Chapter Twenty-Three: Maintaining Total Victory
"Oh, that's the kid you've been thinking about? Sure enough, he is very young, and it seems that he does have some ability. After listening to Da Wei's words, Pan Xiqi suddenly realized.
At this time, he began to carefully observe the man who was training on the court. It was a very young boy, with a pale beard on his lips, and he looked like a high school student. Although his face is still immature, his body is really good. The height of nearly 1.85 meters is not the common hemp rod body shape of teenagers, but the chest and waist muscles are strong, and the legs are not thin. This kind of figure, which looks much stronger than Pansic, is also more suitable for tennis.
Although he has not been in contact with it, from just a short period of training, Pan Xiqi can judge that this kid's personality should belong to the kind of pursuit of perfection. Because he has almost strict requirements for the position of the coach to place the point cup, the slightest deviation will require the coach to reposition. At the same time, in the batting practice, once the return ball does not hit the point cup, of course, this is rare, and he will immediately repeat the shot to the inaccurate position more than ten times until he no longer makes mistakes.
"This is really a person who is strict with himself." Pansiqi commented on him.
"Hmph, what kind of skill is this. If you have the ability, you won't abuse me here, but go straight to the professional game and challenge the cow natto. Da Wei said disdainfully. Looking at Da Wei's eyes, there was no admiration from other audiences at all, but was full of anger.
"You, you've been so angry for so long. In my opinion, this kid didn't mean to embarrass you, no matter who he is, I guess he won't show mercy. Pansic laughed.
"Yo, why are you still turning your elbow outward, but you are talking to the enemy?" Great Wei's anger turned to Pan Xiqi.
"It's not me who speaks for him. Look, we've been watching it here for more than ten minutes, does this kid have any reaction? ”
"What's the reaction? I think he's just practicing on his own. Da Wei didn't know what Pan Xiqi meant by asking.
"No response is right. Ordinary people's training is watched by so many people, and their hearts will be affected somewhat. Especially the audience still cheers and applauds from time to time, if it were you, I guess my heart would have blossomed early, right? ”
"Well, that's a little bit proud." Da Wei replied.
"But when you look at this kid, you don't even look at the audience. All his attention is on his tennis training, and no matter how noisy the environment is, it doesn't seem to have any effect on him. This shows that in his eyes, he can't see anything else except tennis. ”
"It should be said that this kind of person has the purest love for tennis, and he can have such a dedication at a young age, which I have only seen in professional tennis players. In my opinion, this kid probably wants to go down the path of professional tennis. ”
"Even if you're right, you can't excuse him. A little kid, he doesn't know how to respect the old at all, and he doesn't save me some face. Da Wei said unpleasantly.
"Hehe, you, it seems that you were abused too hard, leaving a shadow in your heart. This kind of child who only focuses on tennis, all he thinks about is how to play tennis well and win the game, and he doesn't understand what kind of people are sophisticated. Don't say it's you, it's estimated that even if his father is on the other side, he has to eat duck eggs as well. Didn't you say the referee gave you two points back? I wonder if he will be upset about those two points after the game. ”
"Wow, that's a pervert. Feelings: I met a tennis maniac in the first round. Hi, count me out of luck. Da Wei was a little stunned, but his heart became a little better.
At this time, the crowd suddenly dispersed. Looking further at the training ground, it turned out that the child had finished training and was walking out of the exit passage with the coach carrying a tennis bag on his back. Since Pansiqi and the others were standing near the exit, they passed by.
The moment the guy passed by Pansichie, he suddenly stopped and stared at Pansichy with a blink of an eye. Pansiqi didn't know what was happening, but he didn't flinch, but met his eyes. In this way, the two looked at each other for a while.
Lin Teng has been training at a prestigious tennis school in the United States since he was a child, and has also been in contact with some of today's tennis superstars. He feels that those superstars have some unique temperament that sets them apart from ordinary players at a glance. However, the moment he passed by Pan Xiqi just now, he suddenly felt that the temperament of the "uncle" in front of him was very familiar to him, and he was actually somewhat similar to those superstars.
So he involuntarily stopped, trying to find out. After a few seconds, Lin Teng didn't seem to see anything unusual, so he left without looking back. That's right, in such an amateur tennis game, how can there be such a character, it can only be said that he is in a trance for a while.
Pan Xiqi also felt a little strange, but he didn't think much about it, but took Da Wei and walked towards his third round venue.
The afternoon was a more relaxed match, with only one singles and one doubles, and as long as they both won, he and Da Wei would survive into Sunday's match. Since the players who were eliminated in the first two rounds were nothing to do, most of the players who finished their matches became spectators, and the afternoon match was much more lively than the morning, and the atmosphere on the court was more like an official tennis match.
