With the honor of the first place in the overall gold medal list of the Berlin World Championships and the honor of Zhang Huasong's ten championships, the Chinese national track and field team returned to China and was warmly welcomed by the people of the capital, and thousands of people welcomed the national team back with honor at the capital airport.

After all, last year's Peking Olympics was a competition at their own doorstep, with home advantage, and winning the first place in the overall gold medal table has long been expected by everyone in the world.

However, the World Championships were held in a foreign country, and track and field was the weakness of the Chinese team.

Of course, who played the most important role in this, everyone knows!

Therefore, the airport pick-up crowd gave Zhang Huasong the most applause and shouts!

After returning to the athletics management center, the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China also held a celebration banquet for the track and field team and distributed bonuses.

Bai Xue won 50,000 yuan in cash and a house of more than 80 square meters with her gold medal in the women's marathon.

As for Zhang Huasong, it is naturally impossible to give him ten houses because of ten gold medals, which is too public.

Therefore, in the end, Zhang Huasong received 1 million cash and a duplex suite of more than 200 square meters, and Zhang Huasong also owned two houses in Beiping.

In the future, when parents and family members come to Beiping, they don't need to stay in hotels.

In addition to bonuses and material gains, Zhang Huasong's popularity has also gained a lot.

The aura of the Olympic Games and the World Championships double ten championships has made Zhang Huasong's popularity skyrocket a lot, and he is not far from the last place of the international superstar.

As long as he wins the US Open Grand Slam, Zhang Huasong will definitely be among the top 10 international superstars, along with heartthrobs Beckham, Britney Spears, multi-identity crossover diva Madonna, Tiger Woods, James Cameron, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan and other world kings and queens.

In the two Masters tournaments that Zhang Huasong missed for his participation in the World Championships, Andy Murray won the men's singles title at the Montreal Tennis Masters in Canada, and Roger Federer won the men's singles title at the Stars and Stripes Nation Cincinnati Masters.

After the Stars and Stripes Cincinnati Masters, August 31 to September 13 will be the dates of the 2009 US Open Grand Slam, the last of the four Grand Slams of each year.

The U.S. Open is the most lucrative of the four Grand Slams, with $2 million in prize money for men's and women's singles titles. won the championship, and the prize money alone was more than 16 million yuan, which is more than a few streets away from the IAAF Golden League.

With the generous prize money and the international status of the Stars and Stripes themselves, as well as the developed sports and entertainment industry of the Stars and Stripes, the influence of the US Open in the world, in addition to being inferior to Wimbledon, which has the longest history, is the most influential among the four Grand Slams!

And in this year's four Grand Slams, Zhang Huasong has already won three, just one short of the US Open!

As long as he wins the US Open, Zhang Huasong will definitely be among the top international superstars!

In the eyes of the outside world, with Zhang Huasong's strength on the hard court, he has a good chance of winning the US Open and completing the first annual Grand Slam in tennis in 21 years.

According to the existing ATP points, if Zhang Huasong can win the US Open, he will not only achieve the first annual Grand Slam in 21 years, but also surpass Nadal and Federer with 11,960 points and become the ATP world No. 1.

It can be said that the 2009 U.S. Open is Zhang Huasong's battle to the top of the tennis world!

Although this achievement is not the first person in the tennis world, among the active players, at least it can compete with Federer and Nadal!

They are all people who have reached the top of the ATP world No. 1 and have won a Grand Slam.

Although Zhang Huasong does not have as many Grand Slam titles as Federer and Nadaldo, one annual Grand Slam is definitely enough to compete with their larger number of Grand Slam titles!

Reaching the top of the US Open will allow Zhang Huasong to achieve the same status as Nadal and Federer in the tennis world.

This prospect, coupled with Zhang's popularity of winning the 10th World Championship at the World Championships in Berlin, made the 2009 US Open a lot of attention.

Whether it is the number of viewers, sponsors, TV broadcasts, reporter registrations, etc., they have created a new history of the four Grand Slams, and the US Open organizing committee is happy!

After attending a celebration banquet in China and accepting an interview with CCTV, on August 29, Zhang Huasong's team left Beiping and flew to New York, the country of stars and stripes.

The reporters of the Stars and Stripes Country welcomed Zhang Huasong's arrival with mixed feelings!

At the past World Championships in Berlin, because of Zhang Huasong's ten gold medals, Xingchaoan lost to Huaguo in the overall gold medal list.

