In a standard tennis match, players from both sides toss a coin and pick the edges, followed by about 10 minutes of practice to warm up. Of course, as an amateur competition held by a unit, it is naturally not so particular.

Lao Wang chose a side at random, and started to do squatting exercises on the bottom line early, and pulled a stretch from time to time. Pan Xiqi naturally walked to the other side, he didn't do anything to warm up, just held the racket and quietly looked at Lao Wang.

The indoor tennis hall rented by the unit has two courts, and their match starts at the same time as the No. 2 player. The luck of the two players in the other game seems to be far less good than that of Lao Wang, and they drew a strong opponent early, plus the two usually win and lose each other, and the suspense of the game is greater, so it attracted most of the audience. As for where the audience came from, it was naturally those players who had not yet played.

On the other hand, Pansiqi's side was not so lively, with only half of the people standing on the sidelines. Moreover, seeing that most of their attention is on Lao Wang, it seems that they have long believed that Lao Wang can advance to the next round and regard Lao Wang as their potential opponent.

Lao Wang himself thinks so, after all, he has played with Pan Xiqi a few times before, and he has made his opponent helpless every time with his skillful baseline and a strange small ball. Although Panci has good stamina and a strong stickiness of the ball, he is still not experienced enough to be his opponent.

For this first-round opponent, Lao Wang is very satisfied. Pansiqi is not a rookie, but he will definitely not win against him. This kind of game is very beneficial for him to adapt to the rhythm of the game and move his condition. He has already planned to play for a while, and under the condition of ensuring that the baseline is dominant, he will put more small balls appropriately to prepare for the next match against stronger opponents.

The referee, who is temporarily part-time by his colleagues in the unit, sees that both sides are ready, and signals that they can start practice. The main purpose of the practice is to play tennis pulls to allow the players to adapt to the court and the sense of the ball. Of course, for some players of average level, even these short ten rounds of holding the ball may not be able to be completed smoothly. These are commonly known as cannon fodder players.

Pan Xiqi and Lao Wang naturally do not belong to such players, and the holding in practice is still very easy for them. After all, the two sides neither play at a large angle nor increase their strength, which is equivalent to a peace ball. At their level, a handicap can often last more than twenty rounds.

The two soon began to practice, and Pansiqi only used one-eighth of his strength to return the ball. This is a good way to keep the ball going, as it allows for a basic ball speed and is comfortable for the opponent to return the ball. If he had one-sixth of his strength like fighting Da Wei, Lao Wang would definitely feel that he would attack with all his strength when he came up, which would be a provocation to him.

Both sides controlled the line smoothly, pushing the ball in a position that was neither deep nor shallow, and near the forehand position, it was equivalent to being able to hit the ball for multiple rounds with little to no foot movement. This kind of practice is a good reflection of the player's fundamentals, and tennis players can roughly see your age, strength, style, weaknesses and so on after you have held each other for a few rounds.

After all, in the tennis competition held by the unit, there are many players who have not practiced for a few months and can not even play a few rounds of the ball on the baseline.

Soon the ten rounds arrived, and the referee seemed to be so engrossed that he forgot to call a stop, and only came to his senses when it was close to twenty rounds, and hurriedly asked both sides to stop and prepare for the official match.

Lao Wang is about 50 years old, and because he has been playing all year round, he has good physical fitness and excellent endurance. He can often play such long rounds in his usual practice, but the first time he performed it in an official match, he was still quite proud and felt that he showed his face. By the way, I also took a look at Pan Xiqi's tennis level, and felt that this kid still had a solid foundation.

Over there, Pan Xiqi didn't look as proud as Lao Wang. In his heart, he had already scolded the lazy referee dozens of times. You know, playing ten rounds with one-eighth of the strength has already made him live like a year, and it is simply mad to fight ten more rounds alive.

In fact, it is no less difficult to require a person to use one-eighth of his strength to do something stably than with all his strength, and it is even much greater. Because, this means that your control of power must be perverted to be precise and stable, and the slightest change in strength will cause huge losses. It's like having someone wear iron gloves to peel the shell of a raw egg, and it is also required to keep the egg membrane intact and not break.

However, what pained Pancich the most was not the mastery of power, but the speed of the ball. Slow! It's just too slow! If it weren't for the competition, Pansic would have pulled out his phone again and continued to read the novel. The boredom of waiting, the restraint of watching a super slow ball but not being able to accelerate, makes him feel like being scratched on the soles of his feet but can't laugh, that's called a grievance!

Naturally, no one at the scene could guess Pansiczy's true mood now, and his unwavering expression made everyone think that this was another young man who was not good at expressing himself.

"The match is only one set, and the first to go to six games wins. In the event of a score of 6:6, a tie-break will be played. Now, it is up to Lao Wang to serve first. ”

The referee announces it, and Pansiqi begins his first tennis match since his transformation.

In the first game, Lao Wang took the lead in serving. He first slapped the ball on the ground a few times, then tossed it high into the air while his body was stretched into a reverse bow. As the tennis ball rose to its highest point and began to fall, he slammed the racket into the body with his arm and sent the ball out.

Lao Wang's serve is the standard serve of tennis, and the upper serve, also known as the high throw serve, is a necessary skill for every high-level tennis player. Of course, it is not to say that Lao Wang's serving action is standard, as an amateur, his action is seriously deformed, and the position of the force is not right, in the eyes of professional players, it is just to send the ball over.

But for an amateur, this serve is not too bad. After all, a lot of people are still like Pan Xiqi and Da Wei before, and they can't guarantee the success rate of the upper hand serve at all, so they can only use the bottom hand serve.

