Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Saturday, February 5, 2022. Tune in to the news afternoon report provided by Tennis House.
On the evening of February 3, Beijing time, Serbian President Vucic cordially received his tennis superstar and world number one Djokovic, once again praising his outstanding contribution to Serbia's international reputation in the world. After a day of follow-up reports, the conversation between the two was constantly exposed during the meeting. Among them, after Djokovic was treated unfairly in Australia and lost the defending Australian Open title, Vucic's judgment on the national hero has attracted the attention of fans.
Vucic said he was confident that Djokovic would win the title by beating Roger Garros, Wimbledon and Flushing over Federer and Nadal. He firmly believed this and testified it.
After such a positive endorsement by his president, Djokovic is under pressure in the next three Grand Slam tournaments of the season. First, he must qualify and appear on the field without restrictions. And that will most likely require him to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Second, he must also win the game against Federer and Nadal, and repay mr. President's high hopes for him with a victory.
Djokovic has so far made no commitment on the issue of COVID-19 vaccination, and the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open have already asked the players to be vaccinated. Although there may be medical exemptions similar to those of the Australian Open, there is no doubt that there will still be huge public pressure not to be vaccinated, which will have a big impact on Djokovic's pursuit of the 21st crown of the Grand Slam. As for beating Nadal at the French Open, or Federer at Wimbledon, it depends on the impromptu performance. After all, beating them in Feiner's back garden doesn't succeed every time.
Let's turn our eyes back to the field. Beijing time last night, ATP250 Cordoba station launched a men's singles quarterfinals. Spanish veteran Ramos, who made the first appearance, defeated Italian rising star Sonego 7-6, 7-5 to advance to the final four. Argentine Rondello then defeated Serbian Milodevic 6-4, 7-5, while another Argentine, Schwartzman, defeated Colombian Garland 3-6, 6-0, 7-5 to secure the final four.
ATP250 Montpellier, four men's singles quarter-final showdowns are all over. Serbian Krajinovic beat Bosnian qualifier Dezouk 7-5, 6-2 to advance to the final four and will compete with Kazakh Bublik for the right to the final, who eliminated Spain's Agut 6-4, 2-6, 7-6. Germany's Zverev Jr. is in hot form, sending an egg-off fuel note 6-1, 6-0, sweeping the French left-hand man Mannarino, who has performed well at the Australian Open, to advance to the final four, and will meet Sweden's Young Imel in the semi-finals, who defeated The French veteran Gasquet 7-5, 6-7/ 6-1.
The men's singles final four of the ATP250 Puna station were also all produced last night. Sweden's E-Immel, who eliminated Russian Karatsev in the last round, defeated Italian Travaglia 6-4, 7-6 to reach the tour final four for the first time in his career. In another showdown, Portugal's Sosa beat German Ottemell 6-2, 6-3 to secure a place in the final four. The other two final four were won by Finn Rusuwori and Pole Machezak, who defeated Czech Viselli 6-3, 6-4 and The latter 6-2, 6-7, 6-4 to Italian rising star Musetti.
Let's focus on the women's arena again. The WTA500 St. Petersburg station, which will kick off next week, will be held tonight beijing time for a draw ceremony. Chinese veteran Zhang Shuai and rising star Wang Xinyu will compete in singles matches, while Xu Yipan/Yang Zhaoxuan and Zhang Shuai/Uitfanke will play in doubles matches. In addition, Zhu Lin will participate in the singles qualifiers and strive to get a ticket to the main competition. In the first round she will face Romanian Bogdan.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The image below shows a player kneeling to celebrate after winning. Without prompting, can you recognize who she is?
In the last issue of guessing, there are many golfers who gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is The Chinese Little Flower King Xinyu. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)