Chen Qiang looked at the table, and his opponent in the second round was named Frank Parker.

"I seem to have some impression of this name, and in the historical materials I have read about tennis before, it is on the list of previous US Open champions. He seems to be a legendary tennis player! ”

Wanting to play here, Chen Qiang decided to check the origin of this Frank Parker.

I don't know if I don't check, I was shocked when I checked it, this Frank Parker turned out to be the seventh seed of the American at this US Open!

In the next four Grand Slam tournaments, 32 seeded players will be listed according to the world rankings, and the seeded players will be separated when grouping, and the seeded players will not meet until the round of 32.

For example, the No. 1 seed and the No. 2 seed will be divided into the upper and lower halves, which means that the two will only meet in the final. There was a time when Federer was the number one player in the world for a long time, and Nadal was ranked number two in the world for a long time, so during that period, almost all tennis matches were played to the final between Federer and Nadal.

At the 1938 U.S. Open, there were not even 128 players, so naturally there could not be 32 seeded players. In this era, the US Open is not an open tournament, but a US tennis championship, so the seeded players are divided into American seeds and foreign seeds.

The U.S. seeds are all Americans, and the foreign seeds are people from outside the United States, and there are 8 American seeds and 8 foreign seeds, so there are 16 seeded players in total. However, the American seeds and foreign seeds are ranked separately, which means that there are No. 1 to No. 8 seeds in the American selection, and there are also No. 1 to No. 8 seeds among foreign players.

"Frank Parker turned out to be the seventh seed of the American player, although the seed player in this era is not very golden, but since he can become a seeded player, his strength should not be underestimated." Chen Qiang said secretly in his heart.

Then Chen Qiang wanted to check if the first round of Frank Parker had started, and if not, Chen Qiang planned to watch Frank Parker's game to know himself and his opponent.

However, Chen Qiang looked at the matchup chart again and found that in the first round of the US Open, Frank Parker had a bye.

Since there are less than 128 contestants, there will inevitably be many byes in the first round, and they don't have to play the first round, but directly advance to the top 64 and start playing from the second round.

Of course, seeded players have to enjoy this kind of direct promotion, not to mention that they are still American seeded players, so they will naturally have special preferential treatment.

And from this matchup arrangement, Frank Parker was also treated with extra favor, he had a bye in the first round, and the opponent in the second round was the winner of Chen Qiang and Lanas, which was like escorting him to the third round.

Chen Qiang is participating in a tennis tournament for the first time, and although his strength is unknown, he has never proven himself on the tennis court; And Lanas is a rookie player among American players, and he certainly can't beat Frank Parker. So whether Chen Qiang is promoted or Lanas is promoted, Frank Parker is equivalent to picking up a soft persimmon.

"Frank Parker is kind of a casual worker, but it doesn't matter, anyway, in today's match, I didn't use my energy, I relied on serving and receiving serves, and I won the match." Chen Qiang decided to go back early to rest and recuperate enough to deal with the American No. 7 seed Frank Parker.

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Frank Parker is two years younger than Chen Qiang, he grew up in Milwaukee, at the age of 10 he was tapped by a coach at a tennis club in Milwaukee, began to practice tennis, won the national championship in the junior division of the United States Indoor Championships at the age of 12, won his first men's singles championship at the age of 15, and won the singles championship of the Canadian National Championships at the age of 16.

However, Frank Parker's golden age began in 1944, when the 28-year-old Frank Parker entered his prime, winning the US Open in 1944 and 1945, and the French Open in 1948 and 1949, becoming one of the few American players to win the French Open.

He has also won one US Open doubles title, two US Open doubles runners-up, one French Open doubles title and one Wimbledon doubles title.

Four Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam doubles titles add up to seven Grand Slams, which is an amazing result in professional tennis. It is precisely because of Frank Parker's outstanding results that he can go down in history, and Chen Qiang will see his name in future records.

