Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Friday, February 11, 2022, welcome to listen to the news noon report provided by Tennis House.
Last night, Beijing time, the ATP500 Rotterdam station ended the second round of singles. In a focus battle of fans' attention, the British star Murray, who played with a wild card, although he tried his best, he still lost to Canadian rising star Aliassim 3-6, 4-6, missing the quarterfinals, and suffered two consecutive defeats against his opponents.
After the game, the Canadian rising star spoke highly of Murray's performance, "He didn't make a mistake, of course you can say he didn't run well enough, the serve wasn't as good as before, but he still maintained a very high level and I really hope he can continue to be in such good shape." ”
In other games, top seed and Greek star Tsitsipas played steadily, losing 6-4, 6-1 to Belarusian Ivaska in two sets, and met the Australian hare Deminault in the quarterfinals, who eliminated American McDonald in three sets.
Russian rising star Rublev also performed well, picking out South Korean rising star Kwon Junyu in two 6-3 to advance to the quarter-finals and will compete with Hungary's brother Vorsovitz for a place in the final four, who beat homegrown player Grixpool in two sets. Czech youngster Lechka, who eliminated Canadian rising star Shapovalov in the first round, continued his heroic performance, defeating Dutchman Van der Schump 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, to reach the quarter-finals of a singles tournament for the first time in his career. Quarter-finals: Tsitsipas vs Deminal, Musetti vs Lechka, Nori vs Aliassim, Vulsovitz vs. Rublev.
ATP250 Buenos Aires Station Beijing time last night and this morning also ended the men's singles second round of competition. Italian veteran Fognini defeated Espanyol Martinez 2-0, Argentine teenager Cerundoro defeated Serbian Kekmanovic 2-1, and Argentine Schwartzman doubled seven narrowly to win the eight places.
ATP250 Dallas, American player Fritz defeated compatriot Sok in two sets, and American rising star Brooks eliminated Italian veteran Seppi in three sets to advance to the quarterfinals.
Let's focus on the women's arena again. Beijing time last night, WTA500 St. Petersburg station ended the second round of singles showdowns. Latvia's Ostapenko was in hot form, sweeping German Petkovic 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals. Next, she will compete with Belarusian Sassnovic for a place in the final four, which beat Romanian Christian 6-2, 6-3.
Former tournament champion and Czech Kvitova was in a slump, losing to Romanian Begu 4-6, 0-6 and missing the quarterfinals. Czech player Martinkova retired from the pre-match due to opponent Lebakina, winning without a fight to advance to the quarterfinals. Quarter-finals: Sakkari vs Mertens, Martinkova vs. Begu, Ostapenko vs Sasnovic, Bencic vs. Kontavet.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player in physical training. Without prompting, can you recognize who he is?
Guess in the last issue, some golfers gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the Portuguese Sousa who won the ata250 puna station last week. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)