Chapter 123: French Open Champion (Supplement to Yesterday's Arrears)

In the stands, many Nadal supporters closed their eyes in pain, knowing that Nadal was about to lose the whole match and that his journey to a third consecutive French Open title was coming to an end.

Nadal is still trying to persevere, he doesn't want to give up, even though he knows that his current insistence is in vain, but he is still running on the court.

In a wide range of moves, Nadal ran from the left side of the court to the right and then from the right to the left, but this time, he watched the ball get farther and farther away from him, and he stretched out his racket, but still did not touch the tennis ball.

The tennis ball bounced near the sideline and flew out of bounds, and Nadal lay on the ground, clutching his head with his hands in pain, and the moment he didn't catch the ball, he had already lost.

After a second of applause, the audience burst into applause, which included congratulations to Zhang Guan, comfort to Nadal, and thanks to the two. They congratulated Zhang Guan on winning the French Open, comforted Nadal not to be discouraged by the loss, and thanked the two players for bringing a great match to the crowd.

"Zhang Guan won! Unbelievably, the winner of this match turned out to be Zhang Guan, who ended Nadal's 20-game winning streak at the French Open, and even prevented Nadal from achieving a third consecutive French Open title! The score was 3-0, but it was definitely not a one-sided crushing match, athletes on both sides played hard, and Nadal fought until the last minute! I'm sorry for Nadal, but the result is already sealed, so let's congratulate Zhang Guan on winning the 2007 French Open! The narrator shouted.

To the applause, Nadal got up from the ground and looked at the final score again to make sure he had lost, feeling as if he was sleepwalking. Still hard to believe he had lost, he walked up to Zhang Guan and shook hands to congratulate him.

"Zhang, congratulations!" Nadal held Zhang Guan's hand across the net.

"Thank you. Rafael, you're great too, and today's match was the toughest tennis match I've ever had. Zhang Guan paused and said very sincerely: "I'm very sorry that I didn't let you complete a hat trick at the French Open!" ”

"There will always be some regrets in life, just come back next year." Nadal showed an open-mindedness that didn't match his age, and then asked: "I have a question that I can't help but want to ask you, you've been running away for so long." Isn't it tiring? ”

"Don't forget I'm a track and field athlete. And I won the middle distance running championship in the Asian Games. Zhang Guan said with a smile.

"I see!" Nadal felt that this was a reasonable explanation and accepted the answer for the time being.

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"Congratulations to Zhang Guan for winning the French Open, he is once again on the podium of a Grand Slam champion!" The commentator of Central Electric has calmed down a lot at this time.

At this time, the director's voice sounded from the commentator's headphones: "Tell me about the award ceremony, don't forget to raise the national flag, let the audience not go away first!" ”

The narrator realized that it was early in the morning, and tomorrow was Monday. I'm afraid that a lot of the audience is ready to rest. So he said, "Next up is the award ceremony." Unlike other Grand Slam tournaments, the French Open awards ceremony includes the raising of the national flag and the playing of the national anthem. This is unique to the French Open. Therefore, the upcoming award ceremony will be the first time that our national flag will fly in Roland Garros, the venue of the French Open, and our national anthem will also be played in Roland Garros for the first time! ”

"Tennis also has the national flag and the national anthem!" At this moment, many domestic viewers who were originally going to turn off the TV to rest put down the remote control and sat back on the sofa again.

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Zhang Guan held the Musketeer's Cup, the highest honour in the French Open men's singles, high above his head, and countless cameras were aimed at him. Record this moment in history.

After that, Zhang Guan's most anticipated part of raising the national flag and playing the national anthem. This link often appears in the track and field arena, but Zhang Guan, who has not participated in track and field competitions for more than half a year, feels a long-lost pleasure and excitement.

This was followed by a speech by the contestants, and the microphone was handed to the runner-up Nadal.

"It's a bit sad not to win, but I did my best. Zhang Guan is an excellent player. He did play really well today. I'm proud to have such an opponent. I'll be back next year and I'll do my best to win this race that I love so much. Nadal's speech seemed formulaic, but it was still difficult to hide his disappointment.

The microphone was handed to Zhang Guan, and before Zhang Guan could speak, it attracted cheers and applause from the audience.

"Thank you. Thank you Rafael [Nadal], you are a great player and it is an honour to play against you. I'm very happy to win the championship and thank you to the fans for their encouragement and to my supporters. These comments from Zhang Guan seem more formulaic than Nadal's.

I only heard Zhang Guan continue: "I won the French Open, I have won two Grand Slam titles, and I am only two titles away from the Grand Slam!" Wimbledon at the end of this month, and the US Open at the end of August, I think I have a chance to win a Grand Slam this year! ”

"Wow, wow, wow, wow......" The audience immediately exclaimed.

"What did Zhang Guan say? He's going to get a Grand Slam? ”

"Oh my God, did I hear me wrong? Is this Zhang Guan's declaration of victory? Slam? This is crazy! ”

"Zhang Guan wants to win a Grand Slam this year? How is this possible! Federer hasn't even won a Grand Slam yet! Is he going to get a Grand Slam before Federer? ”

"Hey, this joke is too cold to be funny!"

The surrounding audience seemed to be deliberately heckling, and the chaotic sound was all over the audience, and some people even took this as a joke and let out bursts of laughter.

Nadal was a little surprised, he also saw someone claim to win a grand slam at the award ceremony for the first time, and the reaction was not so positive, he secretly looked at Zhang Guan, only to find that Zhang Guan was not embarrassed at all, and his face was still like a gentleman's smile.

Nadal could feel the confidence that emanated from Zhang Guan.

"Zhang Guan has won Roger [Federer] twice this year and me once, and if we can't stop him, maybe he really could win a Grand Slam this year." (To be continued.) )

PS: Let me report to you, there is a sports competition power list in the fan festival at the beginning of this month, and the time is in the second half of this month. These days, the update plan has been adjusted, with two chapters per day on weekdays and three chapters on weekends. Don't be too little, everyone, the manuscript saved will be sent out together on the day of the competitive power list, and there should be more than a dozen chapters, and the total number of updates this month is quite a lot. We look forward to your support on that day. Thank you.