Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Real Attack
played four or five shots of high-quality attacks in a row, but did not occupy the advantage of the field, which made Xiao Lin very unhappy. Pancizi's airtight defense made him feel like he wasn't good enough to score no matter what angle he played.
"Whoever said Panci was an offensive player, this information is too unprofessional. This kraft candy defense is really hard to deal with. Xiao Lin began to complain about the coach in his heart.
But fortunately, although it lasted for many rounds, the scene was always in his own hands, so Xiao Lin was not too anxious. Pansiqi started the game with just a blind defense, without any intention of taking the initiative to attack.
"Hehe, do you want to drag me down with pure defense? I'm not that easy to deal with. Thinking that he had seen through Pan Xiqi's tactical intentions, Xiao Lin had some confidence in his heart.
He is also experienced in dealing with this kind of base-line defensive player, as long as the opponent can't play a threatening shot, he can calmly find the opponent's breakthrough through his changeable offensive means.
Now, Xiao Lin, who has been unable to attack for a long time, has begun his own initiative to change. I saw that Pansiqi gave him a deep zone back to the middle of the field, aiming at the incoming ball, and his eyes flashed with a strange light.
"I'm going to give you a taste of how versatile I can play the ball right now, so I can show you that you can't compete with a real attacking player just by defending."
Thinking in his heart, Xiao Lin did not pause in his hands. The early lead shot was pulled behind him, and he put on a posture of onslaught. A quick swing at the incoming ball knocked the ball out.
However, to everyone's surprise, the ball was not as powerful and heavy as the previous shots, but rather felt like it was light and fluttering, with little power. And looking at the trajectory of the ball's flight, it seems that the landing point will not be very deep, probably near the service line.
"Ah, did Xiao Lin make a mistake with this shot? How can you hit such a light ball and the landing point is so shallow, it doesn't look threatening! A Jiangsu team member said anxiously to the coach next to him.
"Hehe, where is this mistake, this racket is Xiao Lin's initiative change." The coach replied calmly with a calm face.
"Proactive change? But the ball is really not powerful, and I can't see the meaning of the change. The team member still didn't quite understand.
"You, you've been in the team for too short a time, and you don't know much about Xiao Lin's style of play. He's an attacking player, but he's not the kind of fool who just pushes hard. For different opponents, he will take the initiative to change his offensive means according to the situation of the field, looking for opportunities to score. ”
"Just like the ball now, the first few shots have not been able to take the opponent, Xiao Lin realized that the opponent's defensive ability may be stronger than expected, and if he continues to play according to the usual ball path, he may not be able to achieve too good results."
"So now he's suddenly hitting a light ball, it's all about looking for a change. This racket, you don't seem to be very powerful, but the angle and line are just right. If you look at Pansizi's current location, do you find anything? The coach asked the player with a smile.
The player, reminded by the coach, observed Panci's position and suddenly realized something. "I know the coach, this ball seems to be shallow, but it is in a different half than Pancizi. At this time, Pansiqi is standing near the baseline, and if he still hits a deep ball in the bottom corner like before, Pansiqi only needs to move in the horizontal direction of the baseline. With Pansiqi's ability to move before, he should still be able to put it in place. But now that the ball lands near the frontcourt sideline, not only does the horizontal distance not change, but it also increases the movement of Pansiqi in the forward and backward directions, so that his running distance has increased invisibly, and the difficulty of defense has naturally increased! ”
"Yes, you can see it. This ball was beyond everyone's expectations, and I saw that Xiao Lin would take the initiative on the court in the next shot. "As Xiao Lin's head coach, he is not only very familiar with his disciple's style of play, but also very confident in Xiao Lin's offensive ability.
At this time, Xiao Lin was also proudly watching his ball fall to the desired landing point. However, Panci was not disrupted as he and his coach had anticipated, but as if he had known the change beforehand, he moved quickly towards the front court without any pause the moment Shoting the ball.
Xiao Lin's pride didn't hold the *** bell, but he found that Pansic actually appeared accurately near the landing point of his return ball, and as soon as the ball landed, Pansic was ready to return the ball.
"How is that possible? He actually guessed? Shawlin felt incredulous. After all, the change was improvised, without any warning.
Pansiqi naturally couldn't know what his opponent was thinking in advance, but with his amazing anticipation ability, he judged that it was a shallow ball with force reduction the moment Xiao Lin hit the ball. The body moves with his heart, and without the slightest pause, his feet naturally move towards the predetermined landing point, and the seamless performance of the link gives people the illusion that he has already guessed.
At this moment, the situation suddenly reversed. Xiao Lin's shallow sneak attack in the front court was transformed into an extremely simple frontcourt handling ball due to Pansiqi's early arrival. Without wasting any more time, Pansiqi unleashed a delicate ball in front of the net with a light forehand. When the ball hit the ground and bounced for the second time, Xiao Lin, who was still standing on the bottom line, did not react.
