Chapter 147: Winning the Championship
In the first day of the Australian Open, there were many big-name players, in the men's singles event, such as Federer, Djokovic, Nadal, Murray, etc., all defeated their opponents, and the top 20 seeded players at the Australian Open all advanced, without upsets, only a small number of seeded players lost the game, but they were all seeded players at the bottom of the list.
As for the women's singles event, the big names of Wozniacki, Kvitova, Sharapova, Najie and Azarenka all made it, and only 19th seeded Pennetta lost in an upset.
Li Cai's match was on the second day, so he did not appear on the first day of the Australian Open.
"Your next opponent is Kuznetsov. Coach Zhang said to Li Cai.
Li Cai listened, nodded, and said that he knew, anyway, among tennis players, Li Cai didn't know much, and he knew well-known players like Federer and Nadal, where would he know these unpopular tennis players.
Although the opponent was a newcomer, Coach Zhang was still not at ease, so he went to check Kuznetsov's information, and found that he came in with a wild card and had not seen a tennis match before.
Since Li Cai did not train and compete for so many days, Coach Zhang was afraid that Li Cai would lose the game in an upset. So he reminded Li Cai and said: "Because he is a newcomer, I haven't found any video of his game, but don't be careless, if you lose the game, it is estimated that you will be scolded to death when you return to China." And Kuznetsov can get in with a wild card, maybe it's a hidden powerful character, or even a special character to deal with you, after all, it's an American!"
Li Cai listened, rolled his eyes, and felt that Coach Zhang had watched too many Hollywood movies, and his imagination was so rich, which could be connected, it was like watching me as a three-year-old child!
Li Cai had no choice but to say to Coach Zhang: "You think too much, Coach Zhang, I will definitely win the game easily anyway." ”
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As Lee is the second seed in the men's singles at the Australian Open, his debut will be held at Rod Laver Arena, the largest court of the Australian Open and the main court of the Australian Open, named after Australian tennis star Rod Laver. In addition to Li Cai's match, men's singles seed Novak Djokovic will also be held here. And yesterday's Women's Singles match between Wozniacki and Kvitova was also held at the Rod Laver Arena.
Playing at Rod Laver is the privilege of the first and second seeds at the Australian Open, and although Kuznetsov is a newcomer, he can naturally enjoy the treatment of playing at Rod Laver because he plays with Li Cai.
It was Li Cai's turn to compete, and when Li Cai walked out of the athletes' tunnel, the camera immediately focused on him, giving him a big close-up, and deafening cheers rang out from the audience in the stadium. Then when Kuznetsov, a newcomer, appeared, the audience was very cold and did not say anything at all.
After introducing the players and referees on both sides, Li Cai and Kuznetsov began their pre-match warm-up practice.
As a newcomer, Kuznetsov is a newcomer, although it is the first time to participate in the Australian Open, and he entered with a wild card, but he has great ambitions, just like his country, and is bent on beating Li Cai and becoming famous.
Li Cai looked at Kuznetsov's wild gaze, and provoked himself, as if he was underestimating himself and feeling that he was a bully.
Li Cai suddenly felt that this person was sick in the brain, and he didn't know where his self-confidence came from so naïve, was it really like what Coach Zhang said, the United States specially sent to deal with me.
So, Li Cai broke out, there was no mercy on his subordinates, and in addition to the comfortable weather in Melbourne and not cold, Li Cai naturally would not be in a slow state, and directly defeated Kuznetsov with a big score of 6:0 in the three games, so that he had no room to fight back.
Looking at the vulnerable Kuznetsov, Li realized that he was thinking too much.
And Kuznetsov originally wanted to become famous in a fight, but he was hit by Li Cai, and he was determined to give up playing tennis. After all, this time he was able to enter the Australian Open, all with the sponsor's wild card, it can also be said that he came in with money, although he has the certificate of an ATP professional tennis player, but in Li Cai's opinion, this thing is easy to get as long as it costs money.
After the first round of the competition, when Li Cai walked out of the competition venue, he saw a group of reporters outside, Li Cai saw them, and this group of reporters naturally saw Li Cai, so Li Cai was surrounded by a group of reporters.
"Li Cai, what do you think of this Australian Open match, are you confident of winning the championship?" a reporter hurriedly asked Li Cai.
In the past, Li Cai didn't like interviews, so he didn't want to say the wrong thing and let these reporters talk and write nonsense, so he decided to keep a low profile as much as possible.
But after Li Cai's tennis ability value reached 99, his tennis strength was much higher than that of others, so naturally he didn't worry about this, anyway, he could prove it with his strength.
So Li Cai told reporters: "I am determined to win the Australian Open championship this time, and I plan to win the annual Golden Slam this year." ”
Hearing Li Cai's arrogant and complacent words, the reporters were stunned at first, but immediately began to get excited.
After all, this news can be said to be extremely exciting, and it can be said that it is equivalent to a group ridicule, and the enemy of the entire men's tennis.
If Li Cai said that his goal this year is the Grand Slam, Li Cai only needs to win the Grand Slam titles of the Australian Open and Wimbledon, and according to his performance last year, there is still great hope, but the Golden Slam is different, which means that a tennis player has to win all four Grand Slam tournaments and the gold medal in the tennis event of the Summer Olympics in his career.
Generally, those who can win the Golden Slam are professional Golden Slams, because the professional Golden Slam only requires players to win all four Grand Slam championships and the gold medal in tennis at the Summer Olympics in their careers, but among the current tennis players, only Nadal has won the Golden Slam, and only Agassi and Graf have won the Golden Slam in history.
Agassi and Nadal both won the professional Golden Slam, not the annual Golden Slam, which requires a player to win all four Grand Slam tournaments and the Summer Olympic tennis gold medal in one season (one year).
The Summer Olympics are held every four years, and tennis was only listed as an official event at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, so the opportunity to win the Golden Slam is very rare, let alone the annual Golden Slam, and the annual Golden Slam was only won by Graf in 1988, but Graf is a female tennis player, and the competitive pressure is not as great as that of men's tennis, so it is easier than men's, but it is also very difficult. Over the years, she has won it alone, and among male tennis players, no one has won the honor of the annual Golden Slam.
All, for Li Cai's bold statement that he wants to win the annual Golden Slam this season, the reporters are 10,000 unconvinced.
Although Li Cai is considered a genius and has won two Grand Slam titles in a short period of time, this is still an acceptable range, but it is difficult for many people to think about it to win four Grand Slam matches in one year and win the Olympic Games.
Li Cai watched the reporter stunned by himself, and forgot to ask Li Cai other questions, and Li Cai naturally left quietly.
By the time the reporters came to their senses, Li Cai had already gone far away and disappeared, but for the reporters, what Li Cai had just said was enough, and now it was up to them to see who sent the news out first and competed for the headlines.
"I have only one goal in this Australian Open, which is to win the Australian Open! In the photos on the front page of the newspaper and the Internet, with this mocking word, Li Cai was full of confidence and showed that there was no one in his eyes, so that many people knew that Li Cai had released his words and wanted to win the annual Golden Slam this year.