The awarders gave Zhang Guan a certificate, which had not been told to Zhang Guan before, which made Zhang Guan a little overwhelmed.

"What kind of certificate is this?" Zhang Guan thought about it as he took it, just glanced at it, and saw that the three letters of ATP were particularly conspicuous.

“ATP？ Professional tennis federations. Zhang Guan thought silently.

At this time, the award-giver said to Zhang Guan: "Zhang Guan, congratulations, from today onwards, you are an ATP registered professional tennis player!" ”

"What? Professional tennis player? Zhang Guan still didn't react.

Fortunately, Sharapova reminded from the side: "This is the registration certificate of the ATP professional player, and it has your name on it, which means that you are now a professional tennis player registered in the ATP." Well, this is a very special souvenir. ”

Zhang Guan immediately understood that this certificate was probably a gift from the organizer for participating in this charity day event.

Under normal circumstances, some celebrities in other fields are invited to this kind of charity activity, although they will not be paid monetary remuneration, but since the celebrities are willing to come, it is impossible for the organizers not to express themselves. Therefore, the organizers often prepare some special or representative souvenirs, such as a certain event in Berlin, and the city of Berlin gave a piece of the Berlin Wall to Bolt as a souvenir.

This commemorative gift is not about how much it is worth, but about the meaning behind the souvenir. If you are an ordinary fan, you may feel very happy to get a tennis ball signed by Federer, but Zhang Guan's fame is three points greater than Federer's, so the organizer naturally needs to come up with a more meaningful and representative gift, so the organizer of the US Open got an ATP professional player qualification certificate, which can be regarded as giving Zhang Guan an honorary professional tennis player. This is the same as those honorary professors of so-and-so universities and honorary citizens of so-and-so cities.

As a track and field athlete, it is useless for Zhang Guan to have the status of a professional tennis player, but if it is used as a souvenir, this ATP professional athlete certificate is indeed very suitable. It's worthless. But it's very symbolic. Of course, Zhang Guan just wants a name, and he doesn't have to fly around the world to play like those professional tennis players.

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Li Na handed the bag to Jiang Shan, and said at the same time: "I really can't imagine that although Zhang Guan is a track and field athlete, he is really good at playing!" At least in terms of technology, it seems to be very clear-eyed, much better than those amateurs, and maybe even reach the quasi-professional level! It's just that I really don't have any experience at all. ”

Jiang Shan nodded in agreement: "Especially in terms of serving, although he uses the simplest flat serve, this ball speed has reached the level of the world's top players!" I have always heard that Zhang Guan is the most physically talented athlete in China. When I looked at it today, it really lived up to its name. I think that if Zhang Guan goes to practice tennis, he will definitely have no problem entering a Grand Slam tournament. ”

"I think Zhang Guan's track and field practice is better, you see he has won many world records in track and field events! Although our country's track and field strength is not strong, it is also a major event that has been developed for decades, and the audience base is there, even if you can't run the world record, you can be popular if you win a world championship. It's like tennis. It has only developed in recent years, and now many people in our country don't even understand the basic rules of tennis. And there are so many restrictions on the network management center......" Li Na complained.

Jiang Shan shook his head helplessly, Li Na was dissatisfied with the "paternalistic management" of the network management center for more than a day or two. If the network management center is willing to approve it, Li Na will definitely become the first athlete to choose to fly solo.

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Just as Zhang Guan and Sharapova were in the sweet two-person world in the United States, Director Luo looked sad in the domestic field management center.

"This Zhang Guan. Sun Wukong reincarnated! Pure find me trouble. Director Luo sighed lightly and picked up the report card in his hand again.

This is the results of the recently concluded National Athletics Championships. This National Athletics Championships is also a selection event for the track and field events of the Doha Asian Games, so it stands to reason that the first place winner in each event will definitely qualify for the Asian Games in Doha.

However, according to the original plan. In some sports, the national team is not prepared to send people to participate in it, and most of them are focused on men's events. For example, men's 10,000 meters, men's hammer throw, men's 800 meters middle distance run and 1500 meters middle distance run. These are the weak items of the national team, even if they are placed in Asian-level competitions, they have no hope of winning medals, and they are in the consideration of streamlining personnel, so they are not ready to send people to play.

The threshold for the Asian Games is still relatively low, but domestic athletes must also want to go. The Chinese team was originally the country with the largest number of participants in the Asian Games, and it was going to West Asia, considering the host company's capacity to receive and some related expenses, it was necessary to reduce the staff. There are restrictions on the number of participants in each major event, so it is normal to give up certain weak events.

