Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 689: Say nice words and hit the hardest ball

Murray looks like an honest man, but he actually has a lot on his mind!

Chen Ran complained directly in his heart.

This kid got the bonus of the "Crying PLAN" once, so he is enjoying it again and again.

"Andy, I understand how you feel. I know you really want to ask about what happened in the hotel last night. It wasn't your idea, was it?"

Murray immediately emphasized: "Of course not. Chen... You should know that we athletes hate The Sun the most, especially those Page 3 girls. We want to stay as far away from them as possible!"

"Oh? Those Premier League players don't seem to think so." Chen Ran joked with a smile.

"Them?" Murray said with disdain, "Because they are all the same kind of people."

With his current achievements, he is qualified to look down on those English players who are only good at playing in the Premier League but are weak in international competitions.

At least in this Olympics, he, a Scotsman, performed much better than the English players in the British team.

Although the latter is composed of players from four regions of the UK, the majority of them are English.

"Okay! I understand! I hope this final will be an exciting game." Chen Ran shrugged and smiled.

Murray's heart moved, and he suddenly felt that his chances of winning today had increased a little.

At this time, the attention paid to this game in China is unprecedented.

In this Olympics, swimming genius Sun Yang emerged out of nowhere and his popularity has skyrocketed, and he is showing signs of becoming China's next sports superstar.

Yao Ming has retired, and the performance of the Chinese men's basketball team in this Olympics was simply too bad to watch.

Not only did they not win a single game, but they lost every game by a large margin.

In addition, Liu Xiang has publicly stated that the London Olympics will be the last Olympics in his athletic career, and his competitive state is no longer the same as before.

When two superstars of Chinese sports began to retire, fresh blood was indeed needed.

Of course, Chen Ran still stood there, standing firm like an evergreen tree.

How old is he now? 26!
Normally speaking, Chen Ran's peak period will last for a few more years as long as he does not suffer injuries that will affect his career.

From 2003 to now 2012, this is Chen Ran's tenth year in the professional arena, and he has always maintained excellent competitiveness.

But because of this, while Chen Ran has a huge number of fans, he also has a considerable number of haters.

The scene of Murray "crying for PLAN" before today's final was also broadcast to China through television at the first opportunity.

For a while, it caused quite a stir on the Internet.

"I feel sorry for the Scottish guy. He wants to win the championship so much."

"Seeing him cry made me feel bad too."

"Why don't you, Chen Ran, help the other party and give the championship to him."

This voice suddenly spread on the Internet.

Some even said: If Chen Ran loses, he will gain the friendship of the British, but if he wins, it may cause a diplomatic dispute.

You already have two Olympic gold medals, so what's wrong with giving them up?
Murray will definitely be grateful to you for this favor.

Please don't be so cruel and cold-hearted!
For some reason, this voice suddenly became louder and louder, as if it would be a huge sin for Chen Ran not to lose this game.

……

"interesting!"

Chen Ran sat in a chair to rest, took his mobile phone out of the package, muted it, and silently followed the news on the Internet.

It’s 2012, and social media is booming.

Not only has WeChat become popular, but Weibo has also become the most popular social media in today's society.

As for Chen Ran, he had already made preparations in advance and established some connections between himself and these two social software, which also gave him some say.

“How much money does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spend on marketing?”

"These people who are stirring up trouble have been paid, right? I really want to know where I can get the money. I want to go and see, too."

There was a meaningful smile on Chen Ran's lips, and this scene was captured by the camera responsible for the broadcast.

"What is Chen Ran laughing at?"

"What's on his phone?"

"Could it be that Ivanovich sent Chen Ran some interesting information?"

Many people showed curiosity, and this picture became a classic scene of the final.

Chen Ran has his own Weibo account, and he currently operates the account himself without handing it over to a team.

He took screenshots of these remarks and added some text: What you said makes a lot of sense, I support you!
After posting this Weibo, Chen Ran directly turned on the airplane mode and threw the phone into the package.

Chen Ran knew that he was a top star, and his every move would cause a sensation. And now it was before the men's tennis singles final at the Olympics. His post on Weibo was equivalent to adding a huge wave of traffic on top of his top star status.

The entire Chinese Internet was set off by his action.

"What is Chen Ran doing?"

"Is he going to release the water?"

"Does he still have the spirit of competitive sports?"

"Seeing that the British are getting scared, do you want to try to please them?"

"It seems like he wants to win the silver medal."

Double standards are like this.

