Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Friday, December 10, 2021, welcome to listen to the news noon news provided by Tennis House.
After the news of the resignation of the former French Open and Paris Masters event director Guy Folge, only one day later, the French Tennis Association officially appointed a new French Open event director, she is the 42-year-old former women's singles world number one, Australian Open and Wimbledon women's singles champion Mauresmo. The contracts signed by the two parties run from 2022 to 2024. Maurice Mo thus became the first female tournament director in the history of the French Open. At this point, two female tournament directors will appear at the same time in next year's four Grand Slam tournaments. In addition to Maurice Mo, US Open tournament director Stacy Alastor is also a woman.
After succeeding Förg as director of the French Open, Maurismo said, "I am very proud to be part of the Roland Garros team and I have accepted the position of tournament director with clear ambition. I will achieve these goals with the high standards, freedom and passion that have always inspired me. ”
Mauricemo was a two-time Grand Slam champion when he was a player and brought out two Grand Slam champions, Murray and Azarenka, when he was coaching. Since then, she has captained the French Confederations Cup and davis Cup, worked as a European sports commentator, and has never been far from tennis. This time, she was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by the French Tennis Association, and I believe that she can also do a good job in the position of director of the French Open.
Let's look at other news. Last night, Beijing time, the results of the 2021 WTA Annual Best Competition selection were announced. The best WTA 1000 is in Indian Wells, USA, and the best WTA 500 is in St. Petersburg, Russia. The best WTA250 event was won by the Phillip Island Championship and the Tenerife Open.
Let's look at the game again. Beijing time last night, WTA125 Angers station continued. In a match in the second round of the women's singles, Chinese player Yuan Yue, who broke through from the qualifiers, continued his heroic performance and won two 6-3 victories over the No. 3 seed, Belgian minen, to advance to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, she will play croatian girl Fetter for a semi-final spot, which will take place around 9:00 Beijing time tonight. Another Chinese player who has reached the quarterfinals, Zhang Shuai, will face France's Mladenovic at around 2:00 a.m. Beijing time tomorrow.
Let's turn our attention back to the country. The 2021 China Tennis Tour Finals (Macau) and National Tennis Championships ended their fourth matchday last night. In the men's singles, Group D's Buyuncocket defeated Wu Yixu 7-6 (4)/3-6/10-1 to win the group stage for the first time. Li Zhe defeated China Resources 4-6, 6-2, 10-8 to win the second group stage. Wu Hao of Group B also staged a good reversal, defeating He Yecong 5-7, 6-2, 11-9, and winning both matches in the group stage.
In the women's singles, Wang Yafan of Group B defeated Guo Meiqi 6-0, 6-4 to win two consecutive group stages. Group D's Fengshuo defeated Han Xinyun 6-4, 6-0 to continue to lead the group. Terigle, Sun Ziyue and Yang Yidi also won the singles group stage.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player strolling along the seashore. Without prompting, can you recognize who he is?
Guess last time, the golfer gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the Argentine master brother Del Potro. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)
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