In the evening of Beijing time yesterday, the world's first Djokovic posted on his personal social platform, announcing that he had obtained a medical exemption granted by the Australian government and would leave for Melbourne to defend the Australian Open champion. This topic that has been hotly discussed by fans recently has finally come to a successful end. Regarding Djokovic's eventual medical exemption to play at the Australian Open, the Australian Open official issued a statement further explaining this.
The statement noted that the Australian Open has developed fair and independent agreements to evaluate medical exemption applications, and the players' requests for exemptions have been rigorously reviewed by two independent panels of medical experts to confirm whether they meet the relevant epidemic prevention guidelines of the Australian Immunization Technical Advisory Group. Moreover, the medical expert panel could not see the personal information of the specific applicant, and it was not clear which applicant was Djokovic, which was a blind trial and therefore objective and fair. At the same time, Australian Open officials also said that Djokovic is not the only one who has obtained medical exemptions.
In fact, this result is expected by the vast majority of fans. As the world's first and the nine champions of the Australian Open, Djokovic's significance and role in promoting the development of the Australian Open are self-evident, and the Australian Open without Djokovic is not perfect. Now that the dust has settled, I wish Djokovic good luck at the Australian Open!
Let's look at the news of the ATP Cup tennis team match. Beijing time last night, the ATP Cup ended the fourth matchday competition. In the second round of Group B, the Russian team led by Medvedev defeated the Australian team on home soil 3-0. Among them, Medvedev defeated Deminault in the second matchup, 6-4, 6-2, and won the first singles victory of the new season.
In the second round of Group C, Canada, led by Aliassim, reversed The United Kingdom 2-1, retaining the group's hopes of qualifying. Shapovalov lost 4-6, 4-6 to Evans, Aliassim beat Nori 7-6 (4)/6-3, and Aliasim/Shapovalov defeated Jamie Murray/Southbury 6-4, 6-1.
This morning, Beijing time, the ATP Cup began its fifth matchday competition. Group A Chile played norway, which currently leads 1-0. Group D Poland and Argentina are in the lead with Poland scoring a point in their first singles match, and the showdown between the two teams' main players Hulkac and Schwartzmann is underway.
Let's look at the other arenas. At noon Beijing time yesterday, the ATP250 Melbourne Race kicked off. In a focus battle in the first round, The British star Murray, who played with a wild card, lost to Argentine player Bagnis 3-6, 7-5, 3-6, and suffered a round of travel. In the first round of the men's doubles, the Spanish god of war Nadal, who made his season debut, partnered with compatriot Munnar to substitute the combination Ofes/Ecceviri 6-3, 3-6, 10-4 to advance to the second round.
Let's focus on the women's arena again. In a focus battle in the first round of the women's singles of the WTA500 Adelaide Station yesterday afternoon, the No. 8 seed, Ukrainian cabbage Svitolina, was reversed by Russian girl Gassaova 7-5, 4-6, 3-6 and made her debut. In other games, defending champion Swatek, American famous Kenning, Gauff and Belarusian Azarenka have won the promotion.
In the first leg of the WTA250 Melbourne, top seed Andi Osaka defeated The Frenchman Konai 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to win the first win of the new season. Chinese player Zheng Saisai announced his retirement, and the Japanese Ben Yuzhen became the lucky loser and will play against Chinese teenager Zheng Qinwen in the first round. As of press time, the match between Zheng Qinwen and Ben Yuzhenwei has ended, and Zheng Qinwen reversed the promotion 2-1.
In melbourne's second leg, due to the withdrawal of the No. 2 seed and Belgian famous Mertens, The Chinese teenager Wang Xinyu, who lost in the qualifying round the day before, became the lucky loser and was shortlisted for the main match, and will face Belarusian Sassnovic in the first round.
(Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)