Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 447 US Open without Chen Ran

Respect the fate of others and let go of helping others.

This is Chen Ran's principle.

He felt that he was still very low-key.

If he reveals his relationship with Elijah, you should be the ones shocked.

But forget it, even if you shock others, there is nothing to be arrogant about.

What's more, the relationship between him and Ailijie will probably be like the relationship between the national table tennis players and female artists. Although it will blossom, it is unlikely to bear fruit.

So secrecy is the best option.

When the plane from Athens to Yanjing landed at Yanjing International Airport, Director Yuan of the Sports Bureau walked up to Chen Ran and Liu Xiang and said with a smile: "This time when you get off the plane, you two will be the ones walking at the very end." In front, accept the cheers of the people."

The leaders are very satisfied with the results of this competition, especially the breakthroughs in tennis and 110-meter hurdles, which have been well received by the outside world.

Just like in previous lives, officials also need to have this sense of ritual.

It's just that in the previous life, Liu Xiang walked alone in front of him, but this time, the two of them walked together.

When Chen Ran won Wimbledon and completed the Grand Slam, he did not choose to return to China, but stayed abroad to continue competing and training.

At that time, some leaders criticized his choice and believed that he should return to China to prepare for the war with everyone.

However, after Chen Ran won the gold medal in the Olympics, all these negative views disappeared.

Results are always the strongest foundation.

So, Chen Ran and Liu Xiang got off the plane first.

When the two of them came down from the elevator, reporters and media who had been waiting for a long time were crowded together and kept pressing the shutter, showing off their posture.

Let everyone have a feeling of returning home.

However, the difference between Chen Ran and other Olympic champions is that except for some official occasions, he asked his agency to decline all other non-essential business activities.

To use a pretentious sentence to describe it: other Olympic champions need to follow this wave of gold-winning enthusiasm and earn as much wealth as possible for themselves. Chen Ran’s gold medal, in addition to completing the Golden Slam achievement, is also To serve the motherland.

Therefore, even though there were not many business invitations, Chen Ran basically declined them one by one.

At the same time, Chen Ran is always paying attention to the progress of the US Open.

Both he and Zheng Jie withdrew from this US Open, but Li Na and Zeng Shaoxuan still went to compete.

However, the current results of the two are not too eye-catching.

Li Na stopped in the top 32, while Zeng Shaoxuan was eliminated in the first round.

On the women's side, Haining, who had just won the Olympic gold medal, was obviously in poor condition and was eliminated early. Serena Williams, another favorite to win the championship, failed to seize this golden opportunity and stopped in the quarterfinals.

Russian newcomer Kuznetsova unexpectedly won this US Open championship.

18 years old, the same age as Chen Ran!
Two months ago, the 17-year-old Sharapova won Wimbledon, and now the 18-year-old Kuznetsova won the US Open, making the world marvel at the power of the young Russian Pink Army.

Two such young Russian girls were able to win Grand Slam championships one after another.

But in terms of appearance, Kuznetsova is far inferior to Sharapova, so her commercial value will probably be far different.

Then there's the men's side.

Due to Chen Ran's absence, world No. 2 Federer was listed as the No. 1 seed, while World No. 3 Roddick was listed as the No. 2 seed.

The American audience naturally hopes that Roddick can meet Federer in the final.

Even the American media are joking: Andy and Chen Ran are both absent from this US Open. If you can't even resist this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, you are really disrespecting the completely powerful tradition of the United States.

If you can win the championship, it's best. If you can't win it, at least you have to enter the finals and carry a plate, right?
However, reality often backfires. Roddick, who has high expectations from American fans, unexpectedly stopped early in the quarterfinals, losing to the little-known Swedish teenager Johansson 2-3. Even the American audience at the scene was stunned by this shocking upset. Many people opened their mouths and looked at the score on the big screen above in disbelief.

It seems that he is unwilling to believe this result.

Of course, you can imagine how vicious the American media will be after the game and how fierce the criticism will be.

What made the American media blush even more was that the Australian hare Hewitt, who had been ridiculed by them for his "premature aging", returned to his former glory, defeating all the players along the way and reaching the finals.

What about the premature aging that is said to have passed its peak?
Seeing the American media's entangled and gnashing of teeth, Chen Ran felt very happy.

But he knew very well that this was the last glory of the Australian hare.

After nearly two years in the doldrums, Hewitt finally tasted the taste of a Grand Slam final again.

Only this time, Hewitt seemed to have made it to the final, but he was still very far away from the third Grand Slam championship in his career, like an insurmountable gap.

0 is better than 3!

Hewitt had no ability to resist at all, and lost three consecutive sets to Federer without any suspense.

Federer took advantage of Chen Ran's absence at this US Open to win the second Grand Slam championship in his career.

At the same time, Federer finally surpassed Chen Ran in ATP points and became the world's number one ranking.

Chen Ran has been ranked number one in the world for 65 weeks, and this time he is finally replaced.

This achievement is already outstanding among active players.

However, careful people discovered that Federer's two Grand Slam championships were actually won when Chen Ran was absent.

And in the encounter between the two of them in the Grand Slam, Federer was completely defeated!

So this first place is not worthy of reality.

"Federer is not the real number one in the world."

"Because so far, he has been hard-pressed to win against Chen Ran in the Grand Slams!"

These American media didn't know what was wrong, but this time they actually spoke for Chen Ran.

Perhaps it was the fact that Federer so easily won the US Open, which has the highest prize money in history and made Americans proud, that made the American media feel unhappy.

So they started to find fault.

However, what is somewhat surprising is that the Swiss King also showed his elegant side and accepted the ridicule of the American media calmly.

"Yes, they make sense."

"I can't argue with that."

"It is true that I have never defeated Chen Ran once in a Grand Slam."

"So I'm not really No. 1 in the world, let alone he's already a Golden Slam."

"I look forward to continuing to compete with Chen Ran in next year's Grand Slam."

The reason why Chen Ran lost his No. 800 ranking in the world was because he strategically gave up on the two Masters tournaments and the US Open for this Olympics. The Olympic champion only had points.

This also impressed many colleagues. This young man has a great sense of national honor!

Therefore, Chen Ran is still the number one player in men's tennis in the eyes of the world, and the number one player in women's tennis is also the famous Belgian player Haining who won the Olympic gold medal but strategically gave up the US Open.

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(End of this chapter)