tennis giant

Chapter 426 Dubai
On February 2, An Sheng, who had not participated in any professional competitions for nearly a month, appeared in Dubai out of nowhere.

Naturally, An Sheng would not appear here for no reason. The purpose of his trip was to participate in the upcoming ATP500 Dubai Open.

Of course, An Sheng did not break the rules set by himself. He chose to participate in this event only after receiving an appearance fee of 100 million US dollars.

In addition, this is also the first stop for Anson to carry out global publicity after signing a contract with Nike. Therefore, Anson arrived in Dubai 3 days in advance.

It is worth mentioning that there are actually quite a few tennis players under Nike, but their treatment varies greatly.

For ordinary players, what they can get is nothing more than free shoes and clothing provided by Nike, and there is a limit on the number. For a game, they can only get two sets.

But for Ansheng, it goes without saying that free shoes and clothing can be provided by the coaches, physical trainers, etc. within his team.

But this is only the most basic. For other things like hotels, travel, and even personal hobbies, etc., as long as An Sheng is willing to mention them, they are willing to provide services.

All in all, other than the competition, some affairs can be packaged and handed over to them.

It's just that An Sheng is not so delicate, and even to a certain extent, he doesn't like others to arrange these affairs for him, so, except for shoes, clothing and equipment, everything else is done by his own team.

By the way, what needs to be explained is that this time, the Dubai Open’s event team is willing to be a "taken advantage" and pay Anson an appearance fee of 100 million US dollars. Is there actually a reason?

First of all, during this period of time, An Sheng is indeed very popular and in the limelight.

Secondly, and the main reason, there are no other big-name players participating in this season's Dubai Open. Apart from An Sheng, there is only one Dimitrov, who is quite famous.

In fact, this is not the first time this has happened, and it is not unique to the Dubai Open. The key is that the "Four Kings" are old.

Needless to say, Murray did not perform well throughout last year. He chose to come back many times, but was soon injured again. After so many repetitions, it was basically hopeless.

Federer and Nadal, in order to prolong their careers, have very strict control over their competition schedules. Generally, they are really unwilling to participate in less important games, even if they are paid.

Among these four, only Djokovic returned to his peak form after his comeback last year, but because of the appearance of An Sheng, his record was not very good, at least he did not win a Grand Slam Champion of the tournament.

It also includes people like Coric, Kei Nishikori, Del Potro, Anderson, etc. Although they are still in the top ten in the world, they are all over [-] years old!

It can be seen from this that the older generation of heavenly kings are really slowly passing away.

Correspondingly, the younger generation, apart from An Sheng, other outstanding young players, such as Zverev, Dimitrov, Cilic, Edmond, etc., are gradually entering everyone's field of vision, becoming more and more popular. Most of them made an impact on the top ten in the world.

Especially after An Sheng's sudden emergence, this rising momentum is particularly prominent.

All in all, today's professional tennis world is going through a period of succession between the old and the new. This time may not be too short, but it will certainly not be too long.

On February 2, the Dubai Open officially kicked off.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, An Sheng also ushered in his first opponent, not a stranger, but a Tunisian player he had played against before, Makelay, who is now ranked 56th in the world.

This is a veteran born in 84. He is 1 meters tall and weighs 85 kilograms. He holds the racket with his right hand and backhands with both hands.

It can be seen that apart from being "old", Makelay is very ordinary and has nothing special about him.

In the previous records of the two, An Sheng had swept Makele. This time, there was no exception. It only took 1 hour and 20 minutes for him to easily win the game.

But this is obviously nothing to show off. With An Sheng's current strength, facing a player of Makelay's level, even if he is not in good condition, he will not lose.

However, after winning this game, An Sheng was quite happy, because he could feel that after winning the Australian Open championship, or under the stimulation of Federer, he had already stepped out of his previous state The trough, whether it is a physical state or a psychological state, has rebounded.

And because the Dubai Open is only an ATP500 level event, its schedule is relatively tight.

On the second night, An Sheng ushered in his second main match. His opponent was a player from the Netherlands named Robin Hasse.

Before, the two had no record of fighting.

According to the information, An Sheng can learn that this Robin is not an unknown person, and his ATP world ranking has always been hovering outside the 40th place.

In addition, with a height of 1 meters, it is obvious that serving is his "deadly weapon".

However, his weight is only 77 kg, and his figure is also thin and long, so his running ability is not bad.

From this point of view, this Robin player still has some strength and has his own playing style.

But having said that, his strength is also at the same level as the previous Markley, so naturally, there is no suspense about the result of the game.

Another 2-0, Ansheng swept his opponents and easily advanced to the next round.

In the third round of the Dubai Open, An Sheng met Tsitsipas, nicknamed "Greek Boy".

He is indeed worthy of the nickname of "beautiful Greek boy". Born in 1998, he is still very young, just turned 20 years old, and has a handsome appearance.

He is 1 meters tall and weighs 93 kilograms, but this height and weight does not affect his physical flexibility. This is where his talent lies.

And his growth process is quite in line with the definition of "genius".

In 2016, Tsitsipas's junior ranking reached the world's number one, and in the same year, he began to turn to the adult professional game.

After only one season of training, in the 2018 season, Sisipas shined brilliantly, defeating many top ten players in the world in a row, Tim, Djokovic, Zverev, Anderson , have all been defeated in his hands.

And his ATP world ranking has also increased rapidly, and now he has reached the 17th place.

Such a growth rate is really scary!
However, even though Sisipas is a "genius", facing An Sheng today, he is still very young.

It took only five or six rounds for An Sheng to completely defeat Tsitsipas' will to win, and it only took 1 hour and 15 minutes for him to sweep him out with a score of 2-0.

"Tsitsipas is indeed a very talented player, but he is only talented. If he wants to beat me, he has to wait a few more years." After the game, An Sheng commented in this way.

(End of this chapter)