When I came to the singles court in the third round, there were already some spectators on the sidelines. Since neither side is seeded, the crowd appears to be a little smaller compared to the other favourites. Pan Xiqi's opponent is a Dalin from Fujian, CTA6, and his strength is not weak.
For this match with Pansich, Dalin can be regarded as completely unprepared. Because all of his pre-match plans were made against our poor No. 4 seed, Qi Night. In his expectation, his opponent in the third round could only be Qi Xiao, but when he got the matchup table for this round before the game, he found that the opponent's name had changed to Pan Xiqi.
This was a huge surprise to Dalin, and his originally hopeless mind instantly came to life. You must know that although his strength is not weak, he is at the limit of reaching the third round. Because there will be no accidents in the future, he will meet seeded players, and in front of those masters, he will not have many opportunities.
This time in Shanghai, I thought that the third round would meet Qi Xiao, and I had to stop at the top 16. I didn't expect Qi Xiao to be upset in advance, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Beyond this unknown player, he will be able to reach the quarterfinals for the first time and continue to compete on Sunday. You know, the top eight players not only get match points, but also a bonus.
"The one opposite, thank you for sweeping away Lin Xiao for me, this time you are destined to be a stepping stone for me to advance." Before the fight, facing Pan Xiqi, Dalin couldn't help but thank him.
I don't know if Dalin is simple-minded or simple-minded, and I don't want to think about it, since he can win a master who you can't even think of, can the other party's strength be a general? There was no suspense, Pan Xiqi only slightly strengthened the change of line, and Dalin was already unable to keep up with the rhythm.
Soon, it was another big victory, and Pansiqi easily won three games in a row and entered the top eight of this singles tournament without blood.
Then there's the last match of the day, the doubles eight-in-four match. Now that it has reached the quarterfinals, the strength of the opponent should not be underestimated. This time, he and Da Wei actually met a pair of twins, and the tacit understanding of each other couldn't help but remind Pansiqi of the American twin brothers who were famous in the tennis world.
It was only after the start of the competition that Pansic felt why many brothers or sisters in the sports world often achieved excellent results. The innate telepathy between them is really unmatched by many players. Take the twins today, the two hardly had to communicate on the field, but the coordination in the running position was simply seamless.
One person on this side seemed to have just lost his position, and the other person on that side immediately made up for it in time, and the hole that should have appeared was filled in an instant. Even the most difficult midfield gap for the doubles pair to defend against doesn't seem to be a problem for them, and there will be no grabbing the ball or leaking the ball at the same time.
This caused a lot of problems for the Pansiqi pair, who had been able to sneak up on gaps by moving their opponents out of position in the first few rounds, but this tactic didn't seem to work with the twins. In the first two games, the Pansiqi combination, who did not find an effective way to crack it, quickly lost.
Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Da Wei was also a little anxious, and even took the initiative to ask Pan Xiqi if he wanted to give up the "Pan's position" and restore the double-bottom line position. The proposal was quickly rejected by Pansiqi, because after two rounds of trial, he had already thought of a way to solve the dilemma.
In the third game, Panci chose to play only one player per point. In other words, if Pancich decides to return the ball to his brother, then in the next round he will focus all the balls on his brother, and completely ignore the direction of the line change to hit the younger brother. Even if the opponent takes the initiative to change the line and want to get rid of his entanglement, Pansic will continue to chase the opponent with flexible steps.
In this way, although the opponent's running distance is further reduced, it means that he only needs to defend half of his own field, while Pancich still has to cover three-quarters of the field; But the other party's cooperation was equivalent to being broken by Pansiqi. Only one person returned the ball, and the other person couldn't touch the ball at all, so there was naturally no way to talk about cooperation.
Now the scene is simple, the opponent can't touch the ball, this side Da Wei almost doesn't catch the ball, and a doubles match becomes a singles game, but one side needs to defend one-half of the area, and the other side needs three-quarters.
At first glance, it seems that Pansiqi has suffered a big loss, but with Pansiqi's singles strength, how can he make up for it with the opponent relying on these court advantages. Gradually, Pansiqi became more and more active on the field, and the twin brothers began to be unable to withstand Pansiqi's offensive firepower. But there was nothing they could do, and the other couldn't help if he wanted to. Even when the two wanted to forcibly change positions, Pan Xiqi sneaked into the gap and scored directly.
In this way, Pan Xiqi relied on a very domineering style of play, successfully solved the opponent with a score of 6:3, and joined hands with Da Wei to advance to the doubles semifinals of this Shanghai competition.
On Saturday, the first day of the CTA Shanghai competition, Pan Xiqi won all three singles and three doubles, and became the only player in this competition to enter the semifinals in doubles and the quarterfinals in singles.
Just when Pan Xiqi and Da Wei were easily packing their backpacks and discussing the itinerary of the night tour in Shanghai, he didn't know that because of his excellent performance on the first day, he was targeted by some well-intentioned people.