Beijing time, February 23: The ATP500 Acapulco Open, held this afternoon in Acapulco, Mexico, ended the second day of competition. Spanish champion Nadal, who has just won the Australian Open, played as the No. 3 seed, and in today's first round of the match, Nadal swept the lucky loser Of the United States' Kudra in two straight sets to win the Australian Open. Russia's Medvedev, who is expected to hit the world number one this week, also made a good start by sweeping France's Parret today. World no. 3 German Zverev Jr. was disqualified by the organizing committee after a doubles match and faced further penalties from the ATP after losing control of his emotions and abusing the referee's chair. Let's take a look at the latest news from the tennis arena.
This week's ATP500 event in Acapulco, Mexico, has attracted much attention. Beijing time ended the second matchday this afternoon, the first match on Center Court was played by the tournament's top seed Russia's Medvedev against France's Parret. The two have played each other twice before Medvedev have won easily, and before the game, all parties are optimistic that May can always sweep through. The match began at 8:00 a.m. Beijing time this morning, and after 101 minutes of competition, Medvedev defeated Parre 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the second round. Winning the tournament will replace Djokovic as the new world number one, and in the second round he will face Spain's veteran Andujar, who lost just one set in today's match to sweep the host players with wild cards.
Today's second match has attracted much attention, which is the first official match after the 21st Grand Slam winner of the Australian Open, Nadal, won the Australian Open. His match was the lucky loser of the qualifying tiebreaker, American player Kudra. The match was the first time the two met, the game began at 10:10 a.m. Beijing time, after the start of the game, Nadal was in full control of the situation of the game, and it took only 76 minutes to sweep the opponent with a score of 6-3, 6-2 to achieve the opening of the tournament, expanding the number of consecutive wins in the new season to 11. However, Nadal once requested a medical suspension in the middle of the game to bandage both wrists, and it is worth paying attention to whether it will have an impact on subsequent matches. In the next round, Nadal will face another lucky loser, The United States' Kozlov. The latter defeated Bulgarian star Dimitrov in three sets on the first matchday.
In today's other game, the No. 3 seed Greek brother won the opening goal after two snatch sevens against Serbian Player Jerre. No. 5 seed Italy's Berrettini bid farewell to the race early due to injury in a match with American Tommy Paul. No. 6 seed Nori of Great Britain defeated Germany's Altmaier, who had advanced to qualify, in straight sets. American Wolff, who advanced to the qualifiers, reversed Italy's Sonego to advance to the second round after three sets of hard fighting, and Japan's Ryohito Nishioka, who also advanced from the qualifiers, also staged a reversal to defeat Spanish veteran Lopez, who played with a wild card.
Germany's Zverev Jr., the no. 2 seed, saved multiple match points to reverse the American's Brooksby, and the match ended at 4:55 a.m. local time. This time finish set the record for the latest finish in tennis history, which was originally set by the 2008 Australian Open games between Hewitt and Baghdatis. Today, Zverev Jr. partnered with Brazil's Melo in the first round of doubles, and finally lost the xiao ziwei combination after three sets of hard fighting, and after the game, Zverev jr. lost control of his emotions and slammed the referee's chair with a racket and insulted the referee on duty with vicious language. At present, the organizing committee of the event has decided to expel Zverev Jr. from the competition, his results are all cancelled, and it is expected that the ATP will issue a severe fine to Zverev Jr. for additional penalties.
There are several tennis tournaments in addition to Acapulco this week, and we will continue to pay attention to bringing you relevant reports.