Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Sunday, January 9, 2022. Tune in to the news afternoon report provided by Tennis House.
First, let's move on to the latest developments in djokovic. Yesterday afternoon, Beijing time, Djokovic's lawyer submitted the reasons and evidence for Djokovic's application for medical exemption to the local court in Australia. This is more than 20 days ago, on December 16, 2021, the world's first re-infection with the new crown virus, and this one meets the application conditions issued by the Victorian Government of Australia that "those who have been infected with the new crown virus in the past six months can get a vaccination exemption".
However, the Australian federal government has previously said that it has written to Australian Open director Terry several times, pointing out that "infected with the new crown virus in the past six months" can not obtain a medical exemption to enter Australia. However, the Victorian government did not receive the relevant information from the Australian Open director Terry, resulting in asymmetry of information between the state and the federal government on the conditions for obtaining a "medical exemption". Entry visa permits are administered by the Australian Federal Government's Border Service and implement federal government decisions. This shows that there are inconsistencies in the "medical exemptions" and entry visa permits between the two levels of Australian government, and Djokovic himself is not aware of this situation, he only submitted the exemption application in accordance with the requirements of the Australian Internet Association and was approved.
However, after Djokovic's disclosure of a positive COVID-19 test on December 16 last year, the outside world's doubts have re-emerged. A number of foreign media pointed out that the deadline for applying for medical exemptions at the Australian Open is December 10, 2021, while Djokovic's infection with the new crown virus is on the 16th, which is obviously overdue. In addition, on December 17 and 18 after the infection with the new crown, Djokovic participated in social activities such as online school indoor activities and the crown award ceremony, and did not wear a mask, which obviously did not meet the local epidemic prevention requirements.
Now it seems that the news is still in chaos, the Australian federal government, the state government and Djokovic's team of lawyers are saying their own words, and everything will have to wait until the final ruling of the second hearing of the Australian local court at 7 o'clock Beijing time tomorrow morning. Yesterday, Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic made it clear that the Serbian government would do its utmost to ensure Djokovic's entry into Australia. Hopefully her wish will come true!
Let's focus on the ATP Cup tennis team match again. Yesterday evening Beijing time, the second semi-final of the ATP Cup ended, and the defending champion Russia lost in the final doubles decider, losing 1-2 to Canada and missing the final. Scores for three matches: Safrin 4-6/ 7-5/ 4-6 Shapovalov, Medvedev 6-4, 6-0 Aliasim, Medvedev/Safrin 6-4/ 5-7/7-10 Shapovalov/Aliasim. At about 2:30 p.m. Beijing time this afternoon, the ATP Cup final will be played, with Spain playing against Canada.
Let's look at other news. ATP250 Melbourne, Beijing time last night produced a singles finalist roster. Spain's God of War Nadal played steadily in the second semi-final, beating Finnish rising star Rusuvori 6-4, 7-5 to reach the ATP Tour singles final for the 126th time in his career. At around 4:00 p.m. Beijing time this afternoon, he will play against American Cressy to impact the 89th singles title of his career. Cressi narrowly defeated Bulgarian coach Dimitrov 7-5, 7-6 (9) in the first semi-final to reach the tour singles final for the first time in his career.
ATP250 Adelaide, the top seed, France's cool hemmen firs and the No. 2 seed, Russia's Khachanov defeated Australian Kokinakis and Croatian star Cilic respectively to meet the final. Women's arena. At the WTA500 Adelaide station, the world's no. 1 Baty beat the defending champion Svatek 6-2, 6-4 and will compete with Kazakh Lebakina for the title.
Zhang Shuai/Stosur, who played in the second women's doubles semifinal of the WTA250 Melbourne Series, lost to the multinational duo Martinkova/Sharif 6-7 (4)/3-6 and missed the final.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player as a teenager. Without prompting, can you recognize who he is?
Guess last time, the golfer gave the correct answer. Yes, the person in the picture is Zhu Lin, the champion of the Seoul station and a Chinese player. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)