Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 514: How fast Chinese netizens change their faces!

Killing someone is heartbreaking!
This was the first reaction of many reporters.

To be precise, Chen Ran was less than 2003 years old when he defeated Agassi at the 17 Australian Open. His real age was 16 and a half years old, and Agassi was also less than 33 years old.

Yes, Chen Ran did not have a chance to play against the 30-year-old Agassi.

But the 17-year-old Agassi and the 33-year-old Agassi have a record of playing against each other, which can be used as a horizontal comparison.

The 33-year-old Agassi still has top strength and was the second seed at the Australian Open that year.

You can swear that your 30-year-old self is far better than your 33-year-old self, but Chen Ran has also used practical actions to show that the 19-year-old himself is much better than the 17-year-old himself.

As a result, it seems difficult to decide who is stronger between the 19-year-old Chen Ran and the 30-year-old Agassi.

Compared to Agassi, who simply boasted, Chen Ran's answer showed his clever methods.

After the interview, Chen Ran returned to the hotel where he was staying and did some simple recovery training in the gym to prepare for the evening game.

At this time, Zheng Jie and her team, who had returned to China, announced that after friendly negotiations, she decided to terminate the contract relationship with Zhang Depei.

In the article, she also thanked Zhang Depei for the progress and help he brought to her, which made her fortunate to win the coveted Grand Slam championship and join the ranks of the WTA first-line players, which she had never dared to think about before.

As soon as this news came out, it could be regarded as arousing a thousand waves, causing a small sensation in China.

The popularity suddenly overshadowed the US Open finals that Chen Ran was about to participate in.

After all, tennis suddenly accounts for two of China's four major sports superstars.

"If time could go back, I think Michael would have retired bravely when Zheng Jie won the French Open."

Chen Ran shrugged and said to the assistant coach beside him.

Frankly speaking, after experiencing the climax of winning the French Open, the Wimbledon and North American seasons were extremely sluggish. The deepest round was only the third round, and at the US Open, it was stopped in the first round.

This has brought the cooperative relationship between the two parties to a freezing point. Of course, there are many sponsors behind this.

This is tennis, and the competition is far more intense than table tennis.

It's not uncommon for a Grand Slam champion to stop in the first or second round of a Grand Slam tournament.

Roddick and Safin's status in the ATP is much higher than Zheng Jie's status in the WTA. They have been eliminated early in Grand Slam tournaments several times.

Overall, today's ATP and WTA are indeed in the most glorious golden age in history.

But there is also a fact that the probability of a quasi-first-class WTA player winning a Grand Slam is higher than that of a quasi-first-class ATP player.

So when there are four Grand Slams in a year, it is indeed easier for a female player to steal one than for a male player.

Chen Ran consciously paid attention to the comments from netizens. Most of them expressed regret and thanked Zhang Depei for the changes he had brought to China Tennis.

During his coaching period, Chen Ran won two Grand Slams, while Zheng Jie won one Grand Slam.

In other words, Zhang Depei has brought a total of three Grand Slams to China Tennis in nearly three years, plus a bronze medal in the Olympic women's singles.

As a result, some guys even directly copied the lyrics of "My Chinese Heart" in the comments to praise Zhang Depei.

"Although I am wearing a foreign dress, my heart is still Chinese..."

Everyone didn't care whether Zhang Depei could see it or not. In short, they all took it in themselves and were intoxicated with it.

However, although Zhang Depei is Chinese, he obviously does not know the character traits of Chinese netizens, let alone pay attention to comments on the Chinese Internet.

Only half an hour after Zheng Jie and her team announced the termination of their coaching contract, Zhang Depei and Xiaorili immediately announced their cooperation.

The name Kei Nishikori appeared in the sight of Chinese fans for the first time. A tennis prodigy who is only 16 years old but has already won several ATP Challenger Championships, Zhang Depei will serve as his full-time coach and hopes to train him into a competitive player in the men's professional tennis world.

Xiaoli even shouted a slogan: Nishikori Kei’s goal is to become the next Chen Ran.

Xu Feigang, the author of "The Prince of Tennis", also jumped out excitedly and said: Kei Nishikori is the future of tennis in his childhood. The protagonist Echizen Ryoma in my comics is based on Kei Nishikori.

He also firmly believes that Nishikori Kei will become Echizen Ryoma in men's professional tennis.

"Is Echizen Ryoma really based on Nishikori Kei? Although their eras do overlap." Chen Ran was a little confused.

Could it be that Xu Feigang was too excited and was incoherent?

After all, it's normal for a guy who can draw "Killing Tennis" to talk nonsense.

Although in terms of fame, Echizen Ryoma is better than Kei Nishikori, but Kei Nishikori at his peak was indeed a national idol and business darling in his childhood.

As for the Xiaoli Tennis Association's promise to challenge Chen Ran in the future, he actually didn't take it to heart at all.

Anyway, he already has enough male servants and he doesn't care about one more.

Of course, other Chinese men's players besides himself at the same time are basically impossible to match Kei Nishikori. Even against Kei Nishikori, who is now 16 years old, he loses more than he wins.

However, Chinese netizens quit.

what?
"If you don't coach Zheng Jie, you're going to coach Xiaoli."

"I'm blind, thank you for supporting you so much before."

"It's a shame you're still Chinese, you big traitor!"

"Go away, goodbye!"

"Even as a coach, you'll never win a Grand Slam in your life."

"The Masters champion has no chance!"

"Chen Ran, teach that little devil a lesson from now on! What's your name? By the way, Kei Nishikori!"

"The kid next door is too disgusting. Seeing that our Chinese tennis team is so strong, they deliberately come to poach us. I, CNMLGB!"

Suddenly, the style of China Internet has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Before, everyone was still regretting Zhang Depei's resignation, and their messages were mostly kind, but now they are talking harshly.

Some netizens even expressed their intention to boycott the products endorsed by Zhang Depei in China.

This wave of battles scared those merchants to immediately shut down all businesses related to Zhang Depei.

When Chen Ran arrived at Flushing Stadium, he also learned about the turbulent situation of China's Internet from the mouths of familiar Chinese reporters.

It was only half an hour before and after. The netizens changed their views too quickly.

But when he thought about it again, he realized that this was normal.

After all, it was just a young day. If he went to South Korea next door or Thailand in the southeast, netizens probably wouldn't be so excited.

But in this way, if he plays against Kei Nishikori in the future, the fans in China will have old and new hatreds, and their fighting spirit will be high.

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(End of this chapter)