Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 636: Wuhan women still need Chen Ran to treat them (4K)

Is this considered bombardment?
of course!
Moreover, Chen Ran's words were already very sharp.

He certainly had his reasons for being unhappy.

These guys are enjoying the tennis dividends brought by Chen Ran, but they are so bad and lying down, they deserve to be scolded.

Through the China Open awards ceremony and CCTV’s nationwide live broadcast.

Chen Ran's remarks immediately produced an explosive effect in the media and on the Internet.

People suddenly realized that Chen Ran's outstanding achievements did not mean the overall strength of Chinese men's tennis.

The strength of the others is far from even reaching the top players in Asia.

"Well done!"

"You curse so freely!"

"As expected of Chen Ran, you should have said it directly. There's no need to give face to those idiots."

Soon, enthusiastic netizens gave Chen Ran their firm support, and followed the footsteps of the world's number one player to criticize those male tennis players who were in a slump and had no ambition.

Even the programmers in Chen Ran’s company are more motivated than you!
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What surprised Chen Ran was that after his attack, those leaders did not take the initiative to find him.

Even Director Sun of the Tennis Management Center told him implicitly that what he said was true and right, but the bottom line is that there are too few outstanding tennis players in our country, especially male players, which makes them feel no sense of crisis.

If they were placed in Europe or America, they would become mediocre.

"It seems that the leaders support me in doing this. They hope that I can muddy this calm water." Chen Ran understood.

The Yanjing Olympics is getting closer and closer, and the Tennis Management Center will definitely be under a lot of pressure.

But no matter how much the leaders worry, the athletes under them have no motivation. They just pretend to work hard, but even with more abundant training resources than before, they still don't make any progress.

"Whether I practice or not, I will be eliminated in the first round of the Olympics, so why should I take it so seriously?" This is the mentality of many people.

Just recently, ATP and WTA jointly announced.

At next year's Yanjing Olympics, tennis singles matches will earn points towards professional tournaments.

The men's singles champion and the women's singles champion will both receive 800 points.

Although this score is not as good as the 1000 points of the Masters champion, it is indeed a historic breakthrough.

For the first time in history, tennis matches at the Olympics will receive ATP and WTA points.

This is enough to show the importance of the Chinese market to tennis.

But everything has two sides.

For example, during the 2004 Athens Olympics, many top tennis players withdrew from the Olympics.

Because there are no points.

As for money, first-tier players are not short of money, so it doesn’t matter if they don’t have bonuses. What is most worrying is not having points.

But this time the Yanjing Olympics was different.

With the points in hand, it is estimated that all the top players in the world's tennis will participate.

At least the number of people withdrawing from the competition will be much lower than that of the previous Athens Olympics.

In fact, Chen Ran also knew that this policy would continue for two Olympic Games: Yanjing in 2008 and London in 2012.

By 2016, the points were cancelled again due to conflicts between ITF, ATP and WTA.

But everything has its pros and cons. After learning that there would be ATP points in next year's Yanjing Olympics, the Chinese male tennis players became even more confident.

If you don’t have points, you will basically be eliminated in the first round. If you have points, the top 64 players in the world will all participate, so there will be no suspense in this round.

Why train?
Make extra money when you need to!

But because of Chen Ran's bombardment, they were caught off guard and their mood suddenly became gloomy.

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The next night was the women's singles final of the China Open.

As a crown event second only to the four Grand Slams, the grand ceremony must be sufficient.

Therefore, there were more celebrities coming to this match than yesterday, and all the celebrities of Chinese tennis were present.

Including the male tennis players on the national team.

However, when the camera scanned across their faces, everyone found that they were not in a good mood, as if they were shrouded in a dark cloud.

The fans smiled knowingly, and some even booed.

Under such circumstances, it would be strange if they were in a good mood.

But these people are also helpless.

The talent and potential are there. You train hard, and those foreign players are also training hard.

No matter how hard you try, you will still be eliminated in the first round of the Yanjing Olympics next year.

According to the regulations, the host country has four places.

Select from the top to the bottom according to the ATP and WTA rankings.

If someone is injured, then continue.

In fact, relatively speaking, tennis is really very fair.

The Olympic qualification is determined solely by your ranking.

The tennis associations of various countries cannot make decisions on their own.

