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Chapter 586: Fight against Chen Ran Alliance (4K)

Chen Ran can honestly tell the world that he had to come forward simply to protect the fairness and purity of tennis, and also to defend the interests and professional beliefs of other players.

He is the number one person in the world, he must step forward and not just sit there and do nothing.

At that time, Chen Ran never thought that he would unexpectedly become the only Grand Slam winner in the history of professional tennis.

After Agassi was stripped of the French Open and the US Open, he didn't even have a Grand Slam.

Because he only has one French Open title.

Seven Grand Slam titles became five in the blink of an eye.

This is perhaps the most costly autobiography ever written.

At this moment, Agassi must be full of regret.

But he himself is not clear about which one led to his severe punishment: his own confession of drug use in his autobiography or his ridicule of other tennis stars in his autobiography.

Even if he touched his bald head a hundred times, he still couldn't figure it out.

It seemed that all his actions seemed to have further boosted Chen Ran's reputation.

Not only players from all over the world, but also American players such as Sampras and Roddick stood on Chen Ran's side.

Damn, this autobiography is such a loss.

Even though its sales are very impressive.

……

When the ATP officially announced the penalty decision regarding Agassi, the turmoil caused by Agassi's autobiography has come to an end, which also bodes well for the start of the Chinese season.

First, in the Zhuhai 250 race, Chen Ran continued his impressive record.

As long as he participated in a tennis tournament held in China, whether it was a tour tournament or year-end tournament, Chen Ran never let any championship slip away.

One China Open, two Shanghai Heineken Opens, one Shenzhen Masters, one Shanghai Year-End Finals, one Ningjiang Tour, and this year's Zhuhai 250 Tournament.

Chen Ran continued his winning streak in local events and was unstoppable.

In fact, the hard courts in the China season are the same as those in the US Open, both of which are fast hard courts, which is also what Chen Ran is most adapted to and good at.

He naturally extended his dominance at the US Open to the Chinese season.

Chen Ran swept away all his opponents like a spring breeze sweeping away fallen leaves. This time, he won the championship without even losing a single game.

Of course, for him today, a mere 250th race championship is insignificant.

Because the schedule of the entire Chinese season is continuous.

After the Zhuhai tournament, the China Open will follow.

Although Chen Ran missed this year's China Open, the participating lineup is still star-studded.

Nadal, Safin, Roddick and other top players have signed up to participate.

However, the young Djokovic has emerged as a rising star and demonstrated outstanding competitiveness.

As he joked before the game, since Chen Ran was absent, his goal was to win the China Open championship.

It turns out that the young Serbian was not bragging.

He defeated various top players along the way and finally met Nadal in the final.

This is also the first time that these two future giants have met in the final of a tour.

The two also teamed up to present a wonderful offensive and defensive battle for the Yanjing champion, which was almost undecided and drew applause and cheers from the audience.

From another perspective, this is also a way to spread and popularize tennis culture.

Even China's top star and world No. 1 player Chen Ran missed this year's China Open.

But overall, the attendance rate of this year's China Open ATP500 tournament was very impressive, with basically every game having an attendance rate of 50%, and some important matches even reaching 80%.

For example, tickets for today's China Open final were hard to come by, and the venue was packed.

Even without Chen Ran's connections, everyone still showed great enthusiasm for watching the tennis match.

In the end, Djokovic defeated Nadal in the final set tiebreak and won the China Open championship as he wished.

At the end of the game, Djokovic covered his thighs with his hands, gasping for breath.

He is still a little immature now, and his physical fitness is obviously not as good as his peak period in his previous life.

All three games almost exhausted his physical strength.

If it weren't for his superhuman willpower, it would have been difficult for Djokovic to persevere.

During the award ceremony, even Nadal looked at Djokovic in shock.

This guy is so tired that he can hardly stand. How did he hold on just now?
This Serbian man's willpower is truly terrifying.

