Chapter 193: Four points in a row
Pancic's two brilliant return points in a row gave Anderson, the No.28 seed at this year's US Open, feeling a little pressure from his opponent for the first time. However, the strong self-confidence built up over the years through super serve is not something that can be broken by just a few balls.
You know, Anderson's serve has been tested by many tennis kings, and even against a star of the level of Cow Natto, he has the confidence to overpower the opponent in terms of serve. And those big stars, in the game of defeating him, often adopt the tactic of returning the ball to the court first, and then looking for fighters from multi-shot confrontations. It's the first time that Pansizy has been confronted with his shots.
"Does this stupid Chinese think that with such a performance he can hold me down?" A hint of anger rose in Anderson's previously cold eyes. It can be seen that he regarded Pansizi's behavior as a provocation to him.
Although he was angry, Anderson's mind was not disturbed by the other party. Years of experience in the game told him that at this time, since the opponent has taken the lead in making changes, he should also take corresponding changes.
After two successive setbacks, this time, he decided to change his approach. After making the same serve preparation as before, when Anderson's racket was about to slam heavily on the tennis ball, Anderson suddenly changed the grip of the flat shot, and instead flicked his wrist and applied a strong topspin to the tennis ball.
Because Anderson's feints were so similar, it wasn't until he made his shot that it was discovered that instead of making the usual hard flat shot, he sent a topspin.
However, Anderson didn't expect his previous feints to confuse Pansic, because his real move was hidden in the spin of the tennis ball. It is a well-known fact that a tennis ball with topspin will have an extremely strong upward rebound after landing, and the stronger the spin, the higher the rebound. On top of this, Anderson's topspin ball is also characterized by a relatively shallow landing position.
As a result, when the tennis ball bounces back to the opponent's receiving position, it is well above the opponent's shoulders. Some players who are not tall enough will even face a serve that is higher than their heads. In such a situation, it is almost impossible for a tennis player to complete a high-quality return.
For this ball, Anderson just wanted to disrupt Pansizi's return rhythm with super topspin. After the ball was issued, the word 205 was immediately displayed on the electronic screen at the scene. A topspin serve with a ball speed of up to 205 kilometers is even more powerful than a flat shot of 220 kilometers.
Looking at Pansiqi again, at this moment, he once again made a move that shocked everyone at the scene. It stands to reason that in the face of the opponent's topspin, he should quickly retreat to the backcourt to allow himself enough height to return the ball. However, with the position already very forward, Pansiqi continued to rush forward.
Seeing that the tennis ball was about to land, Pansic had already rushed into the receiving area at great speed. The moment the tennis ball landed, the powerful topspin contained in it was instantly released, and the tennis ball was about to go to the sky at an extremely alarming speed. However, before the ball could rise to the position of Pansiqi's crotch, Pansiqi saw Pansiqi holding the racket in his right hand and slashing the tennis ball through the net.
With this cut, the topspin that had not yet fully exploded was removed and replaced by a re-applied downspin by Pansizi. The tennis ball flew directly at Anderson's feet with a very low flight trajectory.
This was a big surprise to Anderson, although he often encountered opponents using a cutting approach to his topspin serve against the cows. But it was the first time he had seen Pansiqi deal with it from such a high position.
The ball came to his feet much faster than he expected, and in the scramble, Anderson bent down and hugged his backhand to send the ball over the net with a strong lift. I have to say that his emergency response is still very good, the height of the tennis ball over the net is very low, once it crosses the net, it will not leave a good opportunity for Panci to attack.
However, Pansic, who has already come to the frontcourt, how can he give the opponent a chance to cross the net. After slicing the ball, his footsteps did not pause, but rushed to the net. At this time, Anderson's return ball was just about to cross the net, and the racket that Pancich had been waiting for in front of the net was waiting for everything to the side, and it landed lightly on the sideline of the front court.
"Receiving the serve and going straight to the net, oh my God, I must be hallucinating!" Some viewers shouted out in disbelief.
Pansizi's split serve, from cutting to net to volley, is completed smoothly, without any extra steps under his feet, giving people the feeling that a beautiful piece of music has been played very smoothly. This perfect rhythm made the whole audience feel a kind of beautiful enjoyment, so after the referee called a 40-40 tie, the audience erupted in deafening cheers for Pansiqi's performance for the first time.
Not only the audience, but also the commentators of Channel 5 seemed to be completely awakened by the ball. Different from the listless commentary style at the beginning, now he is full of praise for Pansic's performance just now, and analyzes the difficulty of Pansic's return just now from all aspects. It can be seen that Pansiqi's wonderful performance also greatly exceeded his expectations.
Seeing that he didn't grasp three game points in a row, Anderson was completely dumbfounded. You know, in the past three consecutive points, he maintained his highest service level and did not make any mistakes. But just like that, his serve was still resolved one by one by Pansiqi's miraculous return technique.
If Anderson's mentality was still very relaxed when he was leading 40-0, now that the score is tied with him, he feels that his body is starting to tighten a little. And with three successive serve changes to no avail, he really didn't know how he was going to get rid of Pancizi's threatening extensions.
Finally, for the first time in the game, Anderson served out of bounds. And this mistake also fully illustrates the change in his mentality. On the second serve, Anderson significantly reduced the speed of the ball to ensure a success rate. However, even then, his second serve covered 200 km. This kind of ball speed is completely comparable to the full force of many players.
But this kind of serve falls in Pansiqi's eyes, and it is obviously not too threatening. Looking at the position of the incoming ball, Panci hit another aggressive return directly into the bottom corner of the diagonal line, and the tennis player pressed to the outside of the sideline on Anderson's side, and Pancich scored again.
"In the first game, Pansiqi took the lead." The referee did not hesitate to report the score.
In this way, after four consecutive frantic extensions, Pancicic made the first break point of the match.