Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Monday, January 24, 2022, welcome to listen to the news noonday news provided by Tennis House.
Last night, Beijing time, the 2022 Australian Open ended the seventh matchday of contention. On the men's side, after a day of fighting, the four quarterfinalist seats in the upper half of the district each belonged. After winning the first set with a difficult seven-game win, the Spanish god of war, Nadal, became more and more courageous, and finally defeated France's left-hand man Mannarino 7-6 (14)/6-2/6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals.
In the first super seven, Nadal saved four sets, wasted six sets, and only struggled to cash in on the seventh set, fixing the score at the long 16-14. In this seven-game game alone, the two fought fiercely for 28 minutes and 40 seconds, which made the fans who watched the ball breathe a lot of fun.
In the quarter-finals, Nadal's opponent was Canadian rising star Shapovalov, who was in hot form, beating German Zverev 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3 in three consecutive sets, shattering the latter's dream of winning the Australian Open and reaching the top of the world.
The other two final four spots in the top half were won by Italian rising star Berrettini and France's Cool Hemmenfils. The former beat Spain's Busta 7-5, 7-6 (4) / 6-4, while the latter defeated Serbian Keczmanovic 7-5, 7-6 (4) / 6-3. Berrettini reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the first time in his career, making him the first post-90s men's player to reach the quarter-finals in all four Grand Slam tournaments. Top-eight clashes: Monfils vs. Berrettini, Shapovalov vs. Nadal.
In women's singles, top seed Barty continued his winning streak, eliminating American Anisimova 6-4, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the fourth consecutive year with a wave of eight consecutive singles wins. In the quarterfinals, she will play against the American Pegura, who defeated the Greek sister Sakkari 7-6 (0)/6-3. Women's Singles Top Half Quarter-Finals: Barty vs Pegula, Kregitskova vs Keys.
At 8:00 a.m. Beijing time this morning, the eighth matchday of the Australian Open was in full swing. In the first quarter-of-eight game in the women's singles second half, the American Collins and belgian Meltens fiercely fought in three sets, and finally Mertens was reversed by Collins 6-4, 4-6, 4-6, and missed the quarterfinals. The match between Romania's Halep and Frenchman Cornett, which was scheduled to start at 10:20, had not taken place as of press time.
The four matches in the lower half of the men's singles zone are expected to start at around 11:00 a.m. Beijing time, with the showdown between Russian star Medvedev and American rookie Cressy, as well as the match between Italian rising star Sinar and Australian hare Deminarl. Also playing in the same time period was Canadian rising star Aliassim against Croatian star Cilic. However, as of press time, the competition has not yet started. The showdown between Greek Tsitsipas and American Fritz will start at around 4:00 p.m. Beijing time this afternoon.
In addition, it is reported that Uit Fank, a Belgian who lost to China's Golden Flower King Rose in the second round of the Australian Open women's singles, left Australia with a positive nucleic acid test result. I hope that Wang Qiang, who is separated from her, will not be affected!
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The image below shows two players colliding in a match. Without prompting, can you recognize who the two of them are?
In the guess of the previous issue, there were two golfers" "Liu Yang" and "Lee" with golden eyes and gave the correct answer. Yes, the person in the picture is the Belarusian Sabalenka, who has frequent double errors in the Australian season. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)