tennis giant

Chapter 360 tacit understanding
On June 6, An Sheng returned to China, but he did not return to his hometown Lucheng as usual, but went directly to Kyoto.

"Hi, Sister Xue, long time no see."

"Congratulations, Ansheng, you almost won the French Open championship!"

"Haha, Sister Xue, don't be joking. I'm still far away."

The person who came to pick up An Sheng at the airport was his old acquaintance Xue Meiling, who is now the chief reporter of the Five-Star Sports Tennis Channel. After chatting for a few words, the two went straight to the Five-Star Sports headquarters.

Undoubtedly, An Sheng accepted an exclusive interview with Five Star Sports again, and agreed to watch the men's singles final of this year's French Open with the audience as a temporary guest commentator.

It is worth mentioning that when he accepted the invitation from Five Star Sports, his agent, Audrey, actually disapproved of his decision, because she felt that the offer was too low, and Five Star Sports was not a big platform. It does not meet Ansheng's current social status.

What's more, at almost the same time, they also received an invitation from CCTV Sports Channel. Therefore, logically speaking, he should not agree to Five Star Sports.

However, An Sheng has a different view on this. Simply put, it is "grateful".

At the beginning, when he had not made his fortune, Five Star Sports was the first to give him support, and he is still the spokesperson of Five Star Sports Tennis Live Channel.

And now that he is on fire, he can't just kick the opponent away.

Of course, there is a limit to everything. An Sheng felt that Five Star Sports was quite polite. Although the price they offered was a little lower, it was still within a reasonable range.

In addition, when he returned to China this time, he planned to go to Kyoto to accept their exclusive interview. He just followed the trend and didn't feel embarrassed.

That being the case, why didn't An Sheng agree?

What surprised An Sheng was that when he came to the studio, he actually met a teammate of the national team, she was Wang Qiang.

There is no doubt that Wang Qiang is also a guest commentator invited by their five-star sports, but An Sheng is a little strange, why does she have time to do the show?
You know, these golden flowers in the Huaguo tennis world are all training madmen, and the competition tasks are heavy. In addition to participating in WTA professional events, they must also take care of the national team and provincial team competitions.

For example, in the National Games held in August this year, Wang Qiang will definitely represent the Tianjin team, and she can't hide even if she wants to.

After asking, An Sheng found out that Wang Qiang had also suffered an injury and was currently recuperating. She was staying at the training base in Kyoto, so she had time and stopped by to participate in the show.

I have to say that the life of an athlete is quite "sad".

Usually, they are either training or competing. If there is neither training nor competition, then it is basically certain that they are recuperating from their injuries.

Therefore, training, competition, injury, and healing are almost the entire life of a professional athlete. After they step into this profession, they will continue to repeat themselves until they retire.

If they succeed, that's okay, as long as they don't risk their lives, they should be able to be guaranteed for the rest of their lives, but if they don't succeed, then it has to be said that they are actually quite miserable, spending the most precious time in their lives , In exchange, it was only injuries.

Fortunately, An Sheng later learned that Wang Qiang's injury was not very serious, and he could recover after about half a month of recuperation.

Speaking of injuries, at the beginning of the interview program, Xue Meiling asked about Ansheng's situation. This is also an issue that many Chinese tennis fans are very concerned about.

In this regard, An Sheng naturally had nothing to hide, and told his injury very frankly.

"Everyone can rest assured that this is just a minor injury, and it will recover after a period of recuperation without causing any sequelae. Moreover, I can also take advantage of this time to take a good rest, which can kill two birds with one stone."

"Ansheng, can we ask, when did you discover the back injury? Was it during the game or after the game?"

But before An Sheng replied, Xue Meiling guided everyone to watch a video, and the content of this video was an excerpt from An Sheng's previous match with Cilic.

It can be seen that in this picture, An Sheng made a very extreme save, and after the ball was over, he obviously flipped his hands and pressed his back.

Of course they didn't know the meaning of this action before, but after learning that An Sheng was injured and his back muscle was strained, this action was very directional.

After watching the video clip, An Sheng laughed, and asked in surprise, "Did I do this?"

"Of course, everyone saw it, and there is a question, did you realize at that time that you might be injured?"

"Well, at that time, I did feel some discomfort in my back, a little pain, but it was not particularly serious."

"Is it just pain? You should know that you are injured, right? After all, as a professional athlete, you should be very sensitive." Xue Meiling's expression at this time was quite serious.

"Well, I knew at the time that I was probably injured."

"But you didn't apply for a medical suspension at that time. What was your consideration? Are you not afraid of worsening the injury?"

"I didn't think about it that much at the time, and the game has progressed to that point, even if I am sure that I am injured, I can't give up, and I will definitely continue to compete."

"In addition, it may be because the atmosphere of the game was relatively tense. Although I felt a little pain in my back, I soon forgot about it."

"Forgot?" Xue Meiling showed a look of surprise.

"Yes, I really forgot, even when you guys showed me that video just now, I didn't remember that I did that action."

"Then after that game, you should have gone for a checkup, right?"

"Yes, after the game, I went for an examination as soon as possible, and it was confirmed that the back muscles were strained."

"That is to say, when you played against Wawrinka, you always fought with injuries?"

"Yes, but there is no need to be surprised, because professional players like us will have some injuries more or less, and it should be very common to play with injuries. You can ask Wang Qiang about this, she is sure I also have experience."

"Wang Qiang, is that so?" Xue Meiling immediately asked Wang Qiang next to her for confirmation.

"Not at all. If I feel injured during a game, I usually apply for a medical timeout to confirm the injury first."

"Sister Qiang, don't tear down my platform." An Sheng said hastily, and signaled to Wang Qiang with a wry smile.

"Haha, well, if it's an important game, such as the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam, I will probably be like him."

Seeing An Sheng's "ask for help", Wang Qiang immediately changed her words, but obviously, it was just a joke.

In the subsequent interviews, I don't know if Xue Meiling did it deliberately. In short, she almost made An Sheng a "hero" who is fearless and dares to fight.

Among them, there must be elements of exaggeration, but this will undoubtedly improve Ansheng's public image.

Regarding this, in the past, An Sheng might not have accepted it, thinking it was too false, but now, his attitude has changed a lot.

He will not take the initiative to participate, but if the matter is beneficial to him and basically consistent with the facts, then he will not stop it.

After the interview, An Sheng and Wang Qiang acted as temporary commentators and watched the men's singles final of this year's French Open. The two sides were Nadal and Wawrinka.

An Sheng originally thought that he and Wang Qiang should be just guest commentators. Five-star sports would definitely have a professional commentator.

Surprisingly, Five Star Sports did not prepare professional commentators at all. In other words, the commentary for this game was completely entrusted to An Sheng and Wang Qiang.

There is no suspense. At the beginning, An Sheng and Wang Qiang were very embarrassed and didn't know what to say.

However, it was also unexpected. As the game progressed, An Sheng and Wang Qiang adapted very well and gradually adapted to their roles as commentators. Although it was still a bit awkward, with their understanding of tennis, they managed to hold on. past.

Moreover, in the process, both An Sheng and Wang Qiang discovered that they had a good chat, and some views, whether it was about tennis or some things in life, were very similar.

And this also makes them seem to have a tacit understanding during the show, as if they have been partners for many years.

(End of this chapter)