Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 676 The end of 2008!
More than 20 days later, the last year-end finals held in Shanghai came to an end.

Chen Ran, who had just returned from injury, ultimately failed to achieve the feat of winning four consecutive championships in the year-end finals.

He was eliminated in the semi-finals, losing to his former doubles partner Stan Wawrinka.

A great record was ended.

The rule that Chen Ran would win any tennis tournament held in China as long as he participated was broken.

From 2002 to 2008, this day was bound to come sooner or later, and it finally came.

It is very commendable that Chen Ran has been able to maintain this record for so long.

There has never been such an example in the history of professional tennis. It has never happened before and it is unlikely to happen in the future.

And Wawrinka, the second best player in Switzerland, defeated Chen Ran in the semifinals and then unexpectedly defeated Djokovic in the final to win the year-end finals championship for the first time.

"It seems that this guy won three Grand Slam titles in his previous life, but never won the year-end championship." Chen Ran remembered it very clearly.

This is also the reason why Wawrinka's status is slightly lower than Murray.

Both have three Grand Slams, but Murray has the year-end championship.

Now...it's a mess, everything is a mess!
Chen Ran originally thought that because of his absence due to injury, the tennis season after the Olympics would belong to Djokovic. However, he never expected that Wawrinka would suddenly emerge at the last moment and steal a lot of the starlight.

"I am no longer the second brother of Switzerland!" After winning the championship at the end of the year, Wawrinka was very excited and seemed a little incoherent.

During this time and space, he focused wholeheartedly on singles, and naturally did not participate in the doubles competition in the previous Olympics. Now he has finally reaped some rewards.

In fact, in the heart of this Swiss guy with flowery pants, Chen Ran is the only person he admires in the entire professional tennis world.

As for other top players, he and they are on par with each other.

This year-end championship is the best proof of myself.

"I consider myself to be on the same level as Federer, Djokovic and Nadal."

Holding the championship trophy, Wawrinka excitedly expressed his inner thoughts.

As for Djokovic, he could only hold the plate and stand aside with an awkward but polite smile. The scene was so beautiful that it was hard to watch.

At this point, the four-year journey of the ATP year-end finals in Shanghai has come to an end, with Chen Ran winning 3 titles and Wawrinka winning 1 title.

"So the media's description of today's men's professional tennis as a situation where there is one superstar and three strong teams is not appropriate."

After the final, some fans also commented on it.

"At least the other three people besides Chen Ran are far less stable than him,"

"Haha, three people are not as good as one. This year-end, Chen Ran's body is obviously still in the recovery period, but these three people didn't even seize this opportunity, letting Wawrinka steal the show!"

"What does this prove? Even without Chen Ran, professional tennis would not be ruled by the three of them, and it would most likely be a chaotic world."

"I think next year's Australian Open will be very exciting. I don't know how Chen Ran is recovering."

Chen Ran failed to maintain last year's points and his world ranking continued to decline, falling to seventh place.

This also means that he cannot be the top four seed at the Australian Open in January next year.

But none of the top four seeds want to meet Chen Ran in their quarter-final.

A healthy Chen Ran would definitely be a big seed killer.

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"Congratulations to Stanislas, he deserves this championship." When Chen Ran was interviewed by reporters after the game, he generously wished his former doubles partner well.

"He has always had this ability. Whether it is the year-end championship or the Grand Slam championship, I will not be surprised."

Chen Ran talked about it, "Although 23 years old is not considered young and promising, it is not considered late either. I think he may even transform because of this, and it will make the future of men's tennis more interesting."

He was also deliberately promoting Wawrinka.

So far, this guy is definitely the most successful troublemaker.

Moreover, his one-handed backhand is completely different from Federer's elegance. It can be described as a violent aesthetic and is quite entertaining.

After this match, Roger Federer is no longer the only spokesperson for the "one-handed backhand".

"Will you two continue to form a doubles team in the future?" a reporter continued to ask.

"Probably not for the time being, we will all focus on singles." Chen Ran replied in a firm tone.

The Yanjing Olympics is over, why are they still forming a doubles team?
The purpose of the two teaming up at that time was to shut up the gossips and prove that two singles masters might become doubles noobs after forming a partnership.

Because singles and doubles are two completely different sports.

It was also after Chen Ran and Wawrinka formed the doubles team that their ridiculous and eye-catching performances frightened the sports officials of the two countries, and they never dared to mention doubles with them again.

This is purely out of fear that they will embarrass themselves at the Olympics.

Now that the goal has been achieved, Chen Ran and Wawrinka have no plans to continue forming a men's doubles team, ever again.

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The 2008 season has passed, busy and fulfilling.

For Chen Ran, the greatest significance is winning the men's singles gold medal at the Yanjing Olympics and successfully defending his title.

Also, at the beginning of the year, when faced with poaching from the neighboring pig-raising website, he decisively handed over the agency rights of "World of Warcraft" to Penguin on the pretext of preparing for the Olympics.

Many people couldn't understand this wave of operations at the time.

But at this point in time, many people are amazed at Chen Ran's courage and determination.

"His execution in business is just like in the arena, resolute and decisive, without any hesitation!" Someone said with emotion, "Such a huge cash cow, he just throws it away."

Especially after the renewal terms between Penguin and Blizzard were exposed, everyone knows that it is impossible for game developers to make a fortune by acting as agents of World of Warcraft.

You can still make small money, but you can't make big money at all.

As for Chen Ran's reason that "the contract renewal negotiations with Blizzard consumed too much of my energy and seriously affected my preparations for the Yanjing Olympics", those old foxes in the business world would not believe it at all.

But even if they didn't believe it, they wouldn't point it out in public, and Chen Ran also won a lot of praise with this set of rhetoric.

Official media praised him for putting national interests above personal interests, saying that this is something all athletes should learn from.

This also caused the amulets on Chen Ran's body to continue to accumulate layer by layer.

By the end of December, Chen Ran's team also announced a major decision regarding 12.

He will officially launch the filming plan of the tennis movie after the Australian Open next year, and the estimated investment will reach 1.5 million yuan.

After winning two Grand Slams, no one would question his character as the "King of All Types of Venues" in the movie.

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(End of this chapter)