[Football] Because your eyes are too big

Since 2005, one name has been mentioned more and more in German sports news:

"In July 2005, the Southwest Consortium Open of the WTA Division 7 tournament held in Cincinnati, USA came to an end. The 16-year-old Chinese teenager Stephanie Muller successfully entered the semi-finals."

"In August 2005, in the WTA Level 8 JP Morgan Open held in Los Angeles, USA, Stephanie Muller lost to her opponent in the semifinals with Dementieva and missed the final. In the end Immediately after Sharapova, Hantuchova won the tournament."

"In October 2005, in the Japan Open of the WTA Division 10 tournament, Stephanie Muller successfully defeated Vajdisova and won her first professional championship."

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"In January 2006, in the WTA Group III Gold Coast Women's Hard Court in Australia, Stephanie Muller defeated Pennetta and won the second championship of her career."

"In January 2006, Stephanie Muller, who was preparing for the Australian Open in Sydney, successfully reached the semi-finals of the Sydney International."

"In January 2006, at the Canberra International, Stephanie Muller won the championship."

"In January 2006, Stephanie Muller, who won two championships this month and reached the semi-finals of one tournament, was in excellent form and successfully passed the Australian Open qualifying round..."

There used to be two proud existences in German tennis - Becker and Graf, but with the two of them retiring one after another, German tennis has fallen into a trough again.After them, German tennis has no players who can do it in the world tennis world.

Especially the German women's tennis players. After Graf retired, tennis fans have always hoped that there will be another player like Graf.But to their disappointment, such a player never appeared.

In the past two years, a player named Liski appeared in German women's tennis. She started her professional career in 2004, which was already the most eye-catching existence for German tennis fans at that time.Tennis fans in Germany continued to pay attention to her games, and some media also made special topics with great interest. Everyone was looking forward to the appearance of Graf's heir.

However, Liski's development is very stable, or slow. In 04 and 05, he only participated in some qualifying tournaments and Grand Slams, and did not have too impressive results.

Some tennis fans expressed disappointment that Graf is irreplaceable, and German tennis may take ten or twenty years to restore its former glory.

In this context, Stephanie was born.

Because Stephanie has been training in the United States for the past few years, she is not closely related to China.At the beginning, the German media just glanced at the list of matches routinely, intending to make a news briefing and pass it by in the sports news.As a result, I saw the name of a player with German nationality, and then found that the player's performance seemed to be pretty good. Due to the relationship between the country's household registration, so I changed from mentioning one sentence to two sentences in the news.

Tennis fans didn't care at first, and newcomers appeared every year.At the beginning, the newcomers all had the courage of a newborn calf, and their grades were not bad at the beginning.As fans, they were very happy when they first got to know those players, but these newcomers often drive high and low, and some of them haven't even heard their names for two years.So when newcomers come out, they only have one attitude—oh, someone else has come out, let's play hard this time, and strive to reach the main match of the Grand Slam in a few years.

The media noticed the existence of Stephanie because of the account book, and the fans only knew that there was another newcomer.In fact, they didn't pay much attention to it, thinking that Stephanie's development was similar to that of those German tennis players before, and they didn't have much expectation.

But gradually the media found that they heard Stephanie's name more and more in the competition, and her results were not bad.Isn't it a flash in the pan?

The German media is keenly aware that they may have to pay more attention to this girl, especially since she has a pretty face.So what was originally just a one-sentence news without a picture turned into a piece of news, and then turned into a news that would insert game scenes, and then turned into a special report.

Under the vigorous publicity of the media, more and more German tennis fans know about Stephanie.Their attitude has also changed from being casual at the beginning to gradually becoming serious. They not only listen to the news and read newspapers, but also go to the official websites of the ITF and WTA to find news about Stephanie, and some even go to see her at their own expense. Go to the scene to cheer for her.At least now, Stephanie's record has made their eyes shine. Many people think that maybe they can witness the birth of another outstanding German tennis player.

And some non-tennis fans accidentally saw the news about Stephanie and were attracted by her beautiful face.Out of curiosity about this beautiful female tennis player, they will also chase news reports about Stephanie.

