All-round Athlete

Chapter 833 Scaring away a bunch of masters

The first leg of Zhang Guan's return to the tennis court ended with a sweep of the China Open. Although the opponent did not have a world-class top player, Zhang Guan's performance in the entire game without losing a set still showed his strength. Great competition in tennis.

Many professional tennis players do not want to see this news, Zhang Guan is back, and the comeback is not bad, this can not help but remind the players of Zhang Guan in 2007, for the players, that is not a thing Very good memory.

No one wants to recall the experience of being hanged and beaten, even Djokovic, who is currently ranked number one in the world, is the same.

Djokovic didn't watch the video of Zhang Guan's game. He just watched the score of the China Open, and he already had a premonition that Zhang Guan back then was back. And Djokovic also guessed that Zhang Guan came back this time to participate in the London Olympics.

"It's really annoying. I don't usually see you. When it's time for the Olympics, you come out to compete with us for the gold medal! The key is that you are so good after not playing for so long!" Djokovic sighed rather depressed. He rubbed his legs involuntarily.

2011 was the year when Djokovic broke out. He won the Australian Open, he entered the semi-finals at the French Open, he won the Wimbledon championship, and he also won the US Open. In addition to monopoly, Djokovic has achieved the ultimate, won three of the four Grand Slams, and he is only one step away from the Grand Slam.

However, after the end of the US Open, his leg injury broke out. During the period after the end of the US Open, he has been treating his leg injury. Originally, he planned to pay for the Rolex Masters in China, but when he watched After the news of Zhang Guan's comeback, he immediately gave up this decision.

"The current state is definitely not Zhang Guan's opponent. If you want to fight against Zhang Guan, you must be in the best state, otherwise you will definitely lose badly." Djokovic thought for a while and decided not to Going to participate in the Rolex Masters, if you are beaten by Zhang Guan, it will be a big blow to your self-confidence.

After all, Djokovic is now ranked No. 1 in the world, and his record of three Grand Slams a year has also allowed him to surpass Federer and Nadal and become a tennis player. The more he is like this, the more he loses Sorry. A player ranked number one in the world must not lose the game easily.

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"Djokovic decided to withdraw from the Rolex Masters in China? Why? Leg injury?" Federer smiled slightly. He had guessed that Djokovic was afraid of losing and dared not fight.

"Actually, my knee hasn't recovered either. I wasn't going to participate in the Rolex Masters, but I didn't expect Djokovic to go with me!" Federer said into the microphone.

"How can that be done! Roger, don't forget that Rolex is also your big sponsor. The Rolex Masters in China is named after Rolex, why don't you go?" the agent on the other end of the phone said anxiously.

"I didn't win a single Grand Slam title this year. Obviously, my knee injury has affected my state. Even if I go to participate in this Masters, I won't get any rankings, and maybe it will get worse because of the injury. Well." Federer continued: "I'd better recover first, and wait until November to go to Spain to participate in the Valencia Open and the Barings Bank Masters, and there will be the ATP year-end finals at the end of the year. cup, it’s not much different.”

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Spain.

Nadal had a depressed expression on his face at this time.

"Both Federer and Djokovic have retired? The total prize money of the Rolex Masters Cup is 5 million US dollars, catching up with the ATP Finals at the end of the year, even higher than the Miami Open! Retiring due to injury? Nonsense! Since the U.S. Open, they haven’t participated in any competitions at all. At this year’s U.S. Open, they were all good. Now that the competition is over, they are injured instead?”

The agent was silent for a few seconds, and said: "I guess it may have something to do with Zhang Guan's comeback! In the just-concluded China Open, Zhang Guan showed a very good state, which is probably not worse than when he won the championship. Federer and Germany Jokovic was probably worried that he was going to lose."

"This guy Zhang Guan hasn't touched tennis for a year or two. He was still so good when he played, and Berdych was abused by him!" Nadal thought for a while, and felt that it was really possible. After all, it is not easy for masters to fight against each other before. If they lose to the same person many times, the players will inevitably have psychological shadows;

This kind of situation is very common in the sports world. We often say that so-and-so can win, but can't beat so-and-so; on the question. Sometimes you lose too much, and when you fight again, you will inevitably be timid and hesitant, which will affect your own state and on-the-spot performance.

Thinking of this, Nadal said: "Otherwise, I would not play this Masters Cup! Facing Zhang Guan, I am not sure that I can win. If I lose by a big score, it will cause unnecessary psychological stress on myself." Burden. And the following Valencia Open will have a total prize money of 2 million euros. I’m still fighting locally. If I concentrate on preparing for the competition, I should be able to win the championship.”

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A tennis training base in the UK.

