It seemed as though Halls had transformed into another person . He no longer went to play football at night . Instead, he went to bed early every day and put all his energy into his training the next day .
The trip to Spain significantly affected Halls . He had personally witnessed the way two giants of football, Real Madrid and Barcelona, trained their youths . He even had the chance to play in a couple of practice matches . He finally saw what world-cla.s.s youth training was like .
All of that generated a drive within Halls . He desired to train in Real Madrid or Barcelona . He wanted to enter one of their teams and become a part of them . He aspired to play with awesome teammates and against amazing opponents .
However, because of his dwarfism and his Wagner's line closing, Real Madrid and Barcelona rejected him . It wounded his pride, and this sort of wound quickly inspired his motivation to train .
Just as Dai Li said, only a person with a vivid goal would strive and fight to achieve it .
Halls was doing exactly that . Although he had wished to play in Europe when he was younger, he never really witnessed what a top football club was like in Europe . The dream of playing football in Europe had been based in fantasy . The current Halls had visited Spain and two of the biggest clubs in football, Real Madrid and Barcelona . Playing football in Europe was no longer just a fict.i.tious dream, it had become a target he strived for in reality .
Halls knew that his height was the reason he got rejected by the clubs . He had dwarfism and his Wagner's line had closed . Those were things he could not change . Halls realized deep down that training at Dai Li's place was his last hope of growing any taller .
Having dwarfism meant that Halls had a congenital deficiency, so the teenagers who had already entered the Real Madrid and Barcelona youth academy had a huge advantage over him . In such a dire situation, Halls had to work much harder and put it more effort than the others if he wanted to succeed .
Halls understood that . He knew that his path was much harder than everyone else's . However, he would never give up . He would sprint towards his goal .
. . .
It was ten in the morning and Dai Li was in his office developing a training plan for a client . His phone suddenly rang .
Dai Li grabbed his phone and glanced at it . The caller ID surprised him a little .
"It's Zhongyi Xu . Why is he calling? It should be midnight in China . " Dai Li calculated in his mind . The West Coast of the U . S . had a 16 hours time difference from China . Taking into account daylight savings time, there was at least a 15-hour time difference between the West Coast and China . It was morning for Dai Li, so it was definitely early in the morning in China . Xu should be sleeping .
Old Xu, calling me at this hour? I just hope it's not something too serious . Dai Li did not hesitate and picked up the phone immediately .
"h.e.l.lo, Old Xu . Why aren't you sleeping right now? Is something wrong?" Dai Li asked directly .
"It's because I don't want to affect your rest . " Zhongyi Xu laughed and said, "But I really do have something that I need to ask you . "
"What's up? Let me hear it," Dai Li said generously .
"Our provincial sports team . The coach's name is Jianguo Chen . He's a tennis coach . You've heard of him, right?" Zhongyi Xu asked .
"That sounds vaguely familiar . " Dai Li paused briefly and said, "But isn't our provincial tennis team pretty weak? There's not a lot of players and even fewer coaches . "
"That's right . Apart from some first-tier cities, the other places have never really developed tennis as a sport . Policy and financial support are also pretty limited . " Zhongyi Xu did not stay on that issue for long . He said, "Jianguo Chen and I have known each other for a long time . He has a son named Zhen Chen who he trained in tennis . The fella is pretty talented . He won the bronze medal in the national games when he was only 18 years old . He also partic.i.p.ated in several international compet.i.tions this year . In the most recent world rankings, Zhen Chen made it into the top 200 . "
"A male player from our country making it into the top 200 in the world ranking is pretty impressive," Dai Li praised .
"And making it into the top 200 in the world ranking means that he can partic.i.p.ate in the qualifiers for the U . S . Open . It's been a long time since a male player from our country partic.i.p.ated in one of the four grand slams," Zhongyi Xu said .
There were four grand slam tournaments . The main compet.i.tions had 128 spots, among them, 104 were based on the world rankings . The top 104 ranked players were eligible to partic.i.p.ate directly in the main compet.i.tion of the four tennis grand slam tournaments . However, it was inevitable that some of the players would drop out due to injury or other sudden factors or incidents . The lower-ranked players were the subst.i.tutes . So, under normal circ.u.mstances, as long as someone was among the top 110 in the world there was a chance to partic.i.p.ate in the four grand slam tennis tournaments .
