Chapter 206: Second Appearance
Relying on Lu Yanxun's clever plan to drop the bag, Pan Xiqi finally got through this difficulty. Sitting in the car, he thought a little depressed that due to the accidental exposure of his address, it was estimated that he would no longer be able to live with Sister Wang in the future.
Arriving at the Flushing Tennis Center, Pansic entered the players' locker room non-stop, and didn't care about any pre-match warm-up training. For him, it is safer to stay in a place where reporters can't get in. Otherwise, being surrounded by reporters on the training ground would not have disappointed Lu Yanxun's painstaking efforts.
Today is the third day of the US Open, and with the exception of some players who will play their first round, most of them will be on the court for the second time. In yesterday's match, the two men's kings, Cow and Natto, made their debut on Centre Court, setting off the first climax of the US Open. These two superstars also lived up to expectations, easily swept their opponents 3:0 respectively, and put an end to the birth of shocking upsets.
However, for Chinese fans, yesterday's game can only be said to be an appetizer, and today is the real feast. I don't know if it's a coincidence, but on the third matchday, there will be as many as 6 Chinese players who will be playing. Among them, Pan Xiqi and Peng Shuai, Duan Yingying and Zheng Saisai will all play the second round, while Zhang Shuai and Wang Chang, whom Pan Xiqi is most concerned about, will make their US Open debut. In other words, all Chinese players participating in the US Open this year will appear collectively on this day.
Such a schedule not only makes Chinese fans feel excited, but also makes them a little helpless. Because some of the match times of these Chinese players coincide, which means that they have to face the problem of watching two matches at the same time.
Also facing this problem, there are also relevant leaders of CCTV Sports Station. The Chinese players were all on display, and the timing coincided, so they didn't know how to arrange the live broadcast of the event that night. After some discussion, they finally made a decision that they thought was reasonable. In the end, Pan Xiqi's game, as the first favorite, was arranged on CCTV5 channel together with the debut of China's first sister Zhang Shuai, while the other four players such as Lao Jinhua Peng Shuai could only be squeezed to the 5+ channel for broadcast.
The second round of the match between Panci and Baghdatis was arranged by the organizing committee on Court 12 and will start at 4pm local time. At this time, it will be four o'clock in the morning in the middle of the night, and most people should be asleep. However, the TV station did not have the slightest concern about the ratings of this game. Because according to the previous public opinion reaction, there will be many people who are willing to stay up late to watch this game.
The media, who pounced on Pansiqi's residence, collectively turned their guns at this time and went to the No. 12 field to seize the advantageous terrain. In the eyes of most of them, Panci is not optimistic that he will be able to pass the barrier of Baghdatis. Therefore, today is very likely to be Pansiqi's last match of this US Open, and once he loses, Pansiqi's heat will not last long before it subsides. Therefore, they must seize this opportunity to squeeze all the remaining news points out of Pansiqi.
In addition to the Chinese media, the 12th session also gathered a large number of Chinese audiences at this time. Since Field 12 is a peripheral stadium that can only accommodate two or three hundred spectators, it is still eye-catching that dozens of Chinese spectators gather on one side of the seat. Some of these Chinese audiences are international students studying in the United States, and some are former Chinese immigrants who immigrated to the United States, and they all came to the No. 12 venue today, naturally wanting to see the famous Pan Xiqi.
Compared with the overwhelming ridicule of Pan Xiqi on the domestic Internet, these Chinese fans who came to watch the game seemed much friendlier. As Chinese living abroad, they are deeply aware of the importance of unity. Therefore, in the United States, they instinctively want to support the Chinese players, and in the next game, they will spare no effort to cheer for Pancizi.
Look at Panci again, at the moment he is enjoying his pre-game time in the players' dressing room. Previously, due to time constraints, Pancich usually couldn't stay in the players' dressing room for too long, so he usually just sat stupidly. But now, with just over two hours to go, Panci has plenty of time to peek into the mysterious Grand Slam players' locker room.
I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it. After walking around, Panci found that the US Open players' locker room was too well equipped. If not, you'd think it's a casual clubhouse. Here, players have a variety of options. You can order a cup of coffee and watch the latest movies from the comfort of your couch. You can also sweat on a variety of sports equipment to keep yourself in shape. You can even find someone to play PS and enjoy the game if you want. Legend has it that when it rains, the cows even get a good night's sleep in the locker room to get enough rest.
And our Pansiqi, as a rookie of the Grand Slam, tried almost all the equipment that could be used except for sleeping. To him, it was like a new continent, with so much to explore.
The happy time is always short-lived, and before you know it, it will soon be Pansiqi's turn. At the moment, he was fully engaged in a virtual tennis game, playing so exciting that he forgot that he was about to play the second round of the men's singles match. If Baghdatis knew that his opponent was preparing for a match with him with this attitude, he would probably be so angry that he would swing his paddle directly at Pansiqi.
Fortunately, the staff of the US Open were still very dedicated, and under their reminder, Panci still rushed to the waiting channel in time 15 minutes before the match. At this time, Baghdatis had been waiting here for a long time, and he didn't pay too much attention to Pansiqi who came in a hurry. For him, today was purely a formality, and the real opponent was the fourth seed in the next round.
As usual, Panci at the bottom of the rankings walked ahead of Baghdatis and appeared first in front of the crowd. With Pan Xiqi's debut, there was a riot in the Chinese media at the scene, and they all turned their cameras at Pan Xiqi to record his every move.
At this time, the broadcast screen of CCTV Sports Channel also switched from advertising to the scene in a very timely manner. Seeing a close-up of Pansizi's face appear on the TV screen, the audience in front of the TV set was either disdainful, or ridiculed, or concerned, or sympathetic, each waiting for the game to start with different emotions.
The moment he stepped onto the court, Pancizi's whole person seemed to exude a completely different temperament, and this remarkable change attracted the attention of Baghdatis behind him. But at this time, he didn't understand what it meant. That's it, Pansizi's second round of the US Open is about to begin!