Of course, in the current situation, no one can contact Chen Ran.

Not only because his phone was in flight mode, but also because the finals had already begun.

……

Among the four Grand Slam stadiums, Wimbledon is usually the quietest, while the noisiest are the French Open and the US Open, which are like a vegetable market.

After all, these London audiences still like to maintain some style and stand out from the crowd.

Of course, since the start of the Chinese season, the audience in our great China is no less impressive, not at all inferior to the French Open and the US Open.

But this time, something unusual happened at Wimbledon Stadium. The importance of the Olympic finals made the scene noisy, especially when Chen Ran was preparing to serve.

"Can't you be quiet a little?"

Chen Ran complained to the referee.

He is a person who won't suffer any loss.

Fortunately, this is tennis, and there is the "Hawkeye Challenge" which can reduce the referee factor to a minimum.

The referee shrugged and signaled everyone to be quiet.

"Why are the girls opposite me dancing all the time?" Chen Ran continued to protest.

The referee was also helpless.

After all, he had been warned to show some favoritism to Murray during the game.

Although it is difficult for him to manipulate the penalties due to the "Hawkeye Challenge", he can control off-court factors.

"This is difficult. They are spectators, living people. We can't ask them to stay still like sculptures, right?" The referee said helplessly. "I can only try to keep them quiet when you serve."

"Okay, I can understand." Chen Ran nodded in agreement.

He doesn't have too much game experience.

So he was deliberately testing the referee just now to see where the referee's bottom line was.

In fact, the movement and interference of the audience cannot affect you.

His competitive temperament is unique in the tennis world.

In Chen Ran's eyes, tennis has never been a sport that requires all kinds of etiquette.

It is confrontational, passionate, and full of intrigue, and requires various plans.

"I'm already a veteran on the tour."

When Chen Ran was serving, he waved towards the audience seats on the opposite side, indicating that they could make more noise.

Then, the whole audience booed.

Murray's face looked a little strange. He was not used to playing in such an environment.

Could it be that the home advantage will turn into a home disadvantage?

Suddenly, a tennis ball came flying towards us like a cannonball.

Murray had almost no reaction and watched the tennis ball fly away.

ACE ball!
Chen Ran opened the final with an ace.

At this time, Murray felt even worse.

The opponent came on with great force, and there was no friendly atmosphere at all like before the game.

Another serve with a great placement.

Murray didn't react, and then the referee shouted "out of bounds"!
Chen Ran smiled slightly and chose the "Eagle Eye Challenge".

The result system shows perfect pressure line!

Chen Ran glanced at the line judge meaningfully and said with a smile: "Dude, actually the ball that just hit the line was quite obvious. I could see it clearly from such a distance, couldn't I?"

The lines judge suddenly looked embarrassed and uncomfortable all over, with an urge to dig a hole and crawl into it.

"The next serve may hit the line again, so watch carefully."

Chen Ran smiled, then threw the ball up and swung the racket.

boom!
ACE ball!
It's indeed a line, and it's very obvious.

This time, the line judge didn't dare to shout "out of bounds".

He was scared by Chen Ran.

At this moment, he was crying out in his heart, "Why do we need this thing called 'Hawkeye Challenge'?"
There's no way, Chen Ran is too scary.

This guy is really good at psychological warfare.

Three minutes later, Chen Ran scored 3 points in a row and easily held his serve.

Several of the shots were also on the line.

The line judges hesitated for a moment, then conceded that the shot was valid.

At this moment, even the referee touched his forehead, feeling the pressure.

Murray is in trouble!

Unless this is a script, making Murray's road to the championship more difficult would make it look more story-like.

But is this really the case?

Five minutes later, Chen Ran broke the serve.

The originally noisy Wimbledon Centre Court suddenly became silent.

Murray also looked at Chen Ran in surprise, as if he wanted to ask: Why are you so cruel?
Just now in his own serve game, he only got one point.

Two of the serves were directly received by Chen Ran and scored beautiful winning points.

Straight to a dead end!

At this moment, Chen Ran's competitive state has even improved compared to the semi-finals, and his eyes are full of murderous intent.

I wish I could eat the other person alive.

In just half an hour, Chen Ran won the first set with an absolute advantage of 6 to 1.

Then he walked to his seat without looking up, picked up the water bottle, and drank it down with gulps.

As for Murray, he was still standing there in a daze, with only one thought in his mind: the gold medal was gone, and the title was gone too!

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(End of this chapter)