Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Thursday, February 17, 2022. Tune in to the news afternoon report provided by Tennis House.
Last night, Beijing time, Spanish god of war Nadal and his team members set off for Mexico to prepare for the ATP500 Acapulco Open, which will start next week. It was Nadal's first appearance since winning his 21st career Grand Slam title in Melbourne. Spain's God of War is the treble winner of the Acapulco Open, and the last time he won was in the 2020 season. At the time, he defeated American rising star Fritz 6-3, 6-2 in the final.
This year, the Acapulco Open's lineup is luxurious, with five of the men's singles TOP10 players competing. In addition to Nadal, Russian star Medvedev, German Zverev Jr., Greece's Tsitsipas and Italian rising star Berrettini will all appear in this tournament. It is worth mentioning that if Medvedev finally wins the championship, he will reach the top of the world on February 28, ending the 18-year rule of the "Fernard mo" big four over the world number one. Even if he fails to win the championship, May always has a chance to sit on the throne of the ball, of course, this depends on djokovic's final ranking in Dubai, which played at the same time.
Let's look at the game again. Beijing time last night, ATP250 Doha station began the second round of singles competition. In a focus battle of fans' attention, the British star Murray, who played with a wild card, was in a sluggish state and was washed by Spain's Agut with duck eggs + fritters 6-0/ 6-1. Some fans lamented that today's Murray may be able to fight a good game and win, but he cannot maintain the continuous high-quality output of physical fitness and competitive state, and it is not possible to play deeper rounds.
In other games, Croatia's Cilic defeated Dutchman Van der Schupp 6-3, 7-5, and Canadian rising star Shapovalov defeated Slovak Morken 6-4, 6-0 to advance to the quarterfinals. Several other quarter-finals were won by Frenchman Lindknage, Georgian Bashirashvili, Hungarian brother Vulsovitz, Spaniard Fudkina and Russian fighter Khachanov.
ATP250 Deira Beach Station, Americans Kazolov and Tommy Paul won the second round of the match and won the quarterfinals. The second round of the ATP250 Marseille men's singles also started last night Beijing time. In the already concluded match, Russian Karatsev defeated Danish rising star Lune 6-3, 7-6 to reach the quarterfinals. Another Russian, Rublev, overtook homegrown star Gasquet 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, and Belarusian Ivaszka beat Italian Travaglia 6-1, 6-3 to advance to the quarter-finals.
ATP500 Rio de Janeiro station, Beijing time this morning also launched the quarterfinals battle. Argentine Coria defeated Spanish veteran Vodasco 7-6, 4-6, 6-4; Espanyol Andujar defeated compatriot Ramos 7-5/5-7/6-3; Italian coach Fognini 5-7/6-4/6-3 to defeat Spain's Busta and won the quarterfinals.
Let's look at the women's arena. Beijing time last night, WTA500 Dubai station ended the quarterfinals battle. Czech Kvitova picked out top seed Sabarenka of Belarus with two 6-4 wins, while Latvian Ostapenko reversed the No. 6 seed, Polish rising star Svatek, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4).
Romanian star Halep beat compatriot Ruse 6-3, 6-2; Tunisian sister Jabbar swept American Pegula 6-3, 6-1; Czech rising star Vandrasova swept Graceva 6-2/6-0 to sweep Grazeva; Ukrainian Jastremska 6-3/7-6 picked out the No. 2 seed, Czech Krejickova; Russian rising star Kudmetova 3-6/6-4/6-4 reverse the defending champion and Spanish star Muguruza; Swiss girl Taśchmann 7-6 (0)/ 6-2 eliminated the Ukrainian cabbage Svitolina.
At this point, the top eight seeds of the women's singles in this tournament, except for Tunisia's first sister Jabbar, the other seven all fell in the second round.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player in the desert. Without prompting, can you recognize who she is?
In the last issue of guessing, many golfers gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the French player Cone. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)