Another eight spots were left to wild cards . Sometimes big shot players drop out of the top 104 rankings if they stop partic.i.p.ating in compet.i.tions for long periods of time . In such situations, these players are provided the chance to enter the grand slams as a wild card . Players from the host country have an advantage in the wild card selection . So, for the Australian Open, there are always a few Australian players selected; for the Wimbledon Open, British players are selected; for the French Open, French players are selected; for the U . S . Open, Americans are selected .
The last 16 spots in the main compet.i.tion were determined by the qualifiers . Before the four grand slam tennis tournaments, a qualifier would first be organized . A total of 128 athletes would partic.i.p.ate in the qualifiers . Partic.i.p.ation in the qualifiers was based on the players' world rankings . Three rounds of elimination matches were played, and players who won all three matches were allowed to advance to the main compet.i.tion .
From the rules, if n.o.body retired early due to injuries, the top 104 and 232 ranking players would be able to partic.i.p.ate in the qualifiers . However, because many usually retired early, the top 250 ranked players are usually able to partic.i.p.ate in the qualifier .
Zhen Chen was already in the top 200 in world rankings, so his place in the qualifiers was guaranteed .
"You want my help, right?" Dai Li asked .
"Yes, Jianguo Chen hoped to bring Zhen Chen to the U . S . early to help get him acclimatized to the environment . It would be ideal to find a U . S . tennis coach in advance so that he could guide Zhen Chen in advance . You are more familiar with the U . S . so I would like to ask for your help," Zhongyi Xu stated .
"No problem, you can let Jianguo Chen know that he can contact me directly," Dai Li said .
"Jianguo Chen isn't very wealthy . His is an average, working-cla.s.s household . They rely on their fixed salary . Grooming Zhen Chen to be a tennis player cost them a lot of money, so I hope you don't get him someone too expensive," Zhongyi Xu reminded .
"Is that so…" Dai Li hesitated for a moment and continued, "Old Xu, you are a coach . You must know that, in the sports training industry, any skilled coach will not be cheap . The better they are, the higher their wages . "
"I know, I know . That's the reason I'm calling you in the middle of the night . I need you to help me think of something . You're doing very well in the U . S . , so you must know many people . Perhaps you could help Zhen Chen," Zhongyi Xu said .
"How about this? Let him train at my training center . Some of my clients are reputable tennis players, they're among the top 50 in the world rankings . Zhen Chen can train with them . Although it's just fitness training, perhaps he will learn a thing or two . If it's possible, I'll try recommending some of the players here practice with Zhen Chen," Dai Li said .
"Then, in terms of the fees, you better give them a discount . I know the fees at your place is amazingly expensive," Zhongyi Xu said intentionally .
Dai Li understood what Zhongyi Xu meant . He chuckled and said, "If it were anyone else, I wouldn't bother but it's you, Old Xu . How can I say no to you! By the time they get here, it'll only be a few days before the U . S . Open . I won't charge them anything . "
. . .
Three days later, Jianguo Chen and Zhen Chen arrived in Los Angeles .
Jianguo Chen used to be the coach of the Hanbei Provincial Sports team, but Dai Li didn't have much of an impression of him . First of all, they were in different sports . Second of all, provincial tennis had always been a niche sport, it wasn't important .
Zhen Chen was a genius youth tennis player, part of the new generation in China . Dai Li used the detector on him and discovered that his talent potential grade was B+ . It was enough to dominate in China and possibly partic.i.p.ate in some of the lower-level international tours . However, when it came to compet.i.tions like the four grand slams, he would barely manage to meet the minimum requirement for the main compet.i.tion .
In the U . S . , tennis was fairly popular . The U . S . has a lot of specialized schools in tennis, and a large number of tennis players are produced annually . Among Dai Li's clients, there were a few reputable tennis players in the top 50 of the world rankings . As the U . S . Open neared, they trained more frequently . Their fitness training was the most important part of their training schedule .
Under normal circ.u.mstances, the U . S . Open would last for around half a month . Most of the non-seeded players would be in both the individual singles compet.i.tion and the doubles or mixed doubles compet.i.tion . Some partic.i.p.ants would even have to deal with both matches in singles and doubles . They needed a lot of stamina, so they were willing to place more emphasis on their fitness training before the compet.i.tion .
For Zhen Chen, these tennis players were "idols" that he didn't think he'd ever have a chance to meet .
