With a return and a forehand raid, Anderson made two consecutive attempts, both of which ended in failure. This made Anderson realize that his first-round opponent today is not a hard bone that can be gnawed for a while.

In the next two points, the two sides officially entered the grappling stage. Because of the previous lesson, Anderson didn't dare to try anything easily, just blindly stuck the ball and took the witch man route. And viewers who are familiar with Anderson's style of play will know that this actually means that Anderson has voluntarily given up the way he does the game best.

You must know that Anderson has been in the men's tennis world for so many years, one is by a strong serve, and the other is by a strong forehand, and he is not very good at holding multiple shots on the bottom line. But now Anderson took the initiative to give up his most powerful weapon, and instead fought with Pansiqi whose baseline skills were solid, which shows how much he was suppressed by Pansiqi in the previous game.

The two sides began to play back and forth for multiple shots, and the depth of each shot back to the ball was maintained quite well, and it basically landed near the bottom line. Anderson showed a pretty good baseline resistance at this time, and for a while he had a good fight with Pansic.

Just a few minutes ago, the two sides were still attacking each other, but when they turned their heads, they started a tug-of-war. This drastic change in style of play made the crowd a little dumbfounded for a while, but due to the high quality of the baseline return of both sides, the game was also very exciting.

However, Anderson is still not used to playing on the baseline for long periods of time, and once there are too many rounds, his weakness of lack of movement will be exposed. Pansiqi just moved steadily on both sides at a large angle to drag the opponent, and before he could hit any combination shots, Anderson was already a little unbearable. Both balls came after 10 beats, and Anderson began to lose time to get back into place. As the defensive position became more and more lost, Anderson finally sent two backs out of bounds in a row and lost the second game by dropping four points in a row.

The 2-0 lead in the first set of Pansiqi probably surprised most of those who followed the match, but what surprised everyone was what was shown in the course of the match. Because judging from the first two games, the qualifier from China seemed to be suppressing South African veteran Anderson in all directions.

If Pansiqi is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and he came up and smashed Anderson with a three-plate axe, then they can still understand. But now Pansiqi's control in the game is completely at the level of top stars. In front of him, Anderson looked like a newcomer to tennis, looking a little constrained and unable to play the tennis he was familiar with.

But so far, not many people want to believe that there is a possibility of an upset in this game, including Anderson himself. Because a Grand Slam is a best-of-five match, the advantage of high-ranked players is magnified in this kind of long-set match, as ample play time gives them plenty of opportunities to get the last chance of coming from behind.

As is the case now, Anderson has faced it many times in previous fights. He used to be a low-ranked player, and he knows that players in this position are often more likely to let go when facing seeded players, so as to give full play to their full strength.

However, this situation generally occurs at the beginning of the game, when the low-ranked players do not have any ideological baggage, and their spirits are also in a very excited state, so the game is called a boom. However, as time progresses, this state of euphoria will recede. As soon as the weaker players find themselves unable to play as well as they did before, the ripple effect begins, and the match is quickly back in the hands of the high-ranked players.

That's why we've seen a lot in previous matches that a lower-ranked player can start with the lead, but as the match progresses, the higher-ranked player gradually regains the initiative. And now Anderson is waiting for the emergence of this inflection point.

In the face of Pansiqi's excellent performance in the first two games, he took it for granted that Panci had no mental baggage in the face of himself, so he played extraordinarily. Although the level of this extraordinary performance was much higher than he expected, he still believed that it was by no means Pansiqi's real level. Because in his perception, the players who can maintain this level of performance throughout the game are only the top three or four people in the world rankings.

However, just two games of good performance are not enough for a Grand Slam match. Even if you can sustain that horror for one or even two sets, as long as Pancich can't maintain the same fighting power in all three sets, then the final victory will be his Anderson's. And this is also the reason why it is difficult to cause a big upset in the men's Grand Slam competition.

It seems that out of agreement with Anderson's idea, the bookmaker only lowered the odds of the game from 1.2:11 before the game to 1.2:9, which also indicates that from the bookmaker's point of view, the outcome of this game is still not in suspense.

With this in mind, Anderson naturally doesn't have too much to worry about the current situation. With a long game remaining, he has plenty of time and patience to wait for Pancic's form to drop. At that time, he must take revenge so that this arrogant Chinese knows who is the real master on the tennis court.

However, Pansiqi didn't think much of it, and in his opinion, it was just a very ordinary race on his way to the highest honors. While Anderson is by far the strongest opponent he's ever faced, that's nothing to someone whose goal is only at the top.

In the next few rounds, Panci perfectly illustrated what it means to be stable. Almost the same as the first two games, with his amazing prediction and delicate touch, Pansiqi completely undone Anderson's superb serve. Although he was still able to make a 210 serve, Anderson didn't even get any aces or serve points. Not only that, but on the contrary, Pancicic relied on his still strong return position to catch several Anderson's serves one after another. In this stark contrast, Anderson had doubts about his serve for the first time ever.

In the end, with an angry return from Anderson to the net, the first set was frozen at 6-0. With no loopholes and ups and downs, Pansiqi actually gave away a duck egg to the No. 28 seed, which was also the first duck egg in the men's singles main draw of the 2017 US Open.

"It's okay, it's only been one set. 3:1 is also an acceptable result, but at best it is a tiebreaker. I believe that the final victory will be my Anderson's! Looking at the somewhat glaring scoreboard, Anderson comforted himself in his heart.