Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 576 Cannon Fodder and Difficulties

Chapter 576 Cannon Fodder and Difficulties

An interesting phenomenon is that when participating in the US Open last year, Chen Ran only needed to win the championship to overtake Agassi, but when participating in the US Open this year, he only needs to win the championship to make his Grand Slam number exceed double digits.

Every time I come to participate in the US Open, there is always a milestone moment.

The US Open happens to be the fast hard court that Chen Ran is best at. Even some of the most provocative foreign media who like to target him firmly believe that Chen Ran is the biggest favorite to win the championship, and there are almost no people who can really challenge him!
almost none!

Those foreign media keep emphasizing this point.

Even if this was true, the atmosphere became a little strange due to their deliberate exaggeration.

It seems that in their eyes, the top players in professional tennis are vulnerable.

After all, those cunning and malicious guys knew that this was the only way to increase the difficulty for Chen Ran to win the championship.

Looking around the world, all the top tennis players are Chen Ran's male servants.

"It seems that the pressure I will face in this year's US Open will be unprecedented. I will be the real target of public criticism." Chen Ran couldn't help but sigh.

At this moment, he felt as if the whole world was his enemy.

For example, Nadal and Federer have formed an alliance to deal with me.

If Chen Ran could achieve three championships and one runner-up in one year, it would be too much of a blow to them.

This must be prevented from happening.

……

The mentality of the United States organizing committee is somewhat complicated. They want to stop Chen Ran, but they are unwilling to let their own players become cannon fodder.

So, both Roddick and Blake avoided Chen Ran.

James Blake has been the second best American tennis player after Roddick in recent years and also reached the ATP year-end finals at the end of last year.

This guy is a black man with white ancestry, and looks a bit like NBA star Vince Carter.

The first sniper was Kei Nishikori from the small life.

After all, in the eyes of the people of the United States, no matter in which field, Xiao Sheng is suitable for them to be cannon fodder.

Kei Nishikori's current strength is not weak. Even if he plays as a wildcard, he is the player most likely to cause an upset.

Especially when they saw Kei Nishikori holding his racket when receiving a serve, the way he held it was too much like a Japanese samurai holding a samurai sword, which reminded the Americans of the past. If it wasn't you who was the first cannon fodder, who else could it be? (I've seen some tennis matches where the racket holding posture of the players when receiving a serve was very similar to that of a samurai sword)
The potential second-round opponent is likely to be Murray from Britain.

This should be the first match between Chen Ran and Murray.

how?

Even the British players were used as cannon fodder by the Americans.

Fortunately, most of the current Israeli tennis players are rookies, and most of them are eliminated in the first or second round. If they are really competitive, should they be used as cannon fodder or treated like fathers?

Chen Ran was somewhat curious about it.

In addition, the United States hopes that Chen Ran can go further.

After all, as the top seed and a box office guarantee, his game will naturally be scheduled on the center court of Flushing Meadows Park.

On the first match day, because of Chen Ran's participation, the central stadium was packed with people.

In fact, with Chen Ran's current popularity, he has accumulated a lot of fans in New York and even the entire United States.

At this time, Ivanovic had finished the first round of the game and came to the scene to cheer for her boyfriend.

The competition site was crowded with people.

Not far away, Zheng Jie, Li Na, and Yan Zi from the Chinese team were also sitting in the stands.

Yan Zi also joked: "I don't know if those Americans did it on purpose. My first-round opponent is Sharapova, and Na will meet Chen Ran's girlfriend in the second round. Xiao Zheng may also meet Na or Chen Ran's girlfriend in the quarter-finals."

"It must be intentional!" Li Na said unhappily, "This is the only way to make it more interesting."

The thought of this made her feel a little overwhelmed.

Ever since Chen Ran and the Serbian beauty announced their relationship, whenever there is a Grand Slam tournament, if one of them is not participating, she will definitely come to watch the game.

Chen Ran's second round match was separated from Ivanovic's, and it was obvious that he would come to watch the game.

