Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 618 The Concept of "Super Golden Slam"
The couple Chen Ran and Ivanovich.

Last year we won runner-up together and served plates; this year we won championship together and held the trophy.

This has never happened in professional tennis abroad.

This will inevitably be regarded as a legend in tennis, even unprecedented and difficult to replicate in the future.

"This couple conquered Roland Garros!"

"The Clay Queen Henin and the New Clay King Nadal have both become background walls!"

In order to attract attention, these French media have listed these exaggerated headlines.

“Isn’t this the most romantic story that ever happened in Roland Garros?”

I don’t know if Paris is as romantic as rumored, but this story that happened in Roland Garros is romantic enough.

However, the picky Spaniards were not buying it.

They were very unhappy with what happened at the awards ceremony after the French Open final.

These French people definitely have bad intentions and bad intentions!
Over the years since the French Open was held, have any players from their country ever won the French Open championship?

If we don’t count the ancient times, there are very few, regardless of gender!

What qualifications do you French people have to make fun of Nadal, our national treasure of Spain?
After the award ceremony, the Spanish fans and media, who are fanatical and fussy by nature, began to curse the French Open organizing committee.

Especially toilet newspapers like Marca and Mundo Deportivo, all kinds of "insulting French jokes" are written at the bottom of the newspaper without any hesitation.

Chen Ran did not expect that because of the incident at the award ceremony after the game, the Spanish fans' hatred towards him would be transferred to the French Open Organizing Committee.

But he would not feel the slightest gratitude towards the French.

Because of me, you have raised your ticket prices so much, sold so many TV broadcast rights, and achieved such amazing ratings.

Then isn't it your duty to help me avoid some unnecessary disasters?

Although tennis is a gentleman's sport that requires elegance and civility, you also know what those Spaniards are like.

In terms of the quality of the people, this group of people may even be worse than those in Eastern Europe.

In his previous life, Nadal dominated the clay courts, and even before Nadal, Spanish players often won the French Open.

In this time and space, it must be a very infuriating thing that Asian players, who are known for "never being good at clay", actually crushed their new Spanish king.

Chen Ran has 3 French Open titles, Nadal has 1, and two of them were won by Chen Ran defeating Nadal.

Who knows what those fanatical Spanish fans will come up with.

The French Open Organizing Committee's act of inciting hatred is great!
Next year, we will defend our title...

No, next year we have the all-important Yanjing Olympics, so we still have to plan carefully.

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After winning the French Open, Chen Ran said that his body was too tired and he would withdraw from the grass season and would go directly to Wimbledon in a month.

Although he has signed contracts with Mallorca and Harley.

But for a player of Chen Ran's level, there will definitely be additional clauses that will take various factors into consideration, including injuries, physical fatigue, etc.

Therefore, even if Chen Ran withdraws from these two grass tour tournaments, he does not have to pay penalty fees.

At this moment, the French Open has just ended and there is still nearly a month before the opening of Wimbledon.

Chen Ran decided to return to China to rest for a while.

"12 Grand Slams are enough, but I'm still two short!" he muttered to himself.

Chen Ran's current competition plan is mainly focused on Grand Slams.

He hopes to complete the annual Grand Slam this year and tie Sampras' Grand Slam record. In addition, the agency behind Chen Ran has started a new round of marketing.

A grand slam across the year!

He has achieved this to a certain extent.

The so-called New Year's Grand Slam means winning four Grand Slam titles consecutively in the following year.

Wimbledon and the US Open in 2006, and the Australian Open and the French Open in 2007.

A cross-year Grand Slam. Although this achievement is not as difficult as an annual Grand Slam, it is also an amazing record.

This achievement is enough to make famous players such as Federer and Nadal look up to him.

In addition, with the planning of the agency and the promotion of the media, a new term was invented: Super Golden Slam.

The so-called Super Golden Slam adds an year-end championship to the four Grand Slams and the Olympic gold medal.

Chen Ran currently has two year-end championships, while Federer has only one and Nadal has none.

"Super Golden Slam!"

A brand new concept has emerged in professional tennis.

The difficulty of the Super Golden Slam is obviously much higher than that of the Golden Slam.

Winning the year-end finals is no less difficult than winning a Grand Slam, or even more difficult.

You have to defeat the top eight masters in the world in the "Huashan Sword Contest" to win the championship. Almost every game is a tough battle.

Therefore, once the concept of the Super Golden Slam was proposed, it was quickly accepted by the ATP, the media, and the fans.

No one dares to ignore the value of the year-end finals, and for ATP, they also like the concept of "Super Golden Slam", which will greatly enhance the importance of the year-end finals.

After all, the four Grand Slams and the Olympics are not under the jurisdiction of the ATP.

The year-end finals are the most important resource in ATP's hands.

So it was somewhat unexpected that Chen Ran's agency marketed the concept of "Super Golden Slam" through the media, and the ATP actually cooperated very well in following up and promoting it, and couldn't wait for official certification.

I believe that it will only take a while for this "Super Golden Slam" to become popular.

"So next year, will Chen Ran achieve two Super Golden Slams?"

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"What, Super Golden Slam?"

When Nadal's uncle heard this, he was so angry that his beard was about to curl up.

"The year-end finals are all held on indoor hard courts. Why?" he began to chatter. "As long as the year-end finals are not played on clay courts for one day, I will not agree with the term "Super Golden Slam".

Clay court, the year-end finals on clay court must be arranged, otherwise it would be unfair to those masters who are good at clay court, including his nephew.

"But your nephew just lost to Chen Ran in the French Open final. Even on clay, he may not have an advantage."

"It was a close defeat. Besides, that cunning Chinese kid used a treacherous strategy to avoid playing against my nephew in the tour."

He vowed, "Believe me, my nephew will definitely win the next time we fight!"

Although Chen Ran has defeated Nadal twice in the French Open finals, this guy still believes that his nephew has a much higher chance of winning the year-end finals on clay courts than on hard courts.

Nadal's uncle is convinced.

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(End of this chapter)