Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 459 King Fei Tian and Director Cai were both confused! (4K)

Chen Ran, in the face of public expectations, won the China Open championship with absolute strength. Before that, Zheng Jie sadly lost to Serena Williams 1-2 after a hard battle and won the runner-up.

So far, the Chinese players' record in the first China Open is one championship and one runner-up. Although this result is not perfect, it is much better than previously expected, and the audience is very satisfied with it.

Under the gaze and cheers of more than 10,000 spectators, Chen Ran won the championship trophy.

The atmosphere at the Guangcai Tennis Center reached its highest point at this time.

Countless people were shouting Chen Ran's name enthusiastically.

In the city of Yanjing, people once again witnessed a Chinese athlete win an important international championship.

Everyone also knows that next year, it is almost certain that the championship of the second China Open will be taken away by a foreign player.

Because Chen Ran will not participate, and other men's players at the 500 level are basically hard to win.

Of course, Yanjing fans can also understand Chen Ran's choice.

China has several ATP tours. As a leader in Chinese tennis and even the sports world, it is indeed our responsibility to compete and promote tennis in various places.

You can't just participate in events in Shanghai and Yanjing. The so-called rain and dew are equally affected.

As for when Chen Ran will participate in the China Open next time, according to the current plan, it will be in 2007 at the earliest.

People can only hope that in addition to Chen Ran, new Chinese players will appear as soon as possible to gain a foothold in the ATP arena.

"It seems that my decision not to participate in the US Open was the right one."

After the game, when he was surrounded by reporters, he held up the championship trophy and smiled.

People often say that the 500 race is a place where many first-class players can easily overturn, and Chen Ran also experienced ups and downs and anxious duels in the first two rounds of the game.

Just imagine, if he participated in the US Open and failed to get sufficient rest, if there were physical problems at critical moments, then Chen Ran might not be able to survive the previous rounds.

After winning the championship, Chen Ran not only regained the first place in the world, but also opened a gap of nearly 300 points with the second place.

"After the Heineken Magic City, what are your competition plans, or will you only participate in the Paris Masters and the end of the year?"

The problem has indeed arisen!

But Chen Ran didn't answer decisively, but just talked about it.

"I haven't thought that far yet. It's only September now, right?" Chen Ran shrugged his shoulders disapprovingly. "This is the last Heineken Tournament. I will focus all my energy on this event."

“But this is just a 250 event!”

"Yes, but... this event has special meaning to me." Chen Ran showed his excellent "bullshit" ability, "The Heineken Tournament is the first professional tennis tour held in China, and it is also the first professional tennis tournament held in China. It left an indelible impression on my childhood mind.”

"In 98, I was still a primary school student. At that time, I sat in front of the TV and watched the live broadcast of this event."

His eloquent talk also took many people through time and space, keeping their memories of that year.

Many sports reporters present had also gone to cover the Magic City Heineken game.

This was not because they were specifically responsible for tennis reporting. In fact, there were not even dedicated tennis reporters at that time. However, in order to support the scene, the organizing committee at that time asked many unrelated sports reporters to come to fill in the number and make the scene look grander.

That year, China's economy was still relatively backward, and many people in the country were unfamiliar with the sport of tennis. They had only heard of the name "Zhang Depei" in the news.

There is no doubt that China was a tennis desert at that time, and the Magic City Helix Tournament introduced the tour and entered the sight of thousands of spectators.

"I'm very happy that the little boy who was watching the Heineken on TV can now play in this event."

"But when I think about it being the last time, I feel very sad."

"I hope there will be a wonderful outcome, so we'll see."

Chen Ran said this, which filled the atmosphere.

He kept talking about the "Heineken Games" and never mentioned the European indoor season. This was deliberately laying the groundwork for his future announcement of the decision.

At this time, Chen Ran saw Deputy Director Cai from afar out of the corner of his eye.

I saw the other person smiling brightly, greeting the people next to him, and seemed to be in a good mood.