Zhen Chen's ranking was just inside the top 200 . In theory, his ranking was just 150 spots away from the top 50, which doesn't seem like too big a deal . However, when it came to tennis, the jump from 200 to 50 was like heaven and earth . A lot of the players ranked around 200 would not ever be pitted against a top 50-ranked player .
In tennis, the qualifier was determined by the world rankings . For example, the most important ATP tournaments were the four grand slam tournaments . Following that was the ATP 1000, then the ATP 500, and then the ATP 250 . A player ranked in the top 10 of the world would not partic.i.p.ate in the ATP250 tournament because, to them, the talent level in an ATP 250 tournament was too low .
After that, it was the Challengers tournament 125K +H level, the Challengers 125K, Challengers 100K, 75K, 50K, and 40K . For Challengers tournaments below 100K, it would be difficult to see any players ranked in the top 100 . After the Challengers tournaments, there was the Hope tournament . Only players who were not in the world rankings would partic.i.p.ate in the lower levels of the Hope tournament .
So for any players ranked within the world's top 200, at most, they would take part in a few of the Challengers tournaments . It was difficult to partic.i.p.ate in tournaments above the ATP 250 so, it wasn't often possible to play against players in the top 50 world rankings .
Even when players ranked within the top 232 in the world were allowed to take part in the qualifiers of a grand slam tournament, the three rounds of games were all death matches for the players ranked in the 200 regions . If they wanted to advance through to the main tournament, they had to get three consecutive victories against opponents higher rankings . There would have to be an upset every match . One upset was still possible, but to have three consecutive upsets was extremely unlikely .
So, in the qualifiers of the four grand slams, the ones who ultimately made it to the main tournament were usually the top 150 players . Those ranked outside of the top 150 could barely ever make it to the main tournament .
. . .
On the training ground, Jianguo Chen watched Zhen Chen as he trained . With a benevolent smile, he said, "When Zhen Chen first picked up a tennis racquet, he wasn't even taller than the racquet . Back then, I had just retired and was supposed to become the coach of the team . He was like my tail . I trained while he picked up the b.a.l.l.s . Later, I saw that he imitated the athletes swinging the racquets . It was then that I began teaching him tennis .
"Zhen Chen had talent . Among the athletes I trained, he was the most talented . He only needed to learn the things I taught him once . From then on, I decided that even if I went broke, I would properly groom him . I hoped that one day he could play in the grand slam tournaments, and achieve everything I couldn't . "
Jianguo Chen sighed . "When I was an athlete, I hoped to play in one of the four grand slam tournaments . I would have been satisfied with one match . However, back in our day, it was impossible . Tennis players didn't even have the chance to take part in tournaments outside China . Especially after the tennis player defection during the 1980s, our chances of leaving the country for compet.i.tions got even slimmer . I've never left the country to partic.i.p.ate in any compet.i.tion . "
Dai Li, who was at this side, nodded . Back then, a tennis player competing in a tournament in the U . S . left the team and stayed in the U . S . He even applied for government protection to stay in the United States . However, if one thought carefully, only people who were being politically persecuted were eligible to apply for government protection . An athlete was not a politician with influence . Who would politically persecute an athlete? So, the athlete wanted to stay in the U . S . and the American government was more than willing to use him as a political tool . Today, the athlete would have been deported by the U . S . immigration service .
Jianguo Chen then continued, "When I saw that Zhen Chen made it into the top 200, I was really happy . He has the chance to take part in a grand slam tournament . It was my lifelong dream and, although I never realized it, there is a chance my son will realize this dream for me!"
As Jianguo Chen said this, he became more and more excited .
Dai Li looked at Jianguo Chen's face and felt a tinge of pity . With Zhen Chen's current standard, not to mention the main tournament of the grand slam,it would be difficult for him to make it through the first round .
It was always difficult working in tennis back in China . Dai Li knew what the tennis environment in China was like . He glanced at Zhen Chen, who was in the middle of his training . Zhen Chen looked serious, but Dai Li could feel that Zhen Chen was a little nervous .
It wasn't a tournament or a match, only a normal training session . Yet, Zhen Chen was actually nervous . It wasn't because Zhen Chen was mentally weak, it was because he knew how important this training was . He valued training and he treasured the chance to train with tennis players in the top 50, even if it were only fitness training .
