Chapter 234: Instant Ranking: 100!

(I'm a little uncomfortable today, only one shift, sorry!) )

Another 3:0, three consecutive matches, Pan Xiqi with a record of not losing a set, successfully reached the first Grand Slam singles round of 16 in his life. So far, Panci has become the only qualifier among the last sixteen players still alive in the draw.

Even more shocking is the fact that only three of the sixteen players did not drop a set in the first three rounds. In addition to Pansiqi, the other two were also quite surprising.

It's not a cow, it's not natto, it's not Argentina's Del Potro. The two strong players are Spain's 12th-seeded Busta and Germany's Kohlschireb. Arguably, these three players became the best performers in the first half of the 2017 US Open.

And in this peculiar three-man roster, Panci's promotion score seems to be much easier than the other two. On top of that, Panci was the only player to have given eggs to his opponent in all three fights, which is quite a bit more than the other two combined. After all, in Grand Slam competitions, the difference in strength between players is not so great, and it is not so easy to really keep a clean sheet against the opponent.

From this point of view, Pancic, who advanced all the way from the qualifying round, turned out to be the best player in the first three rounds of this US Open. Its dominance of the game even surpassed that of the two superstars of Cow and Natto, who struggled slightly in the first two rounds. The media around the world were shocked in addition to shock at such a result. A rather radical American media even directly typed the exaggerated headline "Chinese players dominate the US Open" when taking stock of the top 16 list.

Of course, this is just a gimmick created by the media to attract the attention of the audience, and it does not mean that the foreign media really included Pansiqi in the final list of contenders. In their opinion, it is already a miracle that a qualifier can make it to the round of 16. The matches after the round of 16 are not in the category that players of Pansizi's level can hope for.

After each round, the bookmaker makes an update to the odds to win the tournament. After the top 16 of the U.S. Open were released, William Hill naturally offered its own new odds for the championship. Compared with the odds before the start of the US Open, the biggest change is that the cows who suffered a five-set tough battle in the first round have dropped the odds of winning the championship from first to second, with odds of 1 to 3; Natto, which has a relatively stable performance, ranks first with 1 to 2.5.

Next, the American cannon Quiley won the championship with a good performance in the first three rounds, and the odds of winning the championship increased significantly, occupying the third position at 1 to 13, and the former US Open champion Del Potro followed with a slight advantage of 1 to 14.

The above four people belong to the championship group recognized by the media and gaming companies, among which cows and natto are naturally the biggest favorites to win the championship. Pancici and his fourth-round opponent, Italy's Lorenz, are unsurprisingly considered the most unlikely candidates to win the title, and are at the bottom of all the top 16 players at 1 to 81.

As for the prediction of the round of 16, the group match between Pancich and Lorenz was undoubtedly selected as the most unpredictable game before the game. No one would have imagined that in this one-eighth zone with Anderson and Zverev Jr., such two players would finally fight for a precious place in the quarterfinals.

For this encounter, some media outlets even jokingly referred to it as the battle of luck. Because in their minds, whether it is Pansich or Lorenz, it can be regarded as the greatest luck to be able to meet each other in the fourth round.

However, compared with the various situation analyses of foreign media, the domestic media obviously did not focus on the outlook for the next game. Because Pan Xiqi, who has just advanced to the fourth round of the US Open, not only achieved the best record of Chinese men's players in Grand Slam competitions, but also created a history worthy of forever remembering in the history of Chinese men's tennis.

Before the US Open, Panci was ranked 163rd with 335 world points. The top 16 of the Grand Slam can get up to 180 points, plus 25 points in the three rounds of qualifying, which means that at this time, even if he is eliminated in the next round, he has already scored 205 points.

In this way, Pansic's world points have reached 540 points, and with reference to the real-time world rankings, Panci will make history at 100th place in the ATP world rankings! And in the existing list of the top 16, except for Panci, all other players are ranked in the top 100 in the world. This means that no matter how well the rest of the world performs, there is no chance that Panci will be squeezed out of the top 100 in the latest edition of the world rankings after the US Open.

Men's ranking in the top 100 in the world is the ultimate dream of many generations of Chinese men's tennis players. For the Chinese men's tennis team, the significance of its breakthrough is comparable to the national football team's entry into the World Cup. Even the national football team has already entered the World Cup once, and for men's tennis, this is a real first time.

Early the next morning, the news of Pansizi's history-making made almost dominated the headlines of major sports media. Following the first-round victory, Pancich is once again undoubtedly the absolute focus of this US Open.

This time, the media comments about Pansiqi seem to have softened a lot. Although he still doesn't recognize his unashamed words about winning the championship, most of the media still recognize Panxiqi's real contribution to Chinese tennis.

For a while, Pansiqi's image in media reports has been greatly changed, and although the cynicism of Pansiqi has not completely disappeared, it is much less than before. This incident also fully illustrates that in the sports world, as long as you can get excellent results, even if there is negative news before, it is easy to be selectively forgotten.

Pansizi's amazing performance to make history has not only received enthusiastic coverage from the domestic media, but also attracted the attention of sports media in many Asian countries and regions. The Japanese media, which had set off a Pansiqi craze before, once again turned its attention to Pansiqi.

For the Japanese media, they had long predicted that Pancicic would become a formidable opponent for the Japanese in the near future. But what no one expected was that this future would come a little too soon. In less than a month, Panci has outperformed all Japanese players at the US Open.

Although their number one player, Kei Nishikori, did not participate in this US Open due to injury, but he can still leave some memories for the Japanese. But the poor performance of other Japanese players, against the backdrop of Pansizi, also really made the Japanese feel a strong sense of crisis.

In addition, because of his perfect partner with Lu Yanxun in the men's doubles competition, Pan Xiqi has also become a popular player in Taiwanese tennis. Pan Xiqi and Taiwan's light Lu Yanxun's cross-strait partnership has conquered the hearts of most Taiwanese fans with just one men's doubles match. Taiwanese fans, who were worried about Pan Xiqi dragging Lu Yanxun back, have begun to affectionately call Pan Xiqi their "Ace" overnight. Please pay attention to the latest chapters in the future