Chapter 108: The Strongest Line Change

With the entry of athletes from both sides, all eyes were on the men's singles final of the Grand Prix, which represents the highest level of Chinese men's tennis, officially began!

Pansiqi entered the stadium first, and when he walked out of the players' tunnel, the audience burst into extremely warm applause, and even some fans spontaneously shouted slogans to cheer for Pansiqi. You know, this is a treatment that only well-known domestic athletes have. And now, with his outstanding performance, Pansic has also begun to win the love of the audience.

Wu Di then entered the arena. As the top seed and the most famous men's tennis player in China, Wu Di's cheers are naturally not small, and he feels that he is on par with Pan Xiqi. The fans of Wu Di's fan club on the sidelines also made a display board with Wu Di's head, and they were waving to him excitedly.

In the past, Wu Di would wave to his fans very politely and thank them for their support. However, this time, Wu Di didn't say anything, just lowered his head and walked straight to his player's rest chair. From this point, it can be seen that for this game, Wu Di has a strange mood.

At the end of the five-minute practice, Wu, who guessed the right face of the coin, chose to serve first. Fearing Pansic's violent serve, Wu planned to start with his own serve, so that he would not be beaten by Panci with his serve in the opening court.

Because he is only 1.73 meters tall and his body is not very strong, compared with most domestic players, Wu Di's serving speed is slow. However, in the actual match, Wu's serve was not so easy to break. That's because although his body is not good, Wu Di is very good at kung fu. With a variety of landing points and spins, Wu's serve is still a strong threat.

In the first game, the first zone serves. Glancing at Panxiqi's slightly outward position, Wu Di directly sent out an inside corner kick. In addition to asking for the landing point to be as close to the T-point as possible, Wu also applied strong side spin on the ball. Once the ball hits the ground, it will quickly fly away from Pansiqi.

For Pan Xiqi, Wu's basic skills on the bottom line are solid and he has long heard of it, so he has no intention of killing the opponent with a single shot of serve. Taking a big stride to the left and a one-handed backhand slash, Pansic pulled Wu's serve back.

The reason why I chose to chop the ball is because the side spin of this serve is very strong, and if you hit it directly, it is easy to make mistakes once you can't get the position right. The chopping can not only effectively counteract the opponent's spin, but also greatly improve the stability of the return, which is the safest way to return the ball.

Seeing that Pan Xiqi actually chose such a soft hair extension, Wu Di was a little surprised. Through pre-match preparation, Wu Di knew that Pan Xiqi had the ability to kill the opponent with a single slap on the serve. And this serve, he has already formulated a way to deal with Pansiqi's possible attack, just waiting for Pansiqi to make a difficulty. However, since Pan Xiqi did not take the initiative to attack, Wu Di was also happy to accept it. Anyway, dragging every ball into the long round is also one of the tactics he has developed for this match.

Pansiqi's return ball is cut low and turned, and it is really not easy for the average player to deal with it if he does not lower his center of gravity low enough. But this is not a problem for Wu Di, who is not tall in stature. The advantage of being short is that the center of gravity is low and the chassis is stable.

Quickly in place, a quick forehand pull, Wu Di cut Pan Xiqi cut the ball in the middle and returned a forehand backslash.

The tennis ball went straight to the bottom left corner of Pansiqi, and although the ball was not heavy, it landed accurately. It can be said that precise dotting is one of the magic weapons that Wu Di can compete with power players.

Seeing that Wu's enemy came up and directly attacked his backhand, Pan Xiqi was not panicked. After a few quick steps, he was already running to his backhand, and a one-handed backhand turned straight and turned the ball back.

Compared with Wu's shot, Pansic's return ball quality is much heavier, which shows that in this game, Pansic has an absolute advantage in strength.

However, for Wu Di, what opponent he is facing is not above him? Therefore, Wu Di was not surprised by Panxiqi's strong return ball, but ran to the forehand position very calmly and quickly, and took advantage of the situation to make a big slash of the forehand.

This shot is obviously much faster than Wu's last shot, and the strength is also stronger. Pan Xiqi originally felt a little strange, thinking that Wu Di's strength had suddenly increased. But when I thought about it, I instantly understood what was going on.

It turns out that for players like Wu Di, who are not good at strength, the favorite is to use perfect skills to borrow the opponent's strong hitting power to enhance their hitting power. In the racket just now, Wu Di borrowed Pan Xiqi's power to hit a return ball that exceeded his own ability.

This forehand big slash is going to the bottom corner again. In addition, the speed is faster than before, so it is much more difficult to defend. After Wu Di played the ball, Pan Xiqi ran straight from the left side of the field to the right side without stopping. Fortunately, his feet were fast enough, and the ball came to his forehand again, so Panci did not lose his position defensively, but returned a very solid forehand slash.

This return ball, Pansiqi really didn't save much effort, and a forehand shot can be described as violent. The tennis ball roared towards the bottom line, and it could be seen from the momentum alone that it was much stronger than Wu Di's return ball. Since Wu Di is good at borrowing, Pan Xiqi wants to see how far the other party can borrow.

Seeing the tennis ball coming, Wu Di's face began to become solemn. This ball, he realized that Pansiqi was starting to play for real. If you don't handle it properly, you will suffer if you don't do it well.

The tennis ball rebounded on the ground, and Wu Di waved his forehand to catch up. The moment the racket touched the ball, the huge force from the tennis ball put a strong pressure on his wrist, and it seemed that he still underestimated the power of Pansiqi's return ball.

However, just when Pan Xiqi thought that Wu Di would not be able to withstand his ball, Wu Di suddenly squatted down, and his center of gravity dropped instantly. Under the force of both legs, the power was transmitted from bottom to top through Wu Di's waist, back, and arms, and then to the racket. In this way, the somewhat unstable racket is stabilized again.

Not only that, with this power, Wu Di also directly pushed Pan Xiqi's return ball out of a straight line.

This was a bit of a surprise to Pansizy. You must know that his forehand, few people in this competition can resist head-on. Even if you can get back, you always choose a slash that is less difficult. It was the first time he dared to take the initiative to change a straight line under such an oppressive forehand shot.

However, Wu Di's return technique is really very distinctive, just squatting like this, and he just hit this straight line.

Since the serve, three rounds, three line changes. I have to say that Wu Di is the strongest line change master that Pan Xiqi has encountered since he competed!