"Looks like even Zhen Chen knows that he is living the dream of two generations . His partic.i.p.ation in the U . S . Open isn't just for him, it is also for his father!"
Dai Li finally made the decision . He decided to help this father and son pursue their dreams .
It seemed as though Halls had transformed into another person . He no longer went to play football at night . Instead, he went to bed early every day and put all his energy into his training the next day . The trip to Spain significantly affected Halls . He had personally witnessed the way two giants of football, Real Madrid and Barcelona, trained their youths . He even had the chance to play in a couple of practice matches . He finally saw what world-cla.s.s youth training was like . All of that generated a drive within Halls . He desired to train in Real Madrid or Barcelona . He wanted to enter one of their teams and become a part of them . He aspired to play with awesome teammates and against amazing opponents . However, because of his dwarfism and his Wagners line closing, Real Madrid and Barcelona rejected him . It wounded his pride, and this sort of wound quickly inspired his motivation to train . Just as Dai Li said, only a person with a vivid goal would strive and fight to achieve it . Halls was doing exactly that . Although he had wished to play in Europe when he was younger, he never really witnessed what a top football club was like in Europe . The dream of playing football in Europe had been based in fantasy . The current Halls had visited Spain and two of the biggest clubs in football, Real Madrid and Barcelona . Playing football in Europe was no longer just a fict.i.tious dream, it had become a target he strived for in reality . Halls knew that his height was the reason he got rejected by the clubs . He had dwarfism and his Wagners line had closed . Those were things he could not change . Halls realized deep down that training at Dai Lis place was his last hope of growing any taller . Having dwarfism meant that Halls had a congenital deficiency, so the teenagers who had already entered the Real Madrid and Barcelona youth academy had a huge advantage over him . In such a dire situation, Halls had to work much harder and put it more effort than the others if he wanted to succeed . Halls understood that . He knew that his path was much harder than everyone elses . However, he would never give up . He would sprint towards his goal It was ten in the morning and Dai Li was in his office developing a training plan for a client . His phone suddenly rang . Dai Li grabbed his phone and glanced at it . The caller ID surprised him a little . Its Zhongyi Xu . Why is he calling? It should be midnight in China . Dai Li calculated in his mind . The West Coast of the U . S . had a 16 hours time difference from China . Taking into account daylight savings time, there was at least a 15-hour time difference between the West Coast and China . It was morning for Dai Li, so it was definitely early in the morning in China . Xu should be sleeping . Old Xu, calling me at this hour? I just hope its not something too serious . Dai Li did not hesitate and picked up the phone immediately h.e.l.lo, Old Xu . Why arent you sleeping right now? Is something wrong? Dai Li asked directly . Its because I dont want to affect your rest . Zhongyi Xu laughed and said, But I really do have something that I need to ask you . Whats up? Let me hear it, Dai Li said generously . Our provincial sports team . The coachs name is Jianguo Chen . Hes a tennis coach . Youve heard of him, right? Zhongyi Xu asked . That sounds vaguely familiar . Dai Li paused briefly and said, But isnt our provincial tennis team pretty weak? Theres not a lot of players and even fewer coaches . Thats right . Apart from some first-tier cities, the other places have never really developed tennis as a sport . Policy and financial support are also pretty limited . Zhongyi Xu did not stay on that issue for long . He said, Jianguo Chen and I have known each other for a long time . He has a son named Zhen Chen who he trained in tennis . The fella is pretty talented . He won the bronze medal in the national games when he was only 18 years old . He also partic.i.p.ated in several international compet.i.tions this year . In the most recent world rankings, Zhen Chen made it into the top 200 . A male player from our country making it into the top 200 in the world ranking is pretty impressive, Dai Li praised . And making it into the top 200 in the world ranking means that he can partic.i.p.ate in the qualifiers for the U . S . Open . Its been a long time since a male player from our country partic.i.p.ated in one of the four grand slams, Zhongyi Xu said . There were four grand slam tournaments . The main compet.i.tions had 128 spots, among them, 104 were based on the world rankings . The top 104 ranked players were eligible to partic.i.p.ate directly in the main compet.i.tion of the four tennis grand slam tournaments . However, it was inevitable that some of the players would drop out due to injury or other sudden factors or incidents . The lower-ranked players were the subst.i.tutes . So, under normal circ.u.mstances, as long as someone was among the top 110 in the world there was a chance to