Now that I've been reborn, I have to play tennis!

Chapter 51 I am very humble
The ATP has updated its official rankings for the new week.

Generally speaking, the ATP and WTA world rankings are updated once a week.

However, the French Open, one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, is about to begin, and the Grand Slam events will last for half a month.

Special times call for special measures!
The next world rankings update will be in two weeks.

At this moment, Meng Hao's world ranking reached 552nd, and he unexpectedly became the third-ranked man in China.

Zhang Ze, the number one brother, is ranked 197th, Wu Di, the number two brother, is ranked 236th, and Meng Hao is ranked 552nd.

In just three low-level Hope Tournaments, he surpassed many of his predecessors.

The other national team players, who receive various subsidies, are ranked even lower than Meng Hao, a 17-year-old newcomer, which has drawn ridicule from many netizens on Weibo.

"Men's tennis is too weak! Our country only has 2 players in the top 500, while the neighboring country has 12!"

"I am optimistic that Meng Hao will soon enter the top 300. He is so young and has won three Hope Tour titles in a row. He has great potential."

"Could it be that men's tennis, which has always been weak, has seen a glimmer of hope?"

"What's the use of being in the top 300? In professional tennis, even if you make it into the top 100 and can play on the tour, if you're constantly getting eliminated in the first or second round, you won't generate much buzz!"

"I think Meng Hao is still a very promising rising star!"

After all, we live in an era of booming mobile internet, and tennis bloggers on Weibo need fresh topics to attract more followers.

Meng Hao emerged out of nowhere in just two months, winning three Hope Tournament championships in a row, which naturally attracted their attention.

There are more and more reports about him.

If Meng Hao were to walk down the street today, he would still just be an ordinary passerby who is a bit too handsome and sunny, and no one would pay him any attention.

However, it did generate quite a bit of discussion within the tennis community on Weibo.

Tennis fans from all over the country gathered on this social media platform to discuss information about Meng Hao.

For example, a blogger named "Tennis World" posted a rather meaningful Weibo post: "This year's Chinese season is going to be very exciting! I'm talking about wildcards, you know what I mean..."

By deliberately posing a controversial question, you can easily generate traffic.
Everyone suddenly realized!

"That's right, it's the third brother from China, and he's so young, we have to give him a wildcard!"

"Yes, those old hands have run out of potential to be tapped!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, that's not necessarily true! There's a trick to getting a wildcard; many people are envious! A wildcard means a hefty sum of US dollars!"

Tennis fans engaged in a heated discussion about the "wildcard issue," which was exactly what the tennis blogger was looking for.

I've got the data.

……

At this moment, Meng Hao has finished his month-long journey and has temporarily returned to his hometown to rest.

This is actually the life of most professional tennis players: play a few games, take a break, and then continue the next journey.

For self-employed individuals like him who haven't joined the provincial team, when there are no matches, he can only go home, and training usually takes place on the school's tennis courts.

Meng Hao returned to his ordinary yet cozy home. His parents were both working the night shift, and he was all alone.

"If I try my best, at the latest next year, or at the earliest this year, I can make it easier for my parents to work so hard," he thought to himself.

They are not yet fifty years old, and they still have to go to work, but they can find a less demanding job that doesn't require them to work as hard as they do now.

Turn on the TV and tune it to CCTV5.

Meng Hao remembered that CCTV would be broadcasting a French Open tennis match live tonight.

If the prime time slot is set on CCTV5, instead of CCTV5+ for the live broadcast, then only domestic players can take the stage, and it has to be the highly anticipated Li Na.

This year's French Open main draw features three women but none men. Zhang Ze, who participated in the qualifying rounds, was predictably eliminated in the first round, and his lack of fighting spirit led domestic fans to sarcastically remark that he was on a vacation in Paris.

Li Na had just won the Australian Open title more than four months ago, and as a former French Open champion and the No. 4 seed, she was naturally highly anticipated by Chinese fans.

However, her condition is very poor, and she seems to be troubled by injuries.

They lost the first set, and after a hard-fought victory in the second set to tie the score, they suffered a crushing 1-6 defeat in the third set.

The newly crowned Australian Open champion and the tournament's No. 2 seed suffered a first-round exit at the French Open.

The butterfly effect he created did not change history.

Meng Hao picked up the remote, turned off the TV, went back to his room, turned on his computer, and logged into his personal Weibo account.

He recently applied for a verified personal account—professional tennis player Meng Hao—and finally passed the verification process.

Meng Hao originally didn't want to open a personal verified account so quickly, but he had to change his mind because of the previous negotiations with Shen Dongguo's mother.

The conditions offered by that aunt were actually quite sincere, but the contract was for three years, and even with the bonus clauses, Meng Hao felt that he was losing out a little.

Three years is too long; too many things can change.

Then, Meng Hao proposed a compromise: the two sides would first cooperate amicably in the short term, and if he made a name for himself in the future, he promised to give priority to Baibaoli under the same conditions.

So-called short-term business cooperation means that no contract is signed and no money is involved.

Meng Hao posted several Weibo posts on his verified personal account to help promote the "Baobaoli" racket brand, and the other party provided the rackets he needed for the competition.

It was just a small favor for him, and the other side had plenty of rackets to spare.

However, Meng Hao soon discovered that the tennis bloggers on Weibo had an even sharper sense of smell than dogs.

I just opened a verified account on Weibo, and several tennis bloggers immediately came to promote it.

"Everyone, go check it out! Meng Hao has opened a Weibo account!"

"A sunny and handsome young man!"

"A rising star in Chinese men's tennis!"

"The Little Prince of Clay!"

"Keep it up, and become number one soon!"

Meng Hao's verified personal account has already garnered over 100 followers in just over an hour since its launch.

Of course, there will also be a lot of fake followers among them.

How should I post this first Weibo message?
It can't be too arrogant, nor can it be too ordinary.

Meng Hao pondered for a moment, then typed in a line of text.

"Hello everyone, my name is Meng Hao, and I am a professional tennis player. When I first saw that beautiful green tennis ball, my keen intuition told me that it was meant for me!"

"I've set myself a small goal: to break into the world's top 100 and win a tour title!"

After he finished writing, he clicked send!
Just being in the top 100 in the world and winning a tour title, that's nothing, right?

I didn't say I wanted to win a Grand Slam, a Masters tournament, or the year-end finals.

Several of the top female tennis players have already achieved this result.

Meng Haozhen felt that his tone was already very humble and not arrogant at all.

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