Chapter 213: Grinding You to Death (Part II)
Two rounds of more than 20 beats in a row are a super-intense burden for the 32-year-old Baghdatis. It was longer than the previous minute, and this time he rested in place for nearly half a minute before his body completely recovered.
It can be said that losing the past two points is not a big deal for him, but consuming so much physical energy in vain is by no means what he wants to see. And this is only the first set, according to his own estimates, if the intensity is continued at this level, he will definitely not be able to hold the third set.
"We can't go on with him like this, we have to fight quickly." Baghdatis was faintly anxious.
However, after all, tennis is a matter of two people, not what you want. Baghdatis wanted to shorten the game, but Pancich wanted to stretch the line. It's like you want to find an opponent to fight head-on as soon as possible, but the opponent just doesn't show up, and plays hide and seek with you, wanting to consume your physical strength little by little.
For the next two points, Pansiqi continued to implement his dead-grinding style, and let you jump like thunder, and I didn't move. Every shot is not leaky, and the number of beats is more and more. In the end, the helpless Baghdatis often either gave up hitting the ball due to lack of physical fitness, or was impatient and made mistakes.
At the end of the game, Panci successfully held his serve and chased the score of the first set to 1:3. Since there was no break time, Baghdatis, who was too physically exhausted in this game, could only bite the bullet and continue to play the next game.
Returning to his own service game, Baghdatis, who felt that he had a serve in hand, felt a little more confident in his heart. There was no way to take Pansiqi in the last game, and he was entangled by him for so long. Now, he's decided to make some fuss on his serve to get the game as soon as possible to get a precious 90-second break.
Looking up at Pansiqi's receiving position, Bagdatis had an idea. At this time, Panci took a position that was one step behind the bottom line, which was a conservative receiving strategy, and he still planned to take a steady and steady way and continue to hold on for multiple rounds.
"Hmph, if you want to shoot more and consume me, I'm not so easy to get set." With a grim look in his eyes towards Pansiqi, Baghdatis sent his first ball.
It was a powerful topspin that almost hit the outside touchline, and on top of that, Baghdatis applied some side spin. Therefore, when the tennis ball hits the ground, it immediately flies towards the side of the court at a very fast speed.
Looking at Pansiqi, the moment the opponent sent the ball, he had already pounced to the right. He can only complete the hair extension outside the court, and the whole person's body is even one step away from the right sideline after the hair extension.
However, Pansic didn't seem worried, and at this moment, he naturally had a way to buy himself more time to come back. With the opponent's strong topspin, Pansic held the racket with his right hand and pulled it hard to the side, directly returning a stronger topspin serve.
This ball crosses the net very high, has a large arc, and needs to be in the air for a long time. And the distance was long enough for Panci to return to the field from the sidelines in time to prepare for the next shot of defense.
"I thought you would use this trick for a long time, Lao Tzu is waiting for you!" Seeing that Pansiqi really returned the topspin ball as he expected, Baghdatis seemed to be prepared, and rushed directly to the front court after serving.
"Tee to the net! I really didn't expect Baghdatis to use this trick in the game. You know, he's a typical bottom-line player! In the face of Baghdatis's sudden Internet access, the CCTV commentator was obviously taken aback.
"But when you think about it, it's a no-brainer. In the game just now, Baghdatis was dragged into a protracted battle by Pansiqi, which was obviously not what he wanted to see. So when it comes to his own serve, he will naturally find a way to shorten the round. And serving to the net is the only way to speed up the pace. The narrator then analyzed.
I have to say that CCTV's tennis commentator is quite professional, and he almost completely guessed Baghdatis's idea. Although he also tried to go to the net with the ball in Pansiqi's service game, it was a passive choice when he was physically short and could not beat Pansiqi, so it did not achieve too good results.
However, when it came to his own serve, because he had the first chance to serve, he could naturally design a net tactic according to his own ideas. This ball, he just guessed that in order to delay time, Pansiqi would definitely choose to pull a high-arc topspin ball when receiving the serve. In this way, it not only gave Panci enough time to return to the position, but also allowed him to calmly come to the net from the bottom line.
"Hehe, don't think that pulling the topspin ball can slow down the pace of the game, but I didn't expect to make me a wedding dress." Thinking proudly in his heart, Baghdatis had already come to the net in three or two steps.
At this time, Pansiqi's return ball had just flown to the center of the court and was about to cross the net. Because Baghdatis had predicted the path of the ball in advance, he was stuck in the path of the tennis ball. In addition, Panci deliberately raised the arc of the return ball, so when the ball flew in front of Baghdatis, it was exactly at the height at which he was most comfortable hitting the ball.
Aiming at the incoming ball, Baghdatis slapped the door with a devil and gave the tennis ball a very violent blow with the racket. Just when everyone thought that Baghdatis was about to easily take down this volley in front of the net, compressing the match round into three beats, the unexpected happened.
The moment the racket touches the tennis ball, Baghdatis wants to put all his power on the tennis ball to hit a high-pressure straight ball. Who knows, through the spin transmitted to the racket by the tennis ball, he found that he didn't seem to be able to pull off such a shot so easily.
It turned out that in addition to the topspin, Pansiqi also applied a strong side spin on the tennis. Unaware of this, Baghdatis only counteracts the topspin of the tennis ball with his downward stroke, but does nothing about the residual sidespin.
As soon as he made the shot, Baghdatis knew that he had made a mistake with the ball. Sure enough, after the tennis ball left Baghdatis's racket, it did not smash into Pansiqi's other bottom line in a straight line, but flew back to Pansiqi's feet that had just run back to the court under the effect of side spin.
In the face of such a big gift, Pan Xiqi naturally would not let it go. However, at this time, he was not in a hurry to attack, but a one-handed backhand backhand to return the ball to the opposite middle baseline.
Looking at Baghdatis again, he knew that he was not good, and he withdrew directly to the bottom line without looking at the ball after completing the volley. Because in the position where he stood, Pansizy could not have to make him through a sieve with much effort.
Sure enough, as soon as he returned to the baseline, Panci's return ball followed.
"It's going to start again!" There was a lament in his heart, and the helpless Baghdatis had no choice but to fight with the other party. Read the latest chapters, stay tuned