Chapter 35: Doubles Champion
At the end of the game, the audience cheered wildly, and some even whistled. But this time it wasn't to boo Pansiqi, but to express the audience's affection for him.
In front of the net, players from both sides shook hands after the game. Jia Feifei's face was pale, and he could see that he was in a bad mood. But this time he didn't shake Pansiqi's hand at all as he did before the game, but took the initiative to stretch out his right hand and shake Pansiqi's hand.
When shaking hands, Jia Feifei took the initiative to speak. "You win, you're strong. I want you to win this tournament. After speaking, without waiting for Pan Xiqi to answer, he turned around and left.
Looking at Jia Feifei's distant back, Pan Xiqi had a black line on his face. "Wow, are all professional players like this? It's so individualistic even if you lose. But don't worry, no matter what, I'll win this competition. ”
"This Pansiqi really surprised me. Originally, I asked Lin Teng to participate in this competition, in order to test his depth through Jia Feifei. Who knew that now that he was halfway through the fight to bite the gold, Jia Feifei didn't even enter the finals. Witnessing Pansiqi's miraculous reversal in the second half, Director Xiao sighed.
"Lao Xiao, now that Jia Feifei has been eliminated, what should I do about Lin Teng's entry into the Beijing team?" Lin Fei is most concerned about his son.
"Well, naturally, it's to enter the finals and beat Pansic."
"But Pansic is just an unknown amateur?"
"Don't be so rigid, since Pan Xiqi won Jia Feifei, it means that his strength is stronger than Jia Feifei, wouldn't it be more convincing to use him as a touchstone."
"Okay, okay, Lin Teng's game will start in a while, let's find a place to smoke a cigarette first." Seeing that Lin Fei wanted to say something, Director Xiao hurriedly interrupted him.
As the CEO of a large group, Lin Fei is always used to taking everything into his own hands. Originally, he had already made the overall arrangement, as long as Lin Teng and Jia Feifei met in the finals, the plan would be successful. But now that Pansiqi is sideways, things have changed.
Originally, he was very confident in Lin Teng's strength, and believed that only Jia Feifei could pose a threat in this competition. But after watching Pansiqi's performance just now, I couldn't help but be a little worried, and I didn't have a bottom in my heart. While accompanying Director Xiao to the outside of the field, he took advantage of Director Xiao's inattention to twist his head at Secretary Zhang on the side. As Lin Fei's personal secretary for many years, Secretary Zhang didn't know what the boss meant, so he nodded hurriedly and left directly.
Here, as soon as Pan Xiqi walked to the sidelines, he was hugged by Da Wei who rushed up. Da Wei was so excited that he was about to lift him up.
"Panzi, good you boy, I thought you were out of action in this game, but it scared me to death. I didn't expect you to come up with such a unique way to defeat Jia Feifei later, I really have a capital service for you. You didn't see that in the end, Jia Feifei couldn't find where the ball was when you put it with your high ball. Playing professional players like this is what you kid did. While holding Pan Xiqi, Da Wei poured out all the words he had been holding back for a long time.
"Hey, how can you say it's a joke, I'm also forced to have no choice. If it weren't for the sudden lack of energy, why would it be so troublesome. Pansiqi hurriedly explained.
As soon as he reminded him, Da Wei hurriedly let go of him and asked with concern: "By the way, I still want to ask you." You played well in the first few games, why did you suddenly seem to be injured? Seeing you suffering like that on the court, I thought you were going to retire. ”
"I don't know what's going on, I just can't hit the ball harder. Luckily, I can still play with normal strength, otherwise I would have been the one who lost. Pansiqi said fearfully.
"By the way, you're okay with our doubles final in the afternoon, right? The other party is the top seed in this tournament, and I heard that he has won several championships in a row in the previous tournaments. If you're not fit, I think we'll quit the game. After all, you have more important singles finals to play. ”
Seeing that Da Wei was willing to take the initiative to give up the doubles championship because he cared about his body, Pan Xiqi couldn't help but be a little moved. He patted Da Wei on the shoulder and said firmly: "Don't worry, as long as I can still hold a moving racket and stand on the court, I will never choose to retire." Have you forgotten? We came to Shanghai to get back the two singles and doubles championships. ”
"Okay, since you said that, we'll meet the top seed in the afternoon." Da Wei's eyes were full of longing for victory.
Sunday morning's matches were all over, and Pan Xiqi successfully reached the men's singles and doubles finals in Shanghai. Both finals were held in the afternoon, with doubles followed by singles. Considering that Pansiqi needs to fight on two fronts, the committee deliberately extended the interval between the two games from 15 minutes to an hour, so as to give Pansiqi sufficient time to recover.
The clock was fast approaching the afternoon, and the doubles final was about to begin. Looking at the two opponents on the opposite side of the net, Pan Xiqi and Da Wei couldn't help but wonder a little.
