Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 456: Entering the finals together and returning to first place
The China Open schedule is extremely tight.

The interval between the quarter-finals and the semi-finals was less than 4 hours.

Chen Ran's opponent in the semi-finals was Croatian star Ljubicic.

This guy, like Agassi, has a sparkling bald head.

However, since all of this guy's honors were basically on tour, and his performance in the four Grand Slams was very poor, this left a deep impression on Chen Ran.

In addition, Ljubicic opened a brokerage company after retiring, and Zhang Zhizhen, the first Chinese brother at the time, was his contracted player.

Before the men's semi-finals started, the women's semi-finals started first.

Zheng Jie plays against Belgian star Christiers.

This duel also attracted many celebrities from the cultural and sports circles to attend the event.

In the first set, Christiers showed the strength of the world's top players and won with an absolute advantage of 6-1.

At this time, almost everyone thought that Christiers would easily take away the game and advance to the finals of the China Open.

However, at the beginning of the second set, Zheng Jie showed a completely new competitive state, as if she was a different person.

Constantly changing tactics and hitting routes, flexible running, accurate hitting placement, and amazing magic balls one after another.

Under the watchful eyes of the entire audience, Zheng Jie started a desperate counterattack in this set.

The second set lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes, with numerous multi-shot stalemates.

In the end, Zheng Jie won the second set 7-5.

The atmosphere of the audience was also aroused.

Originally they thought this would be a one-sided game, but now they saw the dawn of victory.

Suddenly, the audience cheered like thunder one after another.

In the third set, the two sides played more intensely and anxiously.

At the beginning, Christiers took the lead in breaking serve and maintained an excellent lead.

In her first few service games, she maintained her serve with a clear advantage.

The turning point of the game came when the crowd at the venue and in front of the TV began to despair.

When Kristiers led 5-3 and got the winning serve, Zheng Jie, who was fighting against the odds, showed her super brave competitive state.

This game lasted for 15 minutes, and there were 7 40-level draws.

In the end, Zheng Jie gritted her teeth and persisted, tenaciously completing the break.

4比5，5比5……然后是6比6，双方进入抢七。

The almost suffocating atmosphere of the game also made the audience afraid to take a deep breath.

The battle in the tie-break was still thrilling.

When Zheng Jie fell behind 1-3 at the beginning, she chased two points in a row, and then the scores of both sides increased alternately.

In the end, she went through all kinds of hardships and defeated Christiers 9-7 in the tie-break, finally completing this shocking reversal.

The entire game lasted 3 hours and 15 minutes and was a classic.

In the first women's event of the China Open, a Chinese player finally locked in one of the finals spots.

The atmosphere in the entire stadium suddenly reached its highest point, and all the spectators were shouting without knowing what they were doing.

"This game tests the heart too much, and now the pressure has come to Chen Ran!"

The CCTV host, who finally recovered from the tense and suffocating atmosphere, couldn't help but make fun of her afterward.

But ridicule is ridicule, but Zheng Jie's outstanding performance did make Chen Ran feel the pressure.

He can't break the promise!
"Her golf skills are truly unique among us in China."

Seeing Zheng Jie's rapid rise, Chen Ran also felt very pleased.

Of course, Zhang Depei is also a very good coach. He almost fully realized Zheng Jie's potential.

Chen Ran's original decision was obviously the right one, and it also benefited the entire Chinese tennis industry.

"It's my turn now!" Chen Ran was also inspired by this game and suddenly felt full of fighting spirit.

If both Chinese men's and women's tennis players can reach the finals of the China Open, this will definitely be a fantastic result.

Likewise, the audience's expectations are also heightened.

After the women's semifinals, Chen Ran's game came on stage.

"Will this game still be a close fight?"

"My heart can't accept it."

This is the question and thought of many viewers and fans at the scene.

After experiencing such a tense and exciting moment in the women's game, we don't want to experience it again.

Fortunately, Chen Ran lived up to expectations.

This semi-final should be the easiest he has won since participating in the China Open.

6 to 3, 6 to 3!

A very crisp score.

Chen Ran maintained absolute suppression throughout the game and did not allow Ljubicic to break serve at all, and the opponent did not even get a break point.

And in his own service game, he sent out beautiful "love games" one after another.

The match, which lasted less than an hour, was in stark contrast to another intense final.

This also made many spectators breathe a sigh of relief.

Finally, I no longer have to go through the same test as the last one.

Although everyone likes exciting games, when there are players that they support participating in the game, if it is so intense every time, everyone's heart really can't accept it.

This hearty victory is obviously very enjoyable.

Some netizens are even joking: From Agassi to Ljubicic, is Chen Ran particularly good at bald hair?

This guy gets excited as soon as he hits his bald head!

Since the points gap between Chen Ran and Federer is only more than 200 points, entering the 500 finals means a guarantee of more than 300 points.

So as Chen Ran reached the finals, he also regained the world's number one ranking.

Federer only stayed at the top of the world for half a month, and before his butt was even hot, he was taken back by Chen Ran.

what does this mean?
As long as Chen Ran is willing, he can regain his first place in the world at any time.

So far, the first men's and women's finals of the China Open have included Chinese players.

In the men's match, Chen Ran played against Safin.

Safin still followed the trajectory of his previous life, bravely eliminating all the players and reaching the finals.

In the women's competition, since Haining did not participate in the China Open, Zheng Jie's opponent will be the world's second-largest Serena Williams from the United States.

This result was not expected before the start of the game.

Everyone can expect Chen Ran to enter the finals.

But in this women's competition, four of the world's top five came, and Zheng Jie, ranked ninth in the world, still made it to the finals, which surprised many people.

At this moment, China's sports media began to make bold predictions about the finals.

"Why don't we dare to think about it?"

"Perhaps our players can win this men's and women's competition?"

"Is there a more perfect ending than this?"

Many people are already looking forward to it.

As a result, the tickets for the men's and women's finals of the China Open were quickly sold out in advance.

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(End of this chapter)