Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 363 Oh no, the limelight has been stolen!

Chen Ran always thought that Li Na would rise earlier than in the original time and space. After all, because of his butterfly effect, Li Na retired to study for only half a year instead of the original two years.

But what was unexpected was that another golden flower, Zheng Jie, emerged early.

This is fine. As the saying goes, one flower blooming alone is not spring, but a hundred flowers blooming together fills the garden.

No wonder later generations of netizens often say that if Li Na had Zheng Jie’s golf intelligence and skills, she might have more than two Grand Slam champions.

"If Zheng Qinwen had Zheng Jie's skills, he would have won a Grand Slam long ago..." Chen Ran also muttered silently.

The girl born in the 00s in that memory had a good body and a very fierce serve, but her technique was really rough. (After watching the Australian Open women’s singles final, I made a complaint...)

Let’s look at the appearance...

I have to admit that Zheng Jie's appearance is indeed better than Li Na's and she is more approachable.

In particular, Li Na is emotionally unstable and will explode at every turn. In comparison, Zheng Jie is much calmer and calmer.

In addition, Zheng Jie is one year younger than Li Na and is only 21 years old now.

Sister Na, I'm sorry...

Perhaps because of the butterfly effect caused by Chen Ran, her future commercial value may be far less than that of her previous life.

Although Li Na achieved top 16 results in the "Sunshine Double Tournament" this time, it should be considered very gratifying.

But what she fears most is comparison shopping. When facing Zheng Jie's top eight and runner-up results, Li Na couldn't feel better.

The sisters who lived together day and night under the same roof are now big stars that attract much attention. You can imagine the feeling of disappointment.

Competitive sports are always winner-take-all.

Chen Ran is the well-deserved male number one and has taken away most of the bonuses; but now, it seems that Zheng Jie will take the bonuses of women's tennis.

Even after the finals of the Miami Masters, some Chinese media asserted that Zheng Jie will become the fourth superstar in Chinese sports, only behind Chen Ran, Yao Ming and Liu Xiang.

Among the four superstars, tennis ranks second.

Everyone knows the huge influence and commercial value of women's tennis.

The commercial value of top female tennis players is no less than that of male players of the same level, and even worse when it comes to certain individuals.

For example, Sharapova, who has yet to win a Grand Slam, her current endorsement fee is no less than that of Roddick, the "Grand Slam" winner, and even beats Ferrero, the same "Grand Slam" winner.

This shows the preference of advertisers for female tennis players.

Chen Ran even felt that part of his market share might be eaten up by Zheng Jie, but of course he didn't care about it.

He also hopes to see Chinese tennis blossoming everywhere.

……

After the women's final, it's the men's final that is the finale.

After three hard-fought sets, Roddick defeated Safin 2-1 and met Chen Ran in the final again.

The great drama of the war between China and the United States was not able to be staged at the Australian Open, but it did not arrive late. It was staged in Miami only two months late.

Roddick VS Chen Ran!

This is the third time the two sides have met in the final.

The previous two were the Toronto Masters and the US Open.

"Damn it, the Miami Organizing Committee arranged such a difficult lottery for me!"

"But...I still made it all the way to the finals!"

"Chen Ran faced almost no challenges along the way. It's great to have a good agency!"

“FUCK-Miami!”

Before the final started, Roddick, the happy American young man, continued to talk as usual.

"If Agassi doesn't get out of the way early, he might be able to cause some trouble for Chen Ran."

"This damn bald guy..."

Finally, Roddick silently added in his heart: "FUCK Graf!" Although he was a little stunned, he also knew that some words could not be said casually, so he could only complain silently in his heart.

Chen Ran, who was waiting for work, and Roddick, who had just experienced a tough battle, began to compete.

When was the last time they fought?

It was last year's year-end semifinals in Houston. Roddick relied on a controversial ball to eliminate Chen Ran.

"Chen Ran, come on!"

After the women's final, China's two golden flowers sat on the sidelines to cheer for Chen Ran.

This time to participate in the "Sunshine Double Tournament", the Chinese Tennis National Team traveled as a whole, including Chen Ran, which also formed a unique landscape abroad.

When Sun Jinfang proposed this suggestion to Chen Ran, she was worried that the other party would reject it.

After all, Chen Ran is used to being independent, and he is not under the control of the network association.

Surprisingly, Chen Ran actually agreed to this suggestion. In his words, it was like adapting to the collective life of the Olympic Games in advance.

Traveling alone is boring, but it’s nice to have a companion, not to mention everyone is a tennis player.

Therefore, in this "Sunshine Double Tournament" trip, Chen Ran also participated in the competition as a member of the Chinese national team.

Of course, the difference is that he does not have to hand over his competition bonus.

However, compared to Zheng Jie, who was in high spirits, Li Na, who was also watching the game, was much calmer.

Many Chinese media even surrounded Zheng Jie and asked if she was okay.

There is also a lot of entertainment media mixed in, which is naturally full of gossip.

These guys are also asking around and around, is it possible for the top men's tennis player and the top women's tennis player to become a pair?

After all, Zheng Jie's appearance is pretty good among female athletes.

What's more, you happen to be three years older than Chen Ran. The so-called "female junior, holds gold bricks"!

However, Zheng Jie suddenly remembered the foreign girl who had quietly haunted Chen Ran's room during the Australian Open, and decisively shook her head in denial.

"You should pay more attention to this final!"

"Actually, we would rather you win the championship to create a sensation."

After all, Chen Ran has already won five Masters tournaments, and has already secured the number one spot in the world ahead of schedule.

The topic of this game is much smaller for those reporters.

If Zheng Jie can defeat Haining to win the championship, the news will definitely be more topical than Chen Ran's defeat of Roddick.

"Haining is so powerful and invulnerable." Zheng Jie smiled bitterly, "She deserves to be the queen of tennis. The gap between me and her is too big."

She knew her physical limitations.

At 1 meters tall, he is considered short in the WTA.

Zheng Jie was actually very afraid that today would be the most glorious day of her career and that she would never be able to repeat it again.

She also couldn't deny that the physical fitness of the sister next to her was much better than hers.

But she secretly made up her mind.

Don't be proud, you need to practice more and improve your baseline ball skills.

"Today is definitely not an ending for me, but just a starting point!"

……

At this moment, Chen Ran was practicing before the game, but he found that many Chinese reporters were surrounding Zheng Jie.

He muttered helplessly: Oh no, the limelight has been stolen by the female netizens!

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(End of this chapter)