Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 92 The news still leaked out

PS: 5000 words will be updated today, and there will be a wave when it is released this week!
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The first victory on the tour came as expected!

It was easier than Chen Ran expected.

Indeed, this is Chen Ran's first tour, but he has played countless battles with too many top players in the "simulation training ground".

It's not a tour, but it's better than a tour.

After Chen Ran won his first victory on the tour, his performance was relatively dull, but his fitness coach Sergey was so excited that he ran towards Chen Ran with open arms.

"Chen, you are great!"

"I'm sure you've got what it takes to be the dark horse on tour."

"Listen, if you can reach the semi-finals, I will quit my other job and become your full-time physical coach!"

After hearing this, Chen Ran touched his forehead without comment.

In fact, he didn't want to be inseparable from this rough Russian guy.

"Let's talk about it then." Chen Ran did not continue on this topic.

He took Sergey to the court next door, where Sri Chapan, the second seed in the tournament and Asia's No. [-] player, was playing.

Srichapan's opponent is a Mexican.

At this moment, he was leading 1-0, and the score in the second set was 4-3.

After finishing the game, Srichaphan walked to the side of the court and took out a towel from the shelf hanging on the wall to wipe the sweat on his forehead.

When he put down the towel and raised his head, he happened to see Chen Ran standing not far away, staring at him.

"Young man, you were eliminated so quickly?" Sri Chapan blurted out without even thinking.

In his opinion, at Chen Ran's age, he still participated in the competition with a wild card. He was basically out to see the world, and a round trip was an inevitable result.

When Chen Ran heard this, he was also amused by this Thai man.

Although for now you are Asia's number one brother, and I am just Asia's number one brother.

But you’re looking down on people when you say that, right?
Before Chen Ran could answer, Sergey, the physical coach next to him, couldn't help it and decided to speak for his employer.

"Arrogant Thai guy, listen to me."

"My players eliminated their first-round opponents in less time than you did!"

Sure enough, after listening to Sergey's words, Srichapan's mind entered a brief state of petrification.

Such a young Chinese boy, on his first tour, actually defeated his first-round opponent faster than him.

"Is what he said true?" Sri Chapan's first reaction was to ask Chen Ran to confirm the authenticity.

Chen Ran smiled and said: "If we lie, won't we be the ones who are embarrassed in the end?"

Really won!

It took less time than him.

"Well done!" Sri Chapan left this sentence after being in a daze for a while, and then continued to start the game.

Chen Ran sat in the stands and observed Sri Chapan's game for a while.

"Shoot with your right hand and backhand with one hand!"

"There are no obvious shortcomings, but relatively speaking, the volleying skills in front of the net are weaker."

"The serve is very powerful, the angle is very tricky, the one-handed backhand is very sharp, and I have a strong sense of smell at the net."

Perhaps stimulated by Chen Ran, Sri Chapan broke serve again, for example, at 5:3, and it was his serve. Winning this set was almost a certainty.

Chen Ran didn't stay any longer and returned directly to the hotel. …

The news that Chen Ran won his first tour victory did not cause any waves in China.

The domestic media is still very quiet, and even some portal websites have no reports related to the Auckland Open.

After all, the Internet has just emerged in this era, and there is still a certain lag in the dissemination of information. In addition, IMG has not deliberately publicized it, so it is difficult for everyone to get first-hand information at the first time.

At this moment, the land of China is already quiet at night, and many people have entered sleep mode.

But in a brightly lit apartment, Zhou Yuan, a full-time tennis reporter from Sports Weekly, was checking news about the Australian Open and preparing to write a story.

According to past practice, in the absence of Chinese players, whether it is the Australian Open or the other three Grand Slam tournaments, CCTV will usually only broadcast live from the quarterfinals.

But this time, because of the participation of local rising star Chen Ran, CCTV Sports responded that as long as Chen Ran passed the qualifying rounds and entered the main draw, his game would be broadcast live.

In China, although tournament organizers spend huge sums of money to invite top tennis players to compete, this is not enough to make tennis the most popular sport in the country.

In terms of attention, football is still first and basketball is second; in terms of performance, table tennis and badminton are far ahead.

Zhou Yuan knows very well that after the Australian Open starts, how much space there will be for tennis in "Sports Weekly" will largely be decided by Chen Ran.

"The qualifying round shouldn't be a big problem. If your luck is good, maybe you can advance to the third round, right?"

Da Da Da~
The sound of typing on the keyboard came, he was working on a manuscript.

Suddenly, Zhou Yuan seemed to remember something and opened the page again.

He wanted to see if Chen Ran's ranking had improved. Remember, it was 312th before.

The first time Chen Ran participated in a competition was the IFT6K Hope Competition in June last year, which also means that he will not encounter points deductions before June this year.

As the Oceania season begins, many players will deduct points from the same week last year. In theory, Chen Ran's ranking may continue to rise.

"Think about how many basketball reporters Yao Ming supports now! Whether the tennis industry can prosper depends entirely on Chen Ran. Other tennis players in China cannot count on him." Zhou Yuan muttered in his heart, At the same time, I clicked on the ATP official website.

Since Yao Ming landed in the NBA and continued to perform brilliantly with the Houston Rockets, various basketball newspapers and magazines have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

Some people lamented that almost half of the basketball media people rely on Yao Ming for their livelihood.

Zhou Yuan is envious in his heart, and hopes that spring for tennis media people like them can come as soon as possible.

After all, tennis may still be more influential than basketball in the world. (Because there are different opinions, I use the word "possible")
The next second, Zhou Yuan's eyes widened with an expression of disbelief.

He discovered that Chen Ran's total ATP points were 173 points, not the previous 153 points.

Inexplicably, 20 points were added, and the ranking soared from 312th to 299th.

It has already broken into the top 300 in the world!

The official website also shows that Chen Ran just won another US$3000.

What's happening here?
Zhou Yuan speaks good English, which is a necessary condition for becoming a tennis reporter.

He immediately began to search carefully on the ATP official website.

New Zealand Auckland Open, advanced to the top [-]!
This is an ATP250 level tour!

"I thought Chen Ran would stay in China, but he went to New Zealand to compete quietly."

and many more!

A Chinese boy under the age of [-] achieved his first victory on the ATP Tour!

Zhou Yuan suddenly realized that he had caught a big news.

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(End of this chapter)