partic.i.p.ate in the four grand slam tennis tournaments . Another eight spots were left to wild cards . Sometimes big shot players drop out of the top 104 rankings if they stop partic.i.p.ating in compet.i.tions for long periods of time . In such situations, these players are provided the chance to enter the grand slams as a wild card . Players from the host country have an advantage in the wild card selection . So, for the Australian Open, there are always a few Australian players selected; for the Wimbledon Open, British players are selected; for the French Open, French players are selected; for the U . S . Open, Americans are selected . The last 16 spots in the main compet.i.tion were determined by the qualifiers . Before the four grand slam tennis tournaments, a qualifier would first be organized . A total of 128 athletes would partic.i.p.ate in the qualifiers . Partic.i.p.ation in the qualifiers was based on the players world rankings . Three rounds of elimination matches were played, and players who won all three matches were allowed to advance to the main compet.i.tion . From the rules, if n.o.body retired early due to injuries, the top 104 and 232 ranking players would be able to partic.i.p.ate in the qualifiers . However, because many usually retired early, the top 250 ranked players are usually able to partic.i.p.ate in the qualifier . Zhen Chen was already in the top 200 in world rankings, so his place in the qualifiers was guaranteed . You want my help, right? Dai Li asked . Yes, Jianguo Chen hoped to bring Zhen Chen to the U . S . early to help get him acclimatized to the environment . It would be ideal to find a U . S . tennis coach in advance so that he could guide Zhen Chen in advance . You are more familiar with the U . S . so I would like to ask for your help, Zhongyi Xu stated . No problem, you can let Jianguo Chen know that he can contact me directly, Dai Li said . Jianguo Chen isnt very wealthy . His is an average, working-cla.s.s household . They rely on their fixed salary . Grooming Zhen Chen to be a tennis player cost them a lot of money, so I hope you dont get him someone too expensive, Zhongyi Xu reminded . Is that so… Dai Li hesitated for a moment and continued, Old Xu, you are a coach . You must know that, in the sports training industry, any skilled coach will not be cheap . The better they are, the higher their wages . I know, I know . Thats the reason Im calling you in the middle of the night . I need you to help me think of something . Youre doing very well in the U . S . , so you must know many people . Perhaps you could help Zhen Chen, Zhongyi Xu said . How about this? Let him train at my training center . Some of my clients are reputable tennis players, theyre among the top 50 in the world rankings . Zhen Chen can train with them . Although its just fitness training, perhaps he will learn a thing or two . If its possible, Ill try recommending some of the players here practice with Zhen Chen, Dai Li said . Then, in terms of the fees, you better give them a discount . I know the fees at your place is amazingly expensive, Zhongyi Xu said intentionally . Dai Li understood what Zhongyi Xu meant . He chuckled and said, If it were anyone else, I wouldnt bother but its you, Old Xu . How can I say no to you! By the time they get here, itll only be a few days before the U . S . Open . I wont charge them anything . . Three days later, Jianguo Chen and Zhen Chen arrived in Los Angeles . Jianguo Chen used to be the coach of the Hanbei Provincial Sports team, but Dai Li didnt have much of an impression of him . First of all, they were in different sports . Second of all, provincial tennis had always been a niche sport, it wasnt important . Zhen Chen was a genius youth tennis player, part of the new generation in China . Dai Li used the detector on him and discovered that his talent potential grade was B+ . It was enough to dominate in China and possibly partic.i.p.ate in some of the lower-level international tours . However, when it came to compet.i.tions like the four grand slams, he would barely manage to meet the minimum requirement for the main compet.i.tion . In the U . S . , tennis was fairly popular . The U . S . has a lot of specialized schools in tennis, and a large number of tennis players are produced annually . Among Dai Lis clients, there were a few reputable tennis players in the top 50 of the world rankings . As the U . S . Open neared, they trained more frequently . Their fitness training was the most important part of their training schedule . Under normal circ.u.mstances, the U . S . Open would last for around half a month . Most of the non-seeded players would be in both the individual singles compet.i.tion and the doubles or mixed doubles compet.i.tion . Some partic.i.p.ants would even have to deal with both matches in singles and doubles . They needed a lot of stamina, so they were willing to place more emphasis on their fitness training before the compet.i.tion . For Zhen Chen, these tennis players were idols that he didnt think hed ever have a chance to meet . Zhen Chens ranking was just inside the top 200 . In theory, his ranking was just 150 spots away from the top 50, which doesnt seem like too big a deal . However, when it came to tennis, the