Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 366 Xiaozhi is here to poach someone!

Perhaps Roddick, a loyal manservant, played a huge role in Federer's huge influence and popularity in the United States in his previous life.

In fact, until the time when Chen Ran was reborn, Roddick was still the number one player in American tennis after Agassi, and he was still the leader.

As for Djokovic, although he has achieved unparalleled great honors, among the records of players from both sides, Roddick is the only player who puts him at a disadvantage. It is also the biggest reliance used by the American media to ridicule the Serbian.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Roddick retired very early, leaving no chance for Djokovic to overtake.

In this life, it is not clear whether Roddick will continue to be Federer's manservant, but Chen Ran will try to make this guy his manservant.

Especially in the "tie-break", it should be a very interesting thing to suppress the opponent and become a mountain that the opponent cannot climb.

After successfully defending the Miami Masters, Chen Ran also scored a huge 1000 points.

So far, he has basically completed his goal of maintaining points in this "Sunshine Double Match".

After the Swiss brother Wawrinka unexpectedly defeated the first brother Federer in the civil war, the point difference between Chen Ran and Federer was once again widened to more than 1000 points.

His number of weeks ranked No. 45 in the world also successfully surpassed that of Brazilian star Kuerten, reaching weeks.

Among active players, Chen Ran’s number of weeks as “No. 1 in the world” ranks third behind Agassi and Hewitt.

Hewitt is currently at 80 weeks, and it seems difficult to add more at the moment.

Although he is still young and the same age as Federer, his potential seems to be exhausted and his condition is no longer the same.

Of course, this cannot be guaranteed.

As for Agassi, the possibility of the "world number one" number of weeks continuing to increase is even slimmer than that of Hewitt. After all, he has reached the end of his career and is getting worse year by year.

In fact, it is extremely rare for players like the Big Three to remain as strong as ever after the age of 30, and it has basically subverted the previous perceptions of the tennis world.

For Chinese fans, this "Sunshine Double Match" is also a surprise.

Especially in the Miami stop, Chen Ran won the championship, and Zheng Jie, the golden woman in women's tennis, also won the runner-up.

In addition, Li Na reached the top 16 in both Sunshine Doubles, while Zeng Shaoxuan also won his first Masters victory in Indian Wells.

Chinese tennis is not only blossoming for men and women, but also for many more.

CCTV was also delighted. This time, "Sports News" spent a full 30 minutes out of 20 minutes summarizing this "Sunshine Double Match".

It is enough to show that the official level attaches great importance to tennis.

Obviously CCTV has also realized that in addition to football and basketball, there is another popular sport that needs their focus.

Of course, this means a steady stream of advertising revenue.

Don't forget, 2004 is still the Olympic year.

Based on the current trend, whether it is football or basketball, there is no need to count on winning gold and silver at the Athens Olympics, but when it comes to tennis, both official media and fans can look forward to it.

Chen Ran and Zheng Jie are considered by many sports media to be capable of winning gold medals in Athens.

Plus Liu Xiang's 110-meter hurdles, and of course Yao Ming's military order not to shave for a year if he doesn't make it to the quarterfinals.

In addition, the Athens Olympics is known as the warm-up for the Yanjing Olympics.

This year, sports craze reached unprecedented heights in China.

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"She should be prepared to receive the wealth that pours from the sky!"

Chen Ran replied this way when asked by a Chinese reporter what he thought of Zheng Jie.

Yes, heaven-shaking wealth is about to sweep in.

After defeating Kristys and Venus Williams, winning the runner-up position in the WTA1000 Tour and setting a new record in the Chinese women's tennis, many sponsors began to come one after another.

This is the advantage of women's tennis.

Sponsors are just as enthusiastic about outstanding female tennis players as they are about male tennis players.

There is no exception whether it is in the world or in China.

Soon, from beverages to cosmetics, as well as various brand-name bags, these manufacturers handed Zheng Jie endorsement contracts, which even made actresses in the entertainment industry envious.

This is just a runner-up in the WTA Crown. If this was a championship or a runner-up in a Grand Slam, it would be unimaginable.

