Almighty Athlete Chapter 137: Top 1 in the world
Zhang Guan was sitting next to the computer, watching the media interview with the Wimbledon final yesterday, and now the video of the interview with Nadal is playing.
"I think I was defeated, you know, in the pre-match investigation, nearly half of the people thought that it was impossible for me to reach the Wimbledon final, so for me, it has already entered the final. Very good." Nadal smiled self-deprecatingly, then said: "I am a good loser!"
The Zhang Guan in front of the computer smiled. He remembered that he had said to Nadal after the game, "It was a good game", but he did not expect Nadal to say that he was a "good loser."
I saw on the video that Nadal went on to say: "The gap? On the grass field, the gap between me and Zhang Guan is indeed somewhat large. But I think any player is very different from him, unless it is Sampra at the peak. When Si returns to the court, he can compete with Zhang Guan in Wimbledon!"
Nadal shrugged his shoulders: "At this time of tomorrow, I will have a good time by the beach on Mallorca. To be honest, I am very satisfied with this series of performances at Wimbledon. From the French Open To Wimbledon, the continuous competition is really tiring, so I need to relax and need a holiday to adjust the state. No UK is now the rainy season, in addition to rain these days, it is waiting for rain, which is too It's depressing. Now I really can't wait to enjoy the sunshine on the Iberian Peninsula!"
only listened to Zhang Guan and said, "Nadal is going on vacation. Mallorca is a "Mediterranean paradise". This season should be very good. Sun, beach, sea breeze..."
"There are still many beautiful women!" Sharapova interjected: "Do you also want to go?"
"I want to ask you if you have any plans, such as going on a vacation" Zhang Guan said.
Sharapova shook her head: "I want to train."
"Training?" Zhang Guan is a little puzzled: "You may still have injuries..."
"That must be trained." Sharapova said a little irritably: "You have already got three Grand Slams, and I have only two."
"Uh..." Zhang Guan felt Sharapova's attitude, and didn't know what to say for a while. He knew that Sharapova was actually very strong. He didn’t expect his three Grand Slams. Instead, he put pressure on Sharapova. He wanted to persuade Sharapova. , But he felt that it might have the opposite effect.
"Maybe I shouldn't come to play tennis." Zhang Guan looked at Sharapova with some worry.
It was at this time that Zhang Guan's cell phone rang and distracted him.
Zhang Guan picked up the phone and saw a text message from Zhuge Wenbo. There were only seven words on the text message: Congratulations, the number one in the world!
"The world's first? By the way, today is Monday, ATP is willing to announce the new world ranking again. Could I rise to the world's first?" Zhang Guan thought of this and immediately entered the official website of ATP to view the new World ranking of the first issue.
In the recently announced world ranking of men’s singles, Zhang Guan has already ranked first. He won a total of three Grand Slam titles this year, each of which is 2000 points, so now he is just not. Fortunately, 6000 points.
Federer came in second place, this is his first time in less than three years points below 6000. At the peak, Federer had to maintain about 8000 points all year round. However, due to the emergence of Zhang Guan, Federer first lost an Australian Open champion and did not get the runner-up on the French Open. Wimbledon also stopped in the semi-finals. This one is less. 1800 points, so the points fell directly below 6000.
The third-placed Nadal still maintains his points at over 4,000 points. He was the runner-up of Wimbledon last year, so there is no big change in points after Wimbledon.
instead was Djokovic. Because of entering the semi-finals at Wimbledon, his score rose by one more and became the fourth in the world.
"I rank first in the world!" Zhang Guan said softly.
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For the media, Zhang Guan has become the world's number one throne, which is obviously more attractive than the Wimbledon champion. There are many tennis matches every year, and there are also many champions. Even the Grand Slam champion, Zhang Guan has won two. Now the third Grand Slam champion obviously does not have the sensational effect of the previous Australian Open.
But the world’s first is different. There is only one in the world, and it represents the best in this field. Zhang Guan transferred from track and field to tennis, and it only took seven months to stand at the peak of tennis. And, more importantly, Zhang Guan pushed Federer into second place.
