao Ming.

This hero Guo is not loyal and honest at all, he is too careful.

However, remembering that the hero Guo in later generations would always price a piece of Taihu stone with a price of tens of millions or hundreds of millions, and even call it "acquired at a high price", I had to "reluctantly part with it". Obviously, this was indeed his style.

After Chen Ran lost money and got rid of the entanglement of "Guo Daxia", he returned to the athletes' dormitory to catch up on his sleep.

He has been wasting so much time and it is time to resume normal training.

The Australian Open championship is just the beginning of the year, not the end.

2004 is a year of heavy tasks.

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After the Spring Festival holiday, Chen Ran first declined some free commercial activities, and then participated in some "campus tennis promotion" activities for free.

This year is the first year of the China Tennis Open, and suitable children will be selected as ball boys from some middle schools in Yanjing.

Although the slogan of the China Tennis Open is very loud, positioning it as the fifth Grand Slam, everyone knows very well that this is a fantasy.

If just throwing money at it would work, those white-turbaned tycoons in West Asia would already have a fifth Grand Slam.

The fact is that they didn't even apply for the Masters and could only have one ATP500 tournament.

Even so, they spent a lot of money to invite Chen Ran to participate in the competition, but the latter declined.

Chen Ran had no plans to participate in the entire two months, so how could he disrupt his training and recovery plan just for a mere million dollars.

However, since the WTA's economic situation is not as good as that of the ATP, they are eager to explore the Chinese market.

It is said that just after the New Year, WTA executives boarded a plane and rushed to China to prepare for a new round of negotiations, and the Chinese Tennis Association was also involved.

As for the content of the negotiations, it is very mysterious and has not been announced to the public.

At this moment, Chen Ran, who was training with the national team, also realized something.

Whether it is the ATP or the WTA, their enthusiasm and layout are much more urgent than in the previous life, and they are no less than the NBA.

But the NBA is just an American sports business league, while the ATP and WTA are global organizations.

They also seem to have reached a consensus: the future of tennis lies in Asia and China. "It must be the butterfly effect caused by me again, right?"

Chen Ran murmured in his heart.

He slowly raised his hand and threw the tennis ball out.

Zeng Shaoqian, who was standing aside, immediately swung his racket and pushed the tennis ball far away.

Zeng Shaoqian, who was born in 81, is the same year as Swiss King Federer.

If we only talk about age, 23 is not too old in the professional tennis world and is still in the growth stage.

At the Heineken Open in Shanghai last October, Zeng Shaoxuan won his first ATP Tour victory. He is also the first player in the national team to win an ATP Tour event besides Chen Ran.

If we don't count the uncontrollable factors like Chen Ran, we have to say that today's Chinese men's tennis is too weak and is not as good as it was ten years ago.

At that time, there was also Pan Bing, who won the Asian Games championship and broke into the semi-finals of the ATP250 Tour.

Therefore, Chen Ran also believes that today's Chinese tennis is too fragile, especially men's tennis, which is like a loft in the sky and has no foundation at all.

Apart from him, there is almost no topicality at all in China Men's Network.

This is not a good sign.

Think about women's tennis, even apart from Li Na, there are a group of outstanding golden flowers.

Chen Ran hopes that the same will be true for men's tennis, so that tennis can maintain sufficient attention and influence in China for a long time.

He does not hope that in a few years, China Tennis will be like Liu Pangqiu of table tennis and have to follow the rice circle route in order to make a living in this sport.

I have to say that the fandom of the National Table Tennis Team is really crazy.

For example, two fans of Chinese players actually hope that the other player will lose to a foreign player in an international competition, and they will be happy about it.

Chen Ran still remembers this.

The Chinese Men's Tennis Association is a whole, a united team.

In the future, it is not impossible for everyone to participate in the Davis Cup together.

So, after Chen Ran thought about it again and again, he decided to train Zeng Shaoxuan first.

After all, this guy had just won his first tour victory, and in the original time and space, he had won the first Masters victory for a Chinese player.

There should be no problem with his strength and potential, but he lacks good coaching resources and suitable guidance.

Although Chen Ran was almost ruining the job of the national team coach by doing this, he had no choice.

After all, low-level coaches can only mislead students.

The level of domestic coaches may be enough to teach women's tennis, but it is far from enough for men's tennis.

Chen Ran hopes that Zeng Shaoxuan can reach a higher level than his previous life and defend Chinese men's tennis together.

During training, some breaking news finally came out.

The WTA has decided to set up one of the Crown Tournaments, which is second only to the four Grand Slams, at the China Open. This is a return to the trajectory of its previous life.

This is mainly because the WTA has seen that due to Chen Ran's success, the ATP's influence and attention in China are increasing day by day. However, there are currently no top female tennis players in China, which makes them anxious.

As a result, the WTA also began to speed up its layout in China.

This can be regarded as one of the butterfly effects caused by Chen Ran.

Therefore, Shanghai Magic City and Yanjing, WTA Crown Tournament and ATP Masters complement each other and will become two shining pearls in the professional tennis world.

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(End of this chapter)