Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 710: From a 90s to a 95s Male Servant
Chen Ran is almost 36 years old, and his running ability is definitely not as good as Alcaraz, who is only 19 years old.

As a Spaniard, Aka's almost indestructible talent for running is indeed very similar to Nadal.

We have to admit that the 19-year-old Aka already has the fighting power of a world-class player.

After all, in the original time and space, this guy won the US Open championship at the age of 19 and became the youngest world number one in history.

Of course, due to some special reasons, Alcaraz's world number one ranking is still somewhat unreliable.

First, in 2022, Djokovic was banned from participating in the Australian Open and US Open because of the "vaccine scandal". Then Wimbledon banned players from Russia and Belarus from participating in the competition because of the war, and his tournament points were cancelled by ATP and WTA.

As a result, even though Djokovic successfully defended his Wimbledon title that year, he was still deducted 2000 points. Therefore, Alcaraz's title of the youngest year-end world number one that year was highly untrue.

This was the first time Chen Ran played against Aka. The two had never met before, whether in a tour or a Grand Slam tournament.

After several brief encounters, Chen Ran quickly found out the opponent's weakness, which was that Aka's serve was much weaker than his other techniques.

Especially facing the pressure from Chen Ran, the Spaniard's first serve success rate dropped a lot.

What's more, Alcaraz is only 1 meters tall, which makes it difficult for him to hit a heavy serve as easily as those tall players.

Chen Ran's unique serve receiving ability enabled him to get break points frequently.

As long as Alcaraz's serving condition declines, even if it is just a slight fluctuation, he will face the difficulty of maintaining his serve as easily as maintaining his pregnancy.

6比3，6比4，6比3！

Two hours later, Chen Ran won the game 2-3.

Throughout the match, the experienced Chen Ran did not leave any chance for Alcaraz and broke his serve four times in three sets.

At the same time, he also exposed Alcaraz's weaknesses to the world.

Such as serving, and stability, and various unforced disappointments when facing pressure.

As long as your attack is more fierce than that of the opponent and you play more exciting tennis, the now slightly immature Aka will explode.

At this moment, Chinese fans also celebrated enthusiastically: "The Platypus can't even beat Chen Ran, who is almost 36 years old, let alone the new giant? It's far from it!"

The more Alcaraz hated the nickname "Platypus", the louder Chinese netizens shouted at him.

"Let's not be happy too soon!"

"Have you ever thought that Chen Ran is already old? After he retires, this platypus may be able to dominate the entire Chinese men's tennis world by himself."

"Who cares? Just because this scene is very likely to happen in the future, we should enjoy life today!"

In fact, between their words, these fans also acknowledged the suppression power of Aka on the current young generation of Chinese players, so why not seize the opportunity to celebrate now?
There won’t be many chances in the future!
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Chen Ran once again reached the Australian Open quarterfinals.

Since he participated in the Australian Open, he has never been blocked from the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. This is his strong dominance.

This time, one Chinese male and female tennis player each made it into the Australian Open quarterfinals, namely Chen Ran and Wang Qiang.

But then, Wang Qiang stopped there.

Today's women's tennis is becoming more and more similar to men's, with faster speeds and heavier balls.

Wang Qiang played to her best in this game, but she was still unable to break her opponent Rybakina's serve.

The opponent's serve was so terrible, like a powerful cannonball, leaving her helpless.

Wang Qiang's serve does not have the same huge impact as Rybakina's.

As one side gains strength while the other loses strength, Rybakina's advantage becomes more and more obvious.

In the end, Rybakina won the so-called "Asia's No. 1" competition.

After all, she nominally belongs to the Kazakhstan Tennis Association.

"In the past, women's tennis could barely become top players without serving, but now it's very difficult, almost impossible, without serving."

"Women's tennis is becoming more and more like men's tennis."

This is the view of many fans.

So among the Chinese female players today, perhaps the only one we can count on is the 19-year-old girl from Hubei.

After all, apart from her low first serve success rate, the power of her serve is indeed enough to make any WTA player break out in a cold sweat.