With a crisp "bang", Wang's ball smashed quickly into Pansiqi's serve area from a high place, at least twice as fast as the lower serve. For the previous Panci, such a serve is considered a very threatening. Because the speed and spin of the upper serve are not comparable to the lower serve, players who usually play with each other are prone to make mistakes in receiving the serve.

I practiced with Lao Wang before, Lao Wang and he both served with their lower hands, and occasionally sent out a few upper handballs, and he was a little overwhelmed. Now as soon as he comes up, he will serve handball, which is to give Pansiqi a dismount.

"The first ball was handballed, and it didn't seem like they wanted me to feel better. In that case, I won't leave any mercy. Pan Xiqi guessed Lao Wang's mind from this ball, and immediately made his own response.

At the moment when Lao Wang sent the ball, he judged the data of the ball. "80 km/h, weak side spin, outside corner." Then he took a small jump to the right with both feet, and waited early behind the ball landing.

Half a day later, the tennis ball smashed into the landing point judged by Panci with a limited speed that was a little faster than Da Wei's return, and then bounced up, trying to slip away from Pansiqi. Unexpectedly, before it could bounce the height of Pansitch's crotch, a signature yellow and black Baibaoli racket completely covered it.

I saw Panci holding the racket across the line of the tennis ball to the back court, and the tennis ball flew closer and closer, but he did not make the lead action.

"Could it be that the ball is too fast and he has no time to start the shot?" The idea popped into the minds of some of the audience.

It is important to know that during the tennis ball, whether you use a forehand or a backhand, you must move the racket surface to the appropriate distance and height at the back of your body before hitting the ball. When you want to hit the ball, through the rotation of the waist, the upper arm drives the lower arm to hit the racket towards the tennis ball, so that the strength of your body can be effectively transmitted to the tennis ball and make it fly back to the opposite court. And this process of moving the racket is called the lead racket.

In tennis training, it is strictly forbidden by the coach to return the ball without triggering the racket, and professional athletes basically do not make such a mistake. Because there is no pre-shot shot, you can't use the strength of your body to return the ball to the opponent's court threatened, at this time, your return ball can only be called a rebound ball at best, the quality of the return ball is miserable, and the next shot will basically be won by the opponent's blow.

In official matches, players do not have time to complete the lead due to the opponent's ball speed being too fast or too far away from the ball, so they usually choose to place the racket on the flight path of the ball and block the ball back to create an opportunity for their next shot. Of course, this is a choice of last resort, which shows that the scene is completely inferior.

Therefore, looking at Pan Xiqi's action, everyone subconsciously thought that he didn't have enough time and wanted to choose to block. But obviously he moved in place early, how could it be too late?

Just as everyone was looking confused, Panci completed his return.

I saw that he was holding the racket in his forehand, and the moment the ball touched the racket, his wrist flicked, and the racket surface rubbed the tennis ball in the opposite direction of the tennis ball's side spin.

The faint side spin that Lao Wang applied to the ball when he served disappeared immediately, and for a moment, the tennis ball stopped at a standstill on the racket. A thousandth of a second later, Pansich's backspin on the tennis ball exploded instantly. The tennis ball is like a spinning top spinning at super high speed, leaving Pansiqi's racket and flying towards Lao Wang's court.

"It turned out to be a chipper!"

"Look, the ball seems to be flying a little low, it's not good, it's going to go to the net!"

The audience whispered.

At this time, Lao Wang had already discovered that Pan Xiqi actually chose to use the chipping ball to return his serve, and he couldn't help but sneer in his heart. Chipping is a good option against inconsistent players. However, he thinks that he has solid basic skills and a rich ball path, and he is still very confident in handling chipping balls. At the very least, the opponent used the chipping ball, which was already a compromise in speed and power, and he just wanted to interfere with him with spin. Next, he will show off his ability to handle the chipping ball, and Pansiqi will regret his choice.

In an instant, Lao Wang moved his feet and ran to the landing point of the incoming ball that he predicted. Because the power and speed of Pansiqi's return were not enough, according to Lao Wang's judgment, at most it would fall on the back touchline of the service area. It's already in the middle of the court, and once he gets the ball, he has a myriad of ways to score in the open space.

However, after not running a few steps, he realized that something was wrong.

"The height of the ball is too low, it's hard to get over the net, yes, get off the tennis!" Lao Wang came to his own judgment, don't stop.

It turned out that the tennis ball had been flying at a slower speed after being spun strongly by Pansizi. The slowness here is really slow, not the slowness that Pancich feels, because in his eyes, the ball is simply moving towards the opponent's court. At the same time, the height seems to be a little insufficient, and it is very likely that it will not be able to pass the net.

The tennis ball finally flew to the net with a "buzzing" spinning sound, and it seemed that the lower end of the ball was about to touch the net belt, so it was blocked and fell to the court on Pansiqi's side. However, as the tennis ball gets closer to the belt, it suddenly becomes apparent that the ball will be able to pass through the belt. It should be said that this height is the lowest height to cross the net.

Sure enough, the next moment, the lower end of the tennis ball grazed the net at a height of a few millimeters from the net belt and came to the court on Lao Wang's side.

After crossing the net, the tennis ball seems to have used all its forward strength, clinging to the net and starting to do free fall. Soon, a soft sound of tennis balls landing reached everyone's ears. Just when everyone thought that the dust had settled, the tennis ball that bounced off on the ground suddenly flew quickly in the direction of Lao Wang, as if someone had been hit with a rocket booster. However, because it was so close to the net, the tennis ball crashed headlong into the arms of the net and eventually rolled to the side.

As the tennis ball landed, the audience was stunned, and the audience seemed to be unable to believe what they were seeing.

As a party, Lao Wang was even more petrified at the scene. He looked directly at the tennis ball lying on the ground, with an unbelievable expression. If you are closer, you can faintly hear him muttering: "Damn! Is there such a small ball? ”