However, what Director Luo has to face today is really not the problem of the number of participants.

"100m, 200m, 400m, and long jump! By the way, you have to add a 4 by 100 meters, which are all five events, and Zhang Guan still feels that it is not enough! 800 meters and 1500 meters to run! What is he doing at the Asian Games? Playing house! Director Luo continued with an unhappy face: "Participating in seven competitions at the same time, you have to be tired like a dog!" Old horse, tell me, how can there be track and field athletes in this world who participate in seven events at once! ”

"Hehe, if Zhang Guan can really participate in seven projects at one time, it should make history!" Director Ma answered with a smile on his face.

"Making history? And make history! The mention of these words makes me even more angry. That is the Asian Games, the Asian Games that are only held once every four years, and how many domestic athletes can't go to the Asian Games if they want to, does he regard the Asian Games as something and a place to brush up his reputation? That's right, when people mention the Doha Asian Games in the future, they will say that Zhang Guan participated in seven events at the same time in one Asian Games, and his fame will be there, but what about the results! Seven competitions, how can he have so much physical strength. The more Director Luo spoke, the more angry he became: "Back to the 2008 Olympic Games, does he also have to participate in seven events to make history?" In that case, the Olympics are not comparable! ”

"We've also evaluated the physical strength." Director Ma picked up the small notebook in his hand and continued: "Zhang Guan is far beyond ordinary people in terms of physical reserves and physical recovery, so according to our assessment, even if he participates in multiple events, he can at least guarantee gold medals in the 100m and 200m events." In these two events, Zhang Guan's advantage over other Asian athletes is too great, and from the perspective of other Asian athletes, Zhang Guan only needs to run 100 meters into 10 seconds and 200 meters into 20 seconds to easily win the championship, which is very easy for Zhang Guan. ”

"What about the 400 meters?" Director Luo then asked.

Director Ma immediately replied: "In the 400-meter event, East Asian athletes cannot pose a threat to Zhang Guan, and our main opponents are still from West Asia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, all of which are naturalized legions, and several of them have run into or close to the 45-second mark. Of course, athletes don't play at their best in every game. ”

Director Luo thought for a while and asked, "What is the men's 400-meter record in the Asian Games?" ”

"44.93 seconds, set by Qatari Ismail at the Asian Games in Hiroshima." Director Ma replied.

"According to the world record held by Zhang Guan now, it is more than 1.7 seconds behind this result! That's a big gap in 400 meters. So even if Zhang Guan's physical strength is average, there is a play in the 400-meter event? Director Luo asked.

Director Ma nodded cautiously: "There must be a play." Zhang Guan must have felt that he could win gold medals in these three sprint events, so he had to clamoring to participate in the 800m and 1500m middle distance runs. ”

At this time, Director Luo's anger was mostly gone, he lowered his head and began to think seriously.

A few minutes later, Director Luo raised his head and asked, "What do you think Zhang Guan will achieve if he is really allowed to participate in the 800m and 1500m events of the Asian Games?" Is it possible to win a medal, or even a championship? ”

"It's unlikely." Director Ma shook his head, and continued: "The level of middle-distance running in Central Asian countries is among the best in the world, and it can even be said that they have the ability to win gold in the World Championships or the Olympic Games. Although Zhang Guan's middle-distance running can dominate in China, his results are still far from those athletes in West Asia. ”

Director Luo's eyes rolled, as if he was thinking about it, and he said: "Do you think this will work, we will allow Zhang Guan to participate in the 800-meter and 1500-meter events of the Asian Games this time, but I must win the championship, and I have to win the gold medal in other events!" If you don't win the championship, you should continue to practice sprinting, at least until the 2008 Olympics, and you can't talk about middle-distance running. ”

Director Luo picked up the teacup, took a sip of water, and continued: "In the Asian Games, the athletes' sprinting level is poor, even if Zhang Guan doesn't work hard, he can win the championship, but the Olympics is different, the strong are like clouds, and the gold medal in the sprint event will never be lost." Therefore, at the Asian Games, it is enough to let Zhang Guan mess around once, but the 2008 Olympic Games must not be driven by Zhang Guan's temperament. Let's take advantage of the opportunity of the Asian Games to help him break the idea of running in the middle distance! ”

"That's a good idea! This kid never admits defeat, and with his character, there is a good chance that he will be tricked. Director Ma showed an old fox-like face on his face, and then said, "Leave this matter to me!" This is about to come to the Athletics World Cup, and I will talk to Zhang Guan about it. (To be continued.) )

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