But Zheng Qinwen obviously still needs time to grow.

Soon, Chen Ran was the only one left in the Chinese team at the Australian Open.

The only suspense now is whether he can win the Australian Open again and become the ten-time Australian Open champion! In the past few years, the Australian Open has almost become a duet between Chen Ran and Djokovic, and has staged one classic peak duel after another.

Now, the stubborn and intransigent Serbs have been expelled from the country by the Australian government.

Alcaraz, a talented young man hailed as a new generation, was beaten by Chen Ran. Who can stop him?
Is it Nadal or Messi?

In fact, since entering 2022, Nadal's competitive state has declined a bit.

Faced with the constant impact of the new generation of players, he played in the previous games with a lot of difficulty. He was almost on the verge of elimination several times, and he managed to get through it by gritting his teeth.

In the quarter-finals, Chen Ran, who appeared first, was still very stable and eliminated the Bulgarian star Dimitrov in three straight sets. This was the Dimitrov who was involved in a love triangle between Sharapova and Serena Williams and was known as the No. 1 scumbag in ATP.

However, it must be admitted that Dimitrov is a very friendly person in person and is widely popular among fans.

But even so, it did not affect his becoming Chen Ran's male servant at all.

21 consecutive losses, this is Dimitrov's record against Chen Ran.

At this moment, he also caught up with the famous general Kei Nishikori next door, and the two of them became the number one male servant under Chen Ran.

From the 70s, 80s, to 90s, Chen Ran made generation after generation of tennis stars become his male servants.

At the same time, Nadal had to go through a five-set battle before he finally defeated the Russian star Rublev.

Although he won, this round was just as bumpy as the previous one.

This also made Chen Ran's popularity of winning the championship continue to soar. After all, he almost swept all the way to the semi-finals.

In the semi-final match, Chen Ran was indeed put to a tough test.

His opponent is Zverev from Germany, whom Chinese fans like to jokingly call "Ziwei".

For a long time in his previous life, Zverev was hailed as the strongest 0 Grand Slam player.

No one doubts that he has world-class strength. With a height of 1 meters, he has unparalleled serving memory, as well as amazing mobility and court coverage capabilities.

According to the trajectory of his previous life, the 25-year-old Zverev should have won an Olympic gold medal, two year-end finals championships, and several Grand Slam runner-up titles.

But at this moment, Zverev only has one Grand Slam runner-up title.

Not only did he lose the Olympic gold medal, but he also didn’t win the year-end championship.

Zverev lost to Chen Ran in both year-end finals.

And now, it was his sixth time to play against Chen Ran, in the semi-finals of a Grand Slam.

Chen Ran’s record against Zverev is currently 5-0.

The other semifinal is between Messi and Nadal.

Poor Mr. Mei, no matter in the finals or semi-finals, he was always defeated by giant-level players in a "comeback from 2 to 3".

In the previous life, there were three giants, and in this life, there are four giants.

Chen Ran, Federer and Djokovic have all staged the “comeback from 2-3 down” against Messi, and this time it’s Nadal’s turn.

The Spanish veteran really fought for his life in this match. He even suffered a cramp once during the match. Despite this, he still gritted his teeth and managed to overtake after losing the first two sets.

"Is it that when Medvedev was two sets ahead against a giant player, his heart collapsed first?"

"This is almost becoming a curse!"

the Australian host scoffed.

At the same time, Chen Ran also encountered a strong opponent, Zverev, who was at his peak.

The two of them fought back and forth for almost four hours.

In the end, Chen Ran defeated Zverev 15-13 in an extremely difficult tie-break in the fourth set.

The scores of the four sets were very close, and even in the fourth set tie-break, Chen Ran was still behind 0-3 at the beginning, and then he turned the tables.

"The head-to-head record between the two is already 6-0!"

"And in a crucial Grand Slam semi-final."

"Chen Ran has personally ruined another talented player born after 95. From those born after 90 to those born after 95, he has ruined the tennis dreams of so many talented players!"

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(End of this chapter)