Chapter 219: Please take a detour during the rampage
For ordinary players, or this is just one more game on the way, but for Fan Ju, this is a rare opportunity to go home, there are not many Chinese competitions, Fan Ju currently wants to enter the Masters Cup final has no chance, can only take advantage of the Shanghai Heineken Open to go home to see.
Compared to some players who can stay at home in the offseason, Fan Ju has fewer options, and although there is a coaching team, there is no comprehensive high-end training venue in China.
If you want to get the right training and don't go to Nickelodeon, Fan Ju really doesn't have much choice.
"Find an opportunity to invest in the Shanghai Investor Tennis Club, anyway, you won't lose money investing in land now." Fan Ju thinks so, but at present, he doesn't have the time or the funds to plan.
Going to Japan was a good deal for him, not only because he had one more game to earn points or to play with Sharapova.
But the organizers of the Tokyo Open did bring "sincerity", otherwise if it was just a tournament, there were so many US Opens, and Rembrandt would not have chosen Tokyo.
"$50,000 for the appearance fee, this is the first time you have been invited to the appearance fee, the other organizing committee has talked to a lot of players, but there are not many high rankings who choose to participate in the competition, this is a good opportunity for you." Rembrandt tried his best to impress Fan Ju with sincerity, but of course the commercial implications were obvious.
The promotion of tennis in Japan is far more extensive than that of Asian countries such as China and India, but there is one problem that has always plagued local organizers, and that is that the scale of investment is not small, but there are still not too many high-ranked players willing to compete for it. Adjust to jet lag from afar.
After all, the mecca of tennis is still Europe and the Americas, and more players are willing to choose these two regions, even if the competition is fierce. However, it is clear that the European and American races are more cost-effective than the adjustment time before and after.
Even with the Shanghai Heineken Open and the Tokyo Open, the attraction is still lacking, but this time the Tokyo organizers have taken a fancy to Fanju, not only because they are Asian, but more importantly, they have already confirmed their participation in the Shanghai competition. Surely there will be no trouble with jet lag.
Fan Ju finally agreed to participate in the competition under the double attack of Rembrandt and Sharapova, and Kei Nishikori has been pestering him many times, hoping that he will be able to visit his home. This time, it happened to follow the wish of the little one.
The No. 4 seed is again in the round of 16, and Fan Ju has the first chance to walk into the center of Wimbledon's main court, the same court. But compared to the main arena, which has given birth to many classic matches. It's not just the spectators who are less than the audience, but also the atmosphere that comes to the top.
With 13,812 people, accurate to single-digit seats, Fan Ju has participated in many competitions, but this is the first time he has competed in front of tens of thousands of people.
"Don't be nervous, relax, give your all, we're going to have a good game." A rich accent. It's not heavy, and there aren't many expressions on the face. But the eyebrows are always jumping up and down.
Fan Ju and Federer are about the same height when they stand together, and there is basically no difference in height, even if they are not as thin as Nadal when they stand together.
Looked at the opponent next to him amicably, Fan Ju came to the game today with the mentality of a challenger, the outcome was not much suspense for him, he wanted to experience the gap with the opponent for himself, whether it was double speed or non-double speed, or even the strongest state.
"I'm glad to have met you, you may feel arrogant, but I believe that in the next few years, tennis will be a stage for the three of us, and today let me show you the strongest me." Fan Ju looked at his opponent, the smile on his face was confident, but what he said made Federer stunned.
"Three? Who else is there? Hewitt? Ferrero or Roddick? Federer was stunned by Fan Ju's words, he wanted to know who he was in Fan Ju's mouth, although Fan Ju's words now sound a little unreliable, but thinking of the strength in Fan Ju's video, Federer couldn't help but believe it.
Fan Ju shook his head, "You may not know him now, but listen to my advice and win the French Open in these two years, otherwise I am afraid it will be difficult for you to have this opportunity in the future." ”
It's not that Nadal is playing mystery, but although Nadal is young and energetic, he is just a rookie who has not won a tour championship yet, and it is too early to "introduce" him to Federer, and Nadal and himself still need to hone their skills.
However, the difference is that Fan Ju has his own tricks, no matter how strong the opponent is, in the case of Fan Ju not hesitating to consume the speed ability, he will be scared into a cold sweat!
With more than 80% occupancy and the audience having basically taken their seats, this is not the final, and the two players are not the top showdown in the topic.