jump from 200 to 50 was like heaven and earth . A lot of the players ranked around 200 would not ever be pitted against a top 50-ranked player . In tennis, the qualifier was determined by the world rankings . For example, the most important ATP tournaments were the four grand slam tournaments . Following that was the ATP 1000, then the ATP 500, and then the ATP 250 . A player ranked in the top 10 of the world would not partic.i.p.ate in the ATP250 tournament because, to them, the talent level in an ATP 250 tournament was too low . After that, it was the Challengers tournament 125K +H level, the Challengers 125K, Challengers 100K, 75K, 50K, and 40K . For Challengers tournaments below 100K, it would be difficult to see any players ranked in the top 100 . After the Challengers tournaments, there was the Hope tournament . Only players who were not in the world rankings would partic.i.p.ate in the lower levels of the Hope tournament . So for any players ranked within the worlds top 200, at most, they would take part in a few of the Challengers tournaments . It was difficult to partic.i.p.ate in tournaments above the ATP 250 so, it wasnt often possible to play against players in the top 50 world rankings . Even when players ranked within the top 232 in the world were allowed to take part in the qualifiers of a grand slam tournament, the three rounds of games were all death matches for the players ranked in the 200 regions . If they wanted to advance through to the main tournament, they had to get three consecutive victories against opponents higher rankings . There would have to be an upset every match . One upset was still possible, but to have three consecutive upsets was extremely unlikely . So, in the qualifiers of the four grand slams, the ones who ultimately made it to the main tournament were usually the top 150 players . Those ranked outside of the top 150 could barely ever make it to the main tournament On the training ground, Jianguo Chen watched Zhen Chen as he trained . With a benevolent smile, he said, When Zhen Chen first picked up a tennis racquet, he wasnt even taller than the racquet . Back then, I had just retired and was supposed to become the coach of the team . He was like my tail . I trained while he picked up the b.a.l.l.s . Later, I saw that he imitated the athletes swinging the racquets . It was then that I began teaching him tennis . Zhen Chen had talent . Among the athletes I trained, he was the most talented . He only needed to learn the things I taught him once . From then on, I decided that even if I went broke, I would properly groom him . I hoped that one day he could play in the grand slam tournaments, and achieve everything I couldnt . Jianguo Chen sighed . When I was an athlete, I hoped to play in one of the four grand slam tournaments . I would have been satisfied with one match . However, back in our day, it was impossible . Tennis players didnt even have the chance to take part in tournaments outside China . Especially after the tennis player defection during the 1980s, our chances of leaving the country for compet.i.tions got even slimmer . Ive never left the country to partic.i.p.ate in any compet.i.tion . Dai Li, who was at this side, nodded . Back then, a tennis player competing in a tournament in the U . S . left the team and stayed in the U . S . He even applied for government protection to stay in the United States . However, if one thought carefully, only people who were being politically persecuted were eligible to apply for government protection . An athlete was not a politician with influence . Who would politically persecute an athlete? So, the athlete wanted to stay in the U . S . and the American government was more than willing to use him as a political tool . Today, the athlete would have been deported by the U . S . immigration service . Jianguo Chen then continued, When I saw that Zhen Chen made it into the top 200, I was really happy . He has the chance to take part in a grand slam tournament . It was my lifelong dream and, although I never realized it, there is a chance my son will realize this dream for me! As Jianguo Chen said this, he became more and more excited . Dai Li looked at Jianguo Chens face and felt a tinge of pity . With Zhen Chens current standard, not to mention the main tournament of the grand slam,it would be difficult for him to make it through the first round . It was always difficult working in tennis back in China . Dai Li knew what the tennis environment in China was like . He glanced at Zhen Chen, who was in the middle of his training . Zhen Chen looked serious, but Dai Li could feel that Zhen Chen was a little nervous . It wasnt a tournament or a match, only a normal training session . Yet, Zhen Chen was actually nervous . It wasnt because Zhen Chen was mentally weak, it was because he knew how important this training was . He valued training and he treasured the chance to train with tennis players in the top 50, even if it were only fitness training . Looks like even Zhen Chen knows that he is living the dream of two generations . His partic.i.p.ation in the U . S . Open isnt just for him, it is also for his father! Dai Li finally made the decision . He decided to help this father and son pursue their dreams .