Then came the problem.

In the past, whenever Chen Ran watched his girlfriend’s game live, he would often give her some pointers with hand gestures.

So what about this time?

"Chen Ran knows our weaknesses and technical characteristics very well." Li Na smiled bitterly.

Her boyfriend Jiang Shan scratched his head in annoyance and said, "In fact, the Serbian female player has made rapid progress this year. It must be due to Chen Ran's good guidance. This guy... is not willing to give such serious guidance to his own female compatriots."

Zheng Jie joked: "They are in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, so what are we?" Li Na added: "You should think about how to get rid of the title of 'one-Grand Slam Club', and don't be like your former coach."

"It's not that easy!" Zheng Jie said with a wry smile, "I was really lucky to win that Grand Slam. It's really hard to get rid of this title."

She knew that her talent was far inferior to Chen Ran's, or even inferior to the good sister in front of her.

It can even be said that she has over-fulfilled her talent.

It’s just that Li Na’s character is too impatient. At many critical moments, she was clearly the one with the upper hand, but she ended up exploding during the fight.

This happens too often.

If Chen Ran was standing here and heard their arguments, he would definitely be happy.

You have to know that in Li Na's previous life, not to mention during her growth period, even after she reached her peak, her temper and personality caused her to often explode in games and then lose.

As the saying goes, it is easy to change the country but difficult to change one's nature. This is something that cannot be changed.

"Why is Chen Ran always so calm during games?" Li Na said with some envy.

It's not just the opponent's impeccable technical strength, but also his incredible psychological quality.

Her mentality is really too easy to get angry.

Especially in this US Open, Chen Ran will be competing under unprecedented pressure.

At this moment, the first set of the game is over.

Chen Ran won the first set 6-1.

Zhang Depei clenched his fists excitedly. His disciple finally won the first game from Chen Ran.

It's not easy.

For Kei Nishikori, this is an inevitable growth process.

From Chen Ran's perspective, he was also observing Kei Nishikori.

This guy was indeed trained by Zhang Depei according to his own template, and it could even be said that he was a PLUS version of Zhang Depei.

Especially this guy's running ability and baseline attacking ability are indeed like Zhang Depei's in the past.

But in today's golden age of men's tennis, it is very difficult for Kei Nishikori to win a Grand Slam.

If I had been born ten years earlier, maybe I could have been the one who stole things.

After all, today is the era of giants.

The outside world calls this era the era of the Big Three, but Chen Ran knows clearly that it is actually the era of the Big Four.

In the second set, Kei Nishikori made many amazing shots that amazed the audience.

But even so, he still lost to Chen Ran 2 to 6.

In the third set, Chen Ran gradually got into his best form and won the game 6-0.

6比1,6比2,6比0!

In three straight sets, they eliminated the first cannon fodder arranged by the Americans.

Two days later, in the second round, Chen Ran and Murray faced off for the first time.

This time, Chen Ran also experienced the stinginess and ingratitude of the British people.

Before the game, Murray was described by the British media as the hope of British tennis and a future British star.

But after the game, Murray had no ability to resist and was defeated by Chen Ran in three consecutive sets. He won no more than 3 games in each set and lost very badly.

Then the British media were full of sarcastic comments such as "that Scotsman", "Are Scottish men who like to wear skirts really suitable for playing tennis?", "Scottish wimps" and so on.

Chen Ran felt that he had always been a cold person, and he deeply sympathized with Murray's situation.

He even wanted to suggest to Murray: Man, why don't you become a French citizen and piss off those British people.

But then, another difficult problem was placed before Chen Ran.

In the second round of the US Open women's singles, Ivanovic faced Li Na.

Chen Ran didn't know whether he should appear in his girlfriend's team and then direct them on the spot.

Theoretically, if she didn't give her guidance, she would be in danger of being eliminated by Li Na.

If he gives advice, keyboard warriors and editors on the Internet will take the opportunity to lead the trend.

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(End of this chapter)

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