Federer has been firmly seated on the throne of the world since 2004. He won three Grand Slam titles in 2004, two Grand Slam titles in 2005, and three Grand Slam titles in 2006. At that time, the gap between him and the world’s second Nadal was as high as nearly 3000 points. Federer's advantage looks unshakable, no one thinks Federer will lose the world's first. And this year, Zhang Guan emerged suddenly, squeezing Federer in perfect condition to the second place in the world.
The domestic media obviously should pay more attention to this point. Any "world first" is the most eye-catching thing for the readers. Therefore, while the domestic media reported that Zhang Guan won the Wimbledon championship, it also focused on promoting the Zhang Guan ranking. The first thing in the world.
And Director Liu of the Tennis Center at this time is also in pain and happy. The happiness is because Zhang Guan won the Wimbledon championship, and the ranking is even higher in the world, and the pain is for China in September. Tennis headache.
This year's China Tennis Open is from September 10 to September 16, which is similar to previous years, but the time of one of the four major US Opens is August 27 As of September 9, the Chinese Open and the US Open are close together in time, but for players participating in the US Open finals, the time overlaps.
Tennis tournament finals are usually held in the afternoon of local time, with a time difference of 12 hours between China and the United States, so the beginning of the US Open on September 9 in the United States has already reached the early morning of September 10. By the end of the US Open finals, it was almost dawn in the country, plus New York’s about ten hours of flying to Beijing’s city. From this calculation, it is impossible for players participating in the US Open finals to run the next day. Those who came to China to participate in the China Open competition.
If Zhang Guan participates in the US Open and reaches the finals, it will inevitably miss the China Open held last day. Between the US Open and the Chinese Open, of course, the US Open, which is one of the Grand Slams, is more important, and now the Zhang Guan still has one US Open champion to win the Grand Slam. The tennis center also needs to ensure that the Zhang Guan handsome will participate first. US Open.
But China Open is equally important. China Open needs a local player who can win the championship. The broadcaster needs Zhang Guan to appear on the field. The sponsors more bluntly stated that as long as Zhang Guan participates in China Open, the sponsorship fee can be increased.
In order to allow Zhang Guan to participate, the Tennis Center even applied to the World Tennis Federation to postpone the time of the Chinese Open, but the International Tennis Federation did not agree, on the grounds that the tournament plan was determined as early as the end of last year, so it cannot be changed.
"This group of foreigners is really rigid! Just postpone the game for a day or two." Director Liu's face was anxious: "If Zhang Guan entered the US Open final, would he really want him to give up the Chinese Open? What? No, you have to let Zhang Guan participate in China Open. It seems you have to think of some other methods."
Director Liu closed his eyes. After a while, he suddenly thought of an idea. He took the file box about China Net and carefully read the relevant information.
"There is a way! As long as Zhang Guan participates~IndoMTL.com~ must be the No. 1 seed. When the time comes, a wild card player will be arranged for the first round of Zhang Guan to ensure that Zhang Guan will be successfully promoted to the second round. If Zhang Guan can come back in time If you can’t catch up, you can let the wild card player abstain!” Liu Zhun Ren nodded with satisfaction, obviously satisfied with his arrangement.
foreign card quotas are basically reserved for local players. This year's China Open, the national tennis team has two wild cards in the men's singles event. If Zhang Guan plays against wild card players in the first round, it is actually Against players of the national tennis team, this is tantamount to the Zhang Guan promotion to the second round. Even if Zhang Guan is too late to return from the United States, this wild card player can still abstain, and Zhang Guan can still enter the second round. It's just that this wild card player must be sacrificed.
It is not easy for domestic male tennis players to participate in the Chinese Open game, especially for wild card players, it is likely that they will only have such a chance in their lifetime. But in order to protect Zhang Guan, it can only make sacrifices!
Thinking about this, Director Liu sighed in a loss.
"For Zhang Guan, only one wild card can be sacrificed. However, this kind of sacrifice will never be wasted. This kind of sacrifice can get people’s attention to tennis and the development of our tennis. It’s worth it. I believe that one day, we will have more and more tennis players standing on the world stage!"
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