Chapter 208: Broken

The dramatic first game was a jubilant for the supporters of Baghdatis, while the Chinese audience who supported Panci lamented. It can be said that the game that ended just now has nothing to do with the technical and tactical level of both sides, and luck almost dominates the trend of the whole game.

As a person with vested interests, Baghdatis is naturally very happy. Professional players are often very superstitious, and many abnormal situations on the field will be interpreted by them as some kind of omen for the game. And with the continuous balloon scoring in the first game, Baghdatis took it for granted that he was the one who won God's favor in this game.

originally felt that his strength was far stronger than Pansich, but now with the blessing of luck, Baghdatis at this moment felt that there should be no suspense about the outcome of this game. Bursting with self-confidence, he was determined to attack directly in Pansiqi's next service game!

Sure enough, in his first service game, Panci faced his biggest challenge since the qualifying tournament at the US Open. In his previous matches, Pancich had not conceded a single service game. Now, however, the once impregnable serve looks precarious under the frantic attacks of Baghdatis with his own aura of fate.

On the first shot, Pansich sent a ball out of bounds. It stands to reason that this kind of mistake rarely occurs in Pansiqi's serve, but after the game just now, Panci also faintly felt that something was wrong, and under the distraction, the tennis ball flew a little longer than expected, and it was about to go out of the sideline.

On the second serve, Panci retracted a little bit to ensure the successful entry of the serve. Although the absolute speed of the ball dropped, Pansiqi deliberately applied strong topspin to increase the difficulty of the opponent's direct attack.

Under normal circumstances, this is a qualified second serve that hardly gives the opponent a chance to attack, but the current Baghdatis can't be measured with common sense at all. Faced with the tennis ball that bounced high and flew quickly above his chest, Baghdatis completely ignored it, jumped on the spot, and confidently made a forehand sideways to press the ball back.

The difficulty of hitting this ball is not ordinarily high, and it would be good for an average player to hit this kind of ball once out of ten times. However, at this time, Baghdatis actually did it. The tennis ball smashed into Pansiczy's feet under the suppression of his violent front shot.

Faced with the opponent's fighting serve, Panci was also taken aback. It stands to reason that Anderson's giant-type players will choose to press down directly when facing the topspin ball, because they are so tall, and the average topspin height is a very comfortable hitting area for them.

But Baghdatis is only about 1.8 meters, although it adds a jump, but it is still too reluctant to play this kind of ball. But now looking at the return effect, it is surprisingly good, and Baghdatis's return serve directly forced Pansiqi into a desperate situation.

Faced with the fast tennis, Panci didn't have enough time to dodge out and return the ball. In desperation, he could only use a bouncing ball to quickly handle the ball. In the past, with Pansiqi's exquisite touch, he could have done flawlessly even if he rebounded. However, today, for some reason, the feeling in his hands that was psychologically affected seemed to be a little wrong, and the flight arc of the rebound ball sent was a little higher than before.

Although it was not very high, it still allowed Baghdatis to seize the opportunity. After he received the serve and attacked, he went directly to the net with the ball. In the face of Pancic's rebounding ball, a clean volley in front of the net smoothly closed the point.

Counting this point, Baghdatis has scored five points in a row since the opening. It was nothing for the smooth Baghdatis to not even want Pansiqi to get a point if he could. However, for the Chinese audience who watched Pansizi's game late at night, it seemed significant.

"What a parallel import! I thought that if I said such a big thing, I must have some ability, but I didn't expect that this was only the second round, and the original form would be revealed. Some spectators who were in the mood to watch the joke were already imagining what it would be like after Panci's loss.

After this successful return attack, Baghdatis was even more convinced of the correctness of his tactics. He had no scruples, and at the moment he didn't pay attention to Pansiqi's serve at all, and he played even more crazy.

Faced with the opponent's mad dog-like play, Pan Xiqi was a little speechless. It stands to reason that Baghdatis shouldn't have fought so aggressively, but now it looks like he's clearly fighting. But what made Pan Xiqi even more depressed was that the success rate of the other party's fight was too high.

Although in the next point, Pancicic scored directly with a flat serve from a tricky angle. However, Baghdatis made two risky return attacks in succession, directly stretching the score to 40:15.

Faced with two break points, Pansiqi was really a little unaccustomed for a while. He used to be constantly breaking others, but now he is good, and in his own service game, he is also forced to the edge of the cliff.

Feeling a little nervous for the first time, and his heartbeat was slightly faster, Pansic found that his body was a little stiff.

"Hey, it seems that there are still too few big scenes!" Feeling the changes in his body, Pansiqi couldn't help but laugh at himself inwardly.

Trying his best to let his tight body relax, Panci sent a 208km ace to avoid the first break point. However, the crisis has not yet passed, and at the second break point, Pansiqi's serve went straight to the net.

In the face of Pansiqi's second shot, Baghdatis was like a hungry beast smelling food, and his eyes lit up with excitement. I saw him take a small step forward, pressing his body low, his feet beating at an extremely high frequency, ready to strike a fatal blow to Pansiqi's serve.

Baghdatis's obvious intention to prepare for the return did bring a certain amount of psychological pressure to Pansic, and his already stiff body even trembled a little. In this way, Pansiqi, who could not control his body precisely, fired a second shot of low quality, which did not pose any threat to Baghdatis.

Seeing that the goal of his intimidation had been achieved, Baghdatis excitedly slapped his hands backhand and directly attacked Pansiqi's straight line. Immediately, he walked non-stop, and came to the net in three or two steps, blocking all the possible return lines of Pansiqi.

In the face of the opponent's strong blockade, the somewhat frustrated Pan Xiqi made a venting forehand crit and returned the ball directly to the net.

"2:0, first set, Baghdatis leads!" The referee's cold voice reminded Pansiqi that his initiation was broken.