Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Monday, March 7, 2022. Tune in to the news afternoon report provided by Tennis House.
At about 9:45 a.m. Beijing time this morning, the women's singles championship battle for the WTA250 Monterrey station ended. Canadian rising star Fernandez lost the first set and was calmly counterattacked in the decisive set by his opponent to win 5 championship points, and finally defeated Colombian youngster Serrano 6-7 (5) 6-4 7-6 (3) to successfully defend his title. It was Fernandez's second singