Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 686 Two years, journey to the London Olympics!
Two years passed in a flash.

On July 2012, 7, the London Olympics opened under the attention of the whole world.

If someone says that the Yanjing Olympics raised the opening ceremony of the Olympics to an unprecedented level, it would put subsequent Olympic host countries under tremendous pressure.

But it has to be said that the opening ceremony of the London Olympics should be regarded as the most successful opening ceremony after the Beijing Olympics.

The organizers have skillfully incorporated the "Industrial Revolution", one of the most critical moments in human history, into the elements of the opening ceremony.

It has to be said that it is a very good idea to ignite the five-ring fire in the way of "workers forging iron".

Chen Ran once again followed the Chinese delegation, was part of it, and felt this unique opening ceremony.

Although he had various prejudices against British paparazzi, he had to admit that the opening ceremony of the London Olympics was second only to the Yanjing Olympics in terms of excitement.

After London, whether it was Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, next door Tokyo, or later Paris, the opening ceremonies were all like a whole life, each one more bizarre than the last.

The climax of the opening ceremony was when Queen Elizabeth of England appeared on stage amid the cheers of the audience.

But at this moment, the broadcaster seemed to deliberately lock the camera on Chen Ran.

This scene was somewhat unexpected for him.

Then, the audience started to boo, and Chen Ran once again unexpectedly became the focus of the opening ceremony of the London Olympics.

The reason why the cameraman in charge of the broadcast did this was for one reason only: the gossip between Chen Ran and the Queen of England.

In the past two years, Chen Ran's number of Grand Slams has exceeded 20 as he wished, reaching 22.

But I don’t know why, this guy is in great shape every year when he plays at Wimbledon.

Chen Ran won Wimbledon and the Australian Open in 2011, but so far in 2012, he has only won one Grand Slam title, Wimbledon.

Even in 2011, in order to be different, London adopted indoor grass courts for the year-end finals. Chen Ran lived up to expectations and won the championship in the first indoor grass court year-end finals.

He is truly the undisputed king of the grass.

At this point, Chen Ran's Wimbledon championships reached an unprecedented 8, surpassing the 7 of the previous grass court king Sampras, becoming the undisputed grass court king.

Then, at every award ceremony, the Queen of England always has a dark face, which has become an iconic scene at the Wimbledon awards ceremony every year.

Even the editor of The Sun was joking that Chen Ran deliberately put all his energy into Wimbledon just to admire the gloomy expression of the Queen of England.

Sure enough, the queen, who was originally in high spirits, immediately put away her smile and looked grim when she looked up and saw Chen Ran.

This picture was also spread to the world immediately.

Many viewers who don’t usually watch tennis have a question: Did something unpleasant happen between them?

Many people don’t know about the incident that happened at Wimbledon a few years ago, and then because of the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, many people were exposed to it again.

It turns out that Chen Ran and the Queen of England also have such a fascinating past.

"Oh no, I've become the focus of the whole audience again for no reason. I can't keep a low profile even if I want to!" Chen Ran felt very helpless about this.

At the same time, Chen Ran is still hailed as the favorite to win the tennis competition in this Olympic Games.

This is the first time that a tennis match has been held on a Grand Slam court since the sport returned to the Olympic Games in 1988.

This year's Olympic tennis competition was also the first time in history that it was held on grass, and the outside world regarded Chen Ran as the biggest favorite to win. Chen Ran was on his way to an unprecedented achievement of winning three consecutive Olympic championships.

In the past two years, the competition among the Big Four has become unprecedentedly fierce.

What's even more frightening is that the four of them have monopolized the seven Grand Slam titles in the past two years, and the US Open will be held after the London Olympics.

Among them, Chen Ran won two Wimbledon titles and one Australian Open title, while Nadal won one French Open and one Australian Open title.

In order to get rid of the outside world's stereotype that he can only play on clay courts, the Spaniard almost fought for his life in this year's Australian Open and finally won the Grand Slam title with great difficulty.

But because of this, on the French Open clay court, which is Nadal's best position, he was too exhausted and was defeated by the cunning Djokovic.

In the past two years, Djokovic's performance did not usher in a big explosion as originally predicted by professionals. He only won the French Open by stealing, but on the hard court he is best at, he didn't win a single point.

As for Federer, the oldest player, he has won a US Open title in the past two years.

Currently, Chen Ran has 22, Federer has 6, Djokovic has 4, and Nadal has 4.

There is no doubt that Chen Ran, as the world's number one player, is still in the leading position.

It is precisely because of this that, without the knowledge of outsiders, Chen Ran has now consciously begun to downgrade his performance in clay court events including the French Open to reduce his own consumption and focus more on Wimbledon.

Today, Chen Ran has already become a grass court master in the tennis world.

At Wimbledon, he can slide on the soft grass as if he were on clay, but without having to work as hard as he would on a clay court.

After winning so many Grand Slam titles, Chen Ran's first priority is to maintain his dominance at Wimbledon. As for hard courts, whether it is the US Open or the Australian Open, he will play randomly depending on the situation.

At this London Olympics, Nadal once again had to announce his withdrawal due to injury.

This guy even took it to the French Open and persevered, but the results were not satisfactory.

After the French Open, Nadal has withdrawn from Wimbledon and the Olympics consecutively.

Perhaps in this life, on the grass court under Chen Ran's rule, it will be difficult for Nadal to make any achievements.

"I even feel that because of me, his career will be shorter than in his previous life?" For some reason, such a thought flashed through Chen Ran's mind.

After all, under his pressure, Nadal tried too hard, and because of his playing style, he was almost covered in bruises.

In addition, it was also because of Chen Ran that the reputation of Federer, Djokovic and others was severely reduced, which made the giant players in the second group fight particularly fiercely and caused various internal frictions.

During these two years, some players born in the 90s have begun to emerge.

However, let alone the Big Four of "one super and three strong", even Wawrinka, Murray and others below the Big Four did not get much honor, let alone much for these post-90s players.

"At least in the current situation, it is difficult for those players born in the 90s and before 95 to achieve much. They are suppressed by the strongest generation in history." Many media reporters joked, "As for the players born after 95, what will happen? Let's wait and see how long these guys can hold on."

A week later, the top four teams for the London Olympics were decided.

Chen Ran VS Djokovic, Federer VS Murray.

Four players born in the 80s monopolized the top four.

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(End of this chapter)