All-round Athlete

Chapter 354 The Temptation of Grand Slam

Regarding Zhang Guan winning the French Open championship, a certain media reported this way:

The French Open, one of the four Grand Slams, has entered its most exciting finale in Paris. The world's second-ranked Nadal and the world's 15th-ranked Zhang Guan met at the Philippe Chatier Stadium. After more than three hours of fierce fighting, Zhang Guan scored 7-5/6-4/6-4 Defeated Nadal and broke Nadal's monopoly in the French Open. Nadal also regrettably lost his chance to win the French Open three consecutive times.

The fifteenth player in the world who won the Grand Slam may be considered a dark horse, but after watching yesterday's game, I believe no one would think that Zhang Guan would be a dark horse. In the Australian Open final at the beginning of this year, Zhang Guan defeated Federer and won the Australian Open championship. In the semi-finals of the French Open, Zhang Guan defeated Federer again. Having defeated Federer twice and Nadal in the final, Zhang Guan used his strength to tell the world that he is not a dark horse.

In fact, Zhang Guan's world ranking is not because of his poor strength, but because he has participated in too few games. So far he has only participated in two ATP events, that is, the Australian Open and the French Open. The championship of these two events also brought Zhang Guan 4000 points, which is enough to make Zhang Guan ranked third in the world.

However, after the game, Zhang Guan made another amazing move. He claimed that he would win the Grand Slam of tennis this year!

Seeing this news, the author was instantly relieved. I have to say that the familiar Zhang Guan is back. Always set an impossible goal for yourself, and then step by step towards success, Zhang Guan has always been like this. The 100-meter champion in the Athens Olympics, the six-game winning streak in the two Golden League events, and the seven gold medals in the Asian Games... Perhaps we can really expect that Zhang Guan can win the tennis ball on the final day of the US Open on September 9. Grand Slam!

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The next day's news media was full of news about the French Open final. The foreign media was just a sports headline, but the domestic media was full of front-page headlines.

On Monday morning, as soon as he got to work, Director Liu hurried to the General Administration of Sports, holding a thick stack of A4 paper in his hand, which was the written report of the French Open.

"Director Liu, are you here early in the morning?"

"Director Liu came so early today!"

"Director Liu, have you had breakfast?"

Along the way, Director Liu would always meet some acquaintances to say hello to him, and Director Liu, who was in a good mood, also looked very happy, and he wanted to chat with everyone when he saw everyone. Things tell everyone.

"Isn't this here to report to the director? Zhang Guan won the French Open last night!"

"Zhang Guan won the Grand Slam championship? No, no, it's not the last one. The last one was the Australian Open. This time it's the French Open."

"That's right, that's the live broadcast on the sports channel. What? Did you watch the game last night?"

"That's right, the national flag was raised last night. Let me tell you, once the national flag is raised, it will stay there forever!"

Director Liu told everyone he knew the good news.

There were also new young people who didn't know Director Liu, so they couldn't help but start chatting.

"Who is this guy? Is it from our bureau? Why haven't I seen him before." A young man asked.

"He is not from our bureau, he is Director Liu of the Tennis Center. Zhang Guan seemed to have won the French Open last night, so he came to report early in the morning. In name, it is to report work, but you know I’m here to show my merits.” The man continued: “Speaking of which, Director Liu is very lucky this year. He picked up a crown for nothing and has already won two Grand Slam championships. After next year’s Olympic Games, he will definitely Those who can be promoted, it is not impossible to be transferred to our headquarters at that time."

The young man nodded, and continued, "I heard that the field management center asked Zhang Guan to participate in the track and field competition..."

"Participating in the track and field competition? Hanging! Look at Director Liu's posture, how can he be willing to let Zhang Guan participate in the track and field competition! I guess he is following the French Open champion's momentum and coming to work for the director." The man's voice paused. , Then said: "But having said that, Zhang Guan changed to tennis, which is a big loss to the Athletic Management Center. Maybe Zhang Guan will not participate in this year's Athletics Golden League, and this year there will be the Athletics World Championships and the end of September. If Zhang Guan doesn't participate in the Golden Grand Prix of Athletics held in our country, it will be a bit embarrassing for the Athletic Association to rely on Liu Fei to support the scene!"

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Not long after, Director Liu met the deputy director again.

The director looked through the report materials of this year's French Open, and nodded from time to time, obviously very satisfied.

After a long time, the director looked up the material, raised his head and asked, "Director Liu, is Zhang Guan the second grand slam, right? It's two short of the grand slam you mentioned last time?"

"Yes, there is still one Wimbledon champion and one US Open champion short." Director Liu replied immediately.

"When will Wimbledon and the US Open start?" the director continued to ask.

"Wimbledon starts at the end of this month and ends in early July; the US Open starts at the end of August and ends in early September." Director Liu replied.

"That said, it's only three months, so it's very fast..." the director weighed the pros and cons in his mind as he spoke.

Both Wimbledon and the U.S. Open have conflicts with the Athletics Golden League in terms of game time. If you want to win the Grand Slam, you must give up the final millionaire in the Athletics Golden League; It is necessary to give up the subsequent Wimbledon and US Open games.

"You can't have both the fish and the bear's paw! We can only give up the fish and take the bear's paw." The director sighed in his heart.

The grand slam and the million-dollar prize of the Track and Field Golden League, which one is the fish and which one is the bear's paw? The answer is obvious.

What's more, Zhang Guan has won the million-dollar prize in the Athletics Golden League twice, but Zhang Guan has never won the tennis grand slam, so the million-dollar prize in the Athletics Golden League can only be regarded as the same as before. The result, and the tennis grand slam, can be regarded as making history for the country's sports career. Given the choice between "staying ahead" and "filling in the gaps," the latter is unquestionably the choice.

If there is no French Open champion, the deputy director may have some hesitation when choosing. After all, winning only one Australian Open champion is still a bit far away from the Grand Slam, but now that Zhang Guan has won two Grand Slam champions, In fact, half of the Grand Slam has been achieved, coupled with the domestic media's flattery, so even the deputy director thinks that Zhang Guan is very hopeful to win the tennis Grand Slam.

Only the deputy director said: "I will ask the secretary office to draft a notice in a while, you take it back and tell Zhang Guan to participate in the next tennis match with peace of mind, strive to win the grand slam, and win glory for the country! As for the track and field golden face If you don’t, you may not participate.”

Director Liu nodded and said: "Okay, it's just the field management center..."

"I'll ask the office to send the notice to the field management center in a while," the deputy director said.