Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 438: Withdrawing from the US Open and preparing for the China Open!

After Chen Ran won the championship, China's major official media, including CCTV, and many portal websites immediately reported the exciting news with front-page headlines.

In the hot summer of 2004, Chen Ran brought a dreamlike experience to all Chinese sports fans.

He first won Wimbledon and then the Athens Olympics, becoming the second Golden Slam winner in the history of men's professional tennis.

At this moment, Chen Ran's reputation reached its peak.

Since then, there has been no suspense about the battle for the goat in the Chinese sports world, and Chen Ran deserves it.

When Chen Ran walked down from the podium wearing a golden gold medal, some Chinese reporters immediately sent congratulations, but there were also some sharp-eyed foreign reporters who noticed that Chen Ran was showing signs of fatigue.

Some people even noticed that Chen Ran rubbed his arms from time to time.

Many tennis players have an occupational disease, which is "tennis elbow".

Swinging the racket hard for a long time can cause inflammation and pain in the elbow.

Of course, not only tennis players, but also badminton players and people who engage in elbow activities for a long time are also susceptible to this disease.

Chen Ran officially entered the tour stage when he was about 17 years old. For almost two years now, he has basically traveled around the world and participated in various competitions. You can imagine the pressure on his elbows.

"Chen, are you injured?"

"Will this affect your participation in the US Open?"

Some foreign reporters seized the opportunity and asked Chen Ran one question after another.

American journalists in particular have once again shown their characteristic arrogance.

"The Olympic champion only gets 800 points."

"If your performance at the US Open is affected for the sake of this gold medal, is it worth the loss? Will you regret it?"

"After all, the Grand Slam is far more important than the Olympics."

Fuck you!

Chen Ran cursed in his heart when he looked at those beautiful Chinese reporters who looked like dog-skin plasters.

Why are you so friendly towards Yao Ming, but you always like to embarrass me?
By the way, Yao Ming will not affect the NBA structure, but will help the NBA vigorously expand the Chinese market.

However, Chen Ran has now dominated the men's professional tennis world, turning a group of American players into military-trained footmen.

What's more, he doesn't work for any American professional league.

If reporters from these beautiful countries aren’t targeting you, who are they targeting?

"Now is the time to win the gold medal. I just want to have fun. Why should I think about something so far away like the US Open?"

Chen Ran frowned, then relaxed his brows and said disapprovingly.

"what?"

"Chen, what on earth are you talking about?"

The beautiful reporter's eyes widened, almost thinking he heard something wrong.

One week later it's time for the US Open. Especially this year's US Open organizing committee has significantly increased the prize money, which is known as the highest prize money in history for a Grand Slam.

Countless tennis players are already gearing up and ready to do something big.

One week can be said to be imminent, but you actually said that the US Open is still far away?

This joke is not funny at all!
"I said that the US Open is very, very far away from now, and I don't need to consider this issue." Chen Ran still said seriously, with a very serious expression on his face.

"What do you mean by that?"

The reporter from Beautiful Country was confused. It seemed to him that Chen Ran was not lying. "Oh, by the way..." Chen Ran suddenly patted his forehead, "Sorry, I didn't explain myself clearly."

"what?"

"I mean, next year's U.S. Open is still very far away because I'm preparing to withdraw from this year's U.S. Open."

His words were earth-shattering and caused a stir in the minds of many reporters.

what?
Ranked No. 1 in the world, Golden Slam winner Chen Ran has decided to withdraw from the US Open!

This would eclipse the grand slam tournament with the highest prize money in history.

"Why?" These reporters expressed disbelief.

You see, reporters from these beautiful countries are so weird.

They had just been asking Chen Ran some difficult questions, but after learning that the other party was not going to participate in the US Open a week later, they became anxious.

"Isn't the answer to your question just now?"

Chen Ran liked to see the surprised look of this group of people, and then replied with a smile, "I feel like I'm a little injured. Although I can manage minor injuries in some important games and stay on the line of fire, I don't like to take care of the injuries." Participate.”

"I am made of flesh and blood, not a robot made of steel and iron, so I decided to give myself a holiday after winning the Olympics."

"So your injury is not serious. You can continue playing if you hold on for a while?" The reporter from Beautiful Country still refused to give up.

"Yes!" Chen Ran nodded very confidently, "If I grit my teeth and persevere, I can participate in the US Open. And I don't think it will be that easy for anyone to win against me."

"But my competition tasks in the second half of the year are still very heavy, and my body is the capital of revolution. After careful consideration, I decided to give up the US Open."

"What other competition tasks do you have in the second half of the year? The end of the year? That's still in Houston!" the reporter from Beautiful Country emphasized, "In addition, the US Open is the last Grand Slam tournament of the year. Is there anything more important than it? game?”

Call ~
Chen Ran took a long breath, shook his arm again, and said very seriously: "The US Open is very close to the Olympics, and the China Open is very close to the US Open. In order to prepare well for the China Open, and to ensure that my body can get enough I have no choice but to withdraw from the US Open.”

China Open? What the hell is that?

American journalists, who have always been arrogant, have no time to inquire about a mere ATP500 event.

In the end, several of them learned the answer from their Chinese counterparts.

On September 9, the first China Tennis Open will be held in Yanjing. This is an ATP20 event.

In terms of time, there is only about ten days between the US Open and the US Open, which can be said to be very tight.

and many more!

"Chen Ran, what were you talking about just now?" the reporter from Meili Country confirmed again.

"In order to prepare for the China Open, I had to choose to withdraw from this year's US Open."

Chen Ran said word by word, very seriously: "My body cannot bear to participate in the Olympics, US Open, and China Open in a short period of time, so I can only give up the US Open, which is in the middle."

His words made the reporters from the beautiful country suddenly petrified.

It’s been a long time since we’ve seen each other!

They had only heard of tennis players giving up the Olympics to prepare for the US Open, but they actually heard from Chen Ran that they gave up the US Open to prepare for the China Open.

This is a Grand Slam tournament!
Although you are Chinese and have already won the US Open.

But they still couldn't understand it, it was simply unheard of!

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(End of this chapter)