Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 58 Tennis also has "Korean phobia"?
These Chinese reporters who came to interview immediately became energetic after hearing Chen Ran's words.

Self-financed self-employed players are indeed very different from those within the system. Didn’t this news come as soon as we opened our mouth?
In the past, their reporters interviewed athletes in some traditional sports as if they were reading a script, and couldn't come up with a newsworthy sentence for a long time.

"The potential rising star is not afraid of South Korea's No. 1, and vows to continue to upset!"

"The rising star makes the strongest statement to defeat the Asian Games silver medalist!"

In just a few breaths, these sports reporters thought of the title of their article.

Among them was a reporter named Zhuo Yiwei from the Sina Sports Department. Listening to Chen Ran's words, his eyes sparkled.

Sina.com is the largest portal website in China today and one of the earliest pioneers of the Internet. It now has tens of millions of registered users.

Unlike those traditional print media and TV stations, when working as a reporter on a portal website, company leaders have performance requirements, such as click-through rate.

Because the portal itself is free, it can only make money by relying on some advertising fees. The higher the click-through rate of a post, the more traffic and corresponding advertising fees.

In the sports section of Sina.com, football and basketball have always had the highest click-through rates.

The appearance of last year's National Football World Cup qualifiers, this year's Korea-Japan World Cup, and Yao Ming's election as the No. [-] pick in the NBA, etc., have made Sina Sports' click and view rates reach peaks one after another.

As for other sports besides football and basketball, netizens don’t seem to be very interested. Except for tennis, which has slightly better click data, the others are lackluster, except during the Olympic Games.

As a tennis sport that also has huge influence around the world and is highly professional, Sina also knows that this project has great potential to be tapped.

But if the popularity of tennis is to reach the level of football and basketball, China must produce a top ten player in the world.

However, from the perspective of Sina reporter Zhuo Yiwei, he has no patience to wait for Chen Ran to grow up and become the world's top player.

Because this uncertainty is too great, maybe someone will hurt Zhongyong.

Since he is a potential new star, he doesn't mind trying to encourage others and squeeze out their value.

Zhuo Yiwei immediately found a computer with Internet access in the media area, logged into his account, and started typing.

The headline of the news is "Tennis supernova smiles slightly, winning the quarterfinals is already guaranteed!" 》

"Hehe...the clicks and traffic are coming."

Looking at this title, Zhuo Yiwei touched his chin with a slightly obscene smile on his face.

Even if I exaggerate, what have you lost?

Zhuo Yiwei decisively clicked the send button, and the article soon appeared on the homepage of Sina Sports.

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Chen Ran was warming up on the court, but he didn't know that a Sina editor was praising him with "unkind intentions".

Unexpectedly, in this time and space, the "Yao Hei people" have not yet appeared, and the "Chen Hei people" will make their debut in advance due to the praise of the editor of the portal website.

After Chen Ran practiced serving for a while, Li Hengze slowly came to the training ground.

Maybe for him, this quarterfinal match is the same as the previous first and second rounds. There is no difference. He will take the game easily 2-0.

As a peripheral court attached to the central court, there are not many stands, with only about 1000 seats.

However, due to the local Chinese players entering the top eight and the organizing committee's deliberate publicity, the seats were already packed at the moment.At this moment, the advantage of playing at home was revealed.

Suddenly, gongs and drums roared, and the noise was endless.

At this moment, there was a tall man sitting in the audience. He was the second youngest player in this tournament, Isner from the United States.

With a height of 2 meters, he has an almost 08% turn-around rate when walking on the road.

If Isner hadn't played on the court before, many viewers would have subconsciously thought that this guy was a center foreign aid introduced by some CBA team.

"A dark horse who is darker than me is a bit interesting." John Isner looked at Chen Ran's back with a hint of interest on his face.

He just finished today's first quarterfinal match, defeating his opponent 2-1 with difficulty and breaking into the semifinals.

"John..." Beside Isner, a middle-aged man who was much shorter than him whispered, "If this Chinese boy is eliminated, you will be the biggest dark horse in this tournament."

Isner shrugged and said, "Coach, actually, I would rather fight that Chinese boy than the Korean."

"Do you think he is easier to deal with?"

"No, because he is younger, we will be competing for a long time in the future. As for the Korean, he is already 26 years old." Isner said disapprovingly.

"The wish is very beautiful, but it is very likely to fail. The Chinese boy's chances are not great." The middle-aged man changed the subject as he spoke, "But you should have a chance."

"Even if the Korean wants to beat me, it won't be that easy, at least in the tiebreaker!" Isner said with certainty.

In the previous rounds, the only set Isner lost was in the tiebreak, and in his own service game, no player completed a break.

On the court, Chen Ran and Li Hengze shook hands with each other.

He could vaguely feel the other party's arrogance.

Because there are many Koreans living, working, or studying abroad in Shanghai, some Koreans also came to this game.

One of them, a Korean boy with single eyelids, a flat face, and an unconventional hairstyle, very "arrogantly" held up a sign that read: Whether it's football or tennis, you all have "Korean phobia"!
When Chen Ran saw this scene, his face was indifferent, but there were still some ripples in his heart.

He knows that the national football team is Korean-phobic. Even the Chinese men's basketball team, which they have always been proud of, lost to the Korean men's basketball team in the finals of this year's Busan Asian Games.

But since when did tennis become afraid of South Korea?
Li Hengze followed Chen Ran's gaze and noticed the signs held by his compatriots, and said: "These guys are so rude. Even if it is true, you can't just talk about it."

Chen Ran frowned slightly as he listened to the other party's words.

How could you say this in an apologetic tone?

Li Hengze's voice continued to come.

"But one fact is that my current record against Chinese players is a complete victory and no defeat."

After hearing this, Chen Ran had a wonderful expression on his face.

More and more interesting!

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(End of this chapter)