Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 682: Relaxed and Casual 2009

"This plot is getting more and more outrageous, but why am I looking forward to it so much!"

"As a fan of Chen Ran for many years, I will at least buy a ticket when the movie is released."

"Too crazy! I wanted to criticize him, but when I think about his double lap gold grand slam, 17 grand slam titles, gold master and so on, which are all unprecedented achievements, I find that I really have nothing to criticize!"

Results are the best support.

Especially at this year's Australian Open, the outside world was not optimistic about Chen Ran, and he was only competing as an eighth seed, but he still defeated all the strong opponents and won the championship, during which he also staged a five-set battle of "coming back from 2 to 3".

In the semi-finals, he fought fiercely with Federer and won the match with great difficulty. In the final, he even swept Djokovic in three consecutive sets to complete his revenge.

An absolutely perfect performance!
Therefore, apart from those black fans with ulterior motives hiding in dark corners, basically no one can find fault.

In the more than two months since the end of the Australian Open, Chen Ran methodically completed the filming of the movie.

During this period, his girlfriend Ivanovich also made a cameo appearance in the movie and fulfilled her acting dream.

Chen Ran was not idle either. During the filming of the movie, he maintained his regular training and continued his physical rehabilitation.

Around the end of April, Chen Ran officially set off for Europe, starting a new journey.

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Throughout the 2009 season, as there were no national team competitions or National Games competitions to perform, Chen Ran was relaxed and competed in competitions around the world with a relatively relaxed attitude.

Two rounds of the Golden Slam are enough for him to go into battle with ease.

Especially after experiencing such a glorious past few years, Chen Ran was able to control his speed freely during competitions and could shift up and down gears at any time and anywhere.

With so many honors, what Chen Ran values ​​most is how to effectively extend his career.

Of course, this is done while remaining competitive.

He doesn't want to spend the latter part of his career playing in low-level competitions like Murray and having difficulty winning, even though he could take on the Big Three in his peak period.

Chen Ran could choose not to be like that.

However, although the body is important, you cannot lose your focus and center of gravity.

This is a great test of Chen Ran's ability to adjust himself.

Chen Ran’s first stop in Europe was the Madrid Masters.

In this stop, he was in hot form and won the championship. The last time he won this tournament was in 2005.

"Have the fans in Madrid forgotten me and only remember Nadal?"

This time, Chen Ran allowed the people of Madrid to relive the memories that were almost forgotten.

However, in the Rome Masters that followed, Chen Ran was eliminated in the first round, which surprised many people.

Then came the French Open again. This time, Chen Ran's condition was up and down, sometimes very good, sometimes average, and sometimes very bad.

In the end, his French Open journey ended in the semi-finals, and this time Nadal, who was seriously affected by injuries, did not seize the opportunity. He was even eliminated earlier than Chen Ran and stopped in the fourth round.

As for the guy who eliminated Nadal, he was exactly the same person as in his previous life, Soderling from Sweden.

In his previous life, Soderling was hailed as Federer's benefactor because Soderling unexpectedly blocked Nadal at the French Open, allowing Federer to win the only French Open championship in his career.

This time, even if Soderling blocked Nadal, he had no chance to become Federer's benefactor.

Because of the butterfly effect caused by Chen Ran, Federer has won the French Open championship once, and this time Federer did not win the French Open just because Soderling blocked Nadal.

Chen Ran unexpectedly lost to Wawrinka in the semifinals, while Djokovic also lost to Federer in the semifinals.

In the history of the French Open finals, a Swiss civil war was staged for the first time in history.

In the end, it was the aggressive second brother who overthrew the eldest brother.

Wawrinka finally won the first Grand Slam title in his career.

So far, Chen Ran has 17, Federer has 3, Djokovic has 2, and Nadal and Wawrinka have one each.

Among them, Nadal is the most depressed.

Of course, this also includes his uncle Toni Nadal.

He is now extremely dissatisfied.

"Damn it, how come another guy sneaked into the Grand Slam Club!"

"Nephew, if you don't work harder, anyone can be compared to you."

Although Wawrinka has fewer Masters titles than Nadal, he has a year-end finals title that makes Nadal jealous.

If the two retired right now, Nadal would be inferior to Wawrinka in terms of historical status. It can only be said that Chen Ran crippled the Big Three, giving other quasi-big players an opportunity to take advantage.

However, throughout the entire clay court season, Chen Ran only won one Madrid Masters title.

This caused many people to start talking about it. Chen Ran's dominance began to decline and he was no longer at his peak!
"This guy was only in the limelight for a while in Madrid, and then he faded into obscurity."

"For other players, reaching the semi-finals of a Grand Slam is already a remarkable achievement, but for Chen Ran, it is a failure. Your requirements are too strict!"

There is a lot of talk outside, but the tennis season is moving forward without stopping.

In the grass season, Chen Ran unexpectedly signed up for the Queen's Cup.

This is the first time he has registered for the Queen's Cup in his career.

The result was that the current "King of Grass" won the championship without losing a set in five games.

So far, Chen Ran has won the three most prestigious grass-court tournaments in professional tennis: Halle, Queen's Cup, and Wimbledon.

Then the British media at the scene exclaimed, "The King of Grass" is back!
Chen Ran once again returned to the spotlight with his outstanding performance: when he is in good shape, he is still as strong as ever.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Ran shook off the slump in the French Open and performed well in the Wimbledon Championship, winning the Wimbledon championship without losing a single set.

Eighteenth Grand Slam title.

Once again, Chen Ran held up the Wimbledon championship trophy amid the extremely depressed expression of the Queen of England.

"King of Grassland", well-deserved.

With this Wimbledon title victory, Chen Ran once again made the front pages of major media outlets.

Thanks to his outstanding performance during this period, he returned to the top of the world rankings.

But then at the US Open, something unpleasant happened.
The US Open has a habit of holding night games, and in the past the US Open had arranged night games for Chen Ran, but Chen Ran basically fought quickly, and his previous game did not take much time.

But this time there were some surprises.

Those disgusting Americans are at it again this time.

Chen Ran's match was scheduled to be the last match of the night.

First, in the first game, the two players played five full sets, and the game was so intense that it ended at almost 12 o'clock in the morning.

Then, Chen Ran hoped to postpone today's game due to his health.

But the American organizing committee rejected Chen Ran's proposal.

"Damn it, do you really treat me like a beast of burden?"

Chen Ran's opponent was none other than Del Potro, whom he had played against in the Australian Open.

In fact, Del Potro is not in good shape either. He has been playing on and off this season, mainly in the Australian Open, where he was beaten badly by Chen Ran.

But this time, Chen Ran, who played with emotion, did not give in to those Americans and lost three sets in a row, stopping in the round of 16 without any delay.

The entire game took less than 2 hours.

But even so, it was almost two in the morning when the game ended.

"The game is so late, and you still want to be interviewed. Are you trying to drive me to death?"

Chen Ran yelled angrily, and did not even attend the post-match interview, and went straight back to the hotel to sleep.

Even so, he didn't fall asleep until almost 3 a.m.

Early the next morning, Chen Ran flew back to China without any reluctance.

He is not pampering the US Open organizing committee at all.

Such behavior also shocked the world of tennis.

In the past, players would play until 2 or 3 in the morning and could only grit their teeth and endure.

This is a Grand Slam after all.

But Chen Ran is indeed wild and casual enough, and he doesn't indulge the other person at all!

When the US Open organizing committee rejected Chen Ran's request to delay the game, this guy simply lost 0-3 and went back to the hotel to sleep.

I don’t lack this championship!

The other party was so angry that he gritted his teeth!
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(End of this chapter)