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Beijing time last night, the 2022 Australian Open ended two quarterfinals in the men's singles first half. The Spanish god of war Nadal, who came first, fought with Canadian rising star Shapovalov in five sets, took 4 hours and 08 minutes, and finally won 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the final four of the Australian Open for the seventh time in his career.
There was an episode in the game, with Shapovalov repeatedly complaining to the referee that Nadal's serve was too long to prepare and the serve was overtime, and expressed dissatisfaction with the referee's permission for Nadal to apply for a medical suspension and a washroom suspension consecutively. He even yelled at the referee, "You people are corrupt! ”。
After the game, Shapovalov said at the press conference that Nadal was 100% preferential, which was too unfair. Nadal responded, believing that he had not been given preferential treatment and that everything was done according to the rules of tennis.
In the semi-finals, Nadal's opponent was 25-year-old Italian rising star Berrettini, who played the same five sets against the 35-year-old French veteran Monfils in the night match to win with a score of 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, 6-2, taking 3 hours and 49 minutes. This is The first time Berrettini has qualified for the Australian Open men's singles final four, and he will challenge Spain's god of war Nadal in the semi-finals. The two have only met once in the 2019 US Open semifinals, when Nadal won 7-6, 6-4, 6-1.
In the women's singles, the world's first Barty continued the winning streak, she once played 9 consecutive sets, swept the American Pegura 6-2, 6-0 egg, five games without losing a set, strongly advanced to the australian open final four, will compete with the American Key for the right to the final.
In a mixed doubles quarterfinals battle on the same day, No. 2 seed Zhang Shuai/Pierce were in hot form, defeating No. 8 seeds Shibahara Yingcai/McLachland 6-4 with two to reach the semi-final four of Grand Slam mixed doubles again after the 2018 US Open and 2021 Wimbledon.
At 8:00 a.m. Beijing time this morning, the tenth matchday of the Australian Open began. The men's bottom half of the first quarter-finals will be played around 12:00 p.m., with Italian rising star Sinar challenging Greek star Tsitsipas. Canada's rising star Aliassim's clash with Russia's Medvedev will start around 16:30.
The first quarter-finals of the women's singles second half kicked off at 8:00 a.m., with American collins playing well, beating Frenchman Cornett 7-5, 6-1 to advance to the semifinals. The showdown between Polish rising star Svatek and Estonian veteran Kanepi started at 10:15. As of press time, five sets were played in the first set, and Swataker led 3-2.
Let's focus on Djokovic again. Yesterday, Beijing time, it was reported that the world's first registered to participate in the ATP500 Dubai Open, which will be Djokovic's first appearance on the Tour in the 2022 season. Previously, he had won five times in Dubai, the fifth of the tournament.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The image below shows a player on his knee after running to save the ball. Without prompting, can you recognize who she is?
In the last issue of guessing, many golfers gave the correct answer. That's right, the person on the picture is the Canadian rising star Shapovalov who lost to Nadal in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)