Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 606 Birth of the Youngest Grand Slam Winner

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In fact, Steffi Graf's trip to the French Open was not smooth, which has something to do with the WTA's ranking system.

After participating in the Australian Open in Oceania, Xiao Nizi caught a cold and suffered a small injury during training. The coaching staff was so frightened that they hurriedly adjusted the plan for this precious lump, so she missed several recent WTA events .

At this stage, the WTA's scoring rules are still very rigid. Simply put, it is forcing athletes to participate in every event.As a result, Steffi Graf's world ranking dropped a little, allowing the French Open seeding qualification to fall to his family.

That’s not to mention, Steffi Graf’s luck seems to be a bit worse, the lottery was assigned to the 8th group, and the “clay queen” Chris Evert competed for the right to qualify for the quarter-finals.

This caused the West German media to complain endlessly. The clay court of the French Open has already made the event full of uncertainty. In addition, the premature encounter with the ice princess has basically ruined their expectations for their talented girl to break into the semi-finals of the Grand Slam again. .

As the outside world expected, after three rounds of elimination, only Steffi Graf and Chris Evert remained in the 16-person group.

However, the excitement and final result of this game far exceeded everyone's expectations.

In the first set, both sides fought to the tiebreaker, where Chris Evert won with a score of 7:5.This result seems to indicate that it is not unreasonable for everyone to be optimistic about the ice princess rather than the genius girl.

But the unexpected starts here. Although Steffi Graf is young, but has excellent psychological quality, he was not affected by the opening loss at all. Next, he sent a 6:4 to the second-ranked Chris in the world. Evert hit back.

Based on these two sets alone, it can be judged that the final battle of this group stage is the most exciting women's singles so far in this French Open; and in the final set, Steffi Graf was upset and eliminated with a score of 6:3 Dropping the seed Chris Evert pushed it to a level comparable to the final.

After that, even though Steffi Graf's game status declined slightly, she still played steadily, passed the quarter and semi-finals smoothly, and joined forces with Martina Navratilova, the last French Open champion finals.

This added a legend to the French Open, which attracted heated discussions in the European media.It somewhat dispelled the haze brought about by the tragedy at the Heysel Stadium in the European Champions Cup final on May 5.

You know, today's world women's tennis is ruled jointly by Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. The two have occupied the first and second positions for a long time. The birth of Kong is simply a scene of changing dynasties.

Come to think of it, the generation of Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert has really reached the stage of abdication.The latter is 31 years old and has been out; the former is 29 years old and is waiting for a 16-year-old junior to challenge again.

Although Steffi Graf has been defeated by Martina Navratilova many times before, the momentum of the genius girl is obviously different this year. Even Chris Evert has won, making the current tennis queen hate Not impossible on the spot.

Therefore, on the day of the French Open women's singles final, the Roland Garros stadium, which can accommodate more than 15000 people, was full of seats. Everyone wanted to see with their own eyes whether there would be a miracle.

Before the game, Tang Huan said to Steffi Graf with a relaxed expression: "Don't feel pressured, every time you compete, you are refreshing your own results. This time, entering the Grand Slam final is enough."

To be honest, Tang Huan didn't want Steffi Graf to go head-to-head, because her final opponent, Martina Navratilova, had the nickname "King Kong".This metaphor seems a little inappropriate for women, but it is enough to describe the toughness of this queen of women's tennis.

After Martina Navratilova was naturalized in the United States, similar to the training conditions Tang Huan prepared for Steffi Graf, she adopted the professional kinematics system of the NBA, making her physical fitness even better. Stayed on the world's No. 150 throne for more than [-] consecutive weeks.

Moreover, Martina Navratilova is not only the long-term No. [-] in women's singles, but also in women's doubles.

Counting the total of the two years of competition, her defeat is in the single digits, how domineering is this "Female King Kong"!
However, Steffi Graf, who is not afraid of tigers as a newborn calf, obviously had other ideas and eagerly replied, "I want to make my 16th birthday more meaningful."

"I've already prepared a birthday party for you." Tang Huan rubbed Steffi Graf's head with a smile, "Compared to that 'Female King Kong', you are still a fluffy flower, so don't fight too hard. Hurt yourself, you don't know the example of Tracy Austin."

Trish Austin is a talented girl player in the United States, the fourth player to be ranked No. 4 in WTA singles. Young" record.

As early as 1979, Tracy Austin defeated the "Queen of Clay" Chris Evert in the women's singles semi-finals of the Italian Open, ending her 125-game winning streak on clay.

At the U.S. Open in the same year, Tracy Austin once again defeated Chris Evert in the women's singles final, shattering her dream of five consecutive championships, and became the first ever U.S. Open and also the The youngest Grand Slam champion, she was only 16 years and 9 months old at the time.

In the 1980 British Wimbledon Tennis Championships, Trish Austin, who broke into the semi-finals of the women's singles, won the mixed doubles championship with her brother John Austin.

At the 1981 U.S. Open, Tracy Austin won her second Grand Slam title. This time, she defeated Martina Navratilova, who was in a sluggish state.

Due to these outstanding performances, Tracy Austin was on the world number one throne twice for a total of 1980 weeks in 21, becoming the youngest Queen of Balls at the age of 17 years, 3 months and 26 days. .

However, since 1982, Tracy Austin has been plagued by back injuries, and her performance has begun to decline. All the majors she participated in were eliminated early; in 1983, on the eve of her 21st birthday, the American genius girl withdrew. After 1984, she basically disappeared on the professional stage.

Tang Huan cited the example of Tracy Austin, a genius who fell, naturally to alert Steffi Graf, but it had the opposite effect. The other party directly thought of those "youngest" records, and he could only say that Xiao Ni The idea of ​​pleasing Tang Huan with the results of the competition was too deep-rooted in Zizi's heart.

