Wang Chuqin won the men's singles championship.
On the evening of the 23rd, the WTT Macau Championship came to an end, and in the men's singles final, Wang Chuqin laughed to the end.
In the confrontation with Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Chuqin, who was once 2-3 behind, fought back, and he won the championship with a narrow victory of 4-3 after seven sets of hard fighting.
In the women's singles final, Wang Manyu defeated Liu Shiwen 4-0, which was also the first championship won by Wang Manyu in 2022.
Wang Chuqin showed his tenacious self.
Wang Chuqin reversed Lin Gaoyuan, and WTT won the men's singles championship
Wang Chuqin performed well in this event, winning consecutive victories over Ma Long and Xu Xin, two Chinese male table tennis masters, on the way to the final. Lin Gaoyuan defeated Xu Yingbin, the dark horse who had previously eliminated Fan Zhendong, in the semifinals.
Both were in pretty good shape in the final, with a maximum score difference of only 3 points in each small inning.
In the first set, Wang Chuqin went down 11-8; in the second set, Lin Gaoyuan won back a city 11-9; and in the third set, Wang Chuqin won 11-9, leading 2-1.
In the fourth set, the two sides played a draw many times, and after 10 draws, Lin Gaoyuan resolutely started to attack, scoring 2 consecutive points to win 12-10, and the two sides fought to 2 draws.
In the fifth set, Lin Gaoyuan continued to lead, winning another set 11-9; in the sixth set, Lin Gaoyuan took the lead, but Wang Chuqin played very tenaciously, reversing 14-12 to equalize the big score again.
The competition in the key decider was even more intense - the two fought from 6 draws to 9 draws, after Wang Chuqin got the match point, Lin Gaoyuan twisted the mistake with his backhand, and finally Wang Chuqin won 11-9.
Wang Manyu continued to be in good shape.
Wang Manyu defeated Liu Shiwen 4-0 and won the women's singles title
Wang Manyu and Liu Shiwen experienced a very fierce PK to reach the final - liu Shiwen won Sun Yingsha to advance, while Wang Manyu eliminated Chen Meng.
However, the competition between veterans and newcomers is one-sided, 11-6, 11-7, 11-7 and 12-10, except for the last set of relative glue, Wang Manyu completely suppressed Liu Shiwen as a whole and easily won the victory.
Coach Marlene comforted Liu Shiwen.
After the game, Wang Manyu said that he actually held the posture of fighting to play every ball and every point, "Every period and Zao Jie (Liu Shiwen) play is with the mentality of fighting, Zao Sister respect. Thank you all for your continued support, thank you to the fans for cheering me up so that I can go forward, thank you to the audience. ”
Liu Shiwen admitted that she did not have many opportunities in this game, "This game did play very well from Man Yu's point of view, these four quarters of the game, there may only be two innings in the middle I think there is a little chance, overall is indeed very inferior." She didn't give me many chances throughout the game. ”
Zhangjiakou Winter Olympic Village pre-opened the village, ushering in the first batch of "residents"
On the 23rd, the Zhangjiakou Winter Olympic Village (Winter Paralympic Village) of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games pre-opened the village and ushered in the first batch of "residents". More than 40 members of the advance delegation from Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and other countries and regions arrived successively.
Zhangjiakou Winter Olympic Village is located in the core area of Zhangjiakou Competition Area, 10 minutes' drive from the ancient poplar tree stadium cluster to the south and 12 minutes' drive from Genting Ski Park in the north, covering an area of 19.7 hectares, with a total construction area of 239,000 square meters, divided into residential area, square area and operation area.
The residential area is composed of 9 apartment building groups and 1 public group; the square area covers an area of about 21,700 square meters, consisting of 22 operating spaces such as commercial services, sponsor services, franchising, traditional Chinese medicine displays, cultural activities, etc.; the operation area is a place that will provide in and out of the village for residents, visitors, media and other personnel in the village during the competition, including the athletes' bus station, the delegation reception and visitor center, the media center, the security center, etc.
On the same day, the operation team of the Venue of Zhangjiakou Winter Olympic Village carried out the whole process of member connection, temperature measurement and disinfection, security inspection registration activation, baggage delivery, apartment building occupancy and other whole-process work in accordance with the workflow line and epidemic prevention requirements, and orderly guided and organized the first batch of residents to move in.
In addition, the plaza area business located in the Winter Olympic Village opened its doors on the same day. There are 22 operating spaces in the business district, including licensed shops, convenience stores, athlete hair salons, and traditional Chinese skills and skills display and experience areas.
In terms of catering protection, at 11:00 noon on the same day, the athletes' restaurant officially opened. The red lanterns hanging inside the restaurant and the Chinese-style decorations such as the paper cuts posted on the theme of the Winter Olympics were well received by the members of the delegation.