But Wimbledon has its charm, and when it comes to a fixture, no matter which one it is, it won't disappoint the crowd.
The crowd in the audience didn't know what kind of game they were going to watch, and maybe many years later they would be talking about the first scene of the king-to-king collision.
"It was such a wonderful match, the young Fan Ju opened the game and almost scared Roger, although Fan Ju was not at his strongest at the time, but I dare say it was definitely the best first set of their career matchup!"
From the beginning of the warm-up, Fan Ju is like observing the opponent, Federer's swing, Federer's footsteps, compared to on the video, this is a different feeling, warm-up, the opponent is like shaking hands with a racket and saying hello, but no matter how gentle the handshake is, you can always find some opponent's habits and movements.
"It's so light and agile, it's like dancing, not to mention the accurate beat, but also implies explosive power." Fan Ju's eyes were all about the opponent's movements, and just the movement of a backcourt to the front court made Fan Ju couldn't help but admire.
There is no envy, Fan Ju's movement is not dancing, he is more like a rabbit, motionless when quiet, but fierce as a tiger when moving.
Different from the agility of Hewitt, the Australian hare, Fan Ju is more like a seemingly quiet rabbit, but in his bones he is a beast that craves speed and explosion.
Federer didn't just care about warming up himself, Fan Ju looked at him, he also observed Fan Ju, those conversations just now didn't look like the opponent's psychological tactics, he could feel that Fan Ju was sincere.
A challenger younger than himself, of course, even now he hasn't climbed to the top, and Hewitt's dip in form has given him a chance.
There is no absolute king in the current tennis world, and any change in venue, technique, and state may become the key factor in determining victory or defeat, but Federer is still getting stronger and continues to get stronger.
He is younger than Agassi and Carlos Moya, more versatile than Ferrero, Hewitt and Roddick, he pursues all-round improvement in tennis, it seems that every bit of improvement is not obvious, but once the last piece of the puzzle is combined, he will become stronger and more suppressive, which will allow him to win more!
"Maybe he'll surprise me?" Federer is also exploring his own tennis path, but his current opponents don't have much to offer him.
It's not that he's completely surpassed those opponents, it's that the strong points he sees don't suit him, maybe in the early days of entering the tennis world, this will make him rise in the rankings quickly, but at a certain stage, you have to stop and sort out your skills, choose what really suits you, in order to play your own tennis, your own skills.
"It's game on! Fan Ju serves"
Fan Ju held the ball, for some reason he didn't rush to serve, raised his head and looked at the opponent and suddenly smiled, such a scene is very strange, usually in the game players are in a serious state without expression, maybe when they hit a good ball, they will inadvertently show a smile, but now they have not started to serve, such a smile reveals inexplicably weird.
However, after the smile, Fan Ju's expression changed completely, and he just wanted to capture the moment when Fan Ju's smile camera zoomed in.
"The devil is coming!"
Everyone watching the game in front of the TV couldn't help but hear the TV commentators say the word in unison, accompanied by the haunting grimace of the screen that filled a third of the screen.
"I'm here, are you ready?"
As if fortunately, Federer saw Fan Ju instantly jump on the spot and serve to the end, faster than any opponent he had ever seen, as if aiming and mana were completely combined.
At first, it felt like a hallucination, but when Federer came back to his senses, he clearly remembered the moment the racket touched the ball, the face that stared at him with a sinister smile.
For a moment, he forgot to swing and move, only to feel something being grazed on the left side, and then wanted to look back to confirm, but he already heard the sound of a thump hitting the baffle behind him.
"What happened?" Federer didn't realize for a moment that Fan Ju had finished serving, he was sure that he was not distracted, and even saw his opponent's every move, but he seemed to be sucked by his opponent, as if he was holding the ball in the palm of his hand by something he had been craving.
Ace ball, Fan Ju did not have any excitement, and it was the kind of action that seemed to be slow but was actually fast, and he didn't even ask for the second ball from the caddy, and directly used the rest of his first serve to prepare to continue the game.
"Not a single second can be wasted." Fan Ju's heart was very calm, and all his spirit was on tennis, just like the applause and cheers of the thousands of spectators on the sidelines.
Federer didn't waste time, he saw what he wanted, and he wanted to see more, and that feeling fascinated him, and now it's just a serve, he wants to see more, more...... (To be continued......)
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