Regarding Zhang Guan’s French Open championship, a certain media reported this:
The French Open, one of the four Grand Slams, entered the most exciting final stage in Paris. Nadal, ranked second in the world, and Zhang Guan, ranked 15th in the world, met at the Philippe Chartier Stadium. In the end, after more than three hours of fierce battle, Zhang Guan won with a score of 7-5/6-4/6-4. Defeated Nadal and broke Nadal's monopoly on the French Open. Nadal also regretfully lost the opportunity to win three consecutive French Open titles.
A player ranked fifteenth in the world may be considered a dark horse when he wins a Grand Slam championship, but after watching yesterday's game, I believe no one would think that Zhang Guan would be a dark horse player. In the Australian Open final at the beginning of this year, Zhang Guan defeated Federer and won the Australian Open championship. In the French Open semi-finals, Zhang Guan defeated Federer again. Defeating 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 ranking at the bottom of the world is not because of his lack of strength, but because he has participated in too few matches. So far, he has only participated in two ATP events, namely the Australian Open and the French Open. The championship of these two events also brought Zhang Guan 4,000 points, which was enough to rank Zhang Guan third in the world.
However, after the game, Zhang Guan made another amazing move. He claimed that he would win the tennis Grand Slam this year!
After seeing this news, the author felt relieved instantly. I have to say that the Zhang Guan we are familiar with is back again. Zhang Guan always sets an impossible goal for himself and then moves towards success step by step. This has always been the case for Zhang Guan. The 100-meter champion at the Athens Olympics, six consecutive victories in two events in the Golden League, seven gold medals at the Asian Games... Perhaps we can really expect that on the final day of the US Open on September 9, Zhang Guan can win the tennis title. Grand Slam!
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The news media the next day were full of news about the French Open final. In foreign media, it was just a sports headline, but in domestic media, it was all front-page headlines.
On Monday morning, as soon as he went to work, Director Liu hurried to the General Administration of Sports. He held a thick stack of A4 paper in his hand, which was the written report material of the French Open competition.
"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 familiar people to say hello to him. Director Liu, who was in a very good mood, also looked very happy. He wanted to chat with everyone he saw, and then won Zhang Guan's French Open title. Tell everyone something.
"Aren't you here to report to the director? Zhang Guan won the French Open last night!"
"Zhang Guan won a Grand Slam championship? No, no, no, it's not the last time. The last time was the Australian Open, and this time it's the French Open."
"Yes, yes, that's the one broadcast live on the sports channel. What? Did you watch the game last night?"
"Yes, the national flag was raised last night. Let me tell you, once this flag is raised, it will always hang there!"
Director Liu told everyone he knew the good news.
There were also new young people who didn't know Director Liu, and they couldn't help but start asking around.
"Who is this person? Is he from our bureau? Why haven't you 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 on the work early in the morning. In name, he was reporting on the work, but actually you know , I'm here to show my merit." The man continued: "Speaking of which, Director Liu is very lucky this year. He has won two Grand Slam championships for nothing. It is estimated that after the Olympics next year, he will definitely win. Those who can be promoted will not be impossible to be transferred to our General Administration when the time comes."
The young man nodded and continued: "I heard that the Field Management Center asked Zhang Guan to participate in track and field competitions..."
"Participate in the track and field competition? It's hanging! Look at Director Liu's attitude, how can he be willing to let Zhang Guan participate in the track and field competition! I guess he is just following up on the French Open champion to do work for the director." The man paused for a moment. , and then said: "But having said that, Zhang Guan's switch to tennis will be a big loss to the Athletics Management Center. Maybe Zhang Guan will not participate in this year's Track and Field Golden League, and this year there will be the World Track and Field Championships and the Athletics Championships at the end of September. If Zhang Guan does not participate in the Golden Grand Prix of Track and Field held in our country, then Liu Fei will be the one to support the event, and the Athletics Association will be a little embarrassed!"
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Not long after, Director Liu met the deputy director again.
The director looked through the report materials for this year's French Open and nodded from time to time, obviously feeling very satisfied.
After a long time, the director read the materials, raised his head and asked: "Director Liu, is this the second Grand Slam that Zhang Guan has won? He is still two short of the Grand Slam you mentioned last time?"
"Yes, there is still one Wimbledon champion and one US Open champion left." Director Liu replied immediately.
"When will Wimbledon and the US Open start?" the director then asked.
"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.
"Then, it's only three months. It's very fast..." The director said, weighing the pros and cons in his mind.
Both Wimbledon and the US Open conflict with the Athletics Golden League in terms of competition time. If you want to win the Grand Slam, you must give up the final millionaire of the Athletics Golden League; and if you want the millionaire grand prize of the Golden League, the same I have to give up the subsequent Wimbledon and US Open matches.
"You can't have your cake and eat it too! You have to give up the fish and get the bear's paw." The director sighed in his heart.
Between the Grand Slam and the Golden League of Track and Field's million-dollar grand prize, 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 grand prize of the Athletics Golden League twice, but Zhang Guan has never won the tennis Grand Slam, so the million-dollar grand prize of the Athletics Golden League can only be regarded as the same as before. The results, and the tennis Grand Slam, can be regarded as creating history for the country's sports industry. Given the choice between "staying ahead" and "filling the void," there's no question that the latter is the way to go.
If there was no French Open champion, the deputy director might still hesitate when making the choice. After all, winning only one Australian Open champion is still a long way from a Grand Slam. But now Zhang Guan has two Grand Slam titles. The Grand Slam is actually half successful, and the domestic media are all praising it, so even the deputy director feels that Zhang Guan has a good chance of winning the Grand Slam in tennis.
I just heard the deputy director say: "I will ask the secretary office to draft a notice later. 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 bring glory to the country! As for the golden face of track and field If so, you don’t have to participate yet.”
Director Liu nodded and said, "Okay, it's just over at the Tian Guan Center..."
"I'll have the office send the notice to the field management center later," the deputy director said.
(End of chapter)