Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Monday, November 8, 2021, welcome to listen to the news afternoon news provided by Tennis House.
Beijing time last night, the last leg of the 2021 season, the ATP1000 Masters Series - Paris Masters came to a wonderful end. In the final men's singles final showdown, the defending champion and Russian star Medvedev was overturned by world number one Djokovic in the case of 6-4 first city, losing two consecutive 3-6 losses and losing the title. Djokovic, on the other hand, successfully avenged the defeat in the US Open final and lifted the Paris Masters trophy for the sixth time.
After this battle, Djokovic, who had just set a seven-time men's singles year-end world record the day before, unlocked the tennis record. It was the 37th Masters title of his career, surpassing Spain's war god Nadal (36) to top the men's player list. At the same time, Djokovic also continued to lead the Big Three with 62 major race titles, and widened the gap with Federer (54) and Nadal (57).
In this final showdown, Djokovic's mentality is very relaxed, often smiling. Even if he lost the key points, he smiled and threw the racket into the air, and from time to time applauded Mei's wonderful score. In the game, he repeatedly used the tactics of serving the net and putting small balls, with remarkable results. In the whole game, he made 36 net calls and scored 27 of them. After the game, World Number One said, "It's part of the tactics, I hope to play more and change it and take away Daniel's reaction time." ”
And Medvedev, who lost the title, also lost convincingly. He thinks Djokovic is really too strong, the tactics are working, and he has tried his best. Mei always hopes that the two will be able to play each other many times in the future, and then he can win one or two of them.
In the doubles final, the unseeded duo puiz/Venus narrowly defeated the French duo of Mahu/Herbert 6-3, 6-7 (4)/11-9 to win their first Masters men's doubles title since their partnership.
Let's turn our attention to Sweden. Beijing time last night, ATP250 Stockholm station began to play. On the first matchday, Hungary's brother Fösovic swept Frenchman Manarino 6-4, 6-0; Spanish rising star Virginia defeated American MacDonald 6-2, 3-6, 7-5; and another American, Tommy Paul, beat homegrown player Borg 6-4, 6-2.
Let's look at the women's arena. Beijing time last night, WTA250 Linz station kicked off. In a focus match in the first round of the women's singles, Chinese player Zheng Saisai played well, beating The French teenager Brielle 6-4, 6-1 and winning the opening. In the second round, she will play against the No. 7 seed, Italian Borini, who defeated Ukrainian Yastremska 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.
Chinese teenager Wang Xinyu, who played in the qualifying tiebreaker on the same day, also won, and she reversed the Swiss Kuhn 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the main round against another qualifier, Ukrainian Kozlova. If he can win, Wang Xinyu will challenge the top seed and new US Open champion Radukanu in the second round. In other games, American Lisquet defeated German Battle 6-3, 6-1, and Belarusian Sassnovic beat French teenager Ferro 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player training in a gym. He's been away from the field for a long time, can you recognize who he is?
In the last issue of guessing, many golfers 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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