Although the total number of medals is still more than Huaguo, the most important number of gold medals lost to Huaguo has always made the people of the Stars and Stripes not very comfortable.

And now, Zhang Huasong is very likely to win the US Open Grand Slam in the Stars and Stripes Country, which is just after giving the Stars and Stripes team a slap in Berlin, and then coming to the land of the Stars and Stripes to show off his might!

Therefore, some local reporters in the Stars and Stripes country reported on his arrival with the expectation that Zhang Huasong would lose the US Open.

In some television programs or news commentary, these reporters believed that Zhang Huasong had just finished running the marathon at the World Championships in Berlin, flew back to China for a celebration banquet, and then flew to the country of stars and stripes.

Within a few days, it flew nearly tens of thousands of kilometers across three continents and half the world.

No matter how strong Zhang Huasong's body is and how stable his state is, he should be affected a lot.

Therefore, the world is looking forward to the first annual Grand Slam in 21 years, and Zhang Huasong is likely to not be able to complete it!

In fact, Zhang Huasong has indeed been affected a lot!

After all, after flying tens of thousands of kilometers in a few days, the journey is tiring, the jet lag is frequent, etc., Zhang Huasong's state will definitely be affected.

However, Zhang Huasong still showed absolute confidence in winning the championship.

Not only is it because he has been on hard courts since he started tennis, but he can't be the final in the first round of the US Open!

He is the third-seeded player, and he will definitely not meet other seeded players in the first and second rounds. Even in the third round, according to the seeding rules arranged by the event, they will encounter relatively low seeded players.

The huge gap in strength will allow Zhang Huasong to advance without risk in the first few rounds.

Therefore, in the first few rounds, Zhang Huasong will have several days to adjust his state. His own sports doctor and god-level physiotherapy, plus professional physiotherapist Ye Wenfei, are enough to adjust the state to the best before the 1/4 finals.

Even if you encounter a strong opponent in the future, you will not be afraid!

Of course, with Zhang Huasong's achievements today, except for a small number of Stars and Stripes who hope that Zhang Huasong will sink into the sand, most of the other Stars and Stripes people still admire Zhang Huasong very much and hope to see Zhang Huasong win the championship!

As for people from other countries around the world, in addition to the fans and compatriots of the participating athletes, the rest of the audience is almost all watching this US Open Grand Slam tournament with the mentality of witnessing Zhang Huasong's annual Grand Slam feat!

On August 31, the main draw of the 2009 US Open Grand Slam officially opened at the Flushing Park National Tennis Center in Queens, New York.

Zhang Huasong was placed in the bottom half of the bracket and was able to rest for an extra day, starting his first round on the morning of September 1.

This time, because Zhang Huasong's match time with Federer and Nadal was staggered, Zhang Huasong enjoyed the treatment of playing at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Court 1, which can accommodate more than 20,000 spectators, from the first round of the match.

In the first round of the match, even if it was Nadal's match, more than 20,000 seats were not filled! After all, before the finals and semifinals, the opponents were too weak to look at, and Nadal's popularity was far behind that of Zhang Huasong and Federer.

But when it was Zhang Huasong's turn to play this game, the whole game was full. Not only are all the more than 20,000 seats filled, but there are also spectators wandering outside the stadium, waiting for someone to transfer their tickets!

When Zhang Huasong came out, it aroused the applause and cheers of the audience, and many overseas Chinese and Zhang Huasong's foreign fans screamed excitedly in the stands, shouting the slogan of letting Zhang Huasong win the championship.

This time, there are not only overseas Chinese holding the five-star red flag to support Zhang Huasong, but also foreign fans holding the five-star red flag to support Zhang Huasong, in order to express their love for Zhang Huasong and Huaguo!

This kind of foreign fan holding the five-star red flag of China to support Zhang Huasong has appeared at the Berlin Athletics World Championships, but this is the first time in tennis.

It proves Zhang Huasong's popularity and influence today, as well as the worship and love of foreigners for Zhang Huasong!

And Zhang Huasong did not disappoint those who supported him.

In the first round, Zhang Huasong faced a Spanish player ranked outside the 100 ATP ranking, and even if he was not in good shape, he still swept his opponent with an aggregate score of 3-0.

Moreover, the total score of the three sets was 6-0, and Zhang Huasong didn't even let his opponent win a set!

After the game, some of the Stars and Stripes media changed their minds.

"In the first round of the US Open men's singles main draw, Zhang Huasong swept his opponent 3-0, did not lose a game, and was in good shape!"

