tennis giant

Chapter 359 What should be taken, must be taken!
In this year's French Open, An Sheng is the final quarter-finalist, but there is no doubt that this is already a very good result.

At the same time, because of this French Open, An Sheng has accumulated 52 weeks of ATP points, reaching a total of 1825 points. This is the first time that he broke into the top 19 in the world, ranking No.[-].

But just as Huaguo fans rejoiced at this and expected An Sheng to rise from now on and get more results, someone broke a news on the Internet, saying that An Sheng was injured, and it might be serious.

Many people didn't believe this, thinking it was just a rumor, but it didn't take long for An Sheng to confirm it on Weibo.

An Sheng was indeed injured, but the injury was not serious, it was just a general muscle strain.

It's just that the place where he was injured this time was on his back. This point is more troublesome. If it is not handled properly, it is easy to cause repeated injuries.

In fact, as early as four days ago, that is, after the match between him and Cilic, An Sheng had already felt unwell, and after an examination, his back injury was confirmed.

But the game has been going to the last moment, and his back injury is not very serious, so the impact on him is not particularly big, so An Sheng will naturally not choose to retire.

There is no doubt that after his match with Wawrinka, his back injury has worsened.

Of course, if he can win that game and advance to the French Open semi-finals, then he will definitely choose to continue fighting.

"Ann, according to the doctor's suggestion, you have to rest for at least two weeks, but the back muscle strain, if it is not fully healed, is likely to cause recurrence. Therefore, I suggest that you extend the rest time and give up the grass this season. race."

After receiving the injury report and consulting with American sports medicine experts, Audrey approached An Sheng with a serious face and gave him her opinion.

As for this, An Sheng smiled and nodded, and agreed without thinking about it.

This is actually because he has already considered it a long time ago. In this season, he will give up the grass competition. Even if he is not injured now, he will not regard the grass competition as his main battlefield.

What needs to be explained is that grass courts, as one of the three main types of tennis courts, have much higher requirements than hard courts and clay courts.

Its maintenance costs may even be dozens of times higher than other types of sites.

But this is not the most critical, because if it is only a matter of cost, there are plenty of people who are willing to spend money to hold grass court events.

The most important thing is actually its "lawn". Note that the production of this kind of lawn is not artificial grass, but a kind of grass called "ryegrass", which is selected after many years. special plants.

Moreover, the time for ryegrass to be suitable for making tennis courts is very short, only one or two months a year.

In this way, combining these factors, we also know why there are so few grass court events, and all of them are held in June to July every year.

As for Anson, in fact, so far, he has not played a regular game on a real grass court.

In addition, the characteristic of the grass court is that after the tennis ball hits the ground, the friction with the lawn is small, causing the ball to bounce very fast.

Therefore, there are very high requirements for the players' reaction, agility, running speed and skills.

At the same time, it is also obvious that such characteristics are very beneficial to "offensive tennis", which has a great bonus to offense, and has obvious restraint on bottom-line style of play.

For ordinary Asian players, or yellow tennis players, this is very detrimental to them.

Because of their physical fitness, compared to European and American players, they are at a clear disadvantage, and most of them adopt a bottom-line all-around or defensive style of play.

Their offensive ability is often not good enough, which also makes it difficult for them to compete with European and American players on grass courts.

And An Sheng is naturally one of the players of the yellow race. Therefore, he is instinctive and resists grass courts. Even though he has never really played on grass courts, he already has some rejection in his heart. .

But in fact, An Sheng himself is not a typical Asian player, so this should be a misunderstanding in An Sheng's heart, but he hasn't realized it yet.

Going back to the previous conversation, Audrey also breathed a sigh of relief after receiving An Sheng's definite answer.

Because from her contact with An Sheng these days, she has discovered that An Sheng is a person who has his own ideas and opinions, and is also very stubborn about the game. If he makes up his mind, then think again. It will not be easy to convince him again.

"Ann, since you have decided to give up the grass court competition, you have nearly a month's recuperation time before Wimbledon. During this period, do you have your own arrangements?"

This question is the main purpose of Audrey's visit to Ansheng this time.

By the way, although An Sheng intends to give up the grass court competition this season, it is naturally impossible for him to give up Wimbledon, one of the four Grand Slam tournaments.

Even if he can't get good results, he still has to experience it, which is very good for him. After all, it's impossible for him not to play grass court games all the time in the future, right?
What's more, as a top [-] professional player in the world, he must also participate in Wimbledon.

"Audrey, don't worry, I don't have any plans other than to go home. In addition, I can also tell you clearly that as long as it does not affect my training and competition, I have no other plans. Against proper business activity, so if you have any plans, speak up."

An Sheng expressed it very directly, the other party was his manager, and he didn't want him to be mother-in-law when communicating with Audrey.

"Okay, An Sheng, I do have a basic business plan here. I think I should introduce our basic ideas to you first."

An Sheng stretched out his hand and made a "please" gesture for her to continue.

"Ansheng, there is one thing you have to admit, that is, although your ATP ranking has reached 19th, your current influence is basically limited to China."

"Therefore, the plan we formulated mainly has two aspects. On the one hand, it is to stabilize your reputation and status in China, and at the same time develop corresponding commercial value. On the other hand, it is to expand your presence in Europe and America. and influence around the world.”

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Audrey talked a lot in a very organized way, which also shows her intentions.

To sum up, that is the two aspects she mentioned at the beginning, one is to maintain and honor Anson's influence in China, so that he can get enough commercial benefits, for example, Audrey has already started to cooperate with major luxury cars Manufacturers began to contact, hoping to win their endorsement cooperation in China for Ansheng.

The other is to use IMG's international resources to win more opportunities for An Sheng to show his face, such as winning some awards for him, or giving him the opportunity to participate in some exhibition competitions, or charity competitions, or even, Is it possible to get him to some paty in fashion or entertainment.

In short, it is to think of various ways to enhance Ansheng's international reputation and influence.

Of course, in fact, the most important thing is still Anson's achievements in tennis matches. This is the foundation of everything, and what Audrey has to do is to fully develop Anson's value based on this foundation.

In this regard, An Sheng, who has realized its importance, naturally accepts it readily. He wants to get what he should take, and he cannot and should not be humble.

(End of this chapter)