Reborn Almighty Life

The clay court season kicks off in early summer in Europe. The gradually increasing temperature and the fiery clay court have formed a unique tennis culture.

If Wimbledon is about polite and modest gentlemen, the French Open is about hot and passionate fashion girls. Different tennis cultures have also built a tennis world with different styles, attracting more audiences.

The venue for the Monte Carlo Masters is the famous Monaco, a city within a country that is world-famous for its gambling, tourism, finance and sports competitions.

Needless to say, spinach, as one of the three major gambling cities in the world, Monaco derives a considerable proportion of its annual income from the spinach industry.

Not to mention tertiary industries such as tourism and finance, tax-free Monaco has always been a tax haven for the world's rich and famous, and many celebrities including car king Schumacher live here.

As for the sports industry, the annual European Super Cup and UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony, F1 Monte Carlo battle and Monte Carlo Masters have made this small country with an area of ​​only 2.02 square kilometers famous all over the world!

The start of the Tennis Masters has made this small town lively. These days are also a good time for European celebrities to gather.

Gu Fei arrived in Monaco the day before the start of the game and checked into the Beach Hotel, a partner of Caiman Hotel Group.

The beach hotel is located on the romantic Mediterranean coast, next to the famous Monte Carlo Tennis Park, and you can reach the court within walking distance.

The total prize money of the Monte Carlo Masters is as high as 2.45 million U.S. dollars, and the champion can receive a championship bonus of nearly 500,000 U.S. dollars. It is undoubtedly very attractive in this era.

Judging from the entry list announced by the organizing committee of this Masters, the top 30 players in the ATP ranking have all signed up to participate in the Monte Carlo Masters, and the competition is extremely fierce.

Gu Fei's world ranking rose to fifth, and he participated in the first clay court event of his career as the fifth seed player in the tournament.

Fifty-six main draw players and eight qualifiers battled against each other. As a high-ranking seed player, Gu Fei's opponent in the first round was a qualifier.

Although it was his first time to participate in a clay court event, Gu Fei's strong strength allowed him to easily win the game with two scores of 6:2 and advance to the second round.

The improvement of his tennis skills to advanced level (20/100) has allowed Gu Fei to play better and better in baseline skills, net volleys including crossing the ball. The increase in physical fitness and strength has allowed Gu Fei to play better on clay courts where the ball speed has slowed down.

It also has the same competitiveness as a hard court.

After passing all the stages, Gu Fei reached the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Masters. The strength he displayed on the clay court should not be underestimated.

At this time, even the Australian media, which had the most objectionable opinions on Gu Fei, could not find fault with Gu Fei. They said in a strange way that Gu Fei had not met any competitive opponents for the time being, and it was just luck to reach the quarterfinals?

Gu Fei's opponent in the quarter-finals was Spanish clay court master Ferrero, currently ranked fourth in the world.

Ferrero, who was born in 1980, is entering the peak period of his career. He has reached the finals of Roland Garros in the past two years, but unfortunately lost to Brazilian star Kuerten and compatriot Costa respectively.

Entering 2003, Ferrero performed well. Although he failed in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open on hard courts that he was not good at, he showed good form in the subsequent tournaments.

In his previous life, Ferrero first won the Monte Carlo Masters, reached the French Open finals for three consecutive years and was crowned, announcing the birth of the 'King of Clay'. At the end of the year, although Ferrero lost to the American cannon Ronaldo in the US Open finals,

Dick, but also ascended to the world's number one throne.

The match between Gu Fei and Ferrero can be described as sparks hitting the earth. Gu Fei's impact and Ferrero's impact on the clay court are vividly reflected.

In the end, Gu Fei lost the game in the tie-break of the third set and reached the quarterfinals of two Masters tournaments in a row!

After the game, the media praised Ferrero's dominance on the clay court, but they could not underestimate Gu Fei's competitiveness.

Losing the Monte Carlo Masters was not a bad result for Gu Fei, because the ATP ranking announced the next day rose to fourth, continuing to consolidate his position in the tennis world.

At the same time, another piece of good news also came from Germany.

Because of Becker, Adidas began to contact Gu Fei to discuss a sponsorship contract after Gu Fei won the Australian Open.

After Nike suspended contract negotiations with Gu Fei, Adidas accelerated the progress of negotiations.

Although Gu Fei failed in the quarterfinals of the Masters in a row, Adidas saw that Gu Fei did not have many shortcomings in various venues, especially the huge Chinese market behind Gu Fei, which made Adidas salivate!

Since several German automobile companies relied on the Chinese market to come back to life and gain vitality, many German companies have strong confidence in the Chinese market.

Before the start of the Hamburg Masters, Gu Fei reached an agreement with German sports giant Adidas and held a press conference.

At the press conference, Sandrine, President of Adidas Greater China, disclosed the relevant contents of the agreement to the media on behalf of Adidas.

In the next three years, Adidas will provide Gu Fei with US$4 million in sponsorship funds and provide Gu Fei with sports equipment including sneakers, competition uniforms, training uniforms and other sports equipment. At the same time, Adidas has also promised competition bonuses for various events.

, US$300,000 for the Grand Slam champion and US$100,000 for the Masters.

Of course, the details of the agreement on the sharing of signature series products in the contract have not been made public, because they cannot be launched on the market until Gu Fei has truly established his position in the tennis world.

As soon as the agreement between Gu Fei and Adidas was made public, it immediately caused an uproar in the media, because less than a year after Gu Fei entered the professional tennis world, he got a sponsorship contract that most professional athletes would never get in their lifetime!

When some players were interviewed by the media, they said sourly: "Being good-looking really has its benefits!"

Later, when the media was sorting out commercial sponsorship contracts in the world of sports, they found that Gu Fei's contract was actually not that big, but it was the beginning of Gu Fei's true rise to international superstardom.

Thanks to Adidas' strong public relations capabilities, Gu Fei's positive image began to appear frequently around the world, especially in the Asia-Pacific region, and his exposure rate increased significantly.

Stimulated by this huge contract, Gu Fei was in excellent form at the Hamburg Masters. In the absence of many top players, he swept all the way and successfully won the championship!

At this point, Gu Fei has officially entered the professional tennis world for half a year and has handed over a Grand Slam trophy, two Masters Cups and two Masters quarterfinals!

Looking at all the geniuses from the Open era, Gu Fei’s amazing performance is shocking!

Even the American media and the Australian media, which have a certain bias against Gu Fei, have to admit that Gu Fei is a rare genius player in men's tennis!

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and Roland Garros on the outskirts of Paris is becoming the focus of the world. 128 top players will compete fiercely for the Musketeers Cup!