The general clinic in the Winter Olympic Village is also open for operation. The four-storey complex will operate 24 hours a day after the official opening of the village and can provide multilingual services such as English, French, Spanish and German.
Ziyech scored for Chelsea.
Chelsea beat Tottenham 2-0 and Arsenal drew
In the early morning of the 24th, a focus battle in the Premier League began to compete, Chelsea won 2-0 at home to Tottenham Hotspur, and Ziyech and Thiago Silva scored. Chelsea have won for the first time in the last five rounds and have beaten Tottenham Four this season.
This is already the fourth conversation between the two teams this season, and the victory belongs entirely to Chelsea – with the exception of the league home-and-away double, chelsea have had the last laugh in the two legs of the League Cup semi-finals.
In January 2022 alone, Chelsea won three games and three wins, and the only Premier League team they won this month was Tottenham Hotspur. In four games, Chelsea scored a total of eight goals and did not concede a single goal.
Thiago Silva sealed the win.
According to statistics, Chelsea are the first Premier League team to beat the same opponent four times in a single season in the past 8 seasons, and they are also the first team to reach 500 league points through the London derby.
After winning this campaign, Chelsea are still in third place in the Premier League, but they are still 10 points away from manchester City at the top of the table.
In contrast, Tottenham coach Conte, although he lost, was not too disappointed, he admitted that There is a gap between Spurs and the top teams, "I don't like to lose, but we have been unbeaten in 9 consecutive games. We did our best, but sometimes it wasn't easy against a team like this, and we recognized the difference between ourselves and the top teams. ”
In another match, Arsenal drew 0-0 with relegation side Burnley, scoring 36 points with Tottenham Hotspur in one more game.
Benzema kicked a flying penalty.
Benzema missed the point and Real Madrid drew 2-2 with Elche
In the early morning of the 24th, Real Madrid was forced to draw 2-2 at home by Elche, this time Benzema conceded a penalty, Real Madrid fell behind 0-2 at one point, and Militang did not equalize until stoppage time.
In the whole game, Real Madrid shot 23 times, Elche only had 3 shots on goal and 2 shots on target to get 2 goals, I have to say that Real Madrid played a bit of a suffocation. But after the game, head coach Carlo Ancelotti still praised the team's fighting spirit.
'We almost lost the game and it wasn't easy to equalize with a 0-2 draw, which also shows the team's tenacious fighting spirit.
'But we have to learn from that because we lost two goals that could have been avoided and we can't be thankful for the result, but try to be in a favorable position in all the games.'
In another match, Barca narrowly beat Alaves 1-0 away from home, and Ferran Torres assisted De Jong's goal in the 87th minute, and Barca were still one point away from the top four Atletico.
Ramos scored.
Ramos scored on his debut and Paris won 4-0
In the early morning of the 24th, in the Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain won 4-0 at home to Reims, Verratti opened the record, Ramos scored his debut goal in Paris, and Messi and Mbappe both provided assists.
In the 43rd minute, Di Maria's long pass from the right side of the box was blocked by Icardi and Verratti followed up with a blast from the near corner – the Italian midfielder ended his 99 consecutive goal droughts, after 99 club and national team games.
In the 61st minute, taking advantage of the corner kick opportunity, Ramos grabbed the point to break the goal, he followed up with a supplementary shot to break the goal, Paris led Reims 2-0.
It was Ramos' first goal since joining Paris and his first in 10 months, with the last time he scored on 16 March 2021 in Real Madrid's match against Atalanta.
Messi and Mbappe then provided assists respectively – the coronavirus-induced Messi came off the bench in the 63rd minute to assist teammate Verratti to create a oolong ball.
Messi has made a total of 12 appearances in Ligue 1 this season, with a statistic of 1 goal and 4 assists, compared to Messi's much better statistics in the Champions League, scoring 5 goals and assisting 1 in 5 games.
NBA star Stockton.
Stockton was revoked his season pass by his alma mater for refusing to wear a mask
On January 24, according to the New York Times, NBA star John Stockton was banned from the game by his alma mater, Gonzaga University, for refusing to wear a mask to watch the game, and his season ticket has been revoked.
Stockton said in an interview: "The conversation with the administrators of the University of Gonzaga was both 'pleasant' and 'not entirely pleasant', basically, they asked me to wear a mask to watch the game. ”
A spokesman for The University of Gonzaga declined to give a specific review of the matter, saying only in a statement that all those involved in basketball games were required to wear masks at all times.
According to the New York Times, Stockton has been opposed to vaccines and the government's anti-epidemic policies in recent years. Stockton had previously supported Owen's decision not to vaccinate on a podcast and was proud of it.
Last summer, Stockton also starred in an anti-vaccine documentary that made headlines.