tennis giant

Chapter 279 Is it true?

On October 10th, at 9 o'clock in the morning, accompanied by Xue Meiling, An Sheng came to the headquarters of Five Star Sports Media Company in Kyoto.

The purpose is to accept the exclusive video interview of Five Star Sports for the Huaguo Open, and to visit their company.

The former is not unusual, but the latter is a bit strange.

In fact, it was impossible for An Sheng to come to their company for no reason. Even if he received an invitation from the other party, he would not easily agree.

And the reason why he agreed was that the five-star sports media company had formally proposed cooperation with him as an endorsement.

Specifically, that is, their five-star sports hope that An Sheng can become the spokesperson of their live tennis channel.

In this regard, An Sheng is actually quite hesitant, because even at this stage, he still believes that his current level and achievements are far from reaching his limit, and it is not the most suitable time for him to carry out commercial development. .

What's more, according to the economic contract he signed with IMG, their commission ratio is as high as 20.00%, which is completely inconsistent with his actual situation and must be changed.

Therefore, before this, An Sheng was not very willing to engage in commercial activities.

However, because of Xue Meiling, his relationship with Five Star Sports has always been good. What's more, it is not necessary for him to sign the endorsement contract right now, so he will come to visit and learn about it first. Naturally, there is nothing wrong with it question.

And after visiting around, to be honest, An Sheng didn't know much, he didn't know a lot of equipment, he didn't have relevant professional knowledge, let alone work experience.

In addition, don't think that their five-star sports can attach so much importance to An Sheng. After all, he is just a slightly famous tennis player now.

Therefore, in fact, only a few leaders of their tennis channel came to meet him, and they just said some polite words without any substantive content.

"Actually, this is fine. When the time comes, if cooperation fails, there will be no need to worry." An Sheng thought this way.

And at 7:[-] that night, which was also the prime time for the live broadcast, An Sheng accepted the live video interview of Five Star Sports, and this time, the content was not just simply asking a few questions, but more like doing A talk show.

At the beginning of the program, they reviewed An Sheng's schedule at the Huaguo Open together, and played their edited video of the game.

Since the qualifying round, An Sheng has defeated many high-ranked opponents in a row, and in the second round of the main match, he even defeated Johansen, who is ranked 19th in the ATP.

Especially after their editing, coupled with the passionate commentary, it highlights An Sheng's momentum of counterattack all the way.

Finally, the video showed An Sheng's third round match, which was the match he had just finished last night.

His opponent is very powerful. He is the top seed of this China Open and the British star Murray who is currently ranked second in the world.

As for the result, of course An Sheng lost, otherwise, he wouldn't be sitting here.

As for the process, there is actually no suspense, because there is a very obvious strength gap between An Sheng and Murray.

Although, after the whole game, An Sheng did not give up and tried many methods, but helplessly, the gap in strength was too large, and Murray's game state was very good, so no matter how he changed, he couldn't escape The opponent's palm.

And the pictures they are broadcasting now are just some of the more exciting clips in the game.

At that time, An Sheng had already exhausted all means, and he also knew that it was impossible for him to defeat Murray in this game. Therefore, he had other ideas, such as fighting Murray backhand.

You know, Murray is one of the players with the most powerful two-handed backhand technique in today's professional tennis world. Therefore, many young people will imitate Murray's backhand technique when they first start learning tennis.

Of course An Sheng knew this, but he still did it. His purpose was actually just to try out whether his one-handed backhand technique could compare with the best two-handed backhand technique in the world. To counterbalance.

The result is still self-evident. An Sheng lost, and Murray's backhand was indeed extremely powerful, not only full of attack power, but also extremely stable.

On the other hand, An Sheng's hitting strength is actually not low. Even if the gap in strength is ruled out, the offensiveness of his one-handed backhand is probably stronger.

However, in terms of stability, compared with Murray's two-handed backhand, An Sheng's SLR technology is much worse.

And this is probably the biggest difference between the one-handed backhand technique and the two-handed backhand technique, and it is also the reason why most professional players are unwilling to use the SLR technique.

But in any case, in the game, An Sheng relied on the flexibility and offensiveness of his SLR technology to hit a few wonderful shots.

"An Sheng, how is it? Losing to Murray, do you have any regrets?"

Xue Meiling's words woke An Sheng up.

But after hearing her question, An Sheng laughed calmly.

"Haha, there's nothing to regret about it. There's already a clear gap in strength between me and him, so it's not wrong to lose to him at all."

"Then, are you satisfied with your performance in this Huaguo Open?"

"Of course, I am very satisfied. My original goal was just to experience it. I thought, if I can pass the qualifying round, it would be very good, but now, I have entered the quarterfinals , This has greatly exceeded the goal I set at the beginning, so I am still satisfied with my performance."

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"After this China Open, your ATP ranking is already close to the top 100 in the world. So far, none of our Chinese men's tennis players has ever entered the top 100. In this regard, you have What are your thoughts? Do you have any plans to break this record in one go?"

"Top 100 in the world?"

"If you didn't say it, I really didn't notice it. In fact, I don't pay much attention to my ATP ranking now. More importantly, I am still improving my strength."

"If your strength is there, your ranking will naturally rise. But if your strength does not reach this level, no matter how high your ranking is, it will only be temporary. You will eventually return to the ranking corresponding to your strength."

"But since your goal is not ranking, what is it? Is it divided by competition level?" Xue Meiling asked in amazement with a curious baby expression at the right time.

"more or less."

"So what's your goal? Is it a grand slam?"

"Haha, I'm not that arrogant yet. As far as my current strength is concerned, it's probably at the level of the challenge level. So, the grand slam level is still far away from me."

An Sheng obviously didn't tell the truth, but he has already been trained, so he can only say so, otherwise, he will probably be labeled as "arrogant" again.

"So, your next goal is to enter the tour level?" Xue Meiling kept asking this topic, and she was determined not to give up until she got an answer.

An Sheng probably realized this too, thought about it quickly, and then nodded affirmatively.

"Yes, my next goal is to reach the tour level."

After hearing this answer, Xue Meiling herself was stunned for a moment, including the audience who were watching this live interview, they were all very surprised.

It's not their fault. In the Huaguo men's tennis world, so far, there have been no male players who can gain a foothold on the tour.

Of course, as a professional reporter, Xue Meiling's reaction was very quick, and she quickly came to her senses, but then, she asked a rather sensitive question.

"An Sheng, your current ranking and achievements have proven that you are the best among our Chinese men's players. So, if the national team calls you up, will you accept it?"

"Of course, why not?"

An Sheng blurted out without hesitation.

And his reaction made many people feel very satisfied and gave him a thumbs up.

But is this really what he thinks?Only he knows this.

(End of this chapter)