Nadal vaguely felt that he would have another great enemy in his life.

Chen Ran, Federer, and then the guy in front of him who is younger than him.

Lack of physical fitness can be compensated through training.

Chen Ran, who had just debuted, had some physical shortcomings, but he quickly made up for them.

If there is any shortcoming in Chen Ran today, it is that his physical fitness is slightly weaker than Nadal, just a little bit short.

This slight difference is actually not noticeable on most courts, but it is infinitely magnified on clay courts that require grinding.

"Novak..."

Nadal, who was holding a plate, suddenly called out to him.

"Uh..." Djokovic looked at him and replied, "Rafael, what can I do for you?"

"Hard courts should be your best court, right?" Nadal continued, "You have won several tour championships this year, and even dragged a five-set battle with Chen Ran at the Australian Open."

The Australian Open is played on a slow hard court. Although the ball speed is faster than the red clay of the French Open, it is not the court that Chen Ran is best at after all.

"Yes!"

Djokovic nodded calmly, "Although they are both hard courts, I am best at the hard courts of the Australian Open, while Chen Ran is best at the hard courts of the US Open. At least for me now, the venue where I have the best chance of defeating Chen Ran is the Australian Open."

Then he shrugged and said with a wry smile: "You also saw this year's US Open. He beat me so hard that I had no power to fight back."

If Djokovic knew his past life, the closest he came to a Grand Slam was when he failed in the US Open final.

In 2021, Djokovic won the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon championships with absolute advantages. Just as he was rushing to win the US Open championship and reached the finals smoothly, the whole world was optimistic that Djokovic would achieve the annual Grand Slam.

The result was surprising. Djokovic was almost defeated by Medvedev, a Russian player nicknamed "Medmedev", with one powerful serve after another in the final.

In the end, Djokovic lost to Medvedev, and was defeated by his opponent in three consecutive sets without any resistance.

This is the closest he has ever come to a Grand Slam.

Although Djokovic also achieved three championships and one runner-up in 2023, he lost to the new giant of the younger generation, Alcaraz, at Wimbledon, which was not surprising.

As for Medvedev, this guy is just a background board for the Grand Slam champion most of the time.

But this guy who has always been a background figure was able to bring down a giant like Djokovic.

"I think it will be difficult for me to beat Chen Ran at the US Open." Djokovic seemed very honest and knew himself well. "So in the future I will first focus on the Australian Open, and then on the clay of the French Open." Clay?

Nadal curled his lips.

Clay should be the only occasion where he and Chen Ran can be evenly matched.

There is no other reason.

It all depends on constant grinding and Nadal's indomitable spirit.

After all, on a clay court, no matter how good Chen Ran's batting skills are, it is impossible for him to kill his opponent with just one shot.

Also, with your current physical condition, how can you expect to perform well on the clay court?

Nadal was in disbelief.

But he didn't say anything, so he just smiled and said, "I hope that in the future, we can create some trouble for Chen Ran and not let him think that dominating the tennis world is a very easy thing."

"I don't want tennis to turn into table tennis."

"Okay, then I'll work hard together." Djokovic also smiled confidently.

Since the day he entered the professional tennis world, he has made up his mind that he will never be a supporting role.

Djokovic believes that as long as he continues to improve, the day of winning a Grand Slam title is not far away.

……

At this moment, Chen Ran did not know that the future giants had quietly formed an alliance in order to shake his dominance.

Although he did not sign up for this year's China Open, as the event's ambassador, he still has to attend.

After finishing the competition in Zhuhai, Chen Ran flew directly to Yanjing.

For the China Open Organizing Committee, their real highlight is not the ATP500 tournament, but the WTA1000 tournament. In particular, the China Open is a Super Masters tournament with 96 draws, gathering the world's famous women's tennis players.

The goal of the China Open is the fifth Grand Slam, and this goal seems to be about to be achieved in women's tennis.

1000 points and the highest prize money in the Women's Masters.