Then he turned sideways and chatted with Director Sun of the Tennis Sports Management Center. However, the latter frowned and seemed a little embarrassed, but because of the leader's face, he seemed unable to refuse.

Suddenly, a very subtle feeling flashed through Chen Ran's heart.

His intuition told him that the topic of their chat should be related to him.

Chen Ran's heart moved and he immediately said: "By the way, I have something to announce to everyone."

"what news?"

"So far, I have not participated in any men's doubles matches, but I have now decided to sign up for some doubles matches next year."

"Who will your partner be?"

Many people were immediately attracted by Chen Ran's words and showed curiosity.

"Wawrinka, the rising star from Switzerland!"

Chen Ran said with a smile, "You should be familiar with him... He is now quite well-known in China and has even received an endorsement contract."

"Is he that big Swiss boy who likes to wear big pants in competitions?"

"It's him!"

"Chen Ran, don't you often complain that he wears flowery pants, which affects your concentration during the game?"

Chen Ran laughed: "Yes! So I chose to partner with him, let him be my teammate, and let his big flower pants affect my opponent."

"Do you think the ATP will issue a policy banning this stuff?"

"Probably not. Players are free to wear whatever they want...except for Wimbledon of course."

After all, until the time when Chen Ran was reborn, Wawrinka had been wearing large flower pants to compete.

It's just that at that time, he had long lost his courage and could only rely on his enthusiasm to persist in the competition.

A partnership between two superstars?
This is really exciting.

This combination also excited countless people.

As for Chen Ran not choosing a local Chinese player as his doubles partner, everyone is not surprised.

After all, in tennis, on the ATP Tour or the four Grand Slam events, it is common for players from two different countries to form doubles partners.

Of course, these two guys are both scheming boys with their own agendas.

Wawrinka didn't want to spend too much time as a sparring partner for Federer, which would affect his ability to participate in singles matches; as for Chen Ran, he also didn't want to lead a teammate who forced himself on him.

Although I can definitely handle the doubles match with a bad attitude like Li Na in her previous life.

But if you do this, the impact will be somewhat bad after all.

Chen Ran decided to use some tricks to make the other party retreat before the difficulties.

We Chinese people are not the most trustworthy, especially those leaders who love to show off in front of foreigners. They just used the Swiss guy as a shield.

He can't just keep his word.

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At this time, Federer, who was far away in Switzerland, had just finished his vacation.

After winning the second Grand Slam in his career and becoming the world's No. 1 ranking, the Swiss was in a very good mood.

Although many people ridiculed that Federer was lucky enough to miss the US Open because of Chen Ran's absence, thinking that he did not deserve his reputation.

But a Grand Slam champion is a Grand Slam champion. In the record books recorded in the history of tennis, it will not be specifically marked "Chen Ran was absent from this tournament." What's more, this is already his second Grand Slam championship, and he finally got his wish to become the world's number one.

Grand Slam champions and world No. 1 rankings are real data.

"But that dream just now was so strange!"

Federer rubbed his head, seemingly still thinking about something.

A strange dream!
In his dream, Federer dreamed that he had won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments that year and left the second place far behind.

He became the only superstar in men's professional tennis.

In reality, he won two Grand Slams this year, which is considered equal to Chen Ran.

The difference between two Grand Slams and three Grand Slams is actually not that big.

What puzzles the Swiss is that in the professional tennis world in their dreams, Chen Ran does not seem to exist, and he himself is invincible.

Damn!

Why is there no Chen Ran?

Could it be that my fear of Chen Ran has gone deep into my sleep?

Even in my dream, I didn't dare to confront him head-on, so did I ignore him on purpose?

"That's never a good thing."

"I must not have such thoughts!"

"I hope that next time I sleep, I can dream of Chen Ran and defeat him!"

Federer patted his forehead hard and smiled helplessly.

At this time, the resort hotel staff delivered today's newspaper.

The Swiss drank milk and ate sandwiches, then picked up the newspaper and started reading.

