Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 505: "Master Jin" is useless?

Who will be the super newcomer in professional tennis in 2005?

According to ATP standards, this newcomer is not judged by how young he is, but by how many years he has participated in the ATP Tour.

Although Chen Ran, Wawrinka, and Nadal are young, they have all played in the ATP Tour for several years, so they cannot be considered newcomers.

So who is the best newcomer in 2005?
Many media gave a unanimous answer—Djokovic, an 18-year-old boy from Serbia and Montenegro.

In the Wimbledon Championships that ended not long ago, Djokovic, who participated for the first time, created an excellent record in the quarterfinals.

This result is exactly the same as when Chen Ran participated in Wimbledon for the first time.

In addition, Djokovic is a new generation player that Chen Ran personally named as his favorite, so he has received far more attention than the same period in his previous life.

"If Federer was the king of grass in the first decade of the 20th century, then Djokovic is undoubtedly the king of grass in the second decade." Chen Ran recalled the memory of his previous life, "This guy He has an innate talent on the grass court, so it is not surprising that he won the quarterfinals in his first Wimbledon.”

What is even more incredible is that at the ATP Washington 500 held not long ago, Djokovic reached the finals, but lost to Andy Roddick and finished as runner-up.

This is also the first trophy in Djokovic's career.

Although it is only a runner-up brand, this is after all an ATP 500 competition with many strong players. The difficulty of the runner-up is even much higher than that of the champion in the ATP 250 competition.

This has also allowed Djokovic's reputation to continue to soar, and he has been praised by the outside world as the best candidate for this year's best rookie.

As soon as Chen Ran arrived at the Toronto Masters press conference, he was surrounded by reporters asking about Djokovic.

"Chen, the Djokovic you are optimistic about has really begun to rise."

"Do you think he will be your biggest competitor in the future?"

"How is your physical condition after not participating in competitions for so long?"

Indeed, Chen Ran has not appeared in public for a long time, at least in front of these foreign reporters.

It has been more than two months since the French Open ended.

But even so, Chen Ran is still firmly ranked first in the world.

At this moment, his number of weeks at No. 95 in the world has exceeded weeks!
Ranked second among active players, second only to Agassi's 101 weeks.

Whether it is the number of Grand Slams or the number of weeks he has been No. 1 in the world, Chen Ran has put tremendous pressure on Agassi.

Looking at this situation, as long as Chen Ran doesn't push his hips too much during the North American season, the lead is basically certain.

"I said Germany is going to be one of the best players in the world."

"The facts also prove my vision."

"Although some players have great careers, their eyes on players are not accurate."

Chen Ran joked slowly, and the reporters below also burst into laughter.

Is he making fun of Jordan?
After all, the opponent's career is extremely great, but the perspective of reserve players is often wrong.

"As for me... I haven't stopped training during these two months of rest. My current physical condition is simply great."

Another American reporter continued to ask: "Who is your biggest opponent on fast hard courts? It shouldn't be Nadal, but Federer or Roddick."

The two of them competed for supremacy in this year's clay court season, leaving an immortal classic in the professional tennis world and also being praised by countless people.

But this is a fast court in North America, and at least for now, Nadal does not have the strength to stand out from the crowd.

"It doesn't matter! I don't care about my opponents, just be myself." Chen Ran said very confidently, "My past record proves that I am competitive enough in any type of stadium." "Ahem...if one year If the Hawkeye system had been introduced a long time ago, I might have won the year-end championship.”

Because of that misjudgment, Chen Ran lost to Roddick in the semifinals of the year-end finals in Houston.

This is also the only heavyweight championship he has yet to win.

But Chen Ran has won the Paris Masters, so he can definitely say that he is also good at indoor competition.

So crazy!
Such arrogant Chinese athletes have never been seen before!

But among them, no one could refute.

Everyone has already won the Golden Slam. In fact, he has 6 Grand Slams and 11 Masters champions. He does have this capital to be proud of.

Imagine the Australian Internet cafe at the beginning of the year. After giving up the European indoor season, Chen Ran got enough rest and won the championship with absolute crushing power without losing a set!
The last time something like this happened was in the distant 1980s.

"So after you have rested for so long this time, can you still win the championship without losing a set?" The reporter continued to ask this question.

After Chen Ran thought for a while, he replied: "This is not my primary goal. I have won the Toronto Championship, and the only two Masters championships I have not won so far are Cincinnati and the other one that will be in my championship this year. Masters Tournament held in Shenzhen, my motherland.”

"If I can, I can try it."

"Of course, it's not necessary."

The Hamburg Masters was downgraded and the Shenzhen Masters was added.

Four years later, after Modu's year-end finals contract expires, Modu will take over Shenzhen's gun.

Chen Ran had previously wanted to go to Hamburg to participate, but then he immediately felt that there was no need to go there deliberately for records, let alone an event that was about to be downgraded.

So he gave up decisively.

So in theory, Chen Ran only needs to win the Cincinnati and Shenzhen Masters championships to become the first player in history to achieve the achievement of Master Jin.

Of course, although the so-called "Golden Master" achievement is unique, it has never been an important criterion when comparing giant players.

For example, comparing Chen Ran and Agassi, not to mention Chen Ran is a one-ring gold master. Even if he completes a double lap gold master like Djokovic in his previous life, people will only look at the number of Grand Slams.

If Djokovic cannot surpass Federer and Nadal in the number of Grand Slams, the outside world will not recognize you as the best tennis player and directly ignore your double-lap golden master.

But these reporters were dissatisfied.

"Chen, it doesn't matter that you are Master Jin? But no one has ever achieved this record."

"Yes, it's a bit tasteless." Chen Ran said word for word, "Master Jin is just the icing on the cake to me."

This kid is getting more and more crazy.

"You disrespect the Masters!"

"No, I just want to say..." Chen Ran paused, "The Masters is important to all players, and I will also participate. But I must admit that winning the Masters is already a big deal for a player of my level. There won’t be much added.”

"I think Roger almost thinks the same way, and Rafael may think the same way in the future."

"So what is the attraction of the Masters to you today?"

"One is points and the other is prize money, but I must say the prize money in the Masters is still too low..."

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(End of this chapter)