"The continuous flight across three continents does not seem to have much impact on Zhang Huasong, and Zhang Huasong's state is still very stable!"

As for the media or audience who support Zhang Huasong, they are even more cheered and overjoyed!

Zhang Huasong's performance made them let go of their worries, and their confidence in Zhang Huasong winning the championship was infinitely doubled!

Because the US Open not only has five events in the senior group: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles, but also the youth competition.

So, the first round took 4 days.

On September 4, the second round of the men's singles began. Zhang Huasong met a Cypriot player who was ranked outside the top 50 in the ATP rankings.

This time, although Zhang Huasong still defeated his opponent with a score of 3-0, he did not let the opponent win a game, and his physical condition was still affected a little.

The scores in the three sets were 6-0, 6-1, 6-1, and Zhang Huasong was won by his opponent in two games in the second and third sets.

On September 6, in the third round of men's singles, Zhang Huasong's opponent became the 30th-ranked seeded player. However, Zhang Huasong still won the opponent with an aggregate score of 3-0, but was won by the opponent in the process of winning 4 games.

In two consecutive rounds, Zhang Huasong was won by his opponent for several games. Although Zhang Huasong won by a big score in the end, some reporters from the Stars and Stripes who did not want Zhang Huasong to win the championship suddenly came to their senses, thinking that this was evidence that Zhang Huasong was not in good shape.

As long as he goes further and encounters stronger opponents, Zhang Huasong will become more and more difficult, and finally he will not win the US Open championship.

However, in the fourth round on September 8, Zhang Huasong met the top 10 players in the ATP world rankings, and Zhang Huasong not only did not get struggling, but even performed better than the third round.

Zhang Huasong still won 3-0 on aggregate, but only allowed his opponent to win one game in the process.

Such a contrast with the third round disappointed those who were waiting to see Zhang Huasong's defeat.

And Zhang Huasong's spirit in this game also made everyone understand: Zhang Huasong has completely gotten rid of the impact of continuous cross-continental flights, jet lag, and competitions, and has recovered his best condition!

The 1/4 finals on September 10 confirmed everyone's judgment!

With most of the audience cheering for his opponent, Zhang Huasong faced Roddick, the sixth player in the ATP world and playing at home, and continued to sweep his opponent with a total score of 3-0.

Roddick won a total of 3 games against Zhang Huasong, and the difference in strength is too great!

Even Roddick, who is ranked sixth in the world and plays at home, has lost like this, and everyone knows that Zhang Huasong's victory seems to be unstoppable!

The world's major media have begun to prepare for the big news of Zhang Huasong's US Open victory, the achievement of the annual Grand Slam, and the ATP world No. 1.

Among them, the only obstacle depends on whether Federer, who won the US Open for five consecutive years from 2004 to 2008, can stop Zhang Huasong from reaching the top on this familiar court!

On Saturday, September 12, the 2009 US Open men's singles semifinals saw Federer take on ATP No. 7 Argentina Del Potro in the top half and Andy Murray in the bottom half.

Speaking of which, in the quarterfinals, Del Potro also had a big upset. He defeated Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals to advance to the semi-finals before facing Roger Federer.

However, everyone thought that his road to promotion was over!

On the hard courts of the Australian Open and the US Open, Nadal, the king of clay, has never won the title, so it is understandable that the hard court is a little worse!

But Federer is different, Federer is the fifth consecutive US Open champion before this year! Everyone thinks that only Zhang Huasong can beat Federer in the final.

As for Del Potro, who has never won a Grand Slam title, it is already a miracle to beat Nadal in the quarterfinals and break into the semifinals!

However, the reason why there are upsets in sports competitions is because many of the results are not as expected!

In the semifinals of the second half, Zhang Huasong defeated Andy Murray with an aggregate score of 3-0 without any suspense, which did not surprise everyone.

Although Murray won a few games against Zhang Huasong in the middle, it couldn't change the fact that he was swept by Zhang Huasong.

And the semi-finals in the upper half of the region were a big surprise!

Federer, the king of the US Open who won five consecutive championships, was reversed by Del Potro with an aggregate score of 2-3 and stopped in the semifinals, not even having a chance to meet Zhang Huasong.

In particular, in the final set, Federer completely lost an inch and lost to Del Potro with a huge score of 2-6, which made people stunned.

The 2009 US Open men's singles final will be between Zhang Huasong and Argentine Del Potro, who has beaten Nadal and Federer in succession.

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