Chapter 207: An Unlucky Round

Since he did not make any targeted pre-match preparations for this game, and did not know Panxiqi at all, a Chinese player he had never heard of before, Baghdatis decided to be himself to the fullest in this game.

For him, Panci's style of play, characteristics and the like are completely inconsequential, and Bagdatis believes that as long as he plays normally, he will definitely win this match. If he can't even beat this kind of completely unknown qualifier, then he really doesn't feel the need to continue to be fearless in men's tennis.

Because he played with this completely indifferent mentality, Baghdatis looked very relaxed at the beginning. In such cases, players are often able to bring out their true level to the fullest.

In the first game, Baghdatis served first. Compared to Anderson, his serve is naturally much worse. However, compared to the serving level of ordinary players in the tennis world, there are still some commendable points. In particular, his ability to serve precisely and find points impressed Pancich in the opening stanza.

In the first minute, Anderson sent a corner kick from outside the zone very routinely. The speed of the ball is not very fast, it will be about 200 kilometers. However, unlike Anderson's strong flat serve, which landed a lot in bounds, Baghdatis's serve flew in a long line, and after the tennis ball landed, it landed right on the extension of the touchline of the first zone, and a little more was about to go out of bounds.

Although the ball is not particularly fast, with such a tricky landing point and the irregular bounce of the ball on the sideline, it seems that the difficulty of receiving the serve is not much less than Anderson's powerful serve.

The opponent's first serve was so extreme that Panci was a little surprised. However, he didn't intend to let the opponent send an ace from the start, so despite the difficulties, he decided to try his best to get the ball back.

Moving quickly under his feet, Pansiqi stretched his body to the extreme like a big cat. Even then, he will return the ball to his opponent's court before it flies out of his control.

After completing the extension, Pansizi's body was completely pulled out of the right sideline due to the inertia to the right. It seems that Panci could still catch such an extreme serve, and Bagdatis looked a little surprised. However, at this time, facing the empty field opposite, his next choice seemed very simple.

A full sideways slap straight and Baghdatis sent the ball straight to the bottom line on the other side of Pancizi. It can be said that he completed a classic one-zone outside corner combination tactic, and the scoring seemed to be quite easy.

However, just as he was about to celebrate his first point, suddenly a remnant of the opposite baseline flew by. Baghdatis didn't even see how Pansiqi's legs were moving because of the speed of movement under his feet.

"That's amazing movement speed!" Baghdatis gave such an assessment for the first time in his mind.

It turned out that after the hair extension, Pansic didn't pause at all, just a perfect turn, and ran to the other side with his head down. In the face of the situation just now, I believe that there is no opponent who will not attack that straight line. Therefore, Pan Xiqi didn't have to predict at all, just chase over there.

But halfway through the run, just when Baghdatis began to worry a little about Pansiqi really catching up with the ball, Pansiqi suddenly stopped. It didn't take long for the tennis ball to hit the corner between the left sideline and the bottom corner with a "bang", and then flew off the court.

"Two lines in a row are really evil. It seems that in this game, luck was on the opponent's side at the beginning. Shaking his head, Pansiqi thought helplessly.

Successfully won the first point, and a trace of doubt that Baghdatis had previously aroused by Pansiqi's astonishing movement disappeared without a trace in an instant. In his mind, although the ball just now did have an element of luck, the main thing was that his control of the line was more accurate, and even if the opponent ran fast, he couldn't catch up.

On the second serve, Baghdatis still chose the outside corner. This time, he deliberately added a bit of side spin to make it more difficult for Pansiqi to return his backhand. Pansiqi, who had made a prediction in advance, responded with his body the moment the opponent hit the ball. A hungry tiger pounced, and Pansiqi moved into place.

However, people are not as good as heaven, and the opponent's serve actually fell on the sideline again. The inherent side spin, combined with the irregular bounce, caused the ball to deviate significantly from Pansizy's prediction after it was bounced.

That is, Pansiqi's second reaction was super fast, and in the face of the tennis ball that was about to fly past him, Pansiqi temporarily turned around, and in a very awkward posture, he returned the ball in an extremely thrilling way.

However, despite the success of the extension, the unexpected appearance still affected the quality of Pancic's return. The ball was returned to the opponent's frontcourt and had a high bounce after landing.

This kind of high ball in the front court, for the experienced Baghdatis, is almost as difficult to deal with as zero. Quickly moving to the front court, aiming at the tennis ball with a forehand diagonal sweep, Baghdatis scored again. And Pansic, who knew that he had lost the opportunity, did not waste his physical strength to do further defense at all.

"30:0, in the first game, Baghdatis leads."

With two balls in a row, Pansiqi looked a little helpless. However, this kind of thing is very common on the court, so he doesn't pay much attention to it.

However, with the next two points conceded, Pansic couldn't help but wonder if he was not fit to play today. In the third minute, Baghdatis's serve was pressed on the sideline of the inside corner again, and it was still not out of bounds. However, this time Panci seemed to be much more prepared, and after fully adjusting his footwork, he was not affected by the irregular bounce, but used a forehand to catch a powerful and heavy bottom line deep return.

The quality of this return is quite high, and it comes very suddenly. Bagdadis, who didn't expect Pansiqi to have this kind of hair extension ability, was obviously unprepared and was caught off guard. In a hurry, he could only squat quickly, and very passively bounced the ball back with his two-handed backhand.

However, when the tennis ball flew to the midcourt and was about to cross the net, the underside of the tennis ball rubbed directly against the net belt because the flight altitude was so low. Immediately, amid the exclamations of the audience on the court, the tennis ball was perfectly unloaded, and then gently landed on the court on Pansiqi's side.

Baghdaldis, who has three game points in hand, looks very happy, in his opinion, this game is not only strength, but also luck is on his side, if you don't win, it is simply intolerable.

In the fourth point, in the face of Baghdatis's serve, the very depressed Panci directly slapped his backhand and turned into a straight line, wanting to score directly with a return serve. In the face of the unresponsive Baghdatis, just when everyone thought that the tennis ball would hit the bottom corner directly, the tennis ball flew back a few more centimeters for some reason, and the tennis ball was a little out of bounds.

In this way, after luckily winning four points in a row, Baghdatis successfully won his first service game.