Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 39 Elegant SLR
Chen Ran's third special skills trainer is the famous Swiss King Roger Federer.

Not only around the world, but even in China, a country where tennis is not popular, many people have heard of Federer's name even if they have never watched a tennis match.

Even more than two decades later, Federer's personal honors have been overtaken by Nadal and Djokovic, but he is still hailed as the most influential tennis player.

The media's evaluation of Federer is that he has raised tennis to a new level.

Federer, who was born in 1981, is only 21 years old now, but he has already shown unparalleled strength in all levels of ATP tours and the four Grand Slams. Although he has not yet won a Grand Slam crown, he has already won several tour events. of championships, including the ATP Masters 1000.

As Chen Ran's third special skills trainer, Federer is responsible for Chen Ran's one-handed backhand training.

Federer's one-handed backhand shot is a tennis skill that is praised as combining elegance and lethality.

His elegant playing style is the reason why his commercial value is far ahead of the other two giants Nadal and Djokovic.

The Eastern backhand grip is the grip of Roger Federer.

This kind of grip position allows the player to have both the power and the extremely high rotation ability to hit his backhand. Of course, the more critical thing is the preparation before hitting the ball.

If a player is not prepared well before hitting the ball, he or she will become rushed and unable to maintain the proper distance from the ball, which will affect the quality of the backhand shot.

In the "simulation training ground", the coach "Federer" came off the court in person and took the trouble to demonstrate to Chen Ran again and again, allowing Chen Ran to witness what a master-level backhand shot is.

When preparing for the backhand, make a full turn, turn your right shoulder to the left, turn your waist, step out with your right foot, keep your center of gravity on your right foot, hold the racket neck with your left hand to help open the racket, relax your right hand, and hold the racket well , and then hit a powerful one-handed backhand shot.

A very beautiful backhand shot can cause a one-hit kill.

This is a profound skill, just like Nadal's topspin and Alcaraz's ball release. It is not easy to master. Fortunately, Chen Ran has a coach who feeds the ball in person and can practice day and night. Now, Already scratched the surface.

Unlimited physical fitness during training, one-on-one coaching from top coaches, and the ability to fight with these top coaches with real swords and guns at any time, this is Chen Ran's biggest advantage.

For most tennis players, training is training and games are games.

But training and competition are always two different things. No matter how intense the training is, it cannot replace the impact of the competition.

After all, the coach who guides you is old and experienced, but his actual combat ability has long since ceased. And the players who train with you, especially the top players, are unlikely to show the same performance in practice as they do in official games. competitive status.

Chen Ran does not have this problem. Four top players can compete with him anytime, anywhere in a formal competitive state.

Under these conditions, Chen Ran's progress was rapid.

In just two months, his technical attributes increased from 67 points to 70 points.

70 points means that Chen Ran has touched the threshold of the ATP Tour.You must know that among Chinese tennis players in this era, men are still far away from the threshold of the ATP Tour, while a few women can occasionally participate in the WTA Tour.

However, competition in men's professional tennis is not the same thing as women's.

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Magic City is now the city that the International Tennis Federation and the Professional Tennis Federation attach most importance to in the Eastern world. To be precise, the entire China contains huge market potential.They believe that tennis, which is widely popular around the world, has huge influence and commercial value, will naturally usher in its own spring in China.

In November this year, Shanghai will host the Masters Cup Tennis Tournament (equivalent to the later ATP Year-End Finals). The top eight players in the world will be divided into two groups to start a peak showdown.

The year-end Masters Cup is second only to the four Grand Slams in importance in the tennis world. Hosting it in Shanghai shows that they attach great importance to the Chinese market.

In addition, there are various large and small ITF hope tournaments, as well as ATP challenge tournaments.

From Chen Ran's perspective, Yanjing is too far away, so Magic City is obviously a good place to earn points.

Chen Ran's ATP ranking is 900+. Although he cannot be listed as a seed in the ITF25K Hope Tournament, he has also obtained the qualification to directly enter the main draw.

The organizing committee at that time was quite surprised to see Chen Ran come to sign up, because in the past, Chinese tennis players had signed up through the Tennis Association, because they were all players within the system.

There are also enthusiasts who register in their own name, but they can basically only participate in the qualifying rounds. Chen Ran, who registered in his own name, is the first to be able to directly enter the main competition.

Because of Chen Ran's relationship, a provincial team player was accidentally squeezed out of a regular match spot, but the organizing committee was helpless.

There is no way, Chen Ran's ATP ranking is higher than his opponent, so Chen Ran has priority. This is a rigid rule of the International Tennis Association, and any organizer must abide by it.

If the provincial team player wants to directly participate in the main game, he can only rely on the organizing committee to send an extra wild card.

At this moment, on one of the courts, two Chinese players met in the first round and started a duel.

The opponents were Chen Ran and national team player Wang Yu, but the situation on the court was overwhelming.

Now the head coach of the Huaxia Tennis Team, Wang Heguang, looked at this scene with frowning eyes.

This kid named Chen Ran came out of nowhere, with an ATP ranking of 900+, and he actually suppressed the national team players who had an ATP ranking of 500+ and was unable to fight back.

The score in the first set was 6:2, while the second set reached 5:3.

What shocked the head coach even more was that Wang Yu's serve was in the ninth game of the second set, but Chen Ran had already reached the break point first, which was also the match point of the entire game!
"Is it possible that in today's China, Europe and America, there are players who pay for personal training?" Wang Heguang clenched his fists, looking thoughtful.

What the hell!

Immediately, his pupils enlarged and his eyes showed an unbelievable look.

It turned out that when Chen Ran was in a stalemate with Wang Yu's multi-shot, he unexpectedly made a one-handed backhand. The ball hit a gorgeous diagonal line and landed directly on the other side of the opponent's player's dead center.

Wang Yu watched the ball fly away without making any reaction.

What shocked Wang Heguang even more was that Chen Ran's one-handed backhand batting action was so elegant, like a beautiful picture.

His heartbeat began to accelerate: When did such a young talent appear in China?
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(End of this chapter)