Zhang Guan sat at the computer, watching the media's post-match interview with yesterday's Wimbledon final, and now the video of the interview with Nadal is playing.

"I think I'm honorable to lose, you know, in the pre-tournament survey, almost half of the people thought I wasn't going to make it to the Wimbledon final, so for me, it's good to be in the final." Nadal smiled self-deprecatingly and continued: "I'm a good loser! ”

Zhang Guan in front of the computer smiled, he remembered that he had said to Nadal after the game, "played well", but Nadal said that he was a "good loser".

I saw Nadal on the video then said: "Gap? On the grass court, the gap between me and Zhang Guan is indeed a bit big. But I think there is a big gap between any player and him, unless Sampras is back on the court in his prime, and he can probably compete with Zhang Guan at Wimbledon. ”

Nadal shrugged his shoulders: "I'm going to have a good time on the beach in Mallorca this time tomorrow and I'm honestly happy with my performance at Wimbledon. From the French Open to Wimbledon, the back-to-back matches were really tiring, so I needed to relax and take a break to adjust. It's the rainy season in the UK, and it's so oppressive to wait for it to rain these days. Now I can't wait to enjoy the Iberian Peninsula sunshine! ”

I only heard Zhang Guan say: "Nadal is going on vacation, Mallorca is a 'Mediterranean paradise', it should be very good to go this season, sun, sand, sea breeze ......"

"There are a lot of beautiful women!" Sharapova interjected: "Do you want to go too?" ”

"I wanted to ask you if you have any plans, such as going on vacation," Zhang Guan said.

Sharapova shook her head: "I want to train." ”

"Training?" Zhang Guan was a little puzzled: "You still have injuries ...... you?"

"That's going to have to be trained, too." Sharapova was a little irritated and said, "You've already won three Grand Slams, and I only have two. ”

"Uh......" Zhang Guan felt Sharapova's attitude, and didn't know what to say for a while. He knew that Sharapova was actually very strong, and he didn't expect his three Grand Slams, but instead put pressure on Sharapova, and he wanted to persuade Sharapova. He didn't have to fight like that, but he felt that it might be counterproductive.

"Maybe I shouldn't have come to play tennis." Zhang Guan looked at Sharapova with some concern.

Just at this moment, Zhang Guan's mobile phone rang, diverting his attention.

Zhang Guan picked up his mobile phone and saw a text message from Zhuge Wenbo, which was only seven short words: Congratulations, the world's first!

"No. 1 in the world? By the way, today is Monday, and the ATP Ken has announced a new world ranking, has I risen to No. 1 in the world? Zhang Guan thought of this. Go to the official website of the ATP and check out the new world rankings.

Zhang Guan is already ranked No. 1 in the recently released men's tennis singles world rankings, having won a total of three Grand Slam titles this year, each with 2,000 points, so now he has exactly 6,000 points.

Federer came in second place, the first time in nearly three years that he had dropped below 6,000 points. Federer at his peak had to maintain about 8,000 points all year round, but due to the appearance of Zhang Guan, Federer first lost an Australian Open championship. did not win the runner-up at the French Open, and Wimbledon also stopped at the semifinals, this time missing 1800 points, so the points dropped directly below 6000.

Nadal in third place. The points are still in the 4,000s, and he was the runner-up at Wimbledon last year, so there is no big change in the points after Wimbledon.

Instead, it was Djokovic, who reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon. He moved up one place to become fourth in the world.

"I'm number one in the world!" Zhang Guan said softly.

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For the media, Zhang Guan's ascension to the world number one is clearly more attractive than the Wimbledon title. There are many tennis tournaments every year. There are also many titles, even at the Grand Slam level, Zhang Guan has won two, and now the third Grand Slam title is obviously not as sensational as the previous Australian Open.

But the world No. 1 is different, there is only one world No. 1, and representing the top in the field, Zhang Guan switched from track and field to tennis, and only had seven months to stand at the top of tennis, and more importantly, Zhang Guan squeezed Federer into second place.

