Chapter 17: The Beast in Front of the Net
In the second point, both sides stubbornly do not use any other way, that is, you go back and forth to beat each other with a chipping ball.
With the lesson of being attacked by Pan Xiqi in the first point, Su Chao did not dare to cut out a high and slow ball to lure the opponent. On the contrary, each shot is fast and low, and at the same time the landing point is controlled very deeply. This tactic caused some problems for Pancic, as he could barely find a suitable attacking opportunity.
Although he also chose to use the chipping ball to maneuver with the opponent, Su Chao also couldn't get a good offensive opportunity, but depending on Su Chao's meaning, he was ready to spend it with him to the end. This couldn't help but make Pansiqi a little difficult. Continuing to cut, he is not afraid of Su Chao, I believe that with his current feel, there is a chance that he will be able to hold on to the end. But Su Chao's chipping is still quite skillful, and he may not be able to kill him within a few beats. If every ball is to be held like this, the time of this game will definitely not be short.
"Damn, I met a kraft candy in the first round, and I want to end the fight as soon as possible. If it goes on like this, I don't know if it will be too late for doubles. Pansiqi was a little upset.
Sure enough, he gradually became impatient, and suddenly changed his style of play on the next beat, no longer continuing to cut, but meeting the backhand with a quick volley.
The tennis ball suddenly gained a strong forward momentum, and the ball speed instantly accelerated and flew towards the Su Super Court. However, as he flew to the net, Su Chao's strong downspin on the tennis ball began to show its power. The tennis ball was like being pulled straight down by a strong hand, and the forward momentum given by Pansiqi was instantly exhausted.
Immediately afterwards, the tennis ball could no longer maintain enough height over the net, and plunged headlong into the net belt and went down the net.
"Hehe, fight the ball with me, it's a class axe. I finally couldn't help but attack. In the future, such mistakes will only increase. Seeing that the plan worked, Su Chao's self-confidence instantly returned.
"No, there is a high risk of mistakes in cutting two beats and attacking directly, so it seems that you have to be patient." Pansiqi shook his head.
Sure enough, in the next minute, he was impatient again, but slowly built up his advantage with a powerful chipping shot that was stronger than the other. Because Pansiqi's spin was stronger than Su Chao's, Su Chao gradually resisted more and more hard. Finally, after the two sides cut nearly a dozen beats, and the forehand, backhand, straight line, and diagonal line were all changed, Pansiqi's advantage changed from quantitative to qualitative.
With this beat, Pan Xiqi cut out a low flat straight line with his backhand and flew towards the lower right corner of Su Chao. Su Chao, who was already at a disadvantage, finally couldn't catch up with his footsteps, because his body was no longer in place, but he insisted on using his forehand to chop the ball back, but he returned a tennis shot.
"In the first game, 30:15, Pansiqi leads." The referee reports the score.
"What the hell is this kid, I can't grind him than a chipper, this has never happened before!" This point finally made Su Chao a little flustered. Since he entered the tournament, few other players have been willing to compete with him in chipping, and those who have come to the best have often chosen other ways to defeat him. This time, however, he was beaten head-on by Panci with a chipping ball, and it has to be said that this method was extremely devastating to his self-confidence.
Just when Su Chao's mind was uncertain, Pan Xiqi's face was also very grim.
"Twelve beats, it actually took twelve beats to find a suitable scoring opportunity, there are too many rounds!"
"Even if I get used to his way of playing, I have to take at least five shots to score, which consumes too much time. Looks like I'm going to have to do something else. Pancic, who had been worried about time from the start of the game, finally decided to give up on this inefficient way of scoring.
"That's right, I'll use my new tactics to show you if I'm just a CTA level 5 player."
The tennis ball is thrown high and hit the serve vigorously flat, landing on the outside corner of the second zone. Seeing that the ball was coming very quickly, Su Chao didn't think much and chose to cut the ball with his backhand to extend the hair. It worked out well, and the tennis ball flew over a long diagonal line and landed very close to Pansiqi's baseline, which was a perfect return shot, so to speak.
