Chapter 175: Successive Battles
It turns out that in Grand Slam tournaments, the men's tournament is a best-of-five format, while the women's tournament is still a best-of-three format like a regular tour. It can be said that the special format of the Grand Slam has created the birth of countless classic five-set battles.
And for Pansiqi, the rules that a Grand Slam must be won in three sets to win are too familiar to be familiar. Because the first match he watched as a tennis fan was Agassi's performance at the Grand Slam. And as a veteran fan of dairy cows, he has accompanied his idol all the way in front of the TV to win one Grand Slam championship after another.
However, when Pancici himself really became a professional player, because the previous matches were all best-of-three without exception, he forgot this important rule in the first game of the US Open.
In fact, it can't be said that he has forgotten, but after playing these dozens of matches, he has formed a conditioned reflex that only two sets mean victory, so he needs to shake hands with his opponent. Therefore, when he successfully won the second set, he was naturally ready to pay a post-match greeting to the Brazilian.
Realizing that he had made such a low-level mistake, Panci instantly figured out the strange reaction of the referee and the Brazilian player before. It turns out that these people think that Pansiqi is preparing to retire! It is estimated that when they saw Panxiqi's action, there should be countless grass and mud horses running over in their hearts.
It was also Pansiqi's luck that he didn't meet a straight-tempered referee. If the referee hadn't asked Pansiqi again and had just announced the end of the match, Panci would have set a record for the stupidest loss in tennis history.
Pansic, who came to his senses, said several "sorry" to the referee and the Brazilian with an embarrassed face. At this time, he couldn't wait to find a crack to get into, after all, such an oolong is too embarrassing for a professional player.
At this time, the referee could see that Pan Xiqi was probably confused, and smiled helplessly, and the referee climbed back to the referee's bench and motioned for the players on both sides to switch sides for the third set.
At this time, the Brazilian player also figured out what had just happened, and he was really speechless to Panci with a black line, knowing that if he really advanced to the second round of the qualifying tournament in such an outrageous way, he was afraid that he would be ridiculed by many players.
After this episode, the players on both sides gathered their minds and re-entered the battle for the third set. In tennis, the player who is behind often hopes for some small surprises. Like rain interrupting a game, or someone being injured and taking a medical timeout. Historically, after a timeout, there is a chance that a player from behind will be able to pull the game back.
However, after a few games in the third set, the Brazilian was saddened to find that this so-called probability did not happen to Panci at all. At this time, Pansiqi, whether it was serving or receiving, or holding on to the bottom line, was not affected at all. So, as in the first two sets, the Brazilian still didn't have a chance to win. Another 6:1, Panci swept his opponent with only two games in three sets and successfully advanced to the second round of the qualifying round.
This time, when it came time to actually shake hands after the match, the Brazilian looked a little tearless. In fact, he was mentally prepared for losing this game after learning about Pansiqi's recent record, but what made him unacceptable was the way he lost.
You must know that in this game, in three sets, so many service games, the serve that I relied on the most and was the most confident to, actually did not win a single ace, and even the points won by establishing an advantage through serve were very few. It can be said that in this match, his serve in front of Pansiqi was simply useless and did not play any role.
In fact, this is not to blame the Brazilian, because he simply can't imagine that in the first round of qualifying, he will meet an opponent with a historical level of return ability. If he knew that Pan Xiqi's level was so ungodly, it was estimated that he would feel much better.
With his head hanging and a hurried handshake with Pancizi, the Brazilian turned and left the tennis court. Looking at his somewhat lonely back, Pansiqi knew that it would take him some time to swallow the bitter fruit of this defeat, and he couldn't help but feel a little sorry in his heart.
However, after this brief period of emotion, Panci was quite satisfied with his performance today. After all, he is also an out-and-out rookie for the Grand Slam. So in the first game, there is always the possibility of some surprises. And now, Pansic, who successfully advanced to the second round, has successfully taken his first step.
Since the second round will be played tomorrow, Panci can go back to rest for the rest of the day. It stands to reason that it is more reasonable to do some physical recovery training after the game, but Pansiqi won the game today with almost no effort, and secondly, he didn't know where to find a place to train, so after the game, he decided to go back to his residence first. It's a big deal to run two laps around the area of the residence, which can be considered a workout.
After returning to the residence, Meimei ate a dinner prepared by Sister Wang, and Pan Xiqi felt that his trip to the US Open was still very smooth. Although he was alone and the alien dogs couldn't come, everything was going in the right direction since he arrived in the United States.
In the second round of qualifying, Panci met opponents in a similar ranking to his own ranking, and the two were only a few places apart. The player from the United States, who has also reached more than 50 places in the highest ranking, has many major main draw experience. It's just that as I get older, the ranking gradually slips to outside the top 100, and I also need to compete for a place in the main tournament through the qualifying round.
For this kind of player, it is generally impossible to accept the fact that he is no longer good, and at the same time, he does not look down on a rookie player like Pansiqi who has never played in a Grand Slam. In their hearts, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and no matter how depraved they are, it is not something that those pheasant players can bully casually.
Pansiqi could feel the disdain that his opponent often showed during the match. He didn't know what he had offended the other party about, the only thing he knew was that the opponent didn't seem to take him seriously at all.
For such a player, Pan Xiqi will naturally not be too polite. The three-set match was won cleanly and cleanly, without any mud and water, and the whole match will take more than an hour.
For a best-of-five tournament in a Grand Slam, this kind of match time is simply incredible, which means that there is no resistance to the match, and it is a complete one-sided slaughter. That's it, Pancic, in the stunned eyes of the American crowd, pressed the host player to the ground and rubbed it hard.
With two 3:0 matches, Panci easily advanced to the deciding round of the qualifying round. For the first main draw of the US Open, Panci is only one step away.