Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 376 Revenge!

A year later, Chen Ran met the Real Madrid superstars again.

Time flies, things change and people change.

When he came to Madrid last year, he was still a newbie; now, Chen Ran has become a well-known figure in professional tennis and even the entire sports circle.

At this moment, Ronaldo, who was much fatter than a year ago, touched his forehead and sighed in his heart: Unexpected, really unexpected.

In just one year, this Chinese young man has become a big shot, although the other party is not yet as famous as himself.

Tennis is also a very popular sport in Brazil.

Three-time French Open champion Kurten is also a household name in Brazil.

Today, Chen Ran has not only tied Kurten in the number of Grand Slams, but has also surpassed him in the number of weeks he has been ranked No. 1 in the world.

This also made Chen Ran famous in the football kingdom.

Countless people regard him as the target of challenge and try to pull him down from the "world number one" throne.

"Our Rafael will once again challenge the world's number one."

More importantly, as he reached the final of the Madrid Masters, his "world number one" ranking continued for many weeks.

The Spanish host at the scene seemed very excited.

Chen Ran was very satisfied with the result.

After the opponent wins one game, he naturally wants to win another.

He cannot lose to Nadal twice in a row, even on the clay court where the opponent is best.

Now in the United States, fans are focusing on the duel between Chen Ran and Roddick, while many European fans are focusing on Chen Ran and Federer.

He has already ranked among the top 10 players in history, and is second only to Agassi's 101 weeks among active players.

The focus of Russian fans is Chen Ran vs. Safin.

He has always been at the center of public opinion in world tennis and is the top player.

At this moment, the focus of Spanish fans and media has shifted from Chen Ran vs. Ferrero to Chen Ran vs. Nadal.

Chen Ran looked at Nadal, a Spanish guy, looking menacing, and knew that this guy was bound to win this game.

50 weeks!

This is the number of weeks Chen Ran has been ranked first in the world.

At this moment, Chen Ran was also paying attention to the trends of public opinion and discovered a pattern.

What's more, the clay court in Madrid is different from the clay court in Monte Carlo. The ball speed is slightly faster, which is obviously beneficial to Chen Ran.

"Dear viewers, this much-anticipated final is about to begin!"

"That's good, every top player aims to beat themselves."

"This will allow the media around the world to help me promote it for free!"

This is the benefit of his "number one ranking in the world".

Although no matter what the outcome of this game, he can still maintain the number one in the world, Chen Ran still looked solemn.

"But the world's No. 1 was defeated by Raphael not long ago!"

"We believe he can beat the defending champion!"

Compared with the slightly reserved Chinese, the Spaniards are much more direct and unrestrained, without any humility at all.

They are convinced that the Spaniards dominate the clay court and no one can challenge them.

Outside Spain, there are also huge Latin legions.

An outsider like Chen Ran cannot let you always be the guest.

After a brief handshake between Chen Ran and Nadal, the final officially began.

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"Is this the Masters final with the youngest average age in history?" The C5 host looked at the two young people and suddenly thought of this.

They are really too young, both of them have just turned eighteen. The pinnacle showdown on clay court in men's professional tennis is terrifyingly young.

Think again of Zhang Depei, who once aspired to win the French Open.

Clay courts are indeed more suitable for these energetic young people.

"Youth means unlimited physical strength!"

"Even if... you understand what I mean. Before the age of 20 and after the age of 20, the number of times in that area is completely different."

From the beginning of the game, both sides showed no intention of testing, showing all their strength and running all over the field.

After all, Chen Ran and Nadal now know each other very well.

Boos had accompanied Chen Ran since the beginning of the game, but these had almost no impact on Chen Ran.

The ball speed on this clay court is obviously faster than that in Monte Carlo, and Nadal, even at his peak in his previous life, was never known for his serve.

Among giant-level players, his serving level is actually weaker.

In Nadal's third service game, Chen Ran scored 0 points in a row when trailing 15-4 and broke serve strongly.

Suddenly, the noisy Spaniards fell silent.

This stadium is more like a vegetable market than Flushing at the US Open, and there is never a moment of silence.

Chen Ran suspected that these Spanish fans in Madrid were the same people who watched El Clasico. They regarded tennis matches as football matches and became a place for them to vent their emotions.

This group of people deliberately made deafening boos when Chen Ran served, trying to distract Chen Ran.

Even if the referee on the scene reminded him several times, it would not help.

The opponent seems to have become accustomed to encountering this kind of situation when refereeing games in Spain.

You can't kick everyone out.

Fortunately, Chen Ran didn't understand Spanish at all, so even though he knew those words were ugly, he still ignored them.

Generally speaking, tennis players need to keep quiet when serving in order to improve the success rate of the serve. If they are too noisy, it will seriously affect the quality of the serve.

But to the disappointment of those Spanish fans, Chen Ran's concentration on serving was hardly affected at all.

His first-serve success rate is horribly high!

This made Nadal somewhat passive.

Don’t forget, the ball speed on this court is faster than the French Open.

This made Chen Ran even more powerful.

Similarly, after the last match, Chen Ran has become somewhat accustomed to Nadal's topspin.

In the first set, he held serve in all service games and finally won 6-4.

Chen Ran is only one step away from successfully defending his title.

In the second set, Chen Ran was still in hot form.

Can Nadal run? Chen Ran can run just as well as the other person!

Chen Ran's figure will appear in every corner of the stadium.

Whether in front of the net or at the bottom line, he always suppressed Nadal.

The process of this game was completely different from the match between the two in the Monte Carlo Masters.

Chen Ran played in an away game, and even though the audience was booing, he became more and more courageous as he fought.

Finally, in the tenth game, after three 3-level draws, he broke serve again!

6 is better than 4!

He successfully won the second set and completed his revenge with two 6-4 scores!

At the Monte Carlo Masters, Chen Ran was beaten 2-0 by Nadal. This time at the Madrid Masters, he returned the favor 2-0 in front of all the Spanish fans.

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(End of this chapter)