This is true not only for singles but also for doubles.

This is not like table tennis, where the association has the autonomy to decide who to select and who not to select.

So in next year's Yanjing Olympics, in the men's singles event, except for Chen Ran, the other three candidates will basically be eliminated in the first round.

They can't even beat the top 200 players in the world, so how can they beat those who are basically ranked within the top 70 in the world?

"It's better not to give these three places. It's likely to be embarrassing."

"That's right, it's probably the same as the men's football team!"

Many fans shouted loudly and angrily.

As for Chen Ran, he appeared in another box with his team members and watched everything calmly.

Competition in professional sports is so cruel, just like rowing against the current, if you don’t move forward, you will fall behind.

These guys either work hard to improve themselves, or they will be drowned out by the boos from the fans and the criticism from the media.

The real focus today is on the two players in the final: Li Na and Dementieva.

I have to say that Russia's Red Army is really powerful and full of talented people.

Dementieva currently has two Grand Slam runner-up titles, but her greatest achievement in her career is the women's singles gold medal at the 2008 Yanjing Olympics.

“Will this be a preview of next year’s Olympics?”

Chen Ran couldn't help but think so in his heart.

After all, he now has another identity. He will temporarily serve as the head coach of the women's singles during next year's Olympics.

Judging from the current situation, Li Na's chances of winning a medal are indeed greater than Zheng Jie's.

Therefore, Chen Ran's focus will definitely be tilted.

"Na is still in her growth phase. She missed out on an Olympic medal in her last life. I hope she can get her wish in this life."

"There is still more than half a year left, so I should be able to continue to improve."

Chen Ran was very happy to fulfill her dream.

After all, in her previous life, she was the one who planted the dream seed of tennis in her heart, and in this life, the seed finally took root and sprouted.

What's more, in her previous life, Li Na had never made it to the finals of the China Open, but in this life she had achieved it in 2007.

But now Li Na has not made up her mind to go solo.

"Coach Chen, you said my wife has a high chance of winning this game." Li Na's husband Jiang Shan asked nervously.

Those eyes, which were already very small, almost became a slit.

This is the China Open, the Super Crown level.

If she can win the title at home, the impact will not be much different from winning a Grand Slam title.

After all, the country has always wanted to build the China Open into the level of the fifth Grand Slam. The current men's level is too low, so they can only start from the women's side.

Just looking at the prize money, for both being Masters tournaments, the prize money for the women's singles champion at the China Open is twice that of the Cincinnati Open.

This is the difference. "Play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses, and you will have a chance!"

"Also, you must control your emotions."

"You're already 25 years old, and it's too embarrassing to blow yourself up at any time."

Chen Ran said bluntly.

Jiang Shan immediately shut up.

When Chen Ran acts as a coach, he naturally takes on the identity of a coach and becomes strict.

So criticize when it’s time to criticize!
Then Jiang Shan became Sister Na's punching bag, just like in his previous life.

Chen Ran criticized Li Na, and Li Na turned around and got angry at Jiang Shan. Then Jiang Shan looked at Chen Ran with a look of begging for mercy, hoping that he would speak softly...

Of course, Chen Ran simply ignored the other party.

"Although I told her not to carry the burden of wanting to win and being afraid of losing."

"But this is the China Open, she is playing at home, everyone is looking forward to it, she must be determined to fight to the death, only victory is allowed, not failure."

Jiang Shan smiled bitterly and said, "There are always failures in competitive sports."

Chen Ran glared at him and replied, "But in competitive sports, the winner takes all. Look at the tournaments I participated in in my country, and I have never lost the championship."

"Remember, you can disappoint foreign fans, but you can't disappoint our Chinese fans!"

Jiang Shan was speechless and as quiet as a chicken.

In this duel, the two sides can be said to be tit-for-tat, evenly matched, and very close in strength.

This is completely different from the one-sided situation in yesterday's men's singles final.

This exciting women's singles final also made the fans at the scene scream with excitement.

In fact, many fans are very picky and usually only watch men’s tennis and rarely watch women’s tennis.

They think that from a spectator's perspective, there is a huge difference between women's and men's tennis.

But today's match convinced these provocative fans that women's tennis can also put on extremely exciting matches.

However, unlike Jiang Shan, who was easily startled and had fluctuating emotions, Chen Ran remained very calm.

