The awarding staff gave Zhang Guan a certificate, which he had not told Zhang Guan before, which made Zhang Guan a little overwhelmed.
"What kind of certificate is this?" Zhang Guan thought while taking it, just glanced at it, and saw the three letters of ATP stand out.
"ATP? Professional Tennis Federation." Zhang Guan thought silently.
At this point, the awards officer said to Zhang Guan, "Zhang Guan, congratulations, from today on, you are a registered ATP professional tennis player!"
"What? Professional tennis player?" Zhang Guan still did not respond.
Fortunately, Sharapova reminded him from the side, "This is the registration certificate of the ATP professional player, with your name on it, which means that you are now a professional tennis player registered in ATP. Well, this is a very good souvenir of special significance."
Zhang Guan immediately understood that this certificate is probably a gift from the organizer for participating in this charity day event.
Under normal circumstances, this kind of charity event invites some celebrities in other fields, although they will not pay money since the celebrities are willing to come, the organizers can just not give anything. Therefore, the organizers often prepare some special or representative souvenirs. For example, when Bolt participated in an event in Berlin, the city of Berlin gave a sample wall of the Berlin Wall to Bolt for commemoration.
This commemorative gift does not lie in how much it is worth, but in the meaning behind the souvenir. If you are an ordinary fan, you may feel very happy to get tennis signed by Federer, but Zhang Guan's reputation is three points greater than Federer, so the organizer naturally needs to give a more meaningful and representative gift, so the organizer of the US Open got an ATP professional player qualification certificate, which can help Zhang Guan be regarded as an honorable professional tennis player. This is the same as those of honorary professors in XX universities and honorary citizens in XX cities.
As a track and field athlete, this is useless for Zhang Guan, but if it is used as a souvenir, this ATP professional athlete certificate is indeed very suitable. Although this thing is not valuable, it is very symbolic. Of course, Zhang Guan only wants a title, not be like professional tennis players who are flying around the world just to play games.
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Li Na handed the ball bag to Jiang Shan, and said at the same time, "I can't think of Zhang Guan as a track and field athlete, but he played well! At least the technical aspect seems to be discreet and stronger than those amateur players. Maybe he can reach the quasi-professional level! He just needs some game experience, which is easily solvable."
Jiang Shan deeply nodded in agreement, "Especially in serving, although he uses the simplest flat serve, the ball speed has reached the level of the world's top players! I have always heard that Zhang Guan is the most talented person in China. As a good athlete, if you look at him today, he deserves the name. I think if Zhang Guan wants to practice tennis, there is no problem entering the Grand Slam."
"I think Zhang Guanlian is better at athletics. You can see that he has won many world records in athletics! Although our country's athletics strength is not strong, it is also a major event that has been developed for decades. The audience base is there. Yes, even if you can't run out of the world record, you can win a world championship. It's like tennis, which has only developed in recent years. Now many people in our country don't even understand the basic rules of tennis. And there are so many restrictions in the network management center..." Li Na groaned.
Jiang Shan shook his head helplessly. Li Na was dissatisfied with the "parental management" of the Network Management Center. If was it was not two days a day, and the Network Management Center would approve, Li Na would become the first athlete to choose solo.
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While Zhang Guan and Sharapova were together in the United States, Director Luo in the domestic field management center was looking sad.
"This Zhang Guan, Sun Wukong reincarnated! Let me find something." Director Luo sighed and picked up the score sheet in his hand again.
This is the list of results of the National Athletics Championships that ended not long ago. This National Athletics Championship is also a selection event for the Doha Asian Games Athletics, so it stands to reason that the first place in each event is eligible to go to Doha to participate in the Asian Games.
However, according to the original plan, the national team is not prepared to send people to participate in certain events, and most of them are concentrated on men's events. For example, men's 10,000 meters, men's hammer, men's 800 meters middle distance running, and 1500 meters middle distance running. These are the weak events of the national team. Even if they are placed at the Asian level, they are also hopeless to win the prize. They are under the consideration of streamlining personnel, so they are not prepared to send people to compete in these.
The threshold for the Asian Games is still relatively low, but the domestic athletics certainly wants everyone to go. The Chinese team was originally the country with the largest number of participants in the Asian Games, and it also traveled to Western Asia. Considering the organizer's ability to receive and solve some related expenses, it is necessary to streamline personnel. There are restrictions on the number of participants in all major events, so it is normal to abandon certain disadvantaged events.
