Chapter 209: Dream Back to 2006
In the first set, Cypriot's Baghdatis broke first, and the game is now 2:0. If he continues to do so in the next matches, then China's Pan Xiqi will be very dangerous in this match. After the end of the second game, the CCTV commentator said with some concern.
Pansic, who was broken for the first time on the court, was still in a somewhat confused state, and didn't seem to realize that he had lost two games in a row so quickly. If the first game was mainly because luck was not on his side, the second game was completely suppressed by the opponent. Baghdatis dealt with his serve in the same way that he played Anderson before, and his extremely aggressive return tactics caused a lot of psychological pressure on the side of the serve.
With no break between the second and third innings, Pansich can't immediately review what happened and instead move on to the next inning. Facing Baghdatis again, he will need to come up with a solution that works.
In a tennis match, every game has a different aura. Experienced players, not long after the start of the game, can easily know whether the aura of today's game is not in line with them. If it is a match, the hope of winning is greatly increased; If you don't agree, you may sigh helplessly in your heart: "It's not my game."
At this time, Baghdatis was very comfortable. Through the play of the first two sentences, he clearly realized that today's game is all under his control. The break he completed in the game just now was almost his strongest performance in the opponent's service game in the past six months. That constant sense of oppression on his opponent, even in his prime, was nothing more than that.
"I really didn't expect that I was in such a good state to be in such a good state to deal with a qualifier, it's a shame." Baghdatis, whose eyes were shining, looked at Pansiqi, who was suppressed by himself, and thought with some pity.
However, this is the second round of the Grand Slam after all, and it is not a low-level event, and since the state has come, Baghdatis naturally has no reason to deliberately refrain from it. Taking advantage of his good hands, he decided to make a quick decision and advance to the third round in the fastest way possible.
In the third game, Baghdatis re-served. This time he didn't keep the line on the line as he did in the first game, but it didn't leave Pancich too much of a chance to steal. Because he applied strong side spin on the ball on the premise of ensuring the speed of the ball. As soon as the ball hits the ground, it flies towards the side of the field at a breakneck speed.
Faced with this serve, Panci opted for a more secure forehand slash. Although he could also choose to put together a straight line on the right side of Baghdatis, it was almost a demanding requirement for the landing point, and Pansiqi was not in the best shape at the moment, so it was not a good choice.
The return returned to Baghdatis' tee, so he needed little movement to make the next shot. Seeing that Pansiqi was pulled out of the court by himself again, Bagdatis could completely repeat the classic routine of the first game and go straight back to Pansiqi's straight space.
But Baghdatis, who is now bursting with self-confidence, does not intend to do so. Before he came, Pansiqi was so fast that he still had some scruples about the amazing speed of the defense, if it wasn't for the ball he returned and pressed on the sideline, it was really hard to say whether Pansiqi could catch up. Second, he has a sense of omnipotence when he feels good, and he wants to fully show the comprehensiveness of his hitting the ball.
Not to mention, Baghdatis is the kind of player who can play on the pitch once he is in shape. In the face of Pansiqi's return ball, he held the paddle in his right hand and slashed it slightly, and directly came to a straight line to shorten.
After the tennis ball crossed the net at a very low height, it landed almost without bounce in the service area to the left of Pancic. At this time, Pan Xiqi, who was far away from the bottom line, could only stand in place, looking at the ball and sighing.
"A wonderful combination, from this point it can be seen that the state of Baghdatis in this game has come to the best in recent years. At this moment, he faintly makes me feel like I'm back at the top! The CCTV commentator explained in amazement.
The audience at the scene was even more fascinated to watch, this small ball fully demonstrated the good feel of Baghdatis, and the long-lasting applause and cheers resounded throughout the stadium. At this time, even the Chinese audience at the scene had to admit that so far in the game, Baghdatis was the better side.
In the next three points, although he hit a baseline out-of-bounds shot, the other two points were scored by Baghdatis with a clever line combination. In this way, the score of the third game came to 40:15, and Baghdatis had two game points.
It can be said that the first four points, and even the first three games, the dominance of the court is completely in the hands of Baghdatis, which makes Pansiqi quite depressed. You know, from the debut to the present, no one has been able to ride on their heads like this. Pan Xiqi gradually got a little angry in his heart, and in the next point, he didn't plan to give away the third game so easily.
This time, against Baghdatis's serve, Pansy used a rush for the first time in the court. With a forehand that suddenly turned straight, Pansiqi decided to take the initiative as soon as he came up.
Although it was somewhat unexpected by Baghdatis, he was now highly concentrated, reacted very quickly, quickly moved to his backhand position, and returned the ball to the middle of Panci with a powerful two-handed backhand, which was regarded as defusing Panci's first wave of attack.
Pan Xiqi, who failed to attack, had no choice but to play with the opponent. However, Pan Xiqi, who has fire in his heart, does not intend to make his opponent too comfortable, but keeps changing angles and rhythms in the multi-shot round.
Sure enough, in the face of Pancic's active change, Baghdatis never found a chance to get on the phone, so he could only passively defend. But he was in too good shape today, running back and forth, and the defense was leaky, so that Panci couldn't start.
As the number of rounds increased, Pansiqi began to get a little anxious. Suddenly, when the opponent returned the tennis ball to his forehand position, Panci keenly found that if he sneaked into the opponent's forehand at this time, Baghdatis was very likely to not be able to return to the defense in time.
"It's now!" Pansiqi made an instant decision and swept the ball towards the opponent's forehand with a large slash of full power.
The ball landed fairly close to the touchline, and for Baghdatis, if he wanted to save, he would have to cross almost the entire baseline of the pitch. If it were the usual Baghdatis, he would not chase this kind of ball. But now, with his eyes on fire, Baghdatis felt that his body was full of endless energy. With a swift movement of his legs, Baghdatis sprinted towards the return ball.
As he ran, Baghdatis took oversized strides and reached the vicinity of the landing point at incredible speed. However, at this point he also did not have time to stop and make another stroke. At the same time, he didn't plan to do it.
Still in between fast movements, Baghdatis kept his eyes on the tennis ball and swept it directly into the bottom left corner of Panci with a quick forehand swing.
Seeing the tennis ball smash into the opposite corner with great precision, Baghdatis jumped up excitedly, and at the same time raised his head to the sky and roared, venting the pleasure in his heart. Listening to the tsunami cheers of the surrounding mountains, at this moment, Bagdatis had the illusion that he was back eleven years ago, and turned back into the handsome teenager who played in the Australian Open final.