章 236: Zhang Guan participated in the competition
The pace of the Australian Open this year is getting closer and closer, and the Australian Open qualifying round is coming to an end. With the sixteen qualifiers for the qualifying round officially confirmed, the Australian Open Organizing Committee has announced all 128 contestants.
There are many familiar names on the list, such as No.1 seed Federer, No.2 seed Nadal, No.3 seed Davydenko, No. 4 seed Ljubicic, etc. These are all veteran players and has long been expected by the audience. Also, some young people have emerged in recent years, such as No.14 seed Djokovic and No.15 seed Murray, both of whom are under 20 years old but have become the world's top 20 players, so both of them were very eye-catching.
Other players with higher rankings in the world will more or less attract the attention of many media and audiences. As for players with lower rankings in the world, qualifiers, and wild card players, not many people care about them. By the way, apart from professional tennis players, ordinary spectators don't know them at all and haven't even heard of their names.
But in this year's list announced by the sponsors of the Australian Open, there is a name that is very familiar to viewers all over the world: Zhang Guan!
"Australia Tennis Open Player List Announced, Zhang Guan, King of Athletics!"
This news was like a bomb, which instantly detonated the focus of media attention, especially the fastest-reacting online media, and published relevant news as soon as possible.
There are official screenshots of the Australian Open Organizing Committee on the news, which shows that Zhang Guan appeared in the 128 contestant list. At first, some people thought that this was a joke, but after checking the Australian official website, they confirmed that this was true.
Immediately afterward, a piece of commentary appeared on the Internet.
"Zhang Guan appeared on the Australian Open player list, transformation? Play tickets? The organizer made a mistake? Or is it advertising marketing? "
This article was written by a senior journalist in the tennis world. He proposed various possibilities. In this article, he wrote:
"Zhang Guan wants to transform into playing tennis? This possibility should be ruled out first, from one sport to another. The difficulty is conceivable, not to mention tennis is a comprehensive ability of athletes. This sport requires physical fitness, skills, talent, experience, psychology, even with seven or eight years of practice you can not achieve results at all, which is completely different from the track and field such special sports. Therefore, the possibility of Zhang Guan transforming into tennis is zero."
"Playing tickets? The possibility is not too high. There are always some athletes who will enter other fields because of the freshness, but if playing tickets alone, Zhang Guan doesn't need to go to the stage of the Australian Open Grand Slam, Zhang Guan only needs to play two games with his Grand Slam girlfriend, it is enough to satisfy his freshness in tennis! Having said that, maybe Zhang Guan really can't play against Sharapova, don't think of this is as a joke, very few male players in the world can beat Sharapova."
"When I first saw this news, I thought it was the joke sponsored by the Australian Open organizers, but now it has been more than two hours since the announcement of the Australian Open entry list. The list has not been replaced. It seems that this is not an error now!"
"The author believes that this is just an advertisement marketing, so Zhang Guan's fans should not be disappointed if he doesn't appear in the Australian Open!"
For reporters, the only information they can hold is the list of participants announced by the Australian Open Organizing Committee, so now they can only "boldly guess", but the answer will be revealed in a few hours. The Australian Open Organizing Committee organized a regular press conference and the meeting will be held in the afternoon.
Every year, there are always some players who retire due to various reasons, so after the list of players is announced, a regular press conference is essential. The Australian Open Organizing Committee also needs the media and the public to explain.
Today's press conference was particularly lively, and the scene was packed with reporters all coming for Zhang Guan.
The chairman of the Australian Open Organizing Committee, Terry, looked at the reporters packed with canned sardines below, and then looked at the various recording devices piled up in front of the speaker like a hill. His face could not help but reveal a satisfying look.
"The news that Zhang Guan participated in the Australian Open was gimmicky and attracted so many reporters at once. Tomorrow this news will surely be the headline of sports all over the world! It looks like this wild card is very worthwhile." He thoughts of relief.
At this time, the spokesperson of the Australian Open also introduced the relevant situation and reached the reporter's question.
"Does Zhang Guan want to participate in this year's Australian Open?" The first reporter asked the question that everyone is most concerned about.
The spokesman said immediately, "Yes. Zhang Guan is determined to participate in this year's Australian Open."
There was a commotion in the group of reporters below.
However, after a brief commotion, the second reporter stood up and asked, "Zhang Guan is a track and field athlete. Is he eligible to participate in the tennis Grand Slam?"
"Zhang Guan is participating with a foreign card and complies with the rules of the tournament. Another thing I want to correct is that Zhang Guan is not just a track and field athlete, he is also a professional tennis player. He has a professional tennis federation ATP Certificate of professional tennis players. So our organizing committee believes that there is nothing wrong with a professional tennis federation holding a wild card to participate in the Australian Open." The spokesperson smiled.
Another reporter asked, "As far as I know, Zhang Guan was suspended from the game at the end of last month. Isn't it illegal to participate in the Australian Open?"
"No, no, no violations at all!" The spokesperson shook his head, then said, "The suspension of Zhang Guan is related to the management of track and field, and Zhang Guan is now participating in the tennis competition, they only want to manage the related body of track and field, they should not have the right to interfere with a tennis player participating in a tennis match!"
The press conference continued, and no one noticed that a reporter was talking on the phone in the corner.
"Chris Guccione, is that men's doubles player? Does he want to break the news? What? The original right to participate in this wild card game originally belonged to Guccione? Zhang Guan's wild card was bought for with money?" The reporter felt that he had caught a big fish, he then asked, "Does that Guccione have evidence? No evidence, just guessing out of thin air..."
Hearing just speculation out of thin air, the reporter sighed in disappointment. After thinking carefully, he said, "Well, I will go to this Guccione for an interview, but I will declare in advance, no matter what he said is true or false, and I will not bear any legal responsibility."
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