Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 570 Return to China, Couple Endorsement (4K)

Apart from the French Open on clay courts, Chen Ran's dominance on hard and grass courts is too strong.

Even though he has only won the Wimbledon title for the second time, the title of "King of Grass" already belongs to him.

So after this year's Wimbledon Championships came to an end, the topics people talked about most were "The King of Grass" and "Sampras' successor."

Originally, everyone was optimistic about Federer, after all, the latter had hired Sampras and was chosen by the other party.

Unexpectedly, Chen Ran overturned all this.

Is there anyone else who can threaten Chen Ran's dominance?
At least for now, Nadal, the world's third-ranked player who is good at clay courts, seems to have a better chance than Federer, the world's second-ranked player.

After all, the Spanish king is more capable than Chen Ran on the clay court.

After all, even Chen Ran himself admitted that although his clay court skills were top-notch, playing on a clay court was too tiring, too tiring, and too painful.

The energy consumption of winning a game is far greater than that of playing on grass or hard court.

Especially on grass courts, you can defeat your opponent in just a few shots.

The men's singles final at Wimbledon actually took less time than the women's singles final. Can you imagine this happening at the French Open?
On that day, the final between Chen Ran and Nadal was truly an epic one, and it was like this for two consecutive years.

Chen Ran is not the kind of guy like Nadal who regards the clay court as his base, or even as his life.

He knew that the consumption on clay courts was too severe, so he was reserved in the games before the French Open, and all of them ended in the semi-finals.

For this reason, Chen Ran even used it as a means to adjust his competitive state in the Sunshine Double Games.

It was by sacrificing the "Sunshine Double" and a series of clay court masters that Chen Ran was able to adjust to his best condition in the French Open, and finally won a French Open runner-up, while minimizing physical damage.

So, after Chen Ran won the Wimbledon championship for the second time, a new problem was presented to him.

"In order to have a longer career, do we need to make strategic choices for the clay court season in the future?"

"After all, Nadal is a BUG-level clay court king. His clay court strength is unmatched by any clay court master in the past."

"I will selectively participate in the clay court Masters and focus on the French Open, continue to put pressure on Nadal and see if there is an opportunity to take advantage of it, and continue to suppress Nadal on the other courts."

The reason why Nadal in his previous life was able to win the Wimbledon championship in 2008 was because his advantage in the French Open was too great and he had won four consecutive championships.

This gave Nadal enough energy to shift his focus to the grass court.

After all, he has no challengers at the French Open and no one can pose a threat to him.

But this time it’s different, Chen Ran will continue to put pressure on him at the French Open.

As long as this guy is not careful, his base will be easily broken by Chen Ran. In view of Chen Ran's terrifying dominance on grass and hard courts, Nadal does not dare to shift his focus easily.

"Ana..."

Chen Ran sat on the sofa in the hotel lobby and turned his head to call his girlfriend, "Actually, judging from your performance this year, you should be best at clay courts."

After all, he is the runner-up of the French Open and the champion of the Stuttgart Grand Prix.

"Yes, although playing on clay courts is very tiring, it is true." Ivanovic also said very frankly, "It seems that the only Grand Slam championship won by female players in your country is also at the French Open."

This is indeed the case.

In the era when WTA stars were at their brightest, there were many top players.

Winning a Grand Slam requires both choice and luck.

The US Open is basically the base of those few American female beastmen, and it is difficult for others to get involved.

Grass is also difficult, and Ivanovic's style of play has no advantage on grass.

The only championships I could possibly win are the Australian Open and the French Open.

This is indeed the case. In her previous life, the Serbian beauty won one championship and two runner-ups in the Grand Slams: a French Open champion and French Open runner-up, and an Australian Open runner-up.

"But Henin is too strong." Ivanovic was a little frustrated.

She recalled this year's French Open final, which was a very painful memory.

He was beaten by Haining the whole time and had no power to resist.

This kind of crushing strength made her feel desperate.

