Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 60 Breaking “Korean Fear”

"broken!"

"broken!"

The audience in the stands also roared in unison and danced their hands excitedly.

Even some laymen, looking at these times, understand what it means to break the opponent's serve.

The balance of victory has tilted towards Chen Ran.

Sure enough, in Chen Ran's next serving game, he played steadily and successfully maintained his serve, winning the first set with a total score of 6-3.

Just looking at the score, you might think the gap is huge, but in fact the key to victory or defeat lies in that moment.

Li Hengze missed the chance to break serve, but Chen Ran seized it.

Suddenly, the stands were filled with gongs and drums.

The audience also sang the classic football song "ole", "ole".

The reporters watching the game kept clicking the shutter of their cameras.

Compared with TV stations and traditional print media, the advantages of portal websites are revealed.

The former can only publish news after the game, but the portal website can report simultaneously.

As soon as Chen Ran won the first set, an article from Sina Sports came out: "In the Anti-Korean War, the Supernova of Tennis wins the first set!" 》.

"Can we really win?"

Sina editor Zhuo Yiwei took another look at the article posted before the game. The click rate had already exceeded the top ten in the sports section of the day.

However, the comments below were mostly sarcastic and sarcastic, and even scolded the editor.

"With such bad results in the men's tennis, there is a new star who is even more impressive than the national football team."

"The editor is a senior hacker, the identification is completed!"

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After losing the first set, Lee Hyung-taek began to complain to the referee again.

This is a fucking tennis match, not a football match. Can you please be quiet?

The referee spread his hands helplessly, saying that he had tried his best and that there was nothing he could do if the audience was unwilling to obey.

He himself was scolded by the fans just now.
Li Hengze put his hands on his hips and looked at the audience in the stands with disdain. He even put his fingers to his lips to make a "shh" gesture.

However, as a result, the shouts and boos in the stands became louder.

Li Hengze had no choice but to turn his attention to Chen Ran again, seeming to say that you, a local player, should take care of the audience.

Chen Ran had been watching all this with a cold eye, sitting quietly on the player's chair and drinking water, ignoring this guy's gaze.

What's this noise?The US Open, one of the four Grand Slams, is noisier than a vegetable market. Do you dare to protest in front of your beautiful father?

When the break came, Chen Ran walked directly to the court with his racket and kept jumping lightly to start preparing for the second set.

The game is ever-changing, and in tennis, there are many examples of turning defeat into victory.

Chen Ran knew very well that if he wanted to break into the semi-finals and get a wild card for the Australian Open qualifying rounds, he had to win the next set.

This step may seem very close, but if you are careless and relaxed, it will immediately become far away.

Li Hengze finally calmed down and knew that he had to go all out and go all out.

In his career, there were many examples of falling behind in one set and winning back two in a row.

Even in the main draw of a Grand Slam, Lee Hyung-taek staged a dramatic reversal in which two players chased three.

"The other party is so young and must have little experience."

"It must be his first time facing a tour-level opponent. As long as I calm down, I will definitely be able to make a comeback."

In fact, at tennis matches held in South Korea, the auditorium was noisy, no less noisy than the stands today. After all, Koreans have always been known for their loud voices.

The reason why Li Hengze complained to the referee just now was purely due to his inner arrogance.

However, Li Hengze never expected that Chen Ran, his opponent, had never lacked experience in fighting against top players.

Facing Chen Ran, there are the youngest Grand Slam winner in history, Zhang Debei, two of the Big Three, Federer and Nadal, and the new king born in the 00s, the Spanish genius Alcaraz.

Therefore, in terms of experience, Li Hengze does not have any advantage.

The process of the second set was somewhat similar to that of the first set, with both sides holding serve and the scores rising alternately.

Chen Ran also clearly felt that Li Hengze was much calmer in the second set than in the first set, playing steadily and waiting for opportunities.

Start from scratch!This is Chen Ran's mentality at the moment.

He had forgotten that he had a set advantage, as if it was a completely new game.

From the beginning to the middle, the two sides were in a stalemate all the way to a "4:4" draw, and Chen Ran got a break point.But this time, Chen Ran failed to seize the break opportunity and was saved by a beautiful forehand smash by Li Hengze.

Chen Ran didn't panic. He couldn't find a break opportunity in the opponent's serve, so he had reservations. The first thing was to keep his own serve.

The two sides went back and forth, and the score quickly reached 6:6, entering the tiebreaker.

The tiebreaker is the place that most tests the players' will.

In Li Hengze's view, he has experienced countless tie-breaks in his career and is already experienced in this.

He firmly believed that he would win this tie-break and start a comeback.

In the tie-break, Chen Ran served first.

It was already [-]:[-] in the afternoon, and the hot golden sunlight was falling, as if the air was beginning to twist and steam.

Starting from two o'clock, the two men had been fighting fiercely for nearly two hours.

If Chen Ran cannot win this set, the time consumed by the game will be towards three hours, and the test of physical fitness will also reach the limit.

Throw the ball, bend your knees, kick on the ground, turn, and swing the racket.

After entering the tie-break, Chen Ran instantly accelerated and exerted his strength.

Then you can hear a crisp sound surging in the air, and the next second the referee's voice comes from the microphone.

"1:0, Chen leads!"

Another beautiful ACE!

The audience burst into thunderous applause, and Chen Ran took the upper hand in the tie-break.

After the exchange of serves, Li Hengze will serve two consecutive balls.

A mistake!
In order to avoid mistakes on his second serve, Li Hengze could only slow down the ball speed, pursue the angle, and attack Chen Ran's backhand.

Chen Ran pushed his feet on the ground, his body suddenly started to move, and at the same time, he had completed a small backhand swing with both hands.

After the racket touches the ball for the first time, the forearm swings rapidly toward the head along a 45-degree diagonal. The tennis ball quickly cuts a diagonal line in the air and falls straight into the dead center.

As luck would have it, the ball hit the sideline.

Chen Ran broke Li Hengze's first serve.

On the second serve, Lee Hyung-taek, who seemed to be emotionally affected, made a double fault.

Chen Ran leads 3-0!

The auditorium was also boiling.

After all, many Chinese sports fans in this era have only watched football and basketball games live, and very few have watched tennis games.

Everyone ignored it, and at the critical moment of the tie-break, they actually played the Mexican wave, which was really lively.

"It's so noisy, Smecta!" Li Hengze roared at the audience, but he was greeted by even more violent boos and curses.

One of the more venomous guys shouted: "Damn it, please ask the referee for help like your football team does."

It’s just that he spoke Chinese, which Li Hengze couldn’t understand.

"What a joke, how could I lose to a player ranked outside the top 500 in the world?" His breathing began to quicken, and his gasping became louder and louder.

After Chen Ran's two serves, Li Hengze had no resistance.

The tiebreak score was 5-0!

Chen Ran further consolidated his advantage, and the goddess of victory was already waving to him.

"He's about to have an emotional breakdown!"

Chen Ran discovered the changes in Li Hengze.

"Then let's work hard!"

Take advantage of his illness and kill him.

Chen Ran won the last two points with one of the opponent's two serves, a volley on the net and a small ball.

Sweeped the tiebreaker 7-0!

He had no intention of being merciful, nor did he have any intention of giving the other party a chance to lose face.

以总比分6：3，7：6（7：0），直落两盘赢得了胜利。

The entire stadium was instantly shocked.

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(End of this chapter)