All-round Athlete

Chapter 316 Zhang Guan's Gift

Sharapova has just finished participating in the Pan Pacific Tennis Open, which is a first-level event of the WTA and is held in Tokyo, Japan. Sharapova played as the No. 1 seed, but it was a pity that she withdrew due to injury in the semi-final against Ivanovic.

It is not the first time for Zhang Guan's parents to meet Sharapova. For this "foreign daughter-in-law", Zhang Guan's parents don't have any opinion. They don't care much about nationality. It is good for people to live happily.

After the Spring Festival, Zhang Guan and Sharapova flew to Hong Kong together again, and they were going to attend a sponsor's new product conference together.

Due to the different lengths of the Spring Festival holidays in the two places, the Spring Festival holiday in Hong Kong is from the first day of the first lunar month to the third day of the first lunar month, so on the fourth day of the first lunar month, it is already normal to go to work, and all business activities will also be carried out normally. However, the three-day holiday in Hong Kong is a serious holiday, and there is no need to take a rest.

The commercial vehicle was driving on the streets of Hong Kong, and there was some traffic jam at this time, and Zhang Guan couldn't help holding Sharapova's hand.

"Martha, I can't celebrate your birthday with you again this year." Zhang Guan continued: "I have already promised our tennis center to participate in a tennis campus promotion activity, and I will travel almost half of China. It will take as long as a month."

"What time is it?" Sharapova asked.

"From mid-March to mid-April." Zhang Guan replied.

"Then you are not going to participate in the Masters?" Sharapova then added: "In the middle of March there will be the Indian Wells station of the Masters Series, and in late March there will be the Myermi Battle of the Masters Series. The competitions in this station are all ATP1000 level events, and the prize money is also very high, the total prize money of the men's competition should exceed 3 million US dollars!"

The annual Tennis Masters series is a very important event for professional players. First of all, in these ATP1000 level tour masters, players get half of the points of the Grand Slam events, that is, 1000 points for the champion, 600 points for the runner-up, and 600 points for the final four. 360 points, 180 points for the top eight and so on.

Secondly, the ATP1000 level event prize money is also very impressive. Generally, the total bonus of the Masters Series held in Europe is 2.45 million US dollars, while the two races in the United States, due to the strong sponsors, have a total bonus of more than 3 million US dollars. Of course, the highest bonus is the Masters Cup held in China every November. , the total prize money in 2007 reached 3.7 million US dollars.

In terms of the number of participants, there are generally 64 players participating in the Masters held in Europe, which is only half of the Grand Slam; while the two Masters held in the United States have 128 entries, which is the same as the Grand Slam, so The competition is as fierce as a Grand Slam.

High points, high bonuses, a large number of participants, and fierce competition make the two American Masters the most important events after the Australian Open and before the French Open. The level of players is also the same as the Grand Slam.

I only heard Sharapova continue to introduce: "In the Masters Indian Wells competition, the men's total prize money seems to be 3.17 million US dollars. The title sponsor of this competition is Pacific Life Insurance, so the women's competition is also called the Pacific Life Insurance Cup. .The women's competition is a 96-signature first-level tour, and the prize money is also 2.1 million U.S. dollars."

"The difference in prize money between men and women is more than 1 million dollars!" Zhang Guan said with a smile.

"What's so strange about it? In tennis, the prize money for men's events is much higher than that for women. It was the same in the Grand Slam before. Now, in the four Grand Slams, except for the French Open, the other three men's and women's singles The prize money is already the same. But in the tournament, the prize money for women’s singles is still much better than that for men’s singles.” Sharapova paused, then continued: “However, in Miami, the prize money for men and women is the same. "

"The Miami station of the Masters? The one behind Indian Wells?" Zhang Guan asked.

"Yes, that's the one. The total prize money of men's singles is 3.45 million US dollars, which is the highest among all Masters series. The sponsor of this competition is Sony Ericsson." Sharapova said with a smile: "The women's competition is called Sony Ericsson Cup, the total prize money is also 3.45 million US dollars!"

"How much prize money is there in the general women's singles level one event?" Zhang Guan asked.

"1.34 million U.S. dollars. And there is a difference between 64 and 32." Sharapova went on to say: "Now you know, the difference in prize money between men and women in tennis is very large, and in the Men's Masters Series, the prize money exceeds 300. There are only two races in the U.S. for $10,000, are you sure you don’t want to participate?”

Zhang Guan still shook his head: "3 million is just the total bonus, and it has to be divided into layers. Even if you win the championship, the bonus is probably less than 1 million! It's too little, don't go!"

"A million dollars is too little for you?" Sharapova glared at Zhang Guan.

At this moment, Zhang Guan said to the driver: "Master driver, pull over and stop, that's where the decoration fence is."

The driver stopped the car slowly. He looked at the shop that was being renovated, and said in his heart that since the end of last year, this shop has been renovated for several months. The location has such a good flow of people that it has been closed for several times. In the next month, the owner may suffer a lot of losses.

Zhang Guan got out of the car first, and then made a "please" gesture.

"What are you doing here?" Sharapova asked.

"Are you familiar?" Zhang Guan smiled: "We have been here before!"

Sharapova looked around, as if thinking of something, and then she said: "I remember, we were still shopping here at the time! I remember that there was a shop that was decorated very delicately, and I still have the impression, it seems like over there?"

Sharapova raised her finger, and it was the shop that was blocked by the decoration fence. On the fence are written in Chinese and because of "renovation, closed business" and "for safety, please do not approach".

"How is it renovated? Could it be that the business is not good, and the owner of the store has changed careers?" Sharapova looked around, and then said: "There is still a lot of people here, so there shouldn't be no customers. That means poor management! "

"Not necessarily, maybe the landlord doesn't want to continue renting out." Zhang Guan smiled and pulled Sharapova over.

"Hey, the English above says 'For safety, please do not approach', isn't that how it is written in Chinese?" Sharapova asked.

"That's what it means in Chinese. But I think this store should have been renovated!" Zhang Guan pulled Sharapova forward and stopped not far from the fence.

The next moment, the entire enclosure came down, and a renovated shop appeared in front of the two of them.

A signboard with a candy pattern on the city, the letters on the door are Sharapova's English name: Maria-Sharapova!

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