Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Strange Ace Ball
In the first game, Panci served first. Coming to the first serving area, Pan Xiqi slapped the tennis ball on the ground three times, and then looked up at Zhang Ze's position. It can be said that these are his habitual moves before serving. And the source of these actions should be said to be that he copied them from the idol cows.
In fact, for Zhang Ze's provocative behavior before the game, Pansy saw it all. And he is not really a Buddhist player, and he does not react to all kinds of small movements of his opponent. Although he was a little angry in his heart, Panci was over thirty years old after all, and he was used to seeing countless more disgusting little tricks in the unit in his early years, so he was not as calm as the young players.
In Pansiqi's view, the best response to Zhang Ze was to beat him head-on on the court and make what he did before the game meaningless. So in this first service game, Pan Xiqi actually held his breath in his heart, and was ready to send Zhang Ze a few ace gift packages as soon as he started.
However, when he looked up and saw Zhang Ze's position clearly, he was a little surprised by his opponent. I saw that Zhang Ze was standing close to two meters behind the baseline at this time, bending over and preparing to receive his serve with full concentration.
"Wow, is there any mistake, standing so far away to receive the serve, what is he trying to do?" Pansiqi had a series of questions in his mind.
Not only Pan Xiqi, but most of the people present didn't quite understand Zhang Ze's behavior. For them, Zhang Ze is really a little too far back, after all, in normal games, players almost always stand close to the baseline to receive the serve. Sometimes, if the opponent is slow to serve, they will choose to enter the court to receive the serve. And someone like Zhang Ze has really never seen it before.
However, at this time, the coach of the Jiangsu team looked at the field with a smug smile. It turned out that Zhang Ze was shocked by the four-seat receiving position as soon as he opened, but he and Zhang Ze decided to adopt the tactics after watching countless videos of European and American serve cannon matches.
In the first few games, Pansic's serve performance was too amazing, and countless people who watched Pansic's game admired his violent serve. After watching the video of Pansiqi's serve, Zhang Ze and the coach agreed that this link is the most competitive link of Pansiqi, and it is also where Zhang Ze is not as good as Pansiqi. If he doesn't find a way to deal with the threat posed by Pansiqi's serve, Zhang Ze's chances of winning the match will be greatly reduced.
Therefore, how to effectively catch Pan Xiqi's serve has become a major focus of Zhang Ze and coach's pre-match preparation. After watching many European and American serve cannon match videos, they summed up two rules, that is, either like the cow and Xiaode, they have super prediction ability and can respond in time to the fast and heavy serve; Or, like natto, sacrifice aggression in the receiving position and try to stand behind the baseline to ensure the success rate of returning the ball.
Xiaode's ability to receive the serve, Zhang Ze naturally can't think of it, and he can't do it at all. Therefore, he had no choice but to learn natto and try to stand as backward as possible. The advantage of this is that the receiving distance is longer, and even if the opponent's serve is fast, the speed of the ball will be reduced by the time it flies into his hand. This gives him enough time to get the ball back and not get his opponent to serve and score.
However, most of the players do not take this position, and there is a natural reason for him. Although the drop in ball speed is conducive to the return of serves, because it is too far from the bottom line, the ball that I returned to the past fell to the opponent's court, and the speed was also miserable, not to mention any attack power. This kind of position is basically to catch the ball back, and as for the next initiative, it is completely handed over to the opponent.
Even natto doesn't often use this stance to receive serves. Rather, it will be used when some serves are too fast and trying multiple ways to no avail. Because he is too fast at his feet, coupled with the fact that he can pull out super topspin, he can effectively make up for the lack of offensive type of return. Therefore, every time natto uses this trick, it often reaps miraculous results.
Zhang Ze and the coach naturally knew the disadvantages of this position, but after weighing the two trade-offs, they still decided to choose this way of receiving the ball. Because in their opinion, although there is no threat from the return serve, it is better than the opponent giving an ace or serving to score directly. At least this way, Zhang Ze still has a certain chance to score points in the next round.
Seeing the hesitation in Pan Xiqi's eyes, Zhang Ze was even more convinced that his choice was correct.
"Pansiqi, they all say that you have the most powerful serve, and almost no one can break your serve. I don't believe in this, with my current position, you can't serve an ace anyway. Zhang Ze thought to himself.
Looking up at Zhang Ze's position again, he saw that the other party was still there steadily, without the slightest intention of moving forward, Pan Xiqi shook his head, threw the ball in front of him, and swung his racket to hit the ball.
The moment the racket touched the ball, Pansic said silently in his heart: "Silly fork, you." ”
The moment the tennis ball was knocked out, the audience resounded with an exclamation. The coach of the Jiangsu team bounced up directly from his seat, his face full of incredulity.
It turned out that Pansiqi actually sent a bottom serve, and it was the kind with a cut. It's almost impossible to serve in a professional game, let alone in an important event like a Grand Prix semi-final.
However, Pansiqi did just that. After the tennis ball leaves the racket, it flies lightly over the net and falls to the very shallow receiving area. As a result of Pansiqi's spin, the tennis ball landed with little forward bounce and only bounced off the spot.
In the eyes of the audience, Panci was like an amateur child playing tennis, gently bouncing the tennis ball onto the opponent's court, almost without any speed and power.
However, it was precisely this kind of serve that cost Zhang Ze's life. You know, now he is two meters behind the baseline, and with the distance from the service area, the tennis ball lands five or six meters away from him. It would be fine if Pansiqi had the ball in force, as long as he waited for the ball to bounce and he would be able to hit it. But Pansiqi didn't make any effort at all, and tennis didn't move forward at all.
In a hurry, Zhang Ze activated his body and rushed forward desperately. For him, it's like starting a 100-meter sprint on the spot. The first ball was played by the other party like this, and countless grass and mud horses ran through Zhang Ze's heart. However, at this time, he didn't have time to think about this, because he saw that the tennis ball was about to land.
Although Zhang Ze had tried his best, because his receiving position was too far back, he still missed half a step in the end. Watching the tennis ball bounce on the ground for the second time, Zhang Ze had no choice but to stop, panting on the spot to adjust his breathing.
"15:0, Pansiqi leads in the first game."
Witnessing the whole process, the whole audience fell into a stupor. In the silence, I don't know who said leisurely: "Is this ball also an ace?"