"The 2017 China Open tennis tournament produced the final men's and women's semi-finals after a day of fierce battles yesterday. Compared with the continuous upsets in the women's singles field, the top three seeds in the men's singles event played smoothly and defeated their opponents to advance to the semifinals. The last place in the semi-finals was unsurprisingly occupied by my country's player, the new US Open champion Pan Xiqi. Top seed Natto and third seed Dimitrov will battle it out for a spot in the top half of the final, while Pancich will face a challenge from the new generation of Junior Zverev。。。。。。 ”

"This semi-final squad is the most perfect result I can think of. Even if you win the four Grand Slams, this lineup can definitely be satisfied. Looking at the men's singles semi-finals, Thomas, the tournament director of the China Open, was smiling with joy and felt more and more that it was the right decision to invite Pansiqi to participate.

For several consecutive match days, the number of viewers at the China Open broke records. Benefiting from Pancic's huge popularity and the excellent performance of several star players, not only the Diamond Stadium and the Lotus Stadium, but also several other peripheral stadiums were also crowded with enthusiastic fans.

In the semi-finals, tickets for the Diamond Stadium are even more difficult to find, and even the scalpers who have always had great powers at the door have no way out, so they can only watch the gold mountain but have no way to get it. At this time, a ticket is not only a higher price can be obtained, in order to obtain a valuable admission ticket, the majority of capital citizens are showing their magic and begin to dig deep into the network behind themselves.

A semi-final in the top half of the bracket was played first during the day. As old rivals who are very familiar with each other, Natto and the young Dimi have played many times, and the overall record is still slightly superior. It was a match-up that was no secret, and the two fighters were in a fierce battle for Mai Mang as soon as they came up.

As a leader of the younger generation, Dimi's style of play is very solid. His superior baseline defense ability and outstanding physical flexibility earned him the title of "Little Deyo". And similar to the tragedy of every Nader battle, no matter who wins the match with natto in the end, he will almost have to pay a certain price, and he will not pass it so easily.

Naturally, the game was played at this pace. In the first set, with the advantage of breaking one more service game, Natto successfully won the first set 6:3. However, in the second set, the situation on the court changed abruptly, and Dimitrov suddenly strengthened his baseline aggressiveness. Caught off guard, in a service game that Natto had to protect at the end of the set, although he struggled several times, he was still fatally broken by the opponent. It was with this golden break that Dimi pulled back a set and dragged the match into the deciding set again.

It seems that it was due to excessive physical consumption in the second set, and in the third set, Dimi had certain problems with his body, and his ability to fight on the bottom line decreased. And after the old and spicy natto found out that the other party was in trouble, how could he not seize this opportunity, thus setting off a wave of crazy offensive. Under the opponent's aggressive attack, Dimi finally collapsed, and then lost five games in a row, giving up the victory of the game with a disparity of 1:6. As a result, the former champion of the event, the top seed natto, won 2; 1 defeated the No. 3 seed by a big score and advanced to the final title match.

If natto's victory is expected, then the most desired candidate for the finals with him is naturally the local darling Pan Xiqi. The re-enactment of the US Open final, almost since Pansiqi confirmed that he accepted a wild card to participate in the China Open, will be hung on the lips of many media and fans from time to time. It can be said that almost everyone who follows the China Open is eagerly waiting for such a dream final to finally come true.

Looking at the opponent opposite, who was almost ten years younger than him, Pan Xiqi couldn't help but have a feeling that the back waves of the Yangtze River were pushing the front waves. However, what he didn't expect was that if he really counted from the time he turned into professional tennis, he would still have to call Zverev Jr. a senior.

Zverev Jr.'s full name is Alexander Zverev, born in Germany, and is a typical player who rose to fame at a young age. As a teenager, he topped the junior world number one and won the junior Grand Slam championship.

After turning to the adult arena, Zverev Jr.'s achievements are also soaring, and he is expected to become the next generation of tennis successors by everyone early. And in the past six months, he also ushered in his first explosive period. At the Rome Masters in May and the Rogers Cup in August, he won two titles in one fell swoop, becoming the first post-90s player to win the Masters, and also raised his world ranking to the fourth highest in the world.

For Pansizi, Zverev Jr. is almost the strongest player he's faced in the professional tournament outside of natto. And unlike Natto's defensive and counter-attacking style of play, Zverev Jr. has always been known for his violent attacks like a storm. Judging from the previous rounds, Zverev Jr. was in good form again, sweeping all the way in two sets and barely encountering any real challenges. Therefore, for this semi-final, many Chinese fans still have a little uneasiness in their hearts, worried that Pan Xiqi will not be able to cope with the opponent's ferocious attack.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the game, Zverev Jr. showed his good offensive touch without reservation. While having a perfect height of 1.98 meters, he is also very agile in his feet, and he is not clumsy at all. Therefore, with the pace in place, the ball hit with all his strength has both landing point and power, and the impact is very amazing. Caught off guard, Pansiqi could only sigh tennis.

In his own service game, Zverev Jr. was unusually strong, holding serve with little effort. Such an imposing opening made Pansiqi's supporters even more worried, fearing that Panci might not have a good time in this game.

Fortunately, it was Pansizi's turn to serve, and Pancic's serve was not inferior to Zverev Jr. Not only that, but with the changeable landing points and spins, Pansic's direct scoring rate on serve is even much higher than that of his opponent. In this way, Pansiqi naturally did not have to make much effort to hold serve.

In the next few games, both sides continued their opening form well, and both looked very strong in their own service games, leaving no break opportunities for the opponent. In this way, the score of the first set gradually increased with the balance of you and me, and the two sides soon came to a 5:5 draw.

However, in such a seemingly peaceful atmosphere, Zverev Jr. secretly became anxious in his heart. In the first few games, he was still very satisfied with his service form. But he was depressed to find that once he couldn't establish enough advantage on serve, it would be difficult for him to score the final points in the next multi-shot hold. Fortunately, his first-serve success rate was always on the line before, so there weren't too many of that. But if you can't maintain the same serve in the rest of the game, then the outcome of the match is difficult to predict.

And in the eleventh game, which began immediately, the situation that Zverev Jr. feared really happened. I want to talk about "The Prince of Middle-aged Tennis" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~