Pan Xiqi cut straight with a backhand and went straight to Su Chao's forehand gap. But Su Chao had already guessed Pan Xiqi's habitual line, and after receiving the serve, he hurriedly ran to the forehand position. Sure enough, under its accurate prediction, the defense was in place, and it was easy to cut the ball with a forehand.
Seeing that the tennis ball was about to fly over the net and continue to suppress Pansiqi's bottom line, in the direction of the tennis ball, a yellow and black tennis racket suddenly appeared like a flying fairy out of the sky. The next moment, the tennis ball hit the racket. The hand holding the racket gently turned to the side, and the tennis ball was immediately stopped in the air, and then flew back to Su Chao's court, and quickly landed and popped off the court.
It was only at this time that Su Chao realized that it was Pan Xiqi who was standing in front of the net, and he couldn't figure out how Pan Xiqi, who was still on the bottom line just now, came to the net in the blink of an eye and volleyed his ball in front of the net.
"Well, yes, plus three shots of the serve. That way, the time should be fine. Seeing that his new tactics worked, Pansiqi was satisfied.
It turned out that when he just cut the straight line with his backhand, his body leaned forward instantly, and with the help of the forward center of gravity, his legs naturally moved forward quickly. Off the pitch, his cut and subsequent forward movement were so seamless that there was no stagnation. In this way, when the tennis ball just fell on the Su Chao court, he was already standing in front of the net and posing for a volley.
"I didn't even notice his netting movements when he went to the net with the ball, which is too skillful." Su Chao was completely shocked this time, because he couldn't imagine that Pan Xiqi would use this tactic when he was killed.
After all, for amateurs, the technical difficulty in front of the net is comparable to that of serving. It can even be said that there are far fewer players with good skills in front of the net than players with good serves. This is related to the general environment of today's tennis world, the development of racket strings has led to the popularity of baseline play, and tennis players are increasingly reluctant to take the initiative to go online, but are more willing to stick to the bottom line.
This has led to fewer and fewer opportunities for players to handle the ball in front of the net, which leads to less and less technical skills in front of the net, and it has led to players being more reluctant to go online, which is simply a vicious circle.
In today's tennis world, there is no player with the same skills as the former American football king Sang Shen. Although the cow's net-front technology has killed countless players today, it is still inferior to Sangshen.
This is true for professional players, and it is even worse for amateurs. It can be said that in amateur games, it is almost impossible to see active serve to the net, and it is rare to hear of anyone who adopts the net-type play.
Therefore, when Pan Xiqi volleyed Su Chao's return ball with the ball on the net, Su Chao's surprise can be imagined. After all, Pan Xiqi was only a fifth-level player when he signed up, and his skillful net-front skills are skills that only players above level 6 have.
Without giving Su Chao much time to think, Pan Xiqi continued to send out a strong flat attack. If someone on the scene is concerned, they may find that these four serves Pansiqi are actually a success, and he did not use a second serve. If they had known that this was only the first time Panci had used his top-hand serve in an official match, they would have dropped their jaws.
Su Chao continued to slice the ball back to serve. He didn't relax after returning the ball, but became more nervous. Because according to the pattern of the previous ball, Pansich will follow the ball in the net for the next shot.
As he expected, Pansic cut a quick low ball from this shot, controlling the landing point very close to the sideline, maximizing the running distance of Su Chao. Just as Su Chao struggled to defend himself, he took a few quick steps to stand in front of the net.
Although the pace was in place, it was not difficult to return the ball, but at the moment of hitting the ball, Su Chao couldn't help but be surprised when he saw Pan Xiqi waiting in front of the net early. He had been paying attention to Pansiqi's movements, but he didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, the other party came to the net again. This kind of rapid movement made him almost wonder if the other party was using light work.
