Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 361 Human nature loves "infighting"

In the back-to-back "Sunshine Double", the organizing committee of the Indian Ves Masters seems to want to help Federer compete for the "world number one".

Therefore, the lottery they arranged for Federer was much easier than that of Chen Ran.

Especially after Roddick unexpectedly stopped in the quarterfinals, Federer had almost no decent opponents before entering the finals.

The final against Safin was the most tiring match for Federer.

From the perspective of Switzerland’s number one star, I naturally hope that the organizing committee of the Miami Masters can also take care of me.

After all, everyone is from the Western camp!

Especially Swiss Bank, although it is known as the safest bank in the world, it actually listens to the US imperialism behind the scenes.

But the Miami Masters didn’t play by the rules.

In the first match, Federer is very likely to meet his compatriot, the talented rising star Wawrinka, who is only 19 years old.

Swiss players have a tradition of playing singles backhands, and Wawrinka's singles backhands are sometimes more violent than Federer's.

Federer knows his little brother very well. Once he gets angry, he is not easy to deal with. He is a real "star killer".

Today, Wawrinka's best result in the Grand Slam and Masters is the top 16, but no one dares to look down on this Swiss guy who likes to play in flowery pants.

The name "Superstar Killer" was given by Wawrinka.

So far, he has defeated Chen Ran, Agassi, Ferrero and Roddick in the tour.

In other words, Wawrinka has beaten four of the top five players in the world, leaving only one Federer.

As long as he beats Federer, Wawrinka will have accomplished a proud achievement - killing the top five players in the world.

Federer is also very worried about whether this little Swiss guy will beat him when he competes with him.

"With Stanislas' current competitive state, he should be able to break into the top 30 in the world after this year's competition, or even higher!"

This is Chen Ran’s evaluation of Wawrinka.

Wawrinka was able to win three Grand Slams by force during the heyday of the Big Three.

If he had been born a few years earlier, he would have been able to compete with Sampras, Agassi and others, or even outperform them. It is not impossible.

It can only be said that he, like Murray and all players in this era, has bad luck and is in the same era as three players who are enough to rank among the top three in history.

It’s just that Wawrinka is unstable today.

He can beat top players like Chen Ran, Roddick, and Agassi, but he also sometimes loses to players outside of the hundred.

Of course, that's the beauty of tennis.

Suspense and upsets have always been one of the most important charms of competitive sports.

"correct!"

Federer suddenly thought of something.

"Damn, I overlooked that."

"The Miami Masters has been acquired by IMG, and Chen Ran is now IMG's top player."

It is obvious that IMG, within the scope of its authority and responsibilities, hopes that Chen Ran can maintain the number one position in the world as much as possible and cause him to encounter more troubles.

Although they are both in the "Sunshine Double Competition", the two sides are also in a competitive relationship, and their ideas are also different.

Indian Wells deliberately "made things difficult" for Chen Ran, while Miami secretly "helped" Chen Ran.

In the entire first half, there is only one true superstar player, Agassi.

But Agassi is already at this age, and has extinguished his ambition to become the "number one in the world" again.

After all, for him, there is not much essential difference between ranking second and ranking tenth.

Today, Agassi's focus is mainly on the Grand Slam tournaments. He has already adopted a casual mentality in those Masters tournaments.

"Let me participate in the Masters, it would be better to participate in those exhibition games for more money!"

This is obviously what Agassi really thinks at the moment, and he has said this to his friends in private more than once.

Now I just want to make more money with my fame. If there is no Masters, go to hell!

"I love Miami, not only for its beaches, food and beauties!" Chen Ran seemed to be in a good mood.

He realized it later, but finally remembered that IMG had acquired the Miami Masters.

Chen Ran didn't feel embarrassed at all about the organizing committee using the lottery to help him.

Since you have this condition to make profits for yourself, why not use it?

If you don't take the benefits without taking them, you are a fool.

When you signed the contract with IMG and Nike, besides the economic benefits, wasn't that the only reason?

Why do many Chinese athletes suffer in international competitions?

Just too honest.

They only know how to compete with their heads covered and don’t know how to benefit themselves within the rules.

But if you play honestly and don't take advantage of the rules, others may not do that.

As a result, the Chinese athletes were at a disadvantage before the game even started.

Chen Ran lived up to such a good fortune.

In the first game, which was also the second round of the Miami Masters, Chen Ran easily defeated a qualifier with a disparity of 6-1, 6-0.

The whole game took less than 40 minutes, and it was as simple and rough as the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

In another concerning "Swiss Civil War", Wawrinka actually exploded.

Both games started at about the same time.

After Chen Ran finished the match, Federer and Wawrinka actually played the first set.

Perhaps in response to that sentence, human nature loves to fight within itself.

Just like Nadal's explosive victory over Spanish top star Ferrero at the Australian Open, the explosive Wawrinka obviously wants to overthrow the Swiss brother who is weighing on him.

"I've finished the game, but you guys only reached 5-5 in the first set!"

Chen Ran sat on the sidelines and muttered.

The violent back-and-forth between the two players was tit-for-tat, with sparks flying and the fans watching the game constantly exclaiming.

Obviously the organizing committee also knew that this game would attract attention, so it arranged it on Court No. 1, and the tickets were almost sold out.

In the first set, the tie-break, Federer relied on experience to win 9-7.

Everyone thought that Wawrinka could only play one game of chicken blood. Who would have thought that this "flower pants" brother would become more and more excited as he played chicken blood.

In the second set, Wawrinka was the first to break serve, and because it was his first serve, he won the game with a relatively disparate score of 6-3.

In the third set, the two sides entered a tiebreaker again.

In the tie-break, Wawrinka, with help from God, hit the magic ball repeatedly that made Federer sigh in admiration.

7 is better than 3!

Wawrinka defeated Federer, the second seed, in the tie-break of the final set with a huge advantage of four points.

2 is better than 1!

The flower pants boy completed the reversal.

After the game, Wawrinka tore his jersey excitedly and screamed to the sky.

Achieve the top five kills in the world!

Federer behaved very gracefully and did not protest like other players that Wawrinka's eye-catching floral pants affected his performance.

But he still complained in his heart: Why am I more excited when you win than when you win against Chen Ran?

You just like infighting, right?

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(End of this chapter)