Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 579 US Open Final, a Chance for Revenge
Chen Ran did not agree to Sun Jifang's request immediately.

In fact, he also has his own ideas.

If he had just served as the head coach part-time during the Yanjing Olympics, it would indeed be regarded as a good story by the outside world.

However, Chen Ran was not very interested in the suggestion of serving as the head coach during the Asian Games.

Because the Asian Games stage is too small, Chen Ran feels that it is unnecessary.

As for what Sun Jinfang said, that she could use the Asian Games as a platform to practice, get familiar with the coaching environment, and prepare for the Yanjing Olympics, Chen Ran thought it was not necessary.

The reason why Director Sun wanted Chen Ran to be the guest head coach was mainly because she witnessed with her own eyes that under his guidance, Ivanovic reversed Li Na. This made her sure that Chen Ran's coaching and on-the-spot adaptability were outstanding, so she came up with this idea.

But Chen Ran thought that since he could handle the Grand Slam level competition with ease and give good instructions, then the Asian Games would be a piece of cake?
It can even be said that Grand Slam level competitions are themselves of a higher level than the Olympics.

So Chen Ran felt that he didn't need to use the Asian Games to practice.

Why give yourself trouble?
"Let me think about it." Chen Ran gave an ambiguous answer.

His current focus is still on the US Open.

I really didn't expect that, when I gave my girlfriend some on-the-spot instructions on a whim, I actually discovered my own outstanding coaching talent.

Chen Ran was at a loss whether to laugh or cry about this result.

In the following rounds of competition, Chen Ran continued to sweep his opponents effortlessly.

The score in the third round was 3-0, and after meeting Djokovic in the fourth round, Chen Ran also gave the opponent a 3-0 victory.

It seems that Djokovic is not as good at the fast hard courts of the US Open as he is at the slow hard courts of the Australian Open.

However, although Chen Ran won three sets in a row, the scores of these three sets were very close. The difference in the number of games in each set was no more than 2 games, and the two sides even fought to a tiebreak in the third set.

It was extremely thrilling.

"Young man, let your mouth be foul!"

After Chen Ran won the third set, he teased.

For Djokovic, the result of being eliminated in the round of 16 was obviously not satisfactory to him and he seemed a little frustrated.

What made him even more frustrated was that when he and Chen Ran were in the tiebreak in the third set, his national team teammate Ivanovic was completely 100% cheering for her boyfriend.

Whenever Chen Ran scored or she made a mistake in hitting the ball, the girl would jump and dance excitedly in the stands.

"Please, when you were competing against the Chinese female player that day, although Chen Ran gave you some pointers, at least he didn't act as arrogant as you did!"

After all, Chen Ran was still mindful of the impact at the time. For example, when Li Na made a mistake in hitting the ball, he just clapped his hands indifferently.

But when the same situation happened to Ivanovic, she danced around as if she was celebrating Djokovic's mistake.

The latter looked completely hopeless.

Djokovic even suspected that he would always be under Chen Ran's shadow for the rest of his career.

"Chen Ran... I still hope you can win the championship, then I will be the honorary runner-up."

After the two shook hands, Djokovic gave each other his blessings.

"Honorary runner-up?" Chen Ran smiled faintly, "Actually, I hope to defeat you in the finals and make you the real runner-up."

Djokovic was at a loss whether to laugh or cry when he heard this.

It seems that we really can't make fun of this guy. He holds a grudge too much.

In the subsequent games, Chen Ran continued to make great progress.

He eliminated American No. 2 player Blake in the quarter-finals and Roddick in the semi-finals.

With the American's help in the draw, the two guys still had a smooth journey and made it to the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively. But no matter how good your draw is, you can't avoid the top seeded players when the competition reaches the deep rounds.

At the same time, Ivanovic lost to the Belgian star Henin after entering the semi-finals due to the huge gap in strength. This result has set her best record in the US Open.

Chen Ran shook his head watching this semi-final.

Even though he kept coming up with ideas during the game, he was powerless.

The huge gap in strength makes some tactics seem futile.

Hening is worthy of being Hening. Why does she participate in women's competitions? Why not participate in men's competitions?

Chen Ran was so itchy that he wanted to go down and teach Serena Williams a lesson himself, to let her know what true crushing looked like.

At this moment, Chen Ran's winning streak against American players has exceeded 20 games, second only to his winning streak against French players.

The male players from the United States were completely suppressed by Chen Ran and had no temper at all.

Only the female players continue to be arrogant in the WTA.

The reason is that there are too few people who can fight.

At this moment, even the American media had to sigh that since the era of Sampras and Agassi, the decline of American men's tennis has been alarming.

Is this God's will?

When you dominate men's tennis, women's tennis is mediocre, but when your women dominate tennis, men's performance is not good.

You can never have your cake and eat it too.

Chen Ran, Federer, Nadal.

Currently, these three big mountains are firmly suppressing the American players, leaving them no room to breathe.

Even if they tried every possible means and kept making draws, they could not send their players to the finals.

The rule of the Chinese is so terrible.

They even said sourly: "If Sampras and Agassi were still in their prime, Chen Ran wouldn't be so arrogant!"

However, Roddick, the No. 1 Chen fan, disagreed with what the American media said.

"Come on, you guys are saying it the other way around! Open your eyes and take a good look at the terrifying suppressive power displayed by Chen Ran. It's not that Chen Ran is lucky enough, but that those two old guys were lucky enough to avoid Chen Ran's era." Roddick emphasized this point.

"If it weren't for Chen Ran, I would have at least three Grand Slams by now!" He was always confident in himself and completely forgot about his terrible record against Federer.

In short, it’s not that he is not strong enough, but that he is in the most glorious golden age of men’s tennis.

The semi-finals was also a very proud record.

In this US Open final, Chen Ran and Nadal met again.

This is the second time the two have met in a Grand Slam final since the French Open final.

Can Chen Ran complete his revenge?

Although he had achieved three consecutive victories over Nadal in the grass court season.

But this is not a Grand Slam final.

Only by defeating the opponent in the Grand Slam final can one achieve true revenge.

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(End of this chapter)