"0:15, Xiao Lin fell behind in the first game." The referee reported the first score of the game.
"Wow", the scene resounded with warm applause. I didn't expect the two sides to give such a wonderful performance on the first ball, and the atmosphere was ignited instantly.
"Damn, he actually saw through it. Lucky for him, it won't be so easy next! Shawlin, who accidentally lost the first point, felt very unhappy and decided to play the next game to get back on the field.
In the second point, Shotin took the lead in making changes on the serve. This time he sent a topspin ball, and although the speed of the ball plummeted to 160 km/h, the spin was several times stronger. As soon as the ball hits the ground, the strong topspin bounces high with the tennis ball and will soon fly over Pansiqi's shoulder.
This serve is naturally another set of tactics for Shawlin. The topspin high bounce serve can make the opponent feel uncomfortable when returning the serve, and hitting the ball too high can often lead to a decrease in the quality of the return. Once the opponent receives the serve high or shallow, he has the opportunity to attack actively.
The idea was wonderful, but Pansiqi had let him down again. Seemingly ignoring the spin of the opponent's serve, Pansiqi grabbed the ball back directly during the rising period of the ball and directly returned the ball back.
This return shot was fast and deep, making Xiao Lin's next preparations completely useless. In desperation, Xiao Lin had to temporarily shelve the plan of serving and attacking, and chose to deal with the ball first.
With Pancic's return serve a bit of a chase, he didn't have time to dodge enough and could only hit the ball deep into Pancic's middle with a single bounce. Unable to generate power, the ball is hardly too aggressive.
"Hmph, this shot can only be dealt with first. Next shot, let's look for another opportunity to attack. Xiao Lin thought.
However, Pansizi's next choice was once again unexpected by Shawling. He thought that according to Pansic's previous style of play, this ball would definitely choose the bottom line conservatively, and it would be impossible to take the initiative to attack. Therefore, he only regretted that he could not attack, but he was not prepared for what happened next.
In the face of this mid-lane return, Pansiqi finally tore off the veil of gentleness before at this time, and his murderous aura was instantly revealed. I saw that after he was in place, it was a domineering forehand attack on the tennis.
"Bang", a completely different sound from the previous shot exploded like a muffled thunder under Pansich's shot. The audience at the scene was also taken aback, and some whispering voices in the stands suddenly disappeared, and the audience became extremely quiet.
"Oh my God! Pansiqi's ball, I can't imagine that there are male players in China who can do it to this extent, it's too fast! An industry insider in the stands exclaimed in his heart.
Yes, Pansiqi's forehand used a third of the force without reservation. This level of power is not something that a player of Shawlin's level can withstand.
Xiao Lin, who was standing on the field at this time, fell into a sluggish state after Pan Xiqi made a move. He didn't know what was going on, he just knew that he had just conservatively chosen to make a transition, and the opponent gave back a return like a flood of beasts.
The ball gave him a strong sense of oppression, and the power contained on it made him feel like he would be torn apart by a small tennis ball if he hit it head-on.
The ball came too fast for him to hesitate. In the end, he chose to give up, a forehand of this level that he had never experienced in his previous domestic competitions, and even the only international challenge tournament he played in which the low-ranked European and American players did not have this kind of strength.
"I think that's the best forehand in the world." Thinking in his heart, Xiao Lin didn't make any movement in his hands, just watched the tennis ball land at his feet and fly away.
You read that right, the tennis ball still fell at Shawlin's feet. Pansiqi still didn't open a big angle for this ball, because in his opinion, it was not needed at all.
Through the previous rounds of testing, Panci had a rough idea of Xiao Lin's strength. In his opinion, Xiao Lin has a certain offensive strength, but in the face of him, it is still far from enough.
In this ball, he didn't choose a big angle at all, just using his own strength, it was enough to crush the opponent. But what he didn't expect was that his shot was too amazing, far exceeding the limits of what domestic players could imagine. Therefore, not only was it crushed, but Shawlin lost even the confidence to resist.
From the beginning to the present, Panci has only played one shot to take the initiative to attack, but this beat is enough to suppress the whole court. After the score, the audience erupted in exclamation, followed by a flood of applause.
"It's wonderful! I couldn't help but applaud Xiao Lin's attack before, and the angle of power was impeccable. But compared to Pansic's beat, it's like a child playing at home, playing around. An audience member excitedly pulled the sleeve of his companion and said.
"yes. Compared with Pansiqi, the previous Xiao Lin was simply a class axe. This beat is offensive, strong, really strong! His companions were convinced.
After this point, the coach of the Jiangsu team looked at Pan Xiqi on the field with a blank face, and sighed in a barely audible voice: "In my opinion, this can be regarded as a real offense!" ”