At the beginning of August, a series of warm-up matches for the US Open had already begun. The first to start is the Washington Regal Mason Classic, but the prize money of this competition is only 600,000 US dollars, and it cannot attract players with too many points.
But then there are two important events, namely the Masters Montreal station and the Masters Cincinnati station. These two stations are ATP1000-level events, and the total prize money is also up to 2.45 million US dollars, which is enough to attract Federer, Nadal, and other big-name contestants to participate.
In the Masters Montreal race, Djokovic performed well, and finally defeated Federer in the final to win the championship; and at the Cincinnati station, Federer went all the way, defeating the native American player Blake in the final to win the trophy of the champion. However, Federer's points still did not exceed Zhang Guan, he is still in the second position in the world, because in the two masters at the same time last year, Federer also won a championship and a runner-up, so Federer has not changed in points, it is still below 6000 points.
Zhang Guan once again missed the two Masters tournaments. He returned to the country. In addition to receiving various commendations and participating in sponsor activities, he also participated in a wedding, that is, Yao Ming's wedding.
Yao's wedding was held in a low-key manner. Although media reports were waiting at the door of the hotel, no personal photos were taken. And there are not many people in Yao's wedding banquet. The family and friends of Yao's family have already finished the day before yesterday. This time, it is mainly to entertain some friends in Beijing. For example, basketball associations, men's basketball, women's basketball, and non-basketball friends like Zhang Guan.
Yao's wine volume is not bad, but a group of big men who can't stand the men's basketball team is stubborn, and Yao's drinking is also real. Seeing that others were bored, he is also bored. As a result, the men's basketball team will fight the wheel down. He soon became drunk, and if he hadn't waited for a few elderly people to stop him, he was afraid to take him back to his residence.
At the entrance of the hotel, a few older people, such as rough, bus, etc., have already gone back, but a few young men's basketball players are in a state of unsettled expression.
"It's only eight o'clock, let's go now?" Sun Yue paused, and then said, "Why not go to Sanlitun, there is a newly opened bar, and my boss knows them well."
"Don't bring your child down, we still have a minor here." Zhu Fangyu said with a smile.
"I am eighteen years old this year!" Chen Jianghua next to him said, "I am an adult now."
"With that kung fu, let's go for an exercise. How about finding a small 3V3 confrontation? If you lose, please eat supper!" Wang Shipeng said.
"Good idea! Just eat, just move a little, digest, and digest." Zhu Fangyu and Liu Wei immediately agreed.
The time for basketball games is usually in prime time in the evening. For professional basketball players, they have long been accustomed to putting their best state in this period, so professional basketball players have long been used to training at night, and with some efforts, the players are still training even till the early morning.
"But we only have five people. One less for 3V3. I knew I shouldn't let Zhang Qingpeng go, just call him back!" Sun Yue said.
"I don't need to call Zhang Qingpeng back. There is a ready-made candidate." Liu Wei pointed to the inside of the hotel door and saw Zhang Guan walking out of the elevator.
"Zhang Guan? Call Zhang Guan to make up the number? Will he play basketball?" Wang Shipeng asked with some uncertainty.
"Nonsense, among male athletes, there is no one who can't play basketball." Liu Wei continued, "Even if he is playing in professional basketball, but when you go to middle school, you have to touch basketball a lot! And look at Zhang Guan's height of one meter nine, it's impossible to say that he had never played basketball when he was in school!"
"I'm afraid Zhang Guan's technique won't be able to keep up with us." Sun Yue whispered.
"I don't worry about this. Zhang Guan's physical fitness is notoriously strong. It is estimated that he fights with the muscular sticks in the NBA. Even if there is no skill, dunks and rebounds are always a matter of course, and he is the holder of the 100-meter world record is the world's first explosive force." Liu Wei continued.
"I have forgotten this. He is the world champion of the long jump. Speaking of bouncing, some of us are not necessarily better than him. Maybe the shot will be slower and will be covered by him." Zhu Fangyu continued, " In a while, just separate Zhang Guan and Xiao Chen. Brother Liu, you take Zhang Guan to fight, plus one of me, Dapeng and Sun Yue, and Xiao Chen, so they can fight. "
"Okay, grab Zhang Guan to play!"
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Zhang Guan just walked to the door but found that several pairs of eyes were staring at himself. He turned his head to look and saw that the men's basketball men were standing there, looking at themselves.
Among the five men's basketball teams, Liu Wei and Zhu Fangyu had participated in the Athens Olympic Games, so Zhang Guan knew each other. Although Sun Yue and Wang Shipeng did not participate in the Athens Asian Games, Zhang Guan had seen them several times, only the young Chen Jianghua, was not very familiar with Zhang Guan.
"What are these guys staring at me for?" Zhang Guan subconsciously stopped.
Liu Wei took the lead and said, "Zhang Guan, let's go, let's play basketball?"
"Play basketball?" Zhang Guan asked uncertainty.
"Small confrontation of 3V3, we didn't have enough, luckily we caught you." Liu Wei said with a smile, "How about playing, how about it, go?"
"Go!" Zhang Guan suddenly felt itchy, and he hadn't touched basketball for a long time.
Zhang Guan's height, whether in high school or college, is relatively high, so Zhang Guan often played basketball in his last life, especially after going to college, the learning pressure is not so heavy, even more, its time to play basketball. Although not every day, you have to play three or four times a week. On the contrary, after working, every day from 9 to 5, there is not so much time to play basketball.
After resurrecting this time, Zhang Guan has been busy all the time. Training, competitions, and participating in various commercial activities occupy most of his time. Zhang Guan has no time to play basketball. Now that Liu Wei said it, he wants to play. And being able to play against national team players makes Zhang Guan feel very excited.
Speaking of technique, Zhang Guan, the amateur level of college students, is far inferior to professional athletes, but since he is playing, there is not so much attention, entertainment, and tactics that are not as important as the game.
"In the past, I wanted to jump, and it was a little difficult to dunk, but with my body, maybe I can jump in place!" Zhang Guan couldn't help but feel excited.