In the first set, Li Na played very well and broke her opponent's serve in the second game.

6 is better than 3!

She managed to win the first set and her performance was perfect.

However, when Jiang Shan was extremely excited and even dancing, Chen Ran frowned and looked very serious.

"Why are you so happy? Is your wife sure to win the championship?"

"Does your wife rarely get chased 1-2 by other men?"

“I can’t even remember how many times it’s happened.”

Chen Ran scolded mercilessly.

Jiang Shan immediately stopped talking.

When Chen Ran served as Li Na's temporary coach, Jiang Shan could only serve as a sparring partner.

Chen Ran will not be a sparring partner, because if he were to do so, the fight would be over in just a few shots.

The gap between the world's number one player and the top ten in women's tennis is like a chasm.

Since Chen Ran's box was very close to the chair where Li Na was resting, Li Na would look back from time to time and listen to Chen Ran's teachings.

"Listen, keep playing like you did in the first set."

"Also, forget the score and play as if it's 0-0."

Chen Ran paused, then emphasized: "Sister Na, your backhand is your advantage, you should understand it yourself."

Li Na nodded and started the second set.

However, the situation changed suddenly in the second set.

Dementieva's condition has recovered and her playing style has become more diverse, with her constantly changing her hitting routes.

That’s what women’s tennis is like.

After a game, the state fluctuates like a roller coaster. It is very normal to have big ups and downs.

Li Na's emotional fluctuations are obviously greater than Dementieva's.

For example, in the first set, after Li Na broke the serve, Dementieva was able to play steadily and hold the remaining serve games.

But Li Na was different. After being broken by Dementieva in the second set, her emotions exploded again.

Then, as expected, Dementieva continued to break.

She actually completed two consecutive breaks.

The score was even more brutal, 6 to 1!

The Chinese fans at the scene were also confused.

What's going on?

We won the first set 6-3, but lost the second set 1-6.

They were celebrating just now, thinking that Li Na had secured the championship, but judging from the situation in the second set, it seemed that her opponent had secured the championship.

Many people don’t pay much attention to women’s tennis, but they don’t know that this is the real situation of women’s tennis competitions.

Every script is unexpected.

"did you see?"

"Let you celebrate!"

"It's the first time for others to watch a women's tennis match. Is it your first time too?"

"After all, you are an insider."

Jiang Shan was speechless after being scolded by Chen Ran.

"My...my wife blew herself up again. That's just her temper. No matter what I say, it's useless!"

At this time, Li Na walked to the sidelines, which was near Chen Ran's box.

Jiang Shan originally wanted to comfort his wife, but he didn't expect to be scolded by his wife in Wuhan dialect.

As luck would have it, the CCTV camera just happened to record this moment.

The audience heard Li Na yelling at her husband, "Get out of here!", and then Jiang Shan had a bitter face and stood there in a daze.

As expected of Wuhan women, they are really fierce.

She angrily scolded her husband in front of the national audience.

This is the first reaction of many Chinese fans.

This women's singles final was much more exciting than yesterday's men's singles final.

The onlookers were also very excited.

A top female star like the WTA, even the toughest Russian woman, would never scold her husband or boyfriend like that in public.

Netizens immediately felt very sympathetic towards the Wuhan man...

"enough!"

"Do you two want to be laughed at by the whole nation?"

Chen Ran shouted angrily, "If you continue to be so emotionally unstable, you will never win a Grand Slam, not even the Crown Championship!"

"This has happened so many times! After being broken by your opponent, you don't think about breaking back, but lose control of your emotions and explode. In this way, how can you become the leader of the new generation of Chinese women's tennis?"

"Your emotional control is much worse than Zheng Jie's!"

The Wuhan woman, who had been so tough just now, suddenly lowered her head and remained silent.

It seems that there is always something that can defeat something else!

At this time, even the CCTV host couldn't help but blurt out: "It seems that this tough Wuhan woman still needs Chen Ran to treat her."

You see, Jiang Shan was scolded by Li Na so much that he didn't dare to talk back, but as soon as Chen Ran opened his mouth, Li Na was suddenly speechless.

This is the feeling of oppression!
Li Na lowered her head as she was scolded, and even had tears in her eyes.

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(End of this chapter)