"I see." Steffi Graf, who squinted her eyes comfortably like a kitten, obediently agreed on the surface, but secretly clenched her small fists tightly.

How strong this belief is can be seen from the results of the first set of the final. Steffi Graf directly gave the tennis queen a blow and won the first set 6:3 with great momentum.

Seeing this scene, the tens of thousands of spectators on the central court gasped, what a fierce lolita!
Steffi Graf's outstanding physical fitness, fast running, perfect footwork, precise running position; excellent serve and fierce forehand attack left a deep impression on everyone.

Martina Navratilova, who lost the opening game, dropped her racket angrily.Steffi Graf has always been a loser before. She thinks she has a psychological advantage and is familiar with the opponent's style of play and technical characteristics.Unexpectedly, this little bean sprout was improving all the time, and the details of the competition were constantly improving. This time it felt a little strange to himself, but he was caught off guard.

The golden years of Martina Navratilova's sports career, although counting down, are still at their peak in terms of physical strength and intelligence. On the other hand, she regained the disadvantage, fully showing her sophistication.

In this way, the final set became even more exciting, and each game went back and forth for a long time, which was brilliant, and warm applause sounded from time to time in the stadium.

Sitting in the auditorium, Tang Huan frowned slightly with a serious face.It's still the same reason, although the little loli I have carefully cultivated is a genius, but after all, it is a flower bone that has not yet bloomed. Facing the barbaric impact of the "King Kong Girl", the outcome is unpredictable.

On the court, Martina Navratilova roared from time to time, and every shot was full of murderous intent; Steffi Graf stared intently at her opponent with a sullen face. an elf.

When the score came to 6:5 and Steffi Graf unexpectedly took the lead by one set, the atmosphere in the court was so tense that even Martina Navratilova's shouts disappeared, and the host in the TV broadcast Became dumb.

It wasn't until Steffi Graf won another set with difficulty and won the whole game that tens of thousands of people in the stadium were able to release their tense nerves, and applause and cheers broke out.

The host and guests on TV said incoherently: "Oh my God, it's incredible. The youngest Grand Slam winner in history was born. You know, the German genius girl is only a few days away from turning 16."

"Steffy Graf, who won the Grand Slam for the first time, will get the championship bonus of 1262700 francs, and Martina Navratilova, who lost, will get the runner-up bonus of 640500 francs."

"After this victory, in addition to the substantial increase in WTA rankings, Steffi Graf's commercial endorsement value will also increase. She has not accepted any commercial advertisements before, and now it seems that her agent is very confident and enough. shrewd."

"I heard that Adidas and Puma, two well-known sports goods companies in Germany, fought openly and secretly for the endorsement of Steffi Graf's products."

"It's just that they may not be the first merchant to successfully sign a contract. The famous video game manufacturer EA is also eyeing it."

The discussion of the host and the guests, and even the gossip, made Steffi Graf, a talented girl, more and more legendary to reach the top of the Grand Slam.

In the speech session after the game, Martina Navratilova accepted her loss frankly, "Today I am in a good state and there is no problem."

"If there is a problem, I think it's because I haven't confronted Graf for a long time. The progress she accumulates every day makes me feel strange."

"However, I adapted quickly and recovered in the second set."

"As for my failure in the end, maybe it should be attributed to God's will. I believe that many audience members hoped to see the birth of a miracle, and Graf also complied with this request and made it happen."

The host then asked, "Does Steffi Graf's victory mean that the women's tennis world is about to change?"

Martina Navratilova shook her head and replied forcefully: "It's too early to say, Chris Evert and I are still at our peak, and we will meet again at Wimbledon in a month's time." higher and lower."

When Steffi Graf, the focus of the audience, finally took over the microphone to speak, facing the host's question "Why are you in such a good game today", Xiao Nizi replied delicately, "I mainly want to let everyone It’s Tin Hau’s birthday celebration, so I can get more presents.” The audience laughed out loud.

Tang Huan was also amused. The record of the youngest grand slam winner created by Geinsteffi Graf, who is just because of his cuteness, is hard to break.

The original space-time record holder was 1997 years and 16 months created by Martina Hingis at the 3 Australian Open, but now Steffi Graf is still a few days away from 16 years old.

Anyway, in Tang Huan's star family, another shining star has risen, which is a great thing. For example, Xiaobawang's home video game console, some Fangyuan personal computer models have a more vigorous idol stars to endorse.

As for Adidas and Puma, two rivals of the same origin, the commercial endorsements they are pursuing, Tang Huan let the management team consider it, and it's time for the little loli to start earning some pocket money, it depends on which one of you is willing I have sent a contract with more favorable conditions to my fellow genius girls.

Of course, Tang Huan also kept his promise and held a lively and grand birthday party for Steffi Graf without paparazzi harassment.

Another Grand Slam—British Wimbledon Tennis Championships is coming soon. Steffi Graf is not young and frivolous. After happily celebrating her birthday, she obediently prepared for the competition.

As for the commercial endorsements of those big brands with good conditions, they will not be fully fulfilled until after this period of intense competition.

After witnessing the little loli he cultivated skyrocket in the French Open, Tang Huan left for Munich, Germany to visit the Siemens headquarters.

The last time it intended to compete for 20.00% of Intel shares in IBM's hands, Tang Huan, who was sure of winning, once ran the other party with words, "You should manage the promising business of power plants, why go to the American semiconductor circle Disgusting."

The CEO of Siemens, Karlheinz Kaske, was so choked that he rolled his eyes, but after seeing another procurement contract brought by Tang Huan, he simply admitted that he was out of the game.

(End of this chapter)