Beijing time on February 14: Beijing time in the early morning of this morning in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the ATP500 tournament Rotterdam International Tennis Tournament ended the men's singles final competition, the no. 3 seed of the tournament Canada's Aliciam fell two straight sets to sweep the tournament's top seed Greek brother in the ninth time to qualify for the tour finals finally won the first crown of his career. In the final of the WTA500 tournament st. Petersburg Open in St. Petersburg, Russia, estonian-seeded Contavit reversed defeating top seed Sakari of Greece to win the title. In addition, in the singles final of the ATP250 tournament of the Argentine Open that ended in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the top seed Norway's Ruud reversed the victory over the No. 2 seeded local player Schwarzerman, and the ATP250 event in Dallas, usa, the No. 2 seed Opelka, defeated his compatriot No. 4 seed Brooksby to win the championship. Let's take a look at the latest news from the tennis arena.
With the end of the Australian Open, the tennis tour entered its first cooling-off period, with a total of four tournaments taking place on Monday, the most closely watched being the ATP500 Rotterdam Indoor International Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. After a fierce competition, the top seed Ofe Greece and the third seed, Canada's Ariasim, will meet in the final. The two have met seven times before, and the Greek brother has the upper hand in 5 wins and 2 losses, the most recent of which was in the quarter-finals of last year's Cincinnati Masters, where the Greek brother won three sets to win five consecutive victories against their opponents. The game began at 22:40 Beijing time on the 13th, after the game began, Ariasim completely controlled the course of the game, changed the previous state of collapse as soon as he entered the final, and finally won the championship with a 6-4/ 6-2 victory over the Greek brother in 1 hour and 17 minutes.
The title was the first of Ariasim's career and his ninth time to reach a Tour final, and the losing side, the Greek brother, suffered an eight-game losing streak in the ATP500 final. In a post-match interview, Ariasim said: "It's definitely a dream come true, I played so well, it was a very special game, I will definitely remember it for a long time, it was a very special day for me, I have been thinking about this day for a long time, and now it has finally arrived, it is the most special day of my career. "Before this match, Aliassim suffered eight consecutive defeats in the final, and this time he finally won the first title in a perfect way." It's really not easy, after all, I'm also an ordinary person, I have the same emotions as everyone else, I have also been self-doubting, full of fear and nervousness, so winning this title really makes me feel relieved, I no longer have to listen to people say that I haven't won the championship, and I will definitely be more relaxed in the final in the future. ”
Another high-level event this week is the WTA500 St. Petersburg Open in St. Petersburg, Russia, where top seed Sakari of Greece and Estonian coach Kontavet meet for the final after a week of scrambling. The two have met 12 times before, winning 6 each, and the pre-match parties also believe that this is a match between the two sides. The match began at 21:40 Beijing time on the 13th, and after the game began, the two sides fell into a fierce battle and finally after 2 hours and 57 minutes of competition, Kontawirt won the game by reversing Sakkari 5-7,7-6 (4)/7-5 after losing the first set. The title was Contavita's first title of the season, and she also won a wave of 20 consecutive indoor games to win four consecutive indoor competitions. Her career Tour singles titles also came to six.
There are also two MORE ATP250 races this week, with the Argentine Open in Buenos Aires, argentina, a clay event. Norway's Rudd, the top seed, and Schwarzerman, the no. 2 seed, met in the final. The two have played schwarzerman seven times before, with a 5-2 advantage, and before the game was considered a close match. The game began at 3:00 a.m. Beijing time today, and the two fell into a fight after the game began, and finally after 2 hours and 34 minutes of fierce fighting, Ruder won the game by reversing Schwarzerman with a score of 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 in the first set. It was Ruder's first title of the season and the seventh Tour singles title of his career, with six of his seven titles coming from clay courts, and he also won an 18-game winning streak in a wave of clay events.
Another ATP250 event this week was the Dallas Open in Dallas, USA, where two U.S. no. 4 seed Brooksby and No. 2 seed Opelka advanced to the final. The two had won once before against Brooksby, and the pre-match parties considered it a scorching game. The game began at 3:00 a.m. Beijing time today, because both of them had excellent serves and two sets of games needed to grab seven to divide the winners, and in the end, Opelka won the championship with the grasp of key points to win two steal sevens 7-5 and 7-3 respectively. This is the third Tour title of Opelka's career and his first of the season, and it is worth mentioning that all three titles were won on American soil. Meanwhile, he scored an exaggerated 24-22 score on his second steal in the semi-final against compatriot Isner, the longest steal-seven in ATP Tour history since 1990.
There are still a number of tennis tournaments played this week, including the WTA Dubai Tournament, at-the-TOP Doha Tournament and the ATP 500 Brazilian Rio de Janeiro Open with wild cards. We will continue to pay attention to bringing relevant reports to everyone.