Chen Ran won the championship again?

This is normal, and it is not surprising at all that he won the China Open championship.

Originally, Federer wanted to sign up for the China Open, but the Chinese people offered him a very low appearance fee. As a new tennis player at the US Open and the new world No. 1, he was naturally unwilling to accept such conditions, so he didn't sign up. net.

Besides, Grand Slam syndrome is real.

After winning the US Open, I was very tired and needed a good rest.

"The China Open is a 500-point tournament, and the championship points are 500 points. This means that Chen Ran will regain the world's number one ranking."

"How long have I been ranked No. 1 in the world? It seems like only three weeks."

The Swiss smiled helplessly.

But this result was also what he expected.

There was also content about Chen Ran on the sports page. Federer glanced at it casually with his eyes moving, and then looked at the news with his mouth wide open in disbelief.

What the hell?

That kid Wawrinka actually formed a tag team with Chen Ran!
This...damn it!
Federer was shocked by the news.

He is indeed already thinking about the Yanjing Olympics four years later.

The results in Athens were not satisfactory, so he had to start preparing for a rainy day early.

In the singles event, can you beat Chen Ran and win the gold medal in Yanjing?

Federer's confidence is not very high.

But doubles events can indeed serve as a breakthrough.

After all, in today's professional tennis world, the best doubles players are basically not from the same country.

Federer is indeed planning to bring Wawrinka over and form a doubles team with him to prepare for the Yanjing Olympics four years later.

It is indeed not easy for a country, especially a small country like Switzerland, to have two top men's players at the same time.

Such a good opportunity must be taken advantage of.

But now, Wawrinka took the lead and formed a doubles team with Chen Ran.

In addition, because Chen Ran came to Switzerland to participate in the clay court tournament, he also gained a large number of fans in Switzerland.

It can be said that Chen Ran is one of the most popular foreign sports stars in Switzerland today.

Therefore, Switzerland will definitely be happy about the combination of Chen Ran and Wawrinka. It seems a bit unkind to intervene and break up this combination and let Wawrinka partner with him, and he will also face domestic pressure.

"Damn it, doesn't Stanislas know what I'm thinking?"

Federer was speechless.

He has not disclosed this idea to anyone, and is planning to slowly implement it next year.

But now Wawrinka has taken the lead and found a doubles partner, so he is passive.

God, aren't you even willing to give me a doubles gold medal?

Federer never expected that Chen Ran had a God's perspective.

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At this moment in Yanjing, Deputy Director Cai frowned as he looked at the overwhelming media reports.

Like Federer, he was also stunned by the sudden news.

Well, Chen Ran, you must be too slippery with this move.

He was racking his brains on how to arrange a doubles partner for him, but this guy actually found one first and then announced it, and then reported it on a large scale through the media, creating an established fact.

Now that your doubles partner has been formed, you cannot easily change it, otherwise it will appear to be dishonest.

If he intervenes forcefully again, the fans and the media will scold him to death.

What's more, what is the level of other Chinese tennis players, and what is Wawrinka's level?
When others partner up, that is a true alliance between powerful forces, rather than bringing a drag bottle.

Indeed, it is human nature that excellent players are only willing to partner with excellent players.

What makes Deputy Director Cai even more distressed is that a contract has been signed between Chen Ran and Wawrinka. The two will work together for three years, from 2005 to 2008.

He even suspected that Chen Ran deliberately set a corresponding contract period based on the time of the Yanjing Olympics. It must be like this.

When the Yanjing Olympics are over, their cooperation will expire.

This operation is too cruel!

But what happened to Wawrinka? Doesn't he want to participate in the doubles competition at the Yanjing Olympics? Why would he agree to this deadline?

Of course he didn't expect that these two people had the same thoughts.

"It's not easy to get involved in this matter now."

"Forget it, it seems there is really no other way."

Deputy Director Cai, like Fei Tianwang, could only hide his little thoughts deep in his heart.

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(End of this chapter)