This was unlike the final between Chen Ran and Nadal, where the margin of victory was very close to zero.

Ivanovic couldn't have known Henin would announce his first retirement the following year.

She just felt that as long as Henin was there, it would be difficult for her to win the French Open.

"Let me think..." Chen Ran rubbed his head and said slowly, "It's not that there is no chance. After all, women's game is best of three, so there are actually a lot of variables."

Best of three sets, even on a clay court, the physical strength is sufficient.

"My dear, I think... even if you give me some more guidance, I can only narrow the gap between me and Henin." Ivanovich said helplessly.

The girl deeply believes that her obvious improvement in clay court performance this year is due to her boyfriend.

This credit includes pointers on the court as well as the exchange of bodily fluids in private.

This also made many WTA female players eye Chen Ran, and made Ivanovic very wary.

She must stay by her boyfriend's side at all times and not let those vixens get close to Chen Ran!
Chen Ran whispered, "I don't think there is no chance. For example, in this Wimbledon final, Henin lost to Mauresmo. You can see that she is not in good shape and is plagued by injuries."

"If this is the case on grass, the impact will be magnified on clay."

It is not easy to get injured on clay courts because the soil is soft, but it is very draining on the body.

If you already have an injury, it can easily make it worse.

"It seems so! My dear, you observe very carefully." Ivanovich said in amazement.

"You are still young and healthy." Chen Ran said leisurely, "I am 20 years old and you are 19, so you are not troubled by injuries for the time being. Henin is already 24 years old. After years of fighting, especially with her style of play, she will definitely get injured."

Ivanovich remembered something and asked, "My dear, are you okay? Are you injured?"

"No, but the fatigue exists and is very obvious," Chen Ran said frankly.

His physicality is already at its limit and will fluctuate depending on the game load.

Chen Ran has never suffered a serious injury since his debut at the age of 16. In addition to his top-notch physical fitness, the reasonable allocation of competition time is also an important factor.

He would withdraw from any Grand Slam match whenever he felt unwell.

After all, it's an individual sport, and unlike football or basketball players, they don't have to consider the club's ideas.

Chen Ran can do whatever he wants.

"So you have to pay attention to your body and not play with injuries, so that you can prolong your career. Only with a healthy body can you have a chance to win the championship."

Chen Ran said calmly, "How about this, my team members, such as medical staff, physical therapists, and yoga teachers, will share with you. In particular, proper yoga training can reduce the risk of injury."

"Okay, okay." Ivanovich nodded happily, feeling extremely sweet in his heart. But the girl immediately thought of something else and blushed and said, "Honey, didn't you ask me to practice yoga to unlock some new poses?"

Chen Ran: "..."

This little slut can actually think of this. I really have good intentions!

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After Wimbledon, Chen Ran and Ivanovic discussed it and decided to temporarily give up some of the subsequent tours.

It's mainly the female side. After all, she needs to maintain points to ensure that she can enter the WTA year-end finals, while Chen Ran has basically no pressure to maintain points.

However, after Chen Ran's analysis, Ivanovich also realized that the body is the capital of revolution.

I have been working non-stop and haven't had a rest for half a year.

Before the US Open, it is also necessary to take the opportunity to rest for a while and make some adjustments to weaknesses.

So, the two of them agreed to fly back to China together.

With Chen Ran, the world's number one player, is there anyone more suitable to be his coach and training partner?

What's more, her boyfriend is proficient in all types of venues, and has achieved an unprecedented double-circle grand slam.

Similarly, for Chen Ran, the advantage of taking his girlfriend on a plane is that the flight attendants will no longer secretly slip him notes.

They can only continue to look for the next rich husband in business class or first class. Whether the other party is married is never within the consideration of these flight attendants.

But no matter what, they didn't dare to slip a note in front of the other person's girlfriend.

This time when he returned to China, Chen Ran did not go directly to Shanghai, but went to Yanjing first.

However, it must be admitted that the air quality in Yanjing at this time is indeed unsatisfactory. It is like two different worlds compared to Shanghai.

