Chapter 211: Grinding You to Death (I)

At the end of the 90-second break, the two sides switched sides and fought again.

Standing behind the bottom line, looking at the yellow tennis ball in his hand, Pan Xiqi's eyes were no longer as erratic as before, but flashed with a different kind of light. Looking up at Baghdatis on the other side, a smug smile appeared on Pansiqi's lips, ready to start his serve.

This subtle change in Pansiqi's eyes naturally would not be noticed by Baghdatis. The opening game was smooth sailing, and all he wanted was to end the game as soon as possible, although the game made him play very happily.

At this moment, his self-confidence has completely exploded. This state has almost reached the level of his peak, coupled with his accumulation of experience over the years, this US Open will give the world a big surprise.

Thinking that if he continued this form, he had a great chance of being able to fulfill his unfulfilled dream eleven years ago, Baghdatis couldn't help but feel a fire in his heart. If his dream really came true, he should choose to retire and end his tennis career in the perfect way.

It can be said that Baghdatis's heart is no longer in this game. After only the second round, he has already begun to imagine himself reaching the quarterfinals, semi-finals and even the final.

On his first serve, Pancic, who regained his emotions, began to show his excellent serving ability. The 205km inside corner flat shot posed a big threat to Baghdatis as he prepared to serve.

I have to say that although the heart is no longer here, the momentum of the whole audience is still on the side of Baghdatis. With a strong backhand with both hands, Baghdatis returned a powerful deep ball in the middle, which landed very close to the baseline, as long as it was a little farther away, it would be directly pressed on the baseline.

In the face of the opponent's aggressive return serve, Panci was already prepared. At this moment, he has only one idea for the next game, which is to grind, and show his defensive ability as much as possible until the opponent's sharpness is worn out alive.

Pancic, who didn't have too many attacking opportunities, was not in a hurry, and with a straight shot up, he returned a strong topspin ball to return the tennis ball to the middle of the opponent's side.

For the sake of safety, Pancich does not deliberately pursue angle and depth, so the ball returns to the middle, and the landing point is still one step away from the bottom line. However, because the topspin is sufficient, it is not so easy for Baghdatis to really want to get started.

But Baghdatis, who has been crazy, doesn't care about you so much, seeing the opponent returning the ball in the middle, the landing point is not very deep, and it is better to wait if you don't attack at this time. Quickly adjusting his footwork into place, Baghdatis flew high with both feet and came back with another volley.

This ball Baghdatis can be regarded as pressing all the strength of his whole body on the tennis ball, not to mention the strong sinking, and it is the rising period of playing, so the tennis ball is fast and heavy, and it smashes directly to Pansiqi's backhand with super impact.

If it is in the first few rounds, Pansic will not be able to do it again. But now Pan Xiqi, who has changed his mind, is only thinking about how to return the ball to the opponent's court perfectly. Quickly moving to a backhand position, a single reflex slices hard, and Pancich successfully defused the opponent's attack and sent the ball back to the middle of the ground.

The backhand failed and then changed to the forehand, and without waiting for Pansiqi's chipping ball to bounce back to the crotch, Baghdatis directly connected with a forehand and blasted the ball to the other side of Pansiqi's court. Once again, Baghdatis stole the tempo and further compressed Pancizi's defensive time.

However, it seemed that the opponent would choose this route, and Pansiqi ran directly to the other side of the court after chipping the ball. The ball was similar to the forehand winner in the previous game when Baghdatis was running, only this time, it was Panci who ran back to the defense.

If Pancich chooses the same attack, while it is possible to end the fight outright, he may also face a high risk of mistakes. This is not in line with the idea of Pansich, who is now seeking stability, so he has no desire to learn from Baghdatis, and after running into place, Pansiqi actually hit a moon ball with a quick forehand up.

You must know that the moon ball mostly appears in women's competitions and has a certain lethality to many female players. In the men's race, few people choose this way. Because male players are more aggressive, once the moon ball falls too shallow or the height is not enough, it is very likely to be killed by the opponent.

However, Pansiqi did not have such worries, because the height of the moon ball he picked up was too high. The tennis ball made a super high arc and landed accurately on the court of Baghdatis. At the same time, in order to avoid going out of bounds, Pansic added a lot of insurance again, and the landing point of the tennis ball was still a certain distance from the bottom line.

As a result, although the landing point was not deep, because the rebound height was far higher than the overhead, Baghdatis was still unable to attack directly at the first time. Looking at the tennis ball falling high, Baghdatis cursed in his heart, and had to wait for the tennis ball to fall to a suitable height before continuing to attack.

It was such a wait that Pancich on the opposite side had plenty of time to return to the defensive position in the middle of the baseline. At this moment, the situation on the court returned to parity, and the advantage that Baghdatis had gained by grabbing the extension was wiped out by Pansizi.

No matter how unhappy Baghdatis is, he can only accept the result of starting over. A forward shot backslash, and when the time came, he directly provoked the banner of attack.

The preparation time before this main shot is too long, and how can it pose any threat to Pansic, who has already defended in place. Moved to the backhand position in advance, and with a dashing SLR slash, Pansic calmly returned the ball.

When Pansiqi was in good shape, the ball was in place so early, in fact, he could choose a single reflex straight line, and there was a high probability that he could get a direct winning point. However, now Pansiqi, offense is not his first choice. Putting the ball back in the safest way is the most reasonable choice at the moment.

Next, the two sides completely entered the offensive and defensive battle. Needless to say, Baghdatis is naturally the main attacking side, while Pansiqi is willingly defensive. Not to mention, Baghdatis who is in good shape, the offensive quality is called a high, and several times, he has used a very pressing combination of offensive balls, and the audience thought that Baghdatis was about to score.

However, at this time, Panci showed super defensive tenacity. No matter how difficult the ball is, he seems to have the means to get it back onto the opposing court. If you bombard indiscriminately, I'll be able to keep the round going.

Five, ten, fifteen, and finally, when the round came to twenty-one, Baghdatis went completely crazy. Losing his patience, he roared wildly, and with all his strength, he smashed a forehand straight ball.

With a "bang", the tennis ball hit the ground. The line behind Pansiqi parted his hands in the air and shouted "out" at the same time. This ball is out of bounds.