It is worth mentioning that after tennis entered the Open era in 1968, Frank Parker also participated in one US Open, when he was 52 years old, the oldest player in history to participate in the US Open, and he was also the longest-playing player in Grand Slam singles history, spanning 36 years from Frank Parker's first US Open in 1932 to his last US Open in 1968.

Arguably, Frank Parker is a tennis legend, and he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in the future, and he was also inducted into the American Sports Hall of Fame.

However, in 1938, Frank Parker did not have that dominance, and he was able to qualify as an American seed because he represented Team USA in the 1937 Davis Cup and won the tournament, so he was seeded for the US Open. And from the position of the seventh seed of the United States, it can be seen that among the American players, there are many people who are better than Frank Parker.

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Frank Parker didn't go to the first round, and for the 22-year-old, the attraction of bustling New York City was fatal. His hometown of Milwaukee is an agricultural city, and New York is one of the most prosperous places in the world, with so much entertainment to offer. Frank Parker would rather go and be than waste his time watching the game. As the No. 7 seed in the U.S. Open, going to a bar can indeed attract a lot of young and beautiful girls.

What's more, Frank Parker feels that he, as the seventh seed in the United States, will need at least the fourth round to meet other seeded players. It's only the second round, the opponent is definitely a weak chicken, and winning the game is not a quick catch, so you don't need to pay special attention at all.

In the morning, Frank Parker woke up from a hangover and looked at the wall clock on the wall, it was already past ten o'clock.

Frank Parker washed up, changed his clothes and went to the hotel restaurant, because it was not yet time to eat, so Frank Parker just asked for a cup of coffee, and then picked up a copy of the "US Open Daily" and read it carefully.

In the future, the real-time matches and related news of the four Grand Slams can be found through the homepage of their websites, such as major sports portals will also have relevant reports and professional comments. But in the thirties, there was no internet, and there was no such thing as TV news, so the organizers of the US Open would print a newspaper on which to print the results of the day, tomorrow's matchups, and some other news as a channel for announcing information.

This is also equivalent to a newspaper of the US Open, through which athletes and spectators can learn about the latest situation of the US Open. Of course, since the newspaper was printed after the end of the day's race, many people only saw the newspaper the next day, and the "update" they knew was actually yesterday's information.

"The second round will start today, and my fight should be tomorrow to see who the next opponent is." Frank Parker glanced at the second-round bracket.

"Chen Qiang? Chinese? I remembered that the newspaper said that he was the number one athlete in the world! It is said that he holds several world records in track and field, what is the fastest person in the world, the highest jumper in the world, and the farthest person in the world...... It seems that the organizers of the US Open have also hyped up his participation in the tournament. I really didn't expect a track and field athlete to be able to enter the second round of the US Open, with his excellent physical fitness, it is normal to be proficient in multiple sports, maybe in tennis, he has some strength! ”

Frank Parker was still unhurried, and he looked for Chen Qiang's opponent in the first round.

"Chen Qiang defeated Lanas to advance to the second round, who is Lanas? I'm still an American player, but I've never heard of that name! Is it a newcomer? Frank Parker said to himself.

I have to say that Lanas is really a very good player, also as a professional player in the United States, Frank Parker has never heard of his name, obviously Lanas has never achieved decent results, nor has he participated in high-level competitions.

Then Frank Parker looked at the score again, and he wanted to judge Chen Qiang's strength by the score.

"Before the first set was played, Lanas abstained? What's the situation, even if the skills are not as good as others, you have to finish the first game! Did you retire with an injury halfway through? ”

"It didn't say anything about Lanas's injury, could it be that he abstained? The score of the first set was 4-0, which was four consecutive losses, that is to say, two service games were broken in a row, probably because the mentality was unbalanced, so I took the initiative to abstain! ”

"I can't stand it when I break two service games, this kind of psychological quality is really not suitable for playing in the National Tennis Championships, then again, the game was beaten 4-0 at the beginning, this Lanas is really weak enough!"

Frank Parker thinks the same as everyone else, the reason why Lanas lost to Chen Qiang is not because Chen Qiang is too strong, but because Lanas is too weak!

