Chapter 189: 220 km

By 1 p.m. local time in New York, Pancich and Anderson, led by tournament staff, walked out of the players' tunnel one after another. Since Pansiqi is ranked well below Anderson in the world, it is customary for Pancich to go ahead of Anderson.

When Pan Xiqi walked into the arena, the scene suddenly broke out into a lot of cheers, during which the Chinese cheers of "Pan Xiqi come on" could be clearly heard. It turned out that because there were two consecutive Chinese players on the No. 5 venue today, coupled with the special significance of Pan Xiqi's game, most of the Chinese viewers who came to the scene to watch the game invariably chose to come here to cheer for the Chinese players. Not only that, some fans also held high the five-star red flag, adding a touch of Chinese red to the stadium.

In addition to the fans, the Chinese media at the scene were also very loud. After all, it is rare to have such a news breaking point, and no media is willing to be left behind. All the media have already set up long guns and short guns, and reporters are already eager to interview Panci as soon as the game is over. CCTV reporter Qian Xiaojia, relying on her own platform advantages, is directly guarding the entrance of the player's passage, as if she has obtained the privilege of priority interview.

Of course, when Anderson came out, the cheers of the American crowd instantly drowned out Pancizi's support. After all, for foreign audiences, Anderson is the tennis star they are familiar with, and most of the audience came to Court 5 for Anderson. As for his opponent, he is just a qualifier unknown to anyone.

At this time, on CCTV5 channel, the camera also cut to the court on time. On the TV screen, seeing Pancich and Anderson enter the court one after the other, everyone felt that this picture looked a bit jarring. Because Pansiczy, who is less than 1.8 meters, is like a dwarf in front of Anderson, who is more than 2 meters old. Viewers who watched this scene did not have much hope for Pansiqi's competition prospect from the first impression.

"Pansic's goal in this match is to send an ace to break the opponent's game and try to win the set." A humorous fan wrote this sentence in the post bar. In their opinion, the difficulty of Pansiqi winning this game is comparable to the national football team qualifying for the World Cup group.

After a 10-minute pre-match warm-up, the referee tosses a coin to pick the edge. Anderson, who guessed heads and tails of the coin, chose to serve first, while Pancich chose the right half of the court.

Taking the lead in serving can be said to be a habit that Anderson has developed over the years. As long as he guesses the coin, he will not hesitate to make this choice. Because for him, taking his own serve first in the opening game will make his nervous mood much more stable. And his outstanding serving ability can fully support him to achieve this goal.

In the first game, Anderson served first. With a height of more than two meters, he not only brings him many longer arms and legs than ordinary people, but also gives him unparalleled service vision. From his point of view, it was like standing on the second floor and looking down, and the tee area opposite was very obvious. And his task is to smash the tennis ball into the opponent's service area as simple as that.

After gently slapping the tennis ball on the ground a few times on the first ball, Anderson tossed the tennis ball straight up. By the time the tennis ball reached its peak and was ready to fall, Anderson's racket smashed heavily on the tennis ball.

Let's freeze the moment when Anderson lets his legs out, stretches his body to the fullest, and slams his right hand at the tennis ball. Anderson's height of 2.03 meters, coupled with his terrifyingly long arms, even when he hits the ball standing up, he hits the ball at a height of more than 3 meters. But now, Anderson jumped at least a dozen centimeters, and with the length of the racket, the entire actual hitting height should exceed an unimaginable 3.50 meters.

At this tee height, in the eyes of Pansiqi on the opposite side, the tennis ball really looks like it was smashed down from upstairs. Another benefit of this height is that he has a small angle of incidence, allowing him to precisely keep the tennis ball far from the service line. As a result, his first-serve insurance factor is much higher than that of ordinary players.

There was a crisp sound of "bang", and the movement was not loud, but it still caused an exclamation from the audience. Anderson's one-stop serve made everyone in the audience feel that serving seemed to be a very easy job.

However, Pansiqi on the other side knew very well that this was just an illusion. The more the opponent lifts weights, the more it means that his service level has been perfected. This kind of effect can only be achieved by people who have reached the extremely high service level.

Sure enough, it was after the tennis ball left Anderson's racket that the power of this serve was truly revealed. The tennis ball barely had any spin and flew straight towards Pansiqi's tee. Because the ball speed is too fast, the trajectory of the entire tennis flight is even about to be connected into an obvious line in the eyes of everyone on the scene.

"So fast!" Looking at the tennis ball that was about to come to him in an instant, Pansic couldn't help but exclaim in his heart.

However, Pansizi's ability to predict, that is not covered. The moment Anderson hit the ball, he reacted to it. Anderson's shot went to the outside corner of Panciczy's zone, and from the perspective of the opponent's shot, it should have landed shallowly. This shallow, wide-edged ball meant that Pancich had to make more movement than usual.

However, as soon as Panci took his first step to the right, he suddenly stopped and stopped returning the serve. Almost at the same time, the tennis ball smashed extremely violently into the service area, and then bounced high off the bottom line, and the whole process was only half a second.

"Damn, according to the normal prediction, it's still too late!" Pansiqi said with some annoyance in his heart.

"In the first game, 15-0, Anderson leads." The referee reported the score in a timely manner.

"220 kilometres of aces, oh my god, Anderson on the first serve was 220 kilometres and I think I must be crazy." One of the fans at the scene couldn't believe his eyes after seeing the data on the display.

After a period of silence, the audience erupted in cheers several times that of the previous ones. Countless spectators whistled excitedly and applauded Anderson's amazing ace at the beginning.

If Pansiqi's previous average service speed of 200 kilometers per hour is already a first-class serving master in tennis, then the ball speed of 220 kilometers represents the top serving level in men's tennis today. This kind of ball speed is not only achievable by technique, but also depends on the physical talent of the player. Even cows and natto, at their peak, can't make such a fast serve.

Looking at Pansiqi, who was somewhat silent on the other side, a smile appeared on the corner of Anderson's mouth.

"Hehe, poor Chinese, this is just a meeting gift from me."