Rotterdam is in full swing, the first round is staged, let's see how the results are.
No. 2 seed and defending champion Rublev embarked on a solid journey to defend his title with two 6-4 wins over qualifier Laxonin, and his next opponent in the next round will be the winner between South Korean player Kwon Chun-woo and French teenager Gaston.
The other two Russian players have very different fates: Kachanov, the god of thunder, struggled to eliminate Australia's Poplin 6-7 (4), 6-1, 7-6 (6), and in the next round he will face the British brother Nori, who was eliminated in the first round of the Australian Open;
No. 7 seed Karatsev continued his recent slump, being flipped by wild card player Grixpur 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-7 (0), grabbing seven or even swallowing eggs in the decider, so it is not surprising that he swallowed a three-game losing streak.
At about the same time last year, he reached the final four of the Australian Open, and Dubai and Doha won the championship one after another. Compared with this season, but in the Australian Open, even the French veteran Manarino could not pass the level. It really confirms that sentence: sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat.
The victory of the local player Grixpool is also the third time in his career to beat the top 20 players in the world rankings, and it is worth mentioning that all three victories came from Rotterdam.
Specifically (in parentheses is the opponent's then world ranking):
2022 first round: 2-6 7-6 7-6 Karatsev (NO.14)
2019 first round: 3-6 6-3 6-2 Khachanov (NO.11)
2018 First Round: 4-6 6-3 6-2 Wawrinka (NO.13)
The trajectory is almost the same, and it is all first lost and then won, can this player take advantage of the local interests to go further?
The No. 5 seed, Canadian Shapovalov, was not so lucky, he defeated qualifier Lechka with two 4-6 upsets, and the opponent is currently only 137th in the world ranking, which is also his first win in the main tournament of his career tour.
Just eliminated the winner In the Australian Open in three sets, Rzezvilev, and then fought with the later tournament champion Nadal in five sets, originally thought that Shapovalov's ball quotient was growing, but he did not think it was a nerve knife!
In other competitions, Goffin swallowed the egg and lost to Deminaar, coupled with the previous defending tournament Montpellier's first game out, the Belgian's ranking may fall to about 100.
Hulkach and Macdonald have also passed, and the matches of Tsitsipas and Aliasim are still in progress. (Source: Tennis House Author: Luo ChengQiye)