Chen Ran took his girlfriend to visit the Great Wall, then visited several other scenic spots and attended some business events.

At this time, because the German World Cup had just ended, the city of Yanjing was still filled with a strong football atmosphere.

Themes about the World Cup can be seen everywhere.

Zidane's header on Materazzi in the final became a hot topic among the audience.

"My dear, what did Materazzi and Zidane say to each other that day to make the other side so excited? This is the World Cup final, and Zidane is a veteran, how could he be so easily angered?"

Trash talk is very common in professional sports.

Even tennis players often encounter this problem. Just don't take it seriously and let it go in one ear and out the other.

"I'm confused too." Chen Ran shook his head. "If it was just some verbal provocation, he should be experienced in this."

Zidane has played football in Italy, so he should understand the Italians' way of talking.

Similarly, in Spain, where he plays football now, the quality of the players there is not that good.

To be precise, countries like Italy or Spain, although apparently developed countries, may have only taken advantage of some historical development opportunities and excellent geographical locations.

The quality of the people in these two countries is actually not as good as that of most Eastern European countries.

For example, Chen Ran accompanied his girlfriend to Serbia and nearby Slobodan. It was generally very quiet there. People paid attention to privacy and were unwilling to disturb others.

But in Italy and Spain, the people here are very noisy, and almost everyone has a loud voice. It's really too noisy, and their quality is very worrying.

One day, Chen Ran and Ivanovich attended a business event together.

This was organized by the famous chocolate brand Ferrero.

As we all know, chocolate represents love.

Especially in Europe and America, the gifts that girls receive from their lovers are basically chocolate-related, regardless of whether they are married or not.

This is also very common in later Douyin videos. Chinese men who married foreign women often said proudly: Brothers, foreign girls are easy to satisfy. They will be very happy if you give them some chocolates.

The Ferrero brand invited this extremely popular couple to be "couple spokespersons".

At the endorsement press conference, there were a lot of reporters, nearly 200 in total.

After all, this is the first couple endorsement that Chen Ran and Ivanovich have taken on in mainland China, which makes everyone very excited.

Who are the celebrity couples in China today?
Kong Linghui has retired, and his 18th-tier girlfriend is not very well-known.

Wang Liqin and Zhao Yanzi have broken up.

Liu Xiang has a lot of rumored boyfriends, and the one leading the rumor is actually a reporter from Dongda University.

As for Yao Ming and his girlfriend, there is not much topic about them.

Nowadays, celebrities in the entertainment industry are basically unwilling to make their relationships public.

Even though King Liu has been exposed to be secretly married, he is still reluctant to admit it.

Therefore, it is not easy to choose a couple as spokespersons. Between Chen Ran and Ivanovic and Hong Kong's Xie Tingfeng and Zhang Baizhi, the brand resolutely chose the former.

You have good vision!

During this period, enthusiastic reporters asked various questions.

Since the theme is related to love, everyone's questions basically revolve around the interesting things that happened between the two people in love.

The Serbian beauty was obviously in a good mood, and she basically answered whatever the other party asked.

But for some reason, Chen Ran had a bad feeling in his heart.

"What plans do you have recently?"

"We will stay in Yanjing for a while, and then return to the Magic City for training."

"Will Chen Ran personally guide you in training?"

"Yes, he will teach me personally." said the Serbian beauty very sweetly.

Then, she suddenly remembered something and said, "He asked me to practice yoga recently!"

Suddenly, all the reporters seemed to have discovered something, and their eyes were shining with excitement.
Yoga, what is Chen Ran’s purpose in asking his girlfriend to practice yoga?
Could it be because...

Brother, you are really good at having fun and have such a great sense of romance!
Oops!

Seeing the expressions of these people, Chen Ran was speechless, knowing what they were thinking.

These guys' ideas actually coincide with those of their girlfriends, which is so dirty.

It's really a case of good intentions not being rewarded!

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(End of this chapter)