However, what Director Luo is facing today is not a question of the number of participants.
"100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, and long jump! By the way, you have to add a 4 by 100 meters, these are five events, Zhang Guan still feels that it is not enough! He wants to run 800 meters and 1500 meters! What does he think the Asian Games are? Playhouse!" Director Luo continued with a disgruntled expression, "At the same time to participate in seven competitions, you have to tire yourself into a dog! Old Ma, you should tell me about how he is going to participate in seven events at once!"
"Oh, if Zhang Guan can participate in seven projects at once, he should be able to make history!" Director Ma answered with a smile.
"Creating history? Also creating history! When you mention these words, I am even angrier. That is the Asian Games. The Asian Games are only held once every four years. How many domestic athletes can't go to the Asian Games? What would it be like, a place of reputation? Yes, people will mention the Doha Asian Games in the future, and they will say that Zhang Guan participated in seven projects at the same time in the first Asian Games. His reputation will come to an end with no achievements! Seven events, how can he have so much physical strength." Director Luo said angrier and angrier, "Looking back to the 2008 Olympics, will he also have to participate in seven events to create history? In that case, the Olympics are better than this!"
"We have also evaluated physical strength." Director Ma picked up the small book in his hand and then said, "Zhang Guan is far superior to ordinary people in terms of physical reserve and physical recovery, so according to our evaluation, even if he participated in multiple projects he can also at least guarantee the gold medals of the two projects of 100 meters and 200 meters. In these two projects, Zhang Guan's advantage over other Asian athletes is too great. Judging from the level of other players in Asian countries, Zhang Guan only needs to run 100 meters into 10 seconds, 200 meters into 20 seconds, and then he can easily win the championship, which is very easy for Zhang Guan."
"What about 400 meters?" Director Luo then asked.
Director Ma immediately replied, "On the 400-meter project, East Asian athletes can not pose a threat to Zhang Guan. Our main opponents are still from West Asia. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and the UAE are all naturalized legions. Several players have run into or approached the 45-second mark. Of course, athletes do not play the best level of competition in every game."
Director Luo thought for a while and asked, "What is the record of the men's 400 meters in the Asian Games?"
"44 seconds 93, Qatar Ismail created at the Hiroshima Asian Games." Director Ma replied.
"According to the current world record held by Zhang Guan, it is 1.7 seconds ahead of this score! This gap is still quite large in the 400 meters. So even if Zhang Guan's physical strength is average, there are also be a tactic for the 400 meters project?" Director Luo asked.
Director Ma nodded cautiously, "There must be a tactic. Zhang Guan thinks that he can win gold medals for all three sprint events, so he has to quarrel to participate in the two middle distance runs of 800 meters and 1500 meters."
At this moment, Director Luo had lost most of his anger. He lowered his head and began to think seriously.
A few minutes later, Director Luo raised his head and asked, "If Zhang Guan participates in the 800 meters and 1500 meters of the Asian Games, what kind of results will he achieve? Is it possible to win medals, is there even a chance of winning?"
"It's very unlikely." Director Ma shook his head and then said, "The middle-distance running level of Central Asian countries is among the best in the world, and it can even be said that they're capable of winning gold in the World Championships or the Olympic Games. Although Zhang Guan can dominate in our country for the middle distance, his performance is far worse than those of athletes in West Asia."
Director Luo's eyes turned as if he was thinking about it, he said, "You think this will not work, we should allow Zhang Guan to participate in the 800 meters and 1500 meters of the Asian Games this time, it's okay if he doesn't win the championship. But he has to win the gold medal in other events! If he doesn't get the championship, he will continue to practice sprinting. At least before the 2008 Olympics, he can't mention the middle distance."
Director Luo took the teacup and took a sip of water. Then he said, "Well, the Asian Games have poor sprinting athletes. Even if Zhang Guan does not run hard, he can win the championship, but the Olympics are different. The gold medal in the sprint event can never be lost. So at the Asian Games, let Zhang Guan fool around once, but the 2008 Olympic Games, we must not be driven by Zhang Guan's temperament. The thought of running the middle distance should be dissolved!"
"This is a good idea! The child never refuses to accept. With his character, he has a good suit." Director Ma showed an old fox-like face on his face, and then said, "You should leave this matter to me! The World Cup of Athletics is coming soon. I will talk to Zhang Guan about this."