"It seems!" This is the first reaction in their hearts. However, unlike the previous twins, this time the two opponents are obviously not twins, because of the obvious age gap.
I saw that the two were almost identical in height, body shape, hairstyle, and clothing, and their faces were also very similar. The only difference is that one of them looks dozens of years older than the other, which should be a generation behind.
"Panzi, I'm sure these two are guaranteed to be the two of them. We just played the brother file and the base friend file in this competition, and this met the father and son file again. It seems that if the doubles wants to produce results, we can't have a relationship with each other. Da Wei smiled evilly.
"you, if you have any bad intentions against me, I will definitely kick you away." Pansiqi had a chill on his face.
"Damn, where do you want to go? I mean, you and I just swore to be brothers, and we can call ourselves brothers when we go out in the future. ”
"It's not impossible." Just as the two were talking and laughing, Pansizi's first tennis final in his life began.
Da Wei really guessed correctly, their opponent in the final was a father and son. As the top seeds in this doubles competition, the father and son duo are also quite famous in the national amateur tennis circle. And the reason why they continue to beat all kinds of masters and make a name for themselves in the doubles world is quite similar to the Pansiqi combination, because of their maverick doubles tactics.
The two men have adopted a double-net tactic that amateur tennis players would rarely do. That is to say, in the game, the father and son came to the net at the same time, each guarding the field on one side, forming a tight blockade chain in front of the net.
As we've mentioned before, one of the weakest skills of an amateur tennis player is the volley in front of the net, so choosing to double the net is simply putting your own weaknesses on the surface of the opponent to attack. However, the father and son duo are among the best tennis masters in China's amateur tennis world, and they handle the ball in front of the net with one hand. Suffice it to say, some professional players who don't often surf the Internet may not necessarily have their skills in front of the Internet.
It is with this advantage that they have achieved good results in amateur tennis in the past two years, and the doubles ranking is also high. And in the game, due to the super oppressive nature of the double-net tactics against the opponent, their matches often appear one-sided, and many combinations struggle to even win a game in front of them.
In the first few rounds of this competition, they also made it all the way and entered the finals without encountering any resistance. As for the opponent in the final, they didn't know anything about it, only that it was a new pair that they hadn't met before. However, they believe that no matter who stands across from them, as long as they can't break their blockade in front of the net, there is absolutely no possibility of snatching the championship from them.
At the beginning of the game, the opponent's double-net tactics really surprised the Pansiqi combination. Often without two beats, the father and son did not hesitate to come to the net at the same time, and a seemingly perfect net front defense line was formed.
However, Pansiqi's specialty is to break the net, so the opponent's tactics only surprised him a little, without the slightest panic. For Pansiqi, as long as your skills in front of the net are not solid, he can find countless ways to break through your front of the net.
Pansiqi also responded in the same way, all kinds of nets fell sharply, and the upspin and downspin crossed in turn. However, Panci miscalculated a bit this time, and although his net break did pose some threat, his opponent actually intercepted most of his crossing balls with skillful skills.
At the end of the first game, Panci's serve was broken, much to Pansic's surprise. However, Pansiqi's ability to judge the situation on the court seems to have increased to a perverted level with the mutation of his body. No matter what difficulties he encounters, he always seems to be able to come up with a solution as soon as possible. And the answer he gave is no stranger to everyone, and it is actually a high ball.
If they watched the semi-finals between Panci and Jia Feifei, and knew in advance that Panci had a super accurate ability to put high balls in the backcourt, they would have realized what a huge hole in their double-net tactics was. With Pansiqi unleashing a couple of backcourt balls that shocked the audience, the tide began to turn around.
In the first few high balls, the father and son stuck in front of the net and didn't turn around to chase after them. First, it will definitely be too late, and second, according to their judgment, such a high ball will be 100% out of bounds. However, as they hit the line again and again, they felt that Pansich was consciously putting the ball high.
Slowly, in order to defend the high ball released by Pansiqi, the father and son first retreated to the bottom line alone, but they were repeatedly scored by Pansiqi. In desperation, both of them had to retreat to the baseline to defend. At this time, it means that under the transfer of Pansiqi, they have completely abandoned their inherent style of play.
Once the bottom line is matched, the father and son with average bottom line skills will be even more unable to compete with Pan Xiqi. Pancic's perfect landing control and varied return lines often make them overwhelmed. And Da Wei, who was squatting in front of the net, made their situation worse from time to time. In this way, the father and son, who did not dare to stand in front of the net and couldn't bear the bottom line, were beaten in the final and lost their armor and completely lost the prestige of the top seed.
In the cheers of the audience, Pan Xiqi won six games in a row, won the game with a score of 6:1, and won the doubles championship of the Shanghai station!
At the end of the game, Pansic and the two clapped their hands hard. For Pan Xiqi, half of the goal of this trip to Shanghai has been completed, and the remaining men's singles championship, he is bound to win!