Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 91 First victory on tour!
PS: Dear readers, it should be available this week.

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The Auckland Open has officially kicked off.

Many reporters came to the scene, but there was no Chinese reporter.

The main reason is that IMG adopted a low-key approach and did not announce Chen Ran's trip to the public.

Some sports media, including CCTV, thought that Chen Ran would go directly to Australia to participate in the qualifying rounds.

In fact, there are a total of 250 ATP38 tournaments in a year, and there are very few Chinese players. Even the most loyal tennis fans cannot recite the names of every station.

As the Australian Open drama is about to kick off, some domestic portals in China have already begun to warm up.

For example, some guessing links will be added.

Where will Chen Ran's Grand Slam journey end?

What about the qualifying rounds, the first round, the second round, the third round, the top [-], the quarterfinals, and even beyond?
Netizens are chatting enthusiastically on the Internet.

No one paid attention to the tournaments leading up to the Australian Open.

Similarly, IMG's intention is very simple. After all, it is a tour-level competition with strong opponents. If Chen Ran's record is not good, then the previous momentum will be embarrassing.

At this moment, Chen Ran and his opponent, a black uncle from the United States, were standing in the players' lounge area waiting, but the long wait did make Chen Ran a little restless.

The time scheduled by the organizing committee is to officially open at [-] p.m.

But it is very normal for a tennis match to be postponed, mainly because the previous match was played very anxiously, which caused the next match to be delayed again and again.

It was almost 8 o'clock, when Chen Ran was almost drowsy, he finally got the notice that his game was about to start.

Chen Ran immediately became energetic and started warming up with his racket.

In the court next to him, I also saw the second seed of this tournament, Asia's number one Thai Sri Chaphan.

Sri Chapan was a little surprised when he saw such a young oriental face, and looked curiously in Chen Ran's direction a few more times.

Chen Ran also felt Sri Chapan's gaze, turned his head and looked over, then smiled calmly and gave the other party a thumbs up.

"Hi Savadika!"

Sri Chaphan was stunned and asked in English: "Do you know Thai?"

"I only understand this sentence." Chen Ran responded in English with a smile, "Because Savadika has the same pronunciation as "swipe my card" in Chinese."

"Are you Chinese?" Srichapan was a little surprised. He originally thought that Chen Ran was Korean or from a young age.

After all, he had never seen Chinese players on the tour.

"Yes, I am a tennis player from China." Chen Ran also greeted him friendly.

"Hello!" Sri Chapan also responded enthusiastically, "The Chinese football team is one of the best in Asia and participated in the World Cup last year."

Thais love football, and in the eyes of today's Thais, China, Japan and South Korea are the top football teams in Asia, enough for Thai football to look up to.

Many Thai football fans are even familiar with Chinese players playing in Europe.

They may never have dreamed that ten years later, the Thai football team would defeat the national football team 5-1...

"I've beaten Korean players in the tour, in my childhood, but I haven't beaten Chinese players yet. It seems that this time I have a chance to complete the victory between China, Japan and South Korea."

Sri Chapan muttered in his heart, and then asked Chen Ran about his draw, only to learn that the opponent and himself were in two halves respectively, and they had to wait until the finals to meet him.

Sri Chapan felt a little disappointed. In his opinion, the possibility of meeting in the final was slim.

On the other side of the court, Russell from the United States was warming up while staring at Chen Ran menacingly, as if he was determined to win this victory.

This black uncle felt that he was lucky. After passing the qualifying round, he met a wild card player.

A weak persimmon, it seems that the probability of entering the top [-] has greatly increased.

"NCAA's top four players?" Chen Ran got some basic information about this black uncle from his physical fitness coach.

NCAA, which is American college sports, is not only basketball that Chinese fans are familiar with, but also includes tennis.

After graduation, college students will decide to officially turn into professional players or engage in other industries.

"Being able to reach the semi-finals in the NCAA should have some strength, but that's just it. This is a tournament-level competition." Chen Ran directly ignored the slightly provocative eyes from the opponent.

As expected of a black player, he brought the provocative tactics from the basketball court to the tennis court.

If he is the core player of the NCAA semi-finals basketball team, Chen Ran must admit that the opponent is extremely competitive even in the world.

But tennis is not basketball, and Americans do not have such a big advantage in this area.

What's more, the 14 Grand Slams created by Sampras seem to be an unsurpassable record, but they will soon be broken by Federer.

The referee flipped a coin and Chen Ran got the right to serve first.

Uncle Hei across from him was jumping up and down on the spot, sometimes hitting his chest with his fist to cheer himself up.

In fact, there is no shortage of black players in men's professional tennis, but few can reach the level of top players. This is unlike women's tennis, where the Williams sisters can rely on their superior bodies to crush their opponents.

smack~ smack~
Chen Ran patted the tennis ball gently.

There were no more than a hundred spectators sitting scattered in the few stands around.

"I really miss the tsunami-like feeling of 1 people in the finals of the Magic City Challenge."

I miss you so much, but Chen Ran has no mercy at all.

In his first service game, he gave the opponent a "love game" very neatly.

When it came to Russell's serve, Chen Ran immediately changed gears, showed his extraordinary ability to receive the serve, and completed the break very calmly.

"What the hell?"

"Is the opponent's ranking really similar to mine?"

Russell gasped for air, occasionally showing his teeth as white as tissue paper.

He felt that the rhythm of this game was completely controlled by the opponent.

Soon, Chen Ran took the first set 20-6 in just over 1 minutes.

"The technique is rough, I don't have the ability to hold a stalemate with multiple shots, and there is a lack of variety in both forehand and backhand." This is Chen Ran's evaluation of this black uncle.

In the second set, Russell seemed to let go of the burden of "wanting to win but afraid of losing" and his condition improved somewhat.

But Chen Ran's suppressive power is still obvious, showing a mature playing style far beyond his age.

6 to 3, Chen Ran spent nearly 40 minutes to win the second set.

The first career tour victory is officially obtained!
Perhaps it was because he lost so miserably. Russell looked very bad and chattered endlessly while walking, which must have been unpleasant trash talk.

Typical black player style.

"Chinese, I will definitely beat you next time!" Russell maintained his last stubbornness.

Chen Ran smiled softly and said, "The tour and the NCAA are two different worlds."

What the hell?

Russell had a "black question mark" on his face.

It’s my first time to play in a tour, isn’t it your first time?
It's like you're a tour veteran.

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(End of this chapter)