Chapter 110: Wu's Enemy's Fatal Flaw
When dealing with the ball in the front court, it is not uncommon in tennis to cut a deep board and then follow the ball to the net. Through such returns, players who come to the net are often able to take the initiative on the field.
However, athletes who generally take the initiative to make online choices tend to be more confident in their net-front skills and have the ability to handle a variety of tennis balls. For those athletes who don't know their skills in front of the net, in this situation, the first choice must be to return to the bottom line and escape from the net.
Obviously, in Pan Xiqi's understanding, Wu Di is not this kind of athlete. Therefore, in the game, he didn't expect that Wu Di would go to the net with the ball without hesitation. Judging by his casual action in one go, this time the Internet will definitely not be a temporary idea.
Coming to the net, Wu Di was secretly proud in his heart. I took a lot of foreshadowing before, just for the sake of surfing the Internet. He bets that Pancicic will be like other athletes who think he's just a good player on the baseline.
However, since Zhang Ze can prepare a secret weapon to deal with him, how can Wu Di, as a player who has been impacted, not have some back-ups.
The front of the net is a technique that Wu Di is good at but is not well known. Although Wu Di has clearly established his identity as a bottom-line player in the previous competition, it is precisely by relying on his solid bottom-line skills that he has been able to dominate the domestic tennis world in recent years. However, the vast majority of people don't know that Wu Di's network front technology is actually not bad.
At the beginning of his debut, due to his figure, Wu Di was considered unsuitable for singles, and was arranged by the coach to practice doubles for a while. As a doubles player, Wu Di is responsible for guarding the front of the net. It was also during that time that Wu Di practiced excellent skills in front of the net.
Later, with the gradual improvement of singles performance, Wu Di no longer trained in doubles. But the foundation laid at that time has continued to the present, and it is only because of the small number of times that it gives people the illusion that Wu Di is not good at being in front of the Internet.
This time, in such an important final, Wu Di suddenly took the initiative to go online, just to take advantage of others' misunderstanding of himself and catch his opponent off guard.
It can be said that Wu's plan has been very successful so far. The straight shot he sliced was spinning deep and Pansich needed to move widely, so he decided it would be difficult for his opponent to hit a high-quality return.
In addition, Wu Di has already occupied a favorable position in front of the net, and almost blocked all of Pansiqi's possible return routes. It can be said that in Wu's enemy's heart, he is nine out of ten.
This sudden change of Wu Enemy really surprised Pan Xiqi, and also made Pan Xiqi look at Wu Enemy with admiration. I didn't expect a player of Wu Di's stature to dare to learn from others to volley on the Internet, Pan Xiqi still has a little admiration for him.
However, the disadvantage of height, on the tennis court, is often inadvertently reflected. That's the case with this ball now. Although Wu Di thinks that he has a great advantage in this ball, in the eyes of Pan Xiqi, he does not think so.
In tennis, if a player encounters an opponent at the net and has to volley, it means that he needs to do a multiple-choice question.
That is to choose the return line that is most likely to break the opponent's defense among the multiple crossing lines, so as to break the net and score.
For some players with excellent skills in front of the net, such as the former American star Sang Shen, or the current king cow, with the amazing volley technology in front of the net, the probability of the opponent choosing the correct line to break the net can be reduced to almost zero. And if those players who are not good at the net volley, they will appear to be full of holes in the eyes of the opponent, and there are many options for crossing.
Now in Pan Xiqi's eyes, in the face of Wu Di, who has come to the front of the net, he has found a crossing route with a great success rate. And Wu's enemy, who thinks he is foolproof, will still be found by Pan Xiqi, purely because his height is a little too short.
Standing in front of the net, although Wu Di had already chosen the most reasonable position, almost 90% of the lines were blocked. However, the remaining ten percent, Wu Di is limited by his height, which is really a little out of reach.
Pansiqi ran from the left sideline to the right half of the court in a few big steps, and in the face of Zhang Ze's straight ball, he didn't dare to hit too flat, but picked up a light forehand.
When hitting the ball, Pansiqi's eyes were aimed at Wu Enemy who was directly opposite, and the shot action was also a standard forehand straight ball. However, at the moment of hitting the ball, Pansiqi flicked his right wrist violently and actually picked out a small diagonal line in front of the net.
Because Pan Xiqi's feints were too realistic, Wu Di, who was guarding the net, judged that Pan Xiqi was carrying it with himself and wanted to play a straight line to chase the ball. Therefore, his body did not move the moment Panci hit the ball, but stayed in place.
However, after Pan Xiqi hit the ball, Wu Di realized that the ball did not fly towards him, but flew along the diagonal line to his right side.
This can make Wu Di shocked, due to a wrong prediction, he has lost the first move. However, it has to be said that Wu's second reaction was also very rapid. Without thinking about it, after taking a stride to the right and then making a flying pounce, Wu Di reproduced the flying volley that Zhang Ze had shown before.
At this time, Wu Di's entire body was completely stretched and flew in the air like a bird. As Panci returned the ball and fell sharply over the net, Wu's racket was about to rush to the vicinity of the tennis ball.
However, at the moment when the tennis ball rebounded on the ground, Wu Di was horrified to find that although he made a save with the fastest reaction at the fastest time, the racket was still nearly five centimeters away from the tennis ball.
In this way, the tennis ball "bang", without encountering any obstacles, bounced directly off the sideline of the court, and Panci completed a wonderful crossing ball.
Seeing that Pansiqi was able to find such a tricky angle to cross, the audience fell into a complete frenzy, and the whole game also set off the first **. The crowd burst into applause and cheers that filled the stadium, and Pansiczy's fans rejoiced.
In comparison, Wu Di was quite depressed. The fat to the mouth is just flying, how can it not be heartbroken. However, until this moment, Wu Di didn't realize the deep meaning hidden behind this crossing ball, and just felt that Pan Xiqi was lucky enough.
Looking at the enemy Wu on the other side, Pan Xiqi actually felt a sense of regret. Although Pansiqi himself is not very tall, he is less than 1.8 meters tall. But it was these six or seven centimeters shorter than himself that greatly limited the upper limit of Wu's enemy.
Take the crossing ball just now, everything Wu Di did was impeccable, and he had almost done it to the extreme. However, it was because of his short centimeters that he couldn't reach tennis in the end. Pansiqi also calculated this point, so he chose this route to cross from the beginning.
This is just a microcosm of Wu's opponent's game, and the shorter centimeters have actually brought adverse effects to Wu's enemy in all aspects. It can be said that if Wu Di has the height of Pan Xiqi, then Wu Di's ceiling will definitely not be just the first round of the Grand Slam.