"No, I won't go to China!" Murray shook his head, and continued: "I won't fight Zhang Guan before next year's Olympic Games! Yes, I lost to Zhang Guan once, but at that time, My skills are immature, I am not as powerful as I am now, so I don't want to expose my current strength prematurely! I will wait until the Olympics to give Zhang Guan a big surprise. Don't forget the next Olympics, It will be held in the UK and I am the host player, so I will do my best to get a gold medal for the UK!"

After Murray finished the call with his agent, he took the racket and walked onto the court.

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The tournament director of the Shanghai Rolex Masters is named Lu Huayong, who sounds like a Chinese, but in fact he is a Mexican-American, and Lu Huayong is just his Chinese name.

As the Masters Tournament approached, Director Lu also made the final preparations for the competition.

"Traffic, the biggest challenge we face is traffic!" In the conference room, Director Lu pointed to the map and said, "Our match will be held in the tennis center of Qizhong Forest Sports City, but we will have a large number of spectators from the city center The cost of transporting it to Minhang District is too high! Even if the fans want to come, they will be discouraged considering the time spent on the road and the transportation cost. Attendance is the biggest problem we have to face!"

At this point, Director Lu slowed down his tone, and then said: "The world's top four Djokovic, Nadal, Federer and Murray will all participate. This is the highlight of our competition, and Zhang Guan will also participate in the competition. Participating in this year's Masters, the contest between the Golden Slam winner and the world's top four must be the focus of the audience's attention, and it is also the direction of our key publicity!"

Director Lu was talking when the phone rang.

"Everyone, I'm very sorry. I'll take a call." Director Lu walked out of the meeting room and answered the call. When he came back, his expression became unnatural.

"I just got the news that Novak Djokovic is out of the Masters due to injury. Our luck doesn't look good this year, we're missing a world No. 1 player."

Just as Director Lu finished speaking, the phone rang again.

"Everyone, I'm very sorry, I have to answer a phone call." Director Lu walked out of the meeting room.

This time, after he came back, his face became extremely ugly.

"I just received a call from Federer's agent that Federer's knee injury has recurred and he is unable to compete." Director Lu continued in a somewhat depressed mood: "Djokovic and Federer can't come, this year's Masters has lost a lot of color! So the focus of our publicity is on the match between Nadal and Zhang Guan!"

Director Lu didn't say a few words, the phone ringing interrupted him again, he walked out of the conference room, and then Director Lu was arguing loudly with others in the corridor.

When Director Lu came back again, his whole face was as ugly as an eggplant beaten by frost.

"Tell everyone the unfortunate news that Nadal has a cold, so he can only withdraw from this year's Masters!"

This time, there was a commotion in the conference room. Just now they said that these big-name players were the highlights of the Masters, but after three phone calls, the top three players in the world withdrew from the competition.

"You said, Murray won't retire too, right?" One of them muttered softly, but Director Lu's cell phone vibrated again.

"I won't really be hit by my crow's mouth, right? Is Murray also going to retire?"

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In the 2011 Rolex Masters, the world's top four Djokovic, Nadal, Federer and Murray withdrew on the same day. The Masters became the Masters without the Masters.

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"Djokovic, Nadal, Federer and Murray, four of them are not coming? The masters have all run away, and there are only a few soldiers left. What kind of masters is it?" Zhang Guan was a little surprised, and he continued to ask: " Will Ferrer, who is ranked fifth in the world, always come?"

Compared with the first four, Ferrer, who is ranked fifth in the world, has a big gap. Among the latest rankings, Djokovic ranked first with 14,720 points, Nadal ranked second with 10,620 points, and Nadal ranked third with 10,620 points. Federer scored 8,380 points, Murray ranked fourth with 7,165 points, and Ferrer, who scored fifth, only had 4,200 points, just half of Federer's. From this score, it can be seen that the fifth place and the top four are completely different players.

"Ferrer has come, and he has become the number one seed in the tournament. Soderling, who is ranked sixth in the world, and Monfils, who is seventh in the world, did not participate. Fish, who is eighth, is the second seed in the tournament. You Berdych, who just defeated in the China Open, is the third seed, and Tsonga is the fourth seed. There are only these four players in the top ten in the world."

"So many people didn't come, so the total prize money of five million dollars is not enough?" Zhang Guan said to himself, "These guys are not scared by my comeback, so they don't dare Come on! The 1,000 ATP points are easy to come by! With the previous China Open, I can get 1,500 points.”

Zhang Guan immediately inquired about the latest rankings. With 1,500 points, he can be ranked 23rd in the world, between Argentina's Chela and Germany's Meyer.

"No. 23, that's enough. If I win this Masters, I will get my Olympic ticket!"

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