Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 685 2010!
In the 2010 season, Chen Ran's condition declined, perhaps due to the release of the tennis movie with him as the protagonist.

This movie invested a lot of money in special effects, but Chen Ran is not the only one. His acting is touching, which is comparable to the traffic stars who became popular a few years later.

But after all, in this era, traffic stars have not yet appeared on the stage of history.

Artists without acting skills can barely make cameo appearances in TV dramas, but the requirements for movies are much more stringent.

As a result, Chen Ran's movie has been very popular, and coupled with his own popularity, it has made it even more popular.

Soon after, the film attracted the attention of many film critics.

Many film critics, including Douban, began to criticize Chen Ran's touching acting, saying it was too good.

However, there is one very objective comment: In any case, I think Chen Ran's acting skills are slightly better than Jordan's.

But what makes other actors envious is that although the public has been complaining about Chen Ran's acting skills, they still show him a lot of tolerance.

After all, you really can't demand the same standards from Chen Ran as a professional actor.

More importantly, these complaints did not affect the box office of the movie at all, but instead boosted the popularity of the movie.

Especially the sentence in the film review "I think Chen Ran's acting skills are better than Jordan" made many people buy tickets and enter the cinema.

In the end, the box office of Chen Ran's tennis movie finally settled at 3.5 million yuan.

This box office figure surprised Chen Ran a little, and the most critical factor, in addition to the film's own popularity, was the huge changes in the script, which also played the most important role.

The scene of Chen Ran fighting one against two, and even three times in a row, made the audience exclaim with excitement.

Although he is crazy, he is indeed qualified to design such a plot.

Many sports fans even started to joke, why not let the world's No. 1 player play one-on-two in a professional tournament? Maybe it would be better than him and Wawrinka playing together.

After the movie finished screening, Chen Ran immediately announced that he would invest all the dividends he earned from the movie into the "Youth Tennis Development Fund" to develop youth tennis in China.

He hopes that in a few years, the seeds he planted will bear fruit.

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Throughout 2010, Chen Ran's condition was up and down because he was busy with film and company matters, as well as some injuries.

In the end, he only won one Wimbledon title.

In the other three Grand Slam tournaments, Chen Ran was eliminated in the semi-finals.

But the Queen of England is helpless. You guys are just eyeing on taking advantage of Wimbledon in Great Britain, right?

I get excited when I play Wimbledon!

What’s even more amazing is that Chen Ran seems to be the only Chinese, or even Asian player, who is good at playing on grass.

In 2010, Li Na finally won the Grand Slam title she had always dreamed of at the Australian Open at the beginning of the year.

Unlike her previous life when she had to reach the Australian Open finals three times before winning the championship, this time she fulfilled her dream by reaching the finals for the first time.

But Na was eliminated in the first round of the grass-court Grand Slam Wimbledon, which is in stark contrast to Chen Ran's victory at Wimbledon.

A reporter asked Chen Ran: "Li Na is so bad at playing on grass, can you teach her more?"

"You can't be taught. If you want to play well on grass, it all depends on your own talent and comprehension!"

Chen Ran replied slowly, "You adapted to the irregular bounces on the grass and readjusted your batting movements, as well as your sliding steps on the grass. If you can adapt, you are a master. If you can't adapt, there is nothing I can do."

Obviously, Li Na couldn't adapt to everything on the grass, especially the sliding step, which was much more difficult than on clay and hard courts.

Especially after the rain, Na basically fell every time she slid, it seems that she really has no talent for grass. Then, a group of guys from the Chinese national football team also tried to slide on the grass in order to take advantage of the trend.

These guys who had played football on the grass all their lives found themselves helplessly discovering that they could only slide to make tackles on the grass but could not slide no matter what.

It is particularly evident how rare and precious a talent on grass like Chen Ran's is.

"If he plays football, he will definitely be better than those Chinese national football teams!"

"Of course! Of course!"

Many netizens agreed.

But some people refuted: "No matter how good he is, if he has a bunch of idiot teammates around him, he won't be able to get good results, and he will even be scolded by his idiot teammates!"

"By the way, I hope Chen Ran can reach 20 Grand Slam titles as soon as possible!"

Throughout 2010, except for Chen Ran, the remaining three Grand Slam titles were divided up by the Big Three from the previous life.

Djokovic took the Australian Open, Nadal took the French Open, and Federer took the US Open.

At this point, the pattern of "one superpower and three strong countries" has begun to emerge.

Chen Ran has 19, Federer has 5, Djokovic has 3, Nadal has 2, and the spoiler, the Swiss second brother Wawrinka, also has 1.

In the same year, former Grand Slam winner and world number one Safin announced his retirement.

However, Ferrero, who was originally scheduled to retire in 2012, announced his retirement two years in advance and immediately joined Nadal's team.

At this point, the owner of two Grand Slam titles announced the beginning of a new life just as the second decade of the 21st century began.

Then, apart from these five people, the only remaining player who has won a Grand Slam title, and he has won it twice, is the Australian star Hewitt, who is still persisting tenaciously.

Although his competitive state is no longer as good as before, Hewitt feels that he has no injuries, is in good health, and can still hold on.

Even though he is no longer the focus of the court, he still frequently participates in major tours as an inconspicuous supporting role.

"When will Chen Ran be able to break through 20 GS?"

This is the question raised by many media outlets, and now Chen Ran is indeed only one step away.

20 Grand Slam titles, this is indeed a crazy thing.

Unprecedented and no one can match it.

However, from Chen Ran's perspective, he appeared to be very relaxed and said that he could not be dragged down by the pressure of 20 Grand Slam titles and that he still had to enjoy the process and the fun.

"Sometimes, the more you want something, the harder it is to get it." Chen Ran thought about this problem very thoroughly.

He is very relaxed, and will continue to play with a more relaxed attitude in the future.

At the end of 2010, Chen Ran fulfilled his promise and participated in the Asian Games held in Guangzhou.

During this period, he also formed a mixed doubles team with Li Na for the first time.

A mixed doubles combination of two male and female Grand Slam winners.

In the end, Chen Ran won the gold medals in men's singles and mixed doubles at the Guangzhou Asian Games held in his hometown.

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(End of this chapter)