Federer has been firmly at the top of the world since 2004. He won three Grand Slams in 2004, two in 2005 and three in 2006, when he was almost 3,000 points away from world No. 2 Nadal, and Federer's advantage looked unassailable, and no one thought Federer would lose the world number one. And this year, Zhang Guan has burst onto the rise, squeezing Federer, who is in good form, into the second place in the world.

The domestic media obviously pay more attention to this, and any "world first" is the most eye-catching thing for readers, so while the domestic media reported that Zhang Guan won the Wimbledon championship, they also focused on promoting Zhang Guan's ranking as the world's No. 1.

At this time, Director Liu of the Tennis Center was also in pain and happy, happy because Zhang Guan won the Wimbledon championship and rose to the first place in the world, and the pain was a headache for the China Open Tennis Championships in September.

This year's China Open will be held from September 10 to September 16, which is similar to previous years, but the time of the US Open, one of the four Grand Slams, is from August 27 to September 9.

The finals of tennis competitions are generally held in the afternoon of local time, and the time difference between China and the United States is 12 hours, so at the beginning of the US Open final on September 9, it has reached the early morning of September 10 in China, and when the US Open final is over, it is almost dawn in China, plus more than ten hours of flying from New York to the capital, so it is impossible for the players who participated in the US Open final to go to China to participate in the China Open competition the next day.

If Zhang Guan participates in the US Open and reaches the final, he will not be able to catch up with the China Open the next day. Between the U.S. Open and the China Open, of course, the U.S. Open, which is one of the Grand Slams, is more important, and now Zhang Guan has one U.S. Open championship left to win the Grand Slam, and the tennis center must also ensure that Zhang Guanshuai participates in the U.S. Open first.

But the China Open is equally important, the China Open needs a local player who can win the championship, the broadcaster needs Zhang Guan to appear on the field, and the sponsors are more blunt to say that as long as Zhang Guan participates in the China Open, the sponsorship fee can be increased.

In order to allow Zhang Guan to participate, the tennis center even applied to the World Tennis Federation to postpone the time of the Chinese Open, but the International Tennis Federation did not agree, on the grounds that the event plan had been determined as early as the end of last year, so it could not be changed.

"These foreigners are really rigid enough! It's just a matter of postponing the game for a day or two. Director Liu looked anxious: "If Zhang Guan enters the US Open final, does he really want to give up the China Open?" No, Zhang Guan must be allowed to participate in the China Open. Looks like we'll have to think of something else. ”

Director Liu closed his eyes, and after a while, he suddenly thought of an idea, he took the file box about the China Net, and carefully looked at the relevant information.

"There's a way! As long as Zhang Guan participates, he will definitely be the No. 1 seed, and a wild card player will be arranged for Zhang Guan in the first round to ensure that Zhang Guan will successfully advance to the second round. If Zhang Guan can come back in time, let him play, and if he can't make it, let that wild card player abstain! Director Liu nodded with satisfaction, obviously satisfied with his arrangement.

Wild card places are basically reserved for local players, this year's China Open, the national tennis team has two wild cards in the men's singles event, if Zhang Guan plays against a wild card player in the first round, it is actually against a player of the national tennis team, which is equivalent to an internal Zhang Guan to advance to the second round. Even if Zhang Guan can't return from the United States in time, this wild card player can still directly abstain, and Zhang Guan can still enter the second round. It's just that this wild card player is definitely going to be sacrificed.

For domestic men's tennis players, it is not easy to be able to participate in the China Open, especially for wild card players, who may only have such a chance once in a lifetime. But in order to protect Zhang Guan, he can only make sacrifices!

Thinking of this, Director Liu sighed a little disappointed.

"For the sake of Zhang Guan, I can only sacrifice a wild card. However, this kind of sacrifice will never be wasted, this sacrifice can be exchanged for the public's attention to tennis, can be exchanged for the development of our tennis, it is worth it, I believe that one day, we will have more and more tennis players standing on the world stage! (To be continued.) )

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