Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar
Chapter 703: The Grass and Flowers of China
Chapter 703: The Grass and Flowers of China
The time has come to the second decade of the 21st century.
After Chen Ran won the Australian Open championship in early 2020, the wave of epidemic that was supposed to happen finally happened, and then quickly swept the world.
There are some things he cannot change.
Of course, for the sake of caution, Chen Ran would rather stay out of it.
Since he can't change anything, he might as well keep quiet.
During those years, the Huaxia season was also stopped, and Chen Ran also acted on his own will.
After the 2020 Australian Open, he took a year off.
He plans to take advantage of this year to fully care for and recuperate his body, and then make another push in the last few years of his career.
Chen Ran is preparing to return to the tour in 2021. During this period, Chen Ran has set his permanent residence in Australia to avoid being quarantined for several days.
At the same time, as a leading representative figure in Chinese sports, Chen Ran also knows that he should do something for the new generation of young people.
The suspension of the Chinese season has been a huge blow to many Chinese tennis players.
They missed many opportunities to compete with outstanding players from all over the world.
Because there is no Chinese season, not only is there no tour, there is no challenge tournament either, and many Chinese players have also lost the opportunity to compete and score points.
If you fly overseas to compete, the costs and expenses will be huge.
This is very difficult.
Chen Ran also knew that this period was a huge blow to the development of Chinese tennis. After all, tennis is a sport that requires global exchange.
At this critical moment, Chen Ran offered assistance without hesitation.
His charitable foundation has sponsored many promising young talents in China and helped them to participate in various levels of challenges abroad.
In recent years, there have been various hope tournaments in China. If young players perform well in the hope tournaments, they can get the opportunity to participate in high-level challenge tournaments abroad, or even some 250 tour qualifying wild cards.
For most young tennis players, this is an inevitable process of upgrading and defeating monsters, including the Hope Tournament, the Challenge Tournament, and the Tournament.
Similarly, the cruelty of tennis is that if you can't gain a foothold in the tour and get big points, you have to go back to playing in the challenge tournaments.
In fact, there are quite a few top 100 tennis players who often participate in high-level challenge tournaments to score points and make money, which is extremely cost-effective.
For example, this is the case with Lu Yen-hsun, the number one player from our neighboring island. Apart from Grand Slams and Masters tournaments, he prefers to participate in challenge tournaments to bully the weaker players, even though this guy's highest world ranking once reached 33rd.
At present, apart from Chen Ran, the only male player in the top 100 in the world ranking of China is a new player named Zhang Zhizhen.
Chen Ran also watched the latter grow up, and Zhang Zhizhen also entered the top 100 two years earlier than in his previous life.
As for Li Zhe, he is the same age as Chen Ran, but he dropped out of the top 30 after he turned .
But even so, Li Zhe was able to stay in the top 100 players for eight years, which is already very outstanding even in a global perspective.
Although he failed to win the tour championship, he is still the second best male tennis player after Chen Ran.
On New Year's Day in 2021, Chen Ran called all the flowers and grasses to hold a meeting.
"Young men, are you ready?"
"Because of the quarantine policy, you may have to stay abroad for the next year and will not be able to return home."
“This may be difficult, but it will test you.”
"Similarly, I, a 34-year-old guy, will fly to all parts of the world to compete just like you." "Come on, everyone!"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone laughed, and the originally serious atmosphere suddenly became a lot more relaxed.
"Tennis is a lonely sport. When you choose this sport as your career, you must be prepared to endure loneliness."
"Yes, it's just that I can't go back to China for a year, it's nothing!" As the big brother among the new generation of players, Zhang Zhizhen vowed.
Having just entered the top 100, he is ready to make a big splash on tour.
That was the case with Chen Ran back then. He rose through the Hope Tournament, Challenge Tournament, and Tour like a rocket, and then won his first French Open title, becoming the world's number one.
But Chen Ran's story is difficult to replicate.
“Speaking rationally, players who have just entered the top 100 should focus on high-level challenge tournaments and supplement them with tour tournaments.
The tour stage is so cruel, with top players from all over the world fighting here.
Even in high-level challenge matches, players ranked around 80th in the world often come to attack from a low position.
So you have to be prepared to lose badly on tour!"
Chen Ran said seriously.
Zhang Zhizhen does have great potential, and with better resources in this time and space, he has a great chance of entering the top 20 in the world.
But after all, he is not a genius like Alcaraz who made a big splash as soon as he stepped onto the tour stage from the youth competition and shocked the tennis world.
"Brother Chen, will you participate in this year's Tokyo Olympics?" A girl's voice was heard. This was a girl who was only 19 years old, Zheng Qinwen from Hubei.
"I already have three Olympic gold medals, but the Olympic schedule is so tight, with almost one race a day. I don't know if my old arms and legs can handle it."
"But if I'm not injured, I should be able to participate in August this year."
Chen Ran didn't say a word. He felt that it would be difficult for Zhang Zhizhen, who had just entered the top 60, to raise his ranking to the top in a few months.
If he doesn't go, China will have no men's tennis singles players in this Tokyo Olympics.
In 2016, although Chen Ran was absent, Li Zhe participated and reached the top .
"My ranking this year probably means I won't be able to participate in the Olympics, but I hope to represent China in the Paris Olympics in three years." The girl said seriously, "I believe I can do it."
"What kind of results do you hope to get?" Chen Ran asked with a smile.
"I hope to win a medal, preferably a gold medal, like you and Sister Na did."
"Especially since the Paris Olympics will be held at Roland Garros, just like the 2012 Wimbledon, it is of great significance," Zheng Qinwen said excitedly.
At this time, the other young players exclaimed, saying that this girl who was only in her early 18s was too arrogant.
Today's tennis goddess Wang Qiang, with the training of a lot of resources from Chen Ran's agency, has only won one Olympic medal and a Grand Slam runner-up, and even only one WTA 1000 championship.
Wang Qiang debuted as a talented girl.
Why do you do that?
Upon hearing this, Chen Ran fell into deep thought.
……
(End of this chapter)
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