This frightening seriously affected Su Chao's mood in the game, Pan Xiqi's figure standing in front of the net was like an invisible wall squeezing him, and his extremely nervous mood made his clapping hands begin to tremble slightly. Since tennis is a delicate sport, the slightest deviation can make a completely different difference. It was this shaking that caused Su Chao to not eat the right hitting part, and the tennis ball flew high and uncontrollably out of the bottom line.
"1:0, Pansiqi leads, and the two sides exchange venues." The referee reports the score.
At the end of the first game, in just five points, Su Chao felt a strong inner impact. He vaguely felt that he seemed to be in trouble this time.
In the second game, Su Chao served. His serve speed is not fast, basically 123 per hour, which is a big difference compared to Pansiqi. But as a chipping player, it's natural to make a fuss about spinning. He added a strong topspin to his serve, and the ball bounced high when it landed, so that his opponent could not attack directly from a very comfortable position.
Pansiqi doesn't seem to be going to attack after receiving the serve, he just pays attention to maintaining the depth of the ball while avoiding returning the ball to Su Chao's feet, in order to make Su Chao run. At the same time, the moment the ball left the racket, he followed the ball to the net.
"Damn, it's here again!" Su Chao on the other side was completely anxious, he had almost never encountered such a situation in the previous games, how could anyone go online to oppress him if he disagreed.
In fact, for professional players, it is easier for the other party to go online frequently. Because they have countless ways to cross and score with skillful baseline balls. However, Su Chao's ability made it impossible for him to do it. Especially since he is still a chipping player, chipping is not a good way to deal with volleys in front of the net and cross. The ball speed is relatively flat and the ball is slower to slice the ball, and when it reaches the hands of Pansiqi in front of the net, it can only be a dead end.
However, the game continues, and even if it is a dead end, you have to go on with it. Su Chao suddenly became ruthless, aimed at the incoming ball and slapped his forehand quickly, and actually abandoned the cutting ball he relied on the most. Su Chao's response is also reasonable, and it is often more difficult for players in front of the net to deal with it than slicing the ball. Once the ball is more chasing or the racket angle is not set well, it is easy to cause a mistake in the volley in front of the net.
Pansiczy, who was in front of the net, saw that the ball was suddenly much faster, and rushed straight to the door in front of him, but he did not panic. He flicked to the right and the racket met him forward to deliver a quick volley. The ball landed heavily on the touchline and the score was perfect.
Su Chao's hopes were disappointed, and his sudden change did not wait for Pan Xiqi's mistake. His face was pale, and beads of sweat the size of beans appeared faintly on his forehead.
In the next few minutes, Pan Xiqi still went online immediately after receiving Su Chao's serve. Su Chao didn't want to give up, and he tried several ways to break through Pansiqi's front of the net, but all failed.
He wanted to unleash a high ball over Pansiqi's head and make Pansiqi turn around and chase it. However, this kind of ball has high requirements for the control of the feel to the point of perversion, and if it is lowered, it will be directly shot to death by the opponent, and it is easy to go out of the bottom line if it is high. Su Chao naturally did not reach this level, and the ball released went directly out of the bottom line.
He wanted to follow the example of Pansiqi on the net again, and after slashing the ball with all his might, he went to the net regardless of it. Unexpectedly, only halfway through the run, the ball was intercepted by Pansiqi halfway through, and he released an overhead high ball. Standing in the center of the field and looking back at the ball popping up the bottom line, Su Chao couldn't stop crying and laughing.
In the next game, Pan Xiqi was like showing Su Chao a hundred ways to volley in front of the net, and every point basically ended within three beats. In the end, Su Chao, who was becoming less and less confident, even preferred to return the ball directly and make a mistake than let Pan Xiqi's volley succeed.
The score was quickly stretched to 5:0, and Su Chao had not been able to win even a single game.
", is this level 5? It turns out that against a net-type player, it's like facing a beast in front of the net, and I never want to meet him again! ”