Chapter 226: Hidden Worries

Just when Pansichy, who had just landed on the center court, was shocked by the huge sound of human waves, the front of the west stand actually sounded "Pansiqi, come on!" The shouts. The cheers and high-fives were very rhythmically matched together, and for a while, the audience was dazzling.

Pan Xiqi looked at the cheering place and was surprised to find that the small area of the stands was occupied by Chinese spectators dressed in red. Although the number of spectators was nothing compared to the number of spectators, it was clearly carefully organized, not only wearing uniform red shirts, but also holding small triangular Chinese flags in their hands, reflecting the small area of the stands into a sea of red.

In the front row of the audience, there is also a rectangular billboard about half a meter wide, on which the words "Pansiqi North American Fan Club" are written in yellow highlighter, which is extremely eye-catching in the dense audience.

It turned out that it was Pansiqi's fans who came to the scene to cheer for Pansiqi. It's funny to say that although Pansiqi has caused a huge controversy in China, and many people evaluate him more derogatory than positive, but in New York, Pansiqi completely conquered those Chinese who watched the game with his impeccable performance in the first two rounds.

You must know that in the US Open tournaments over the years, the overall performance of Chinese players is very average, and it is difficult to give too much mental cheer to Chinese in the United States. Even if they work tirelessly to cheer for the Chinese players, they often get the bitter fruit of defeat in the end.

But with the advent of Pansiqi this year, everything seems to be a little different. Although the match was only played for two rounds, in those two singles matches, Pan Xiqi completely suppressed his opponent, allowing the Chinese audience to enjoy a rare feeling of holding the whole court with the players they supported.

Therefore, under the leadership of a few active fans, they even established the Panxiqi Fan Club in China before that, and organized Chinese audiences to cheer for Panci in the third round of singles. This is a great honor for Pansiqi. Because in the previous competitions, except for Sister Na who has enjoyed such treatment, there is no Chinese player who has been able to attract such a large number of Chinese audiences to watch the game.

For a while, the neat and unified cheering of the Chinese audience actually suppressed the voice of the large number of foreign audiences in the audience. The American audience, who came to their senses, was naturally not to be outdone, and spontaneously cheered for Churchrich. Under the back and forth between the two sides, the atmosphere of the arena has been pushed to a new **.

Back in China, at this time, the TV picture of CCTV5 also switched to the grandstand stadium early. Although it was late at night, according to the latest statistics, the Chinese audience who stayed up late to watch the third round of the men's singles match has far surpassed Pansiqi's second-round match, creating the highest single-game rating since the start of the US Open.

"Oh my God, it's only been the third round of the tournament and it's already set a new high, and if Pansic really wins the championship, wouldn't it be a new record for unbeatable viewership!" Looking at the rising number of viewers, the CCTV director exclaimed.

"Rest assured, that will never happen. If Pansic can really enter the final finals, let alone our channel, it will have to broadcast the championship battle live throughout the whole process. Shaking his head, the editor-in-chief of the sports channel said disappreciatively. In his opinion, Pansiqi is extremely lucky to be able to enter the third round, and it is impossible to say that he wants to win the championship.

The cheers of the Chinese audience echoed in his ears, and Pan Xiqi was very moved. I didn't feel much about competing in China before, but when he was in a foreign country, he really realized the value of being able to get the full support of his hometown parents. At least at this moment, he knows that he is not alone on the field, and he is still burdened with the ardent expectations of countless Chinese fans.

"Audience friends, welcome to the third round match between China's Panci and Croatian teenager Čurić at the 2017 US Open. Before the game starts, I would like to report to you a piece of good news. In the just-concluded first round of mixed doubles, Pan Xiqi and Wang Chang swept their opponents in two sets and successfully advanced. So far, Pan Xiqi has won all three events in singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles. And then, let's wait and see if Pansiqi can bring a bigger surprise to the national audience. ”

As soon as the passionate commentary of the CCTV commentator fell, the match between Pansiqi and Churic officially began.

After ten minutes of practice, Pansic ran back to his rest chair and carefully wiped the sweat beads on his face with a towel. If you're familiar with Pancic's style of play, you'll know that this behavior has never happened to him before. With the intensity of the first ten minutes of practice, it was almost impossible for Pancich to sweat.

Churich, who had been paying close attention to Pansiqi's every move, naturally saw Pansiqi's actions in his eyes. It stands to reason that it is normal for players to wipe their sweat, but in Čurić's view, this reveals a lot of important information.

"It seems that my body is a little tired, and I am sweating with such a slight intensity. This can only show that his body must have entered a period of fatigue by now. Churic quickly analyzed in his mind.

For this encounter, Čurić was not as easy as the outside media predicted. Although he was confident in the outcome of the match, after watching the video of Pancic's first two rounds that the coach got out of nowhere, Čurić realized that he had hit a difficult bone.

Judging by Pansiqi's performances in the first two rounds, it was almost difficult for Čurić to find any glaring holes in him. However, after analyzing the schedule of Pansiqi's various events obtained by the coach, Čurić actually found a weakness that he thought Panci might have.

After the second round of singles, Panci immediately entered the first round of men's doubles a day later. And another day, Pansiqi will usher in an even more terrifying one-day doubles. What's worse is that the interval between the two games is extremely short, and Panci hardly gives Pansiqi any respite.

Such a dense schedule can be regarded as a heavy burden for professional players. In particular, the Grand Slam singles competition is a best-of-five system, which will invisibly consume more physical energy of athletes. Playing four games in three days, two of which were less than half an hour apart, in Churic's opinion, Pansic, who has reached the age of 30, is very likely not physical enough to cope with the third ** battle with him.

"Hard-working Chinese players, after this match, you will know how wrong it is to be in a Grand Slam tournament with three events. Today, I'm going to make you pay for your greed. Looking at Pansiqi, who had returned to the court, the corners of Churic's mouth curled slightly.