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The next day, the showdown between Chen Qiang and Frank Parker officially began.

Frank Parker looked very casual, and he obviously didn't take Chen Qiang in his eyes. As the No. 7 seed in the United States, Frank Parker has ego capital. After all, there are only sixteen seeded players in total, and those who can be ranked among the seeded players can be said to be in the top 16 in terms of strength.

In fact, Frank Parker should have been ranked higher, because at the US Open, the American seeds were better than the foreign seeds.

The U.S. Open is far away from Europe, and in that era of underdeveloped transportation, there are many first-class players in Europe who will not come to the United States to participate in the U.S. Open. America's top players don't miss a game on American soil. It is precisely for this reason that at that time, in the US Open, foreign players were generally weak, while American players were strong. In the U.S. Open, U.S. players are even better.

Therefore, Frank Parker's American No. 7 seed should be able to rank in the top 10 among the sixteen racial players, and he can certainly underestimate Chen Qiang.

Unlike Frank Parker, Chen Qiang has a solemn expression.

Although Chen Qiang can't remember which year Frank Parker won the US Open, since the opponent will become a legendary athlete in the future, Chen Qiang does not dare to take it lightly. Who hasn't won a few Grand Slams to become a legendary tennis player!

So at the beginning of the competition, Chen Qiang decided to go all out.

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At the end of the first game, Frank Parker's expression was a little embarrassed, it was his service game, but Chen Qiang managed to break serve.

In Frank Parker's career, it was also a common occurrence to be broken by opponents, but being broken in the first game made Frank Parker feel embarrassed.

More importantly, Frank Parker can feel that he is completely passive in this game.

It is said that this is Frank Parker's serve, and he should have more advantages, but the result is the opposite, Chen Qiang is always able to use the return to turn passive into active, while Frank Parker, the serve, is always in a passive situation.

And Frank Parker can clearly feel that his serve does not pose any threat to Chen Qiang.

"My serve shouldn't be so bad, why is Chen Qiang so easy? And his return is so strange, the impact of the ball is very large, and the height of the bounce is also very low, this kind of ball is so difficult to catch! ”

Frank Parker's strength is indeed much higher than Lanas, in the face of Chen Qiang's topspin, Lanas can't catch it directly, but Frank Parker can catch the topspin ball and hit the ball back to Chen Qiang's half.

But Frank Parker can't control where the ball lands, which means that although he can catch the ball, the ball lands at the mercy of fate, and this kind of return is completely devoid of quality.

In tennis, there is no quality return ball, which is similar to sending points. So every time Frank Parker returns the ball, it is more like giving Chen Qiang a point. In the first game between the two sides, Frank Parker also did not score a point and was shaved bald by Chen Qiang.

……

The second game was Chen Qiang's serve, and he sacrificed that topspin serve.

Although Frank Parker's strength is much higher than Lanas, he can't adapt to this topspin, and after a few rounds, either Frank Parker can't catch Chen Qiang's serve; Either that although he received the serve, the quality of the serve was very bad, and as a result, he scored easily.

In Chen's serve, Frank Parker didn't score a point again.

For Frank Parker, the game seemed to be stuck in an endless loop. On serve, Frank Parker's serve was unthreatening, and when he needed to catch the ball, he couldn't hit a quality return.

……

"30 to 15!" The referee spoke.

Frank Parker let out a long breath and he felt the urge to cry.

In the fourth inning, Frank Parker finally scored for the first time!

However, this time the score was not Frank Parker's own credit, because Chen Qiang wanted to serve the ace ball too much, and the result was a double error!

This time the score was given by Chen Qiangbai, so Frank Parker did not have any joy after the score, instead of smiling on his face, he especially wanted to cry.

The score is all sent by the opponent, how can this ball be played?

At this moment, Frank Parker has an urge to abstain.

Suddenly, Frank Parker thought of the Lanas who had abstained after four games, and this game was now in the fourth game.

Frank Parker finally understood why Lanas voluntarily abstained when he played the fourth game, such a game is really a painful ordeal!

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