Gradually, Stephanie's news didn't just stop at the sports section, but moved to other sections.

For example, the news in the fashion industry mentioned this girl with a good figure and face, and then lamented that she must have chosen the wrong career. Such a beautiful girl should enter the fashion and entertainment circles.

These topics have been recognized by many non-tennis fans. They all think that this girl is a bit wasteful playing tennis. What if she gets tanned or sunburned?

The views of these non-tennis fans have attracted rebuttals from tennis fans-what's wrong with playing tennis?Is it true that girls must go to the entertainment industry because they are beautiful?Do you mean that only ugly people can play tennis?

In this way, Stephanie's tennis fans and Yan fans launched their first violent confrontation, which was very lively and attracted the attention of the media and fanned the flames.

Stephanie is not very clear about all these things in China. Professional tennis players are very busy throughout the year, and there are competitions almost every month from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.If a tennis player played all the tennis matches in a year, he would be almost exhausted.However, for points ranking and prize money, most players are on the road throughout the year, and so is Stephanie.

It was the first year for Stephanie to participate in professional competitions, and as a teacher, Graf strictly controlled the number of competitions she participated in.In Graf's view, for newcomers, especially Stephanie, who is still developing, the quality and intensity of the game are more important than the blind pursuit of quantity.

In this way, under the guidance of Graf, Stephanie slowly and steadily improved her professional ranking. After the turn of the year, she participated in the Australian Open for the first time in her career in the first year of 2006. Although she only made it to the quarter-finals, she still left a deep impression on the Grand Slam for the first time.

"Although Müller stopped in the quarter-finals, I think she at least gave German tennis, which is still at a low point, a shot in the arm. Maybe we can expect more." This was when Stephanie was eliminated at the Australian Open , the commentary of the German TV station that broadcast her game throughout.

This commentator also expressed the feelings of many people. At least this year's record of Stephanie has given many people confidence. They feel that they are witnessing a new history being created.

Many German tennis fans started to check the wta schedule after the Australian Open, and they were looking for the time for this year's German Open.

Although German sports in 2006 belonged to football, this does not mean that there were no other competitions held in Germany, including the annual German Tennis Open.

The German Open is held in Berlin in the first half of each year. It is a first-level event of the WTA. It is divided into women's singles and women's doubles. The total prize money is 134 million US dollars.

It used to be a game that made German tennis fans very proud, because in this event, the pride of German tennis Graf set an impressive record of winning women's singles championships nine times.

However, with Graf's retirement, German women's tennis has entered a trough, and the public's attention to this event has gradually decreased, and even the event is facing the danger of being suspended.There has been news that Qatar's oil tycoons are interested in the event and want to buy the right to host the event. Since then, this once very famous game may change its name.

Originally, if the German tennis downturn in the past few years, the German Open turned into a Qatar Open, although German tennis fans would feel uncomfortable, they might not care.

But it is different now. Due to the rise of Stephanie, German tennis fans seem to see the hope of the revival of German tennis, so more and more people stand up against the German Tennis Association's sale of the German Open to Qatar.

"We will always give our players the best home stadium!" This is the reason why the fans object, they don't want their players to lose the support of the home court.

Obviously, this reason was irresistible, and the German Tennis Association soon stood up and stated that they did not intend to sell the right to host the German Open. The German Open will become the favorite game of German tennis players.

Due to the official statement, the fans put their hearts in their stomachs. They actively invested in buying tickets and planned to be there to cheer for Stephanie.The organizers of the event were also pleasantly surprised to find that the German Open, which has been shrinking for several years, seems to be full of vitality this year.Of course, they also clearly know who brought all this, and are determined to provide as much support as possible for Stephanie in the game.

In the expectant eyes of officials and fans, Stephanie finally came to the venue of the German Open.

When Stephanie made her debut that day, a lot of spectators had gathered in the stands, and some special spectators also came to the scene.

"Thomas, you actually got a ticket to the German Open. I haven't bought it for a long time!"