Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 455: Scheming Boy Swiss Brother
Looking back on his Olympic journey, Chen Ran almost easily swept his opponent in the remaining games, except for a somewhat difficult final.

But what was somewhat surprising was that he had a difficult time hitting the net this time.

As a result, all kinds of gossip quickly appeared on the Internet.

"Is Chen Ran deliberately controlling the market for the sake of China Open's ratings?"

"If the game is one-sided, people will definitely lose interest."

"It's a hard fight every time to arouse the audience's interest."

"But it's good to win. Only if Chen Ran can continue to win will I be interested in continuing to watch the China Open."

On the Internet, players who generally understand football have expressed their opinions.

However, Wawrinka's performance also amazed Chinese fans.

The Swiss boy, who is only 19 years old, showed a first-class competitive level in this duel.

Even the fight between him and Chen Ran was better than that between Federer and Chen Ran.

In the eyes of the outside world, Wawrinka is even far better than Federer at the same age.

At this age, Federer struggled very much in the adult schedule.

The Swiss reporter at the scene even joked that since Wawrinka got the flower pants endorsement advertisement from China, he has become more passionate and devoted in training.

After all, he is still so young. In addition to game bonuses, he can also get huge financial rewards off the court.

Although Federer is still the well-deserved "Swiss No. 1 Brother", this title of "Swiss No. 1 Brother" may not be without suspense in the future.

"Stanislas, I have a question."

When the two shook hands after the game, Chen Ran suddenly remembered something.

"what is the problem?"

"Will you partner with Roger in doubles to participate in the Yanjing Olympics?"

So far, it seems Wawrinka has no plans to participate in doubles.

In his previous life, he and Federer won the men's doubles championship at the Yanjing Olympics.

"Double?"

The Swiss boy frowned, then shook his head very firmly: "Doubles and singles are two completely different sports, and I don't have the energy to blend them in."

After a pause, he continued: "Chen, you should also know that some people specialize in doubles, some specialize in singles, and some specialize in mixed doubles. My focus is on singles!"

"Uh...Chen, don't you want to sign up for doubles?"

"No!" Chen Ran also shook his head resolutely, "I never thought about participating in doubles. I was just looking for you to confirm."

Come on, looking at Wawrinka's attitude, he is not willing to sacrifice himself to cooperate with Federer.

No wonder!
Singles and doubles in Olympic competitions require points.

Now Wawrinka is not willing to affect his status in the tour for an Olympic doubles opportunity.

Different from his previous life, Wawrinka only gradually began to show his prominence in the ATP after the Yanjing Olympics. He was relatively unknown before, so he was willing to sacrifice the opportunity of the tour to accompany Federer in doubles.

However, at this moment, the Swiss guy has become famous.

However, Wawrinka's next words made Chen Ran even more amazed by his butterfly effect.

"Chen, actually if Roger invites me and the time is arranged properly, I might agree."

"But after listening to what you just said, I changed my mind. Like you, I want to focus on singles competition." Wawrinka said confidently, "You know, many players who specialize in singles will occasionally sign up for doubles. In addition to warming up, I also earn some bonuses as pocket money.”

Now? I've already gotten endorsements, so I definitely don't care about the meager bonuses for doubles.

Focusing all your efforts on singles is the way to go.

Wawrinka has a very strong intuition that if he focuses on singles, he may not have a chance to win the Grand Slam.

So he naturally excluded doubles.

"Chen, my fortune is not good!"

He said extremely seriously, "If I hadn't met you, I think I could have reached the finals in my current state."

"Haha~" Chen Ran smiled heartily after hearing this, "Stanislas... Damn it, your name is so hard to pronounce. Brother flower pants, please improve your ranking as soon as possible. When you become a seed player, we won't be like this Encountered it a long time ago.”

"Yes, I want to earn points and participate in more tour events." Wawrinka looked serious.

But as soon as he took a few steps, he seemed to have thought of something, and turned around and shouted to Chen Ran: "Chen, how about we play doubles together?"

"What?" Chen Ran thought he heard wrongly, "What did you say? Let's form a doubles team?"

"Yes, the bonus is second, mainly to warm up for singles and get in shape. Besides... you just reminded me."

Wawrinka paused and continued: "If Roger really finds me and hopes to form a doubles team to prepare for the Yanjing Olympics, I can't refuse openly, otherwise Switzerland will also put pressure on me."

"If we form a tag team, I'll have a reason to say no to Roger."

In his opinion, he and Chen Ran formed a doubles team, which was completely different from Federer.

Because he formed a doubles team with Chen Ran, Wawrinka didn't need to spend any energy, or even break in. When it was time to play, he could just pick up the racket and hit it for a few shots.

But if he forms a doubles match with Federer, he will have to work hard.

"Ha~ are you sure we are just going for fun?" Chen Ran asked again seriously.

It's not that he can't accept it just for fun on the tour, just to find his own condition.

Imagine if you had never played doubles once in your career, would you have some regrets?

In addition, it seems quite interesting that Federer missed the only Olympic gold medal in his career because of his unexpected intervention.

Chen Ran thought with some evil humor.

I didn’t realize it, but Wawrinka, this Swiss guy, is actually a scheming boy, so capable of pulling tricks.

"It's not impossible. Haha~ Your big flowery pants that people can't bear to look at always affect me during the game. Now it's time to give me some assists."

"But let me tell you first, I will never wear these tacky and ugly floral pants with you."

Wawrinka patted his flower pants disapprovingly: "These are flower pants produced by your Chinese manufacturer. I think they are very handsome."

Regarding his aesthetic taste, Chen Ran was speechless and could only give a thumbs up.

"Stanislas... this season is almost over, so next year... Next year, we can try to form a doubles team to have some fun, just for fun."

Chen Ran thought this was a good idea, as it would save the leader the trouble of trying to trick his teammates into piggybacking.

"Haha, okay...just have some fun!"

Wawrinka also laughed.

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(End of this chapter)