"I can't imagine what would be the result if Zheng Jie defeated the tennis queen Haining in the final?"

"Is the commercial value comparable to Chen Ran?"

Some sports reporters expressed this emotion.

Some foreign sports media have boldly asserted that in the future WTA, Zheng Jie and Sharapova will become the two leading female tennis players in terms of commercial value. Whether it is Henin, Serena Williams, or Clijsters, they can only compete for the third spot.

Although many people scoffed at such promising words, Chen Ran knew that this possibility was not small at all.

He traveled from a previous life and experienced the most glorious era of the WTA.

Li Na and Sharapova are indeed the two leading advertising revenue breakers in the WTA.

It's just that in this time and space, Li Na's position may temporarily become Zheng Jie's.

As for how long it would last, Chen Ran didn't dare to say.

Because of his butterfly effect, everything has changed dramatically.

For example, Chen Ran has already developed the idea in his mind that he no longer needs a head coach. He feels that he can now completely imitate the "problem boy" Kyrgios of later generations.

Of course, Kyrgios was purely showing off and had outstanding talent, but because he was too wild, he suffered from injuries in the later stages.

Chen Ran does not need a head coach, but he has physical coaches, yoga coaches, physical therapists and physical trainers to help him avoid injuries.

However, not only Chen Ran, but Zhang Depei also had the idea of ​​finding another job.

First, the salary given by Chen Ran was not high; second, he also looked for new challenges.

When I was not short of money, I was already offered a high salary and wanted to poach someone.

As long as Zhang Depei nods, the liquidated damages will be paid out.

The enthusiasm of small-life companies for sponsoring tennis is unparalleled, no less than that of football.

What's more, in today's small days, there is a rising star Kei Nishikori.

This fifteen-year-old boy, who has Chen Ran as his idol and goal, has already won several ITF and low-level challenge championships, showing amazing potential.

The sponsors of Little Life were so excited that the famous Sony was even willing to pay a large amount of liquidated damages to poach Zhang Depei directly.

History seems to have returned to its original trajectory.

After all, in the original time and space, it was Zhang Depei who brought unprecedented glory to tennis in his childhood.

Kei Nishikori's glory is not only a Grand Slam runner-up, but also the highest world No. 3 ranking, and a record of entering the year-end four times.

These are heights that Asian players have never reached, and they are the ones that lead the way.

It can be said that Zhang Depei allowed the equally small Kei Nishikori to achieve the ultimate achievement that he could have achieved.

Let Lao Zhang run away like this?

After all, Chen Ran is not willing to raise his salary, and with his current strength, there is nothing to worry about letting Zhang Depei coach Kei Nishikori.

He is even more looking forward to teaching Xiaoli a lesson and training him into the most loyal manservant in the future in the tour and Grand Slam arenas.

French star Monfils is also considered a first-class player.

In addition, he also has a nickname, he is the strongest black player in the ATP world.

But it was such a guy who became Djokovic's first manservant.

Nineteen consecutive losses!

This is the battle record between Monfils and Djokovic.

The first black player to become famous because of this makes people laugh.

Chen Ran wanted to see if he could chase this record, but his target was actually Kei Nishikori, who had him as his idol.

He is not sure whether Zhang Depei's coaching role for Kei Nishikori will increase the difficulty.

But Chen Ran, with the idea that the wealth would not go to outsiders, came up with a clever plan to kill two birds with one stone.

Since I am unwilling to give Zhang Depei a salary increase, it does not mean that other Chinese players cannot hire him.

So, Chen Ran set his sights on Zheng Jie.

Zheng Jie, who is about to have a lot of endorsements, already has the financial strength to pursue a solo career.

Then asking her to hire Zhang Depei with a high salary should be a good plan.

As for Chen Ran, he can also leave a good reputation among the Chinese media.

"The generous and generous Chen Ran took the initiative to give up his head coach in order to support the development of Chinese tennis!"

Look, the title has already been thought of for them!

(How about this foreshadowing? No one thought of it!)

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PS: There are a lot of things going on at the end of the year. There is only one update today, I will try to update more tomorrow.

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