Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Sunday, February 13, 2022. Tune in to the news afternoon report provided by Tennis House.
Beijing time last night, ATP500 Rotterdam ended the men's singles semifinals. The top seed, Greek star Tsitsipas, went on to eliminate qualifiers and Czech black Mahaka in a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 reversal, and advanced to the men's singles final of the ATP 500 level for the eighth time in his career after last season's Barcelona.
In another matchup, the No. 3 seed and Canadian rising star Ariasim also lost first and then won, eliminating the defending champion and Russian star Rublev 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2, and reached the men's singles final of the Tour for the ninth time in his career. At this point, the rotterdam men's singles final will stage an interesting showdown. Tsitsipas has lost all seven previous ATP 500 finals and has not yet won the tournament. And Aliasim has played the tour championship eight times before, which is also an unwinned game, and has not yet won the first singles title of his career.
Around 10:30 Beijing time tonight, the two will meet in the tour final for the second time, and whoever wins will rewrite their career records. The two had previously met seven times, with Tsitsipas scoring a five-game winning streak after two straight defeats. Was it the Greeks who ended seven consecutive games and won the ATP 500 class for the first time? Or did the Canadian rising star win his first career title after Eight Consecutive Asia? You might as well predict it.
Let's turn our attention to Argentina. Beijing time last night and this morning, at the ATP250 Buenos Aires station ended the singles semifinals competition. The tournament's top seed, Norwegian rising star Rudd, played steadily, knocking down local player Delbonis with two 6-3 wins, and advanced to the men's singles final of the Tour for the ninth time in his career.
In another semi-final, home-based defending champion Schwartzmann defeated Italian Sonego 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, just one victory away from successfully defending his title.
ATP250 Dallas, Beijing time this morning ended the first semi-finals. Two homegrown giants, both over 2 metres tall, Isner and Opelka staged a serve-off for the fans. The two fought for two steals of sevens, and in the end the young Operka was even better, winning two consecutive sets to grab sevens and struggling to advance to the final. It is worth mentioning that after the two men scored a 9-7 score in the first set, the second set of seven was more than each other, and the score climbed all the way to 22-22. Only then did Opelka score a crucial mini-break and end up laughing 24-22.
The second semi-final was also an American derby, played by Geelong against Brooksby. As of press time, the two's match is still in progress.
Let's look at the women's arena. Beijing time last night, WTA500 St. Petersburg women's singles final seat was produced. The tournament's top seed, Greek sister Sakari and no. 2 seed, Estonian Kantavit, defeated their opponents in the final. The former beat Romanian Begu 2-1, while the latter eliminated Latvian star Ostapenko in two sets.
In the first round of the WTA500 Dubai women's singles qualifier, Chinese players Zhang Shuai and Zhu Lin both lost and missed the main tournament. Zhang Shuai lost 1-6, 3-6 to Kazakh Putinseva; Zhu Lin lost 2-6, 4-6 to Belgian Zanievska.
In addition, the men's singles signing form of the ATP500 Rio station was released last night, and the Chinese young player Shang Chengcheng, who played with a wild card, played against Spanish rising star Martinez in the first round. Good luck to him!
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The image below shows a player visiting a museum between matches. Last year she won the heaviest title of her career so far. Can you recognize who she is?
Guess the last issue, the golfer gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the Australian bad boy Kyrgios. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)