Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Sunday, February 20, 2022. Tune in to the news afternoon report provided by Tennis House.
Beijing time last night, the ATP500 Dubai Open officially announced the men's singles main event signing table. Djokovic, the world number one who suffered a visa incident and missed the Australian Open, played as the top seed. As the five-time winner of the tournament, Djokovic will make his 2022 debut in Dubai against Italian rising star Josetti. The last time the two played each other was at last year's French Open, when Musetti doubled to win the first two sets and take a 2-0 lead, forcing Djokovic into a desperate situation.
However, from the third set, Musetti was fully dudded at both ends of the attack and defense, and was pulled by the world number one in two consecutive sets 6-1 6-0. At the decider, the Italian abruptly announced his retirement after 4-0, citing the fact that he could no longer get even one point. This time the two played again, and I don't know if Musetti can get even one point.
In the second round, Djokovic's potential opponents are Russian fighter Khachanov or Australian hare Deminaar. If he wins the first two rounds, he may be waiting for him in the quarterfinals with Spain's Agut or Croatia's Cilic. Potential opponents in the semi-finals and finals are Canadian twin stars Aliasim, Shapovalov and Italian rising star Sina or Russian rising star Rublev.
In Dubai, Djokovic had to play deeper rounds or win titles to hope of retaining world number one. Of course, it also depends on the performance of Russian star Medvedev in the ATP 500 Acapulco station. Do you think Djokovic will fight in Dubai to keep the world number one?
Let's go back to the field. Beijing time last night, ATP250 Doha ended the men's singles championship battle. Spain's Agut played well, beating defending champions and Georgian star Bashirashvili 6-3 6-4 to lift the championship trophy. It was Agut's second summit in Doha and the 10th singles title of his career.
The ATP250 Marseille men's singles finals squad was produced last night. Canadian rising star Aliassim, who won his first career title last week, continued his winning streak with a double-header seven-win win over Russian Saffrin to advance to the final for two consecutive weeks and will compete with Russian Rublev for the title. The latter defeated the Home Frenchman Bonds in three sets in the first semi-final earlier.
The first men's singles semifinal at ATP250 Deira Beach ended early this morning Beijing time. Britain's First Brother Nori defeated American Tommy Paul 6-3 in two to advance to the final first. The contest between American giant Opelka and Australian Millman is still ongoing as of press time.
The ATP500 Rio men's singles quarterfinals all ended last night. Local stars Schwartzman, Cerundoro and Italian coach Fognini have won successive victories to advance to the final four. The final four spots were won by Spanish rising star Alcaraz, who defeated Italian rising star Berrettini 6-2 2-6 6-2 to avenge the defeat of the opponent in the third round of the Australian Open. In the first semi-final held this morning Beijing time, Schwartzman defeated his compatriot little brother Serendolo in two sets and advanced to the final first. The match between Alcaraz and Fognini has not been won or lost as of press time.
Let's look at the women's arena. Last night, Beijing time, the WTA500 Dubai race ended. In the women's singles final, Latvian star Ostapenko continued to perform heroically, beating Russian rising star Kudmetova 6-0 6-4 to win the fifth crown of his career.
In the women's doubles final, the Kudmetova/Mertens combination won ostapenko/Chichenok 6-1 6-3 to win the cup. At this point, O fat and Coova have won one game each in the singles and doubles finals, and no one can win the double.
In addition, in the WTA1000 Doha women's singles qualifier decider round, Chinese veteran Zhang Shuai swept the Russian Melnikova with a 6-0 6-3 egg delivery and successfully qualified for the main tournament. In the first round, she will face Belarusian Sassnovic.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player practicing as a child. Without prompting, can you recognize who she is?
Guess the last issue, the golfer gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture with his girlfriend is the German Zverev Jr. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)