Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Friday, January 14, 2022, welcome to listen to the news noon report provided by Tennis House.
Yesterday afternoon Beijing time, the Australian Open lottery ceremony, which was postponed for more than an hour for some reason, was held in Melbourne, and the men's and women's singles draw table was freshly released. In the men's singles, the top seed, world no. 1 Novak djokovic and no. 3 seed, German Zverev Jr. led the top half, and the No. 2 seed, Russia's Medvedev, and the No. 4 seed Greek rising star Tsitsipas town guarded the lower half. The No. 6 seed, Spanish god of war Nadal, was drawn to Djokovic's top half of the zone, and the quarter-finals were against Zverev Jr. Other top 8 seed pairs: Djokovic Beretini, Tsitsipas Rudd, Medvedev Rublev.
Djokovic's first-round opponent was compatriot little brother Kekmanovic. Other potential opponents ahead of the quarter-finals are American Paulo, Italian Sonego or American cannon Quirrei, Chilean rising star Garin or France's cool Black Monfils. If you advance to the quarter-finals, it will be possible to play Against Italy's rising star Berrettini. In the semi-finals and finals, the most likely players waiting for the world number one will be Zverev Jr. /Nadal Jr., Medvedev/Tsitsipas.
Nadal's first-round opponent was American Geelong. From the second round, potential opponents are homegrown player Kokinakis, Russian striker Khachanov, Polish rising star Hulkach or Russian Karatsev. The potential opponents in the quarter-finals are Zverev Jr. or Canadian rising star Shapovalov. If you advance to the final, there is a high probability that you will encounter your old rival Djokovic.
Women's singles, the top 8 big seeds were matched: in the top half, Barty - Sakkari, Muguruza - Bardoza; in the bottom half, Kregitskova - Kontavet, Sabalenka - Swatake. Defending champion Naomi Osaka is in the top quarter with world number one Barty, and the two are likely to meet in the fourth round.
On the side of Chinese players. Wang Qiang, Wang Xiyu and Zheng Saisai were in the same upper half, and Zhang Shuai and Wang Xinyu were drawn to the lower half. Wang Qiang played against American rising star Gauff in the first round, Zhang Shuai's opponent was Swiss Personality Lubić, and Wang Xinyu played against Chinese American player Ann Lee. Wang Xiyu and Zheng Saisai have good signing luck and will play against qualifiers in the first round.
Let's look at the other arenas. Beijing time last night, the ATP250 Sydney Open decided the men's singles final four. After winning the first set 6-2, Britain's Murray received a retirement gift from Belgian Goffin and won three consecutive wins to advance to the final four. In the semi-finals, he will face American little giant Opelka, who dropped in two straight sets to compatriot Brandon Nakajima. Another semi-final will be played between Russian Karatsev and Briton Evans.
AtP250 Adelaide's men's singles semifinals went to homegrown player Kokinakis, Frenchman Lindknage, Croatian star Cilic and Frenchman Mutaite.
Women's arena. The WTA500 Sydney Quarterfinals also ended last night. Czech Krejickova, Estonian Kontawit, Russian Kasatkina and Spanish star Bardoza have defeated their opponents to advance to the final four.
In the women's doubles, the Chinese duo of Xu Yipan and Yang Zhaoxuan defeated the cross-border combination of Ukrainian L-Kichenok and Latvian Ostapenko 6-7 (4) / 6-3 / 10-7 in the quarterfinals to advance to the final four. However, the two of them failed to go any further. In the semi-finals played this morning Beijing time, the two lost 2-6, 3-6 to Heissen/Udvaldi, missing the final.
Australian Open Women's Singles Qualifier. The tiebreaker match, which was scheduled to take place this morning Beijing time, was postponed by an hour and a half due to rain. As of press time, the match between Chinese player Yuan Yue and American Baptiste was still underway. Another Chinese player, Zheng Qinwen, is expected to take place after 12 noon in the matchup with Japanese Man Moto yu Makoto.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is the expression of a player after losing a key point in a game. Without prompting, can you recognize who she is?
Guess last time, the golfer gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the Italian handsome Fognini. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)