Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 29: First professional championship, meeting with big leaders
One day later, Chen Ran showed his all-around skills in the finals.

ACE, straight serve, small ball, lob, powerful topspin, volley at the net, smash, and various cutting balls.

He defeated a Spanish player aged 7+ and ranked 5+ in the world with two 30-500 scores. Under the almost unbelievable eyes of many people, he won the championship trophy of this event.

The toughest opponent in this tournament was actually Taiwanese player Lu Yanxun whom he met in the quarter-finals.

"Without me as a factor, would the future King of the Challenger League win this event?" Chen Ran couldn't help but think as he held up the simple trophy.

The best result for a competition held in mainland China is to keep the champion in the mainland.

18 ATP points, $1500 bonus!

Instantly ranked 912th!
Due to the special rules of the ATP ranking, even if Chen Ran does not participate in any competitions in the next year, his ranking will not be lowered.

The rules of the ATP ranking are the total score plus this week's score, and then deduct last year's score for this week.Because Chen Ran is playing professionally for the first time, there is no point deduction.

This time, even if he didn't want to attract the attention of interested people, it would be difficult.

Although it is the lowest level 10K Hope Race, it is still an international level event, and the level is much higher than domestic competitions.

If Chen Ran were to be certified as an athlete now, he could skip the national athlete certification and be directly rated as an athlete.

16-year-old athletes are not uncommon in China. However, in the past, such athletes were basically concentrated in sports such as diving and gymnastics. This is the first time that tennis players have appeared.

At the end of the award ceremony, he was about to leave, but he met his old acquaintance again, Sun Jianye, deputy director of the Ningzhou Municipal Sports Bureau, and he was accompanied by a guy of similar age.

Chen Ran was not an ignorant young man. Looking at the posture of the man next to Sun Jianye, it seemed that the official position was higher than his.

"Young man, didn't you say you wanted to take the high school entrance examination? Why did you come to Hangzhou to participate in the competition?" Sun Jianye greeted Chen Ran enthusiastically. In fact, when Chen Ran entered the finals, he discovered him and was shocked. .

The gap between the Ningzhou Youth Tennis Tournament and the ITF10K Hope Tournament is several levels higher.

This kid is so secretive that he actually has such strength.

No, we must capture him.

Such talents must not be allowed to take advantage of other provinces!
The guy next to Director Sun said with a smile: "Old Sun, at this level of a young man, you won't be recommended by any high school or any major university."

Sun Jianye suddenly said: "That's right, you can win the championship of the Hope Championship, just pick any high school. Young man, you are dishonest."

He was also an old fox, and he realized that Chen Ran was deliberately stalling for time, wanting to delay his competition with the provincial team players. He was hanging himself, and the good lion opened his mouth.

He has now won the professional championship, so he has fallen into the trap!

Oops, this is passive!

Director Sun's inner activities are extremely rich.

Chen Ran quietly observed the stranger with a somewhat innocent expression on his face: "Director Sun, I originally wanted to take the high school entrance examination. My grades are usually not bad. But the coach called me from the United States and said that I I signed up for the ITF Hope Competition and practiced a lot, so I had no choice but to give up on the high school entrance examination."

"Boy, is your coach American?"

"Chinese Americans, but because many relatives are in China, they spend at least half of the year in China."

Chinese Americans in this era still have a certain sense of superiority and mystery.

"Oh, by the way. He and I are distant relatives..." Chen Ran added decisively, "I thought I had a lot of talent in tennis, so I took the initiative to teach me, and the fee was very cheap. But..." "But What?" The guy next to Director Sun spoke up, looking very concerned.

"Director Sun, who is this big leader..." Chen Ran asked doubtfully.

The young man is quite good at talking.

"He is the vice chairman of the Chinese Tennis Association, his surname is Liang." Sun Jianye introduced, "By the way, he was also present at the last game in Ningzhou."

Vice Chairman of the Chinese Tennis Association!

Chen Ran understood instantly.

Although he also won the championship in that competition, he did not attract the opponent's attention because his level was too low.

But this time he was looking forward to his performance in the 10K race, and the vice chairman probably couldn't sit still.

It’s no wonder that even the players of today’s national team cannot be guaranteed to win the Hope 10K Championship.

"After all, he is my distant relative, and he also guides me in tennis training. I hope that when I play professionally in the future, his request is to be my agent!" Chen Ran was obviously talking nonsense, but the other party heard it. But it is watertight.

Sports agents are already very popular around the world, but they are indeed a new thing in China.

Nowadays, only football and basketball players with a high degree of marketization have full-time agents.

For other athletes, including tennis, their agents are actually leaders in the association.

But around the world, tennis is also very professional, and athletes usually have full-time agents.

Chen Ran was not under his control, so Liang Hui could only nod his head and said, "Your distant relative will guide you in your tennis training. It's only human nature and right for you to let him be your agent."

He originally thought about letting Chen Ran join the national team, and then the Tennis Association would be responsible for his management affairs.

A 16-year-old boy has great potential by winning the Hope Competition. He should be able to attract some sponsors, right?Nike, in particular, has been looking for potential young tennis talents in China. They have just invested in a female player named "Li Na".

But Chen Ran said that his distant relative, the coach, was going to be his agent, so Liang Hui couldn't say anything.

He didn't know that Chen Ran had predicted what he was going to say and deliberately crafted this statement.

Liang Hui never thought that such a young man who was still a junior high school student could be so scheming.

"Put aside the agent's matter for now, there is one more important thing." Liang Hui muttered in his heart, "I wonder how this kid's strength compares to those players from the national team?"

The Busan Asian Games three months later will largely determine Liang Hui's decision, so he gritted his teeth and spent a sum of money to send the best male and female players in the country to IMG in the United States. Tennis academy for short term training.

Therefore, no national team players will participate in the ITF Hope Tournament held locally this time.

In Liang Hui's eyes, the upcoming Asian Games is the top priority. He hopes that the points in the 10K game are not important at all. He does not care about the ATP or WTA rankings of his players.

Rankings are of no use, as there are no medals from the Asian Games that are as eye-catching!
However, Liang Hui looked at Chen Ran and felt helpless in his heart: At least he could control the players of the national team, but the Chen Ran in front of him was only 16 years old, young and had great potential, but he couldn't control it. .

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(End of this chapter)