However, Chen Ran only showed up for a moment, and after watching his girlfriend Ivanovic's first game, he immediately left for Shenzhen.

The WTA1000 and ATP1000 tournaments are held very close in time.

Chen Ran still hopes to continue his record of "winning the championship when participating in local competitions."

Although he knew that this record would be broken sooner or later, he still hoped that it could last as long as possible.

There is no reason for the championship of Shenzhen Masters to fall into the hands of others.

That's my home court!
The Magic City year-end finals will be held in more than a month.

The more championships the better, of course. Chen Ran will not be polite, nor will he feel embarrassed at all.

Especially this year, when Chen Ran arrived in Shenzhen with the glory of ten Grand Slams and a huge lead as the world's number one, the box office popularity of this year's Masters reached an unprecedented level.

However, when Chen Ran was doing field adaptation training, he received some unexpected news.

Roddick walked up to Chen Ran and whispered, "Hey, man, let me tell you something."

"What's the matter?" Chen Ran asked curiously.

"I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing." Roddick shrugged, looking quite helpless. "At least in the professional tennis world, this kind of thing has never happened before. You should be proud of it."

"Andy, what exactly do you want to say?" Chen Ran was even more confused.

"Because you are too strong, someone is forming a player alliance to fight against you!"

"What the hell?"

Chen Ran became even more confused after hearing this.

He gently tossed the tennis ball in his hand up, and then sent it out with a "bang".

"To be precise, every Grand Slam player creates the most pressure on you on the court they are best at," Roddick said in a complicated tone. "Of course, they invited me, too."

"Rafael will stop you on clay, Djokovic will stop you at the Australian Open, and Roger will focus on grass. As for me... Roger and I will be at the US Open."

How can this be done?
After hearing this, Chen Ran was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

interesting.

This is definitely the first treatment in history.

If I am not a goat, then who is a goat?

"But Andy, why did you tell me this?" Chen Ran continued to ask.

There is actually a traitor like you among your group of people.

Roddick shrugged disapprovingly: "Because I don't think I have a chance to stop you at the US Open, so why should I get involved in this mess? These guys..."

"In my opinion, winning is winning, and losing is losing. There is no need to go around in circles."

He seemed very straightforward.

"Then should I thank you for tipping me off?" Chen Ran joked.

"That's not necessary, because you will know sooner or later. I just hope you understand that I will not join such a crappy organization." Roddick said firmly.

"Haha, I understand, but this kind of alliance actually arouses my fighting spirit. I think it's quite interesting."

Chen Ran counted on his fingers and found that Federer currently had three Grand Slams, Nadal had one, and Roddick had one. The three of them together had five, which was exactly half of his.

This is what true suppression is.

The only difference is that Roddick has almost given up challenging Chen Ran, but the others are unwilling to admit defeat.

But this is normal. After all, those players are all giants. It is not easy for them to admit defeat.

"Didn't they go to find Safin?" Chen Ran asked curiously.

"It seems Roger objects," Roddick said disapprovingly, "because you know Safin's competitiveness has declined a lot in recent years, and Hewitt is about the same."

So far, there are still many active players who have won Grand Slam titles, but not many are still competitive.

"Okay, I understand." Chen Ran nodded, his expression looking very calm, "Let's continue practicing."

Roddick took his racket and walked a few steps, then he remembered something and said sourly, "One more thing."

"what's up?"

"My ex-girlfriend Hilton called me a few days ago. I thought she wanted to rekindle our past relationship, but...it turned out that this bitch wanted to ask for your private number."

"It looks like this bitch has set her sights on you," Roddick said angrily.

"..." Chen Ran was stunned for a moment, "Then did you give it to her?"

"No, I told her to get out!" Roddick replied, "Are you angry?"

"I won't be angry." Chen Ran replied: "But since you didn't give me your phone number, why are you still talking nonsense!"

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(End of this chapter)