Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Wednesday, December 15, 2021, welcome to listen to the news noon news provided by Tennis House.
Beijing time last night, the UAE Abu Dhabi exhibition tournament officially released news, confirming the retirement of Austrian star Tim and Norwegian rising star Rudd. Coupled with Radulcannu, a Mixed British Chinese who was forced to retire from the competition the day before due to the new crown virus, three of the eight players scheduled to quit the exhibition game, including two Grand Slam champions, and the lineup was affected.
The reason for Thiem's retirement was reportedly not fully prepared, while Rudd was injured. After the three of them have retired, American rising star Fritz, Briton Evans and Tunisian sister Jabbar will take the place.
This year's Abu Dhabi Tennis Exhibition Tournament will kick off on Thursday, December 16. The first matchday was shapovalov vs Fritz, Murray vs Evans, Andre Abdul-Abdul-Abdul-Abdul-Bainsic. The winner between Shapovalov and Fritz will face Rublev on the 17th for a place in the final. The winner between Murray and Evans will face Nadal in the semi-finals. The two men's players who lost their first matchday will also play a five- or six-player final. On December 18, there will be a three- or four-place final and a championship battle.
Let's focus on Raducannu again. After sadly withdrawing from this week's Abu Dhabi exhibition match due to the coronavirus, the Chinese-American rising star received good news that she was nominated by the BBC as a candidate for britain's "Athlete of the Year". On the shortlist, 19-year-old Raducannu is the youngest of six candidates with his historic record of winning the U.S. Open women's singles title as a qualifier.
The other five candidates are also top figures in other sports, namely Tokyo Olympics men's doubles 10m platform champion Tom Daley, WBC world heavyweight Tyson Fury, swimming star Adam Pitty, who won 2 gold and 1 silver at the Tokyo Olympics, Raheem Sterling, who helped Manchester City win three Premier League titles in four years, and Essara Storret, who won her 17th gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games.
All six candidates have achieved extraordinary results in their respective fields in 2021, which is indistinguishable. If Raducannu wins, it will be the BBC's 'Athlete of the Year' title after Murray. Good luck to Raducannu!
Let's focus on other news. Beijing time last night, from the foreign media came the news that the Hopman Cup tennis mixed team match will return in 2023, the venue will be transferred from Perth, Australia to Nice, France. The Hopman Cup Tennis Mixed Team Tournament is an exhibition event that is popular with the world's top players. In the 2019 competition, the Swiss team, played by Federer and Bencic, won the championship.
Let's focus on the Australian Open again. Last night, Beijing time, the Australian Open officially announced the women's singles qualification list. Chinese mainland six of the players are selected for the qualifying tournament with the world ranking, namely Wang Qiang, Han Xinyun, Zheng Qinwen, Wang Xiyu, Zhu Lin and Yuan Yue, and the six sisters will fight in Melbourne to secure a place in the Australian Open.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player practicing physical training on the beach. Without prompting, can you recognize who she is?
Guess in the last issue, some golfers gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the Englishman Edmund. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)