Chapter 112: The End of the Road (Part II)
Changing lines doesn't work, going online doesn't work, fast-paced still doesn't work! Wu's enemy, who lost three points in a row, began to feel anxious.
For him, he almost gives what he wants in the face of other domestic players, and his rich tactical reserves give him a variety of ways to win the game. However, in today's final, although it was only a short three points, it made him feel an unprecedented sense of powerlessness.
Because of the three points lost, every point was a tactic that he carefully planned and spent a lot of energy. And in the execution of these tactics, he perfectly achieved the effect he expected before the game, and did not give away points because of unnecessary mistakes.
However, it was precisely in this way that the blow to him was even greater. Because this shows that his tactical changes are ineffective for Pansic. Once in this situation, Wu will face the dilemma of not knowing how to deal with Panci in the next match.
However, his priority now is to save break points in order to hold his serve. After all, with Pansiqi's terrifying serving ability, if he wants to break serve, the difficulty can be imagined.
Taking a few deep breaths, Wu Di tried to calm himself down. He knew that he wasn't one of those fledgling novices after all, and he shouldn't make the same mistakes as being impatient. Closing his eyes, Wu Di no longer looked at Pan Xiqi, who upset him, but immersed himself in his own world.
A few seconds later, when he opened his eyes again, Wu Di was indeed a lot calmer. This is a set of emotional control skills that he has practiced over the years, and it has also allowed him to successfully achieve a comeback in many major competitions.
With every next point, he needs to be more careful than before. Because once you lose, it means the loss of your own service game. Observing Pansiqi's position, Wu decided to send another corner kick from the outside of the second zone to suppress Pansiqi's backhand.
A band cut into the outside corner, Wu's serve successfully pulled Panci off the court. Pansiqi still used the effective tactics of the previous one, throwing a small diagonal line in front of the net with a one-handed backhand. Wu Di quickly came to the front court and cut out a sharp and deep straight line to return the ball.
It all looked exactly the same as the second point, but then Wu Di didn't go to the net with the ball. Having learned the lesson of the previous point, he did not hesitate to go backwards to the baseline after hitting the ball, ready to face Panci on the baseline ball.
Before Pan Xiqi hit the ball, he had already observed Wu's movements. It seems that Wu Di is afraid of his crossing ball and does not dare to rush to the Internet. Since the opponent does not want to go online, Pansiqi wants to make the opponent unsatisfactory.
With a slight slash of his right hand, the tennis ball slowed down instantly, and at the same time, it flew slowly towards the court on Wu Di's side. It stands to reason that this kind of ball speed should be a good time for Wu Di to attack, but Wu Di, who had just retreated to the bottom line, was instantly shocked and lost his soul after seeing Pan Xiqi's ball.
It turned out that Pansiqi didn't plan to return to the bottom line at all, but unexpectedly cut a small ball in front of the net. The tennis ball falls sharply after falling into the net, and the landing point is quite close to the net.
scolded in his heart, and Wu Di, who had just returned to the bottom line, had no choice but to run towards the front again. In the eyes of the audience, Wu Di's ball, after coming to the front court, took the initiative to retreat, and before he could stand firmly, he moved forward again, as if he was running back and forth in training. Some viewers couldn't help but laugh when they saw this funny scene.
At this time, Wu Di, where is there time to care about these off-the-field factors. Rushing forward, he had to come to the front court in the shortest possible time to save the ball. However, his ability to move is indeed not covered, and after a few quick steps, he actually caught it back with a racket when the ball was about to land for the second time.
After completing this extreme save, Wu Di's body was already very close to the net. At this time, it is impossible for him to return to the bottom line no matter what. In this way, under the careful manipulation of Pan Xiqi, Wu Di involuntarily went online.
Looking at Pan Xiqi on the other side, Wu Di had an ominous premonition in his heart. Sure enough, the next moment, Wu Di, who saw Pan Xiqi's move, showed a look of resentment on his face.
"Damn, do you want to trick me again?" Without thinking about it, Wu Di threw himself directly to his right.
It turned out that Pan Xiqi lured Wu Di to the net because he wanted to beat the other party again. Looking at his shot preparations, it was obvious that he wanted to repeat the perfect crossing ball from before. Therefore, Wu Di will predict in advance and directly block the small slash in front of the net.
However, this time he guessed wrong, although Pansiqi said that the hitting action was exactly the same as before, but at the moment of hitting the ball, he did not have a sudden change in his wrist. Therefore, with this ball, Panci directly hit a straight forehand.
At this time, Wu Di's body was completely flying in the air, and when he turned around and saw Pan Xiqi's straight return ball, it was already too late.
In this way, in another battle of wits and courage between the two sides, Pan Xiqi successfully took advantage of Wu's enemy's inertial thinking, deceived Wu's enemy, and completed the break of Wu's serve with the second crossing ball of this game.
"1:0, in the first set, Pansiqi leads."
Falling four straight points was broken by Pansiqi, and Wu Di lost the first service game of the Grand Prix. In previous matches, he and Pancicic were the only players who hadn't been broken by their opponents in a single service game.
In this game, Pan Xiqi occupied the commanding heights both mentally and tactically. Wu Di's psychological defense line has been torn open by him.
However, Wu's predicament is clearly not over, because soon, he will have to meet Panci's serve. Facing Pancic, who has the title of "strongest serve", he has no certainty that he will be able to complete the break.
Sure enough, at the start, Panci blasted a 205km ace. This ball set a new record for the speed of the serve in this competition. In the face of absolute speed, although Wu Di's reaction was fast enough, he still failed to touch the ball.
Next, the match was completely reduced to Pansizi's serve. Not only is the ball fast and powerful, but the landing point of Pansic's serve is also very tricky. Compared with Wu's side-cut serve, the threat of Pansiqi's ball is obviously several notches higher. Once, although Wu Di guessed the right direction, he only prevented Pan Xiqi from continuing to send out aces, and Pan Xiqi scored directly.
In less than forty seconds, Panci had scored three consecutive points to take a 40-0 lead. In the next serve, Pan Xiqi once again showed the diversity of his serve and taught Wu Di a good lesson.
Aiming for the inside corner T-spot, Pansich no longer uses a strong flat shot, but at the moment of serve, he applies a strong topspin. As soon as the ball landed, it rebounded in an extremely exaggerated instant, and it didn't take long for it to fly to the height above Wu Di's shoulder.
In the face of such a strong topspin, Wu Di sighed in his heart and gave up the serve. Because when he was about to swing the racket, he found that the tennis ball was far beyond the reasonable height of the ball he was hitting.
In this way, after four consecutive points, Pansiqi stretched the score to 2:0.