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Chapter 399 Another crown

At the end of September, An Sheng and his team went to Kyoto together, the purpose of which was to participate in the upcoming Huaguo Open in Kyoto.

And this time, An Sheng naturally didn't need a wild card, because with his US Open championship alone, his ATP world ranking had already jumped to 16th.

In fact, at the previous U.S. Open, he could have played without a wild card, but at that time, it was generally believed that he had retired, which led to his exclusion from many events.

Of course, there is no such problem now.

As I said before, in the professional tennis world, although the Huaguo Open is only an ATP500 event, it still has a good status.

The key is that, according to the championship points rules formulated by the International Tennis Federation, one of the points for the ATP500 event must be played after the US Open.

After the US Open, there are actually only the Huaguo Open, as well as the Austrian Open and the Swiss Open, and the game time of the latter two still overlaps.

In addition, the prize money of the Huaguo Tennis Open is the highest among ATP500 events.

Therefore, many top players will choose to participate in the Huaguo Open, such as Nadal, who has participated many times before.

However, this time, Nadal did not participate, including the other three of the Four Heavenly Kings, who did not participate.

In this way, it will naturally cause this Huaguo Open to lose a lot of attention. Perhaps in Huaguo, its attention will not be greatly affected, but internationally, it will definitely have a big impact .

Fortunately, the appearance of An Sheng has changed this situation. As one of the most watched players in today's professional tennis world, with him around, his attention will not be low.

After An Sheng came to Kyoto, he stayed in the hotel all the time.

This is actually not normal. As the focus of this Huaguo Open, how could he not have any activities?
In fact, the competition party invited An Sheng many times, hoping that he could participate in some commercial activities before the competition, and gave a fairly good reward.

However, this remuneration was far from what An Sheng had in mind, so he would rather stay in the hotel than attend.

It must also be explained that if he does this, in the short term, he will naturally lose money, but in the long run, as the saying goes, rare things are more expensive, which is still beneficial to him.

On October 10, at 2:02 pm, at the Diamond Stadium, An Sheng ushered in his first game in this year's China Open.

His opponent is a veteran from Spain, Fernando Verdasco.

An Sheng was not very familiar with him. After all, they were no longer players of the same era. However, after checking the other party's information, An Sheng remembered him immediately.

The reason is that Verdasco has a nickname that is easy to remember, but also easy to misunderstand, "stall/horse".

The original meaning of his nickname, of course, is not that meaning, but for An Sheng who saw this nickname for the first time, he really had a wrong idea.

As for this game, there is actually nothing to say, because there is an obvious gap in the hard power of the two sides.

Perhaps Verdasco used to be a well-known figure in the professional tennis world, but now, he has already passed his peak period, and he is no longer a top player.

As a result, there was no suspense, and it only took one hour and five minutes. An Sheng won the victory with a score of 5-2 and successfully advanced to the second round of Huaguo.

In the next second round, An Sheng's opponent was also weak, but it attracted the attention of many people, especially the Huaguo audience.

The reason is not difficult to imagine, because this is a "Hua Guo Derby", and the two sides are An Sheng, the two-time US Open champion, and Wu Bingyi, a young Hua Guo player.

To be honest, after entering the professional tennis world, Wu Bingyi's performance was not outstanding enough. Apart from winning a runner-up in the just-concluded Asian Games, he never had any outstanding results.

Its current ATP world ranking is only 422nd.

However, he is still very young now, as long as he is willing to work hard, judging from the quality source he has obtained now, it is worth looking forward to.

"Wu Bingyi, in my opinion, he is a very talented player. Although his current performance is not good, his future is worth looking forward to."

Before the game, An Sheng commented like this.

As for the result of the game, there was really nothing to see. An Sheng won too easily. In front of him, Wu Bingyi was just a child.

In less than an hour, An Sheng swept his opponent 2-0 and advanced to the third round.

Originally, An Sheng was quite looking forward to the third round of the race, because if nothing else, his opponent was his old opponent, Zverev from Germany, whose current world ranking is No. 4 .

But unexpectedly, in the second round, Zverev actually lost to the unknown Tunisian veteran, Malek.

This is not really what Anson wants to say about Zverev. His state in the game is indeed not stable enough, and his performance is good and bad.

When he is good, he can beat any opponent, but when he is not playing well, he can also lose to anyone.

In this way, in Anson's view, Zverev still has a long way to go if he wants to really catch up with super top players like Djokovic, Nadal, and Federer.

As for the match between An Sheng and Malek, the result is self-evident. An Sheng won easily, thus advancing to the semi-finals of the China Open.

It has to be said that An Sheng seemed very relaxed, calm and calm all the way through the promotion, and never encountered too strong opponents at all.

At this time, people probably have a premonition that the champion of the Huaguo Open is none other than An Sheng.

And An Sheng did not let them down. In the semi-finals, he was still quite relaxed, defeating the player from England, Edmund, with a score of 2-0.

Afterwards, An Sheng met Del Potro, the top seed of this year's Huaguo Open and currently ranked third in the world, in the final again.

Just a month ago, Anson and Del Potro met in the final of the US Open. At that time, Anson won and thus completed the defense of the US Open.

In this regard, it is certain that Del Potro is very unhappy, and perhaps a little unconvinced, so now that the two meet again, he naturally wants to take revenge.

It's a pity that An Sheng's hard power is always superior, coupled with his extremely stable game state, he will not give the opponent a chance at all.

In the end, An Sheng once again defeated his opponent with a score of 2 to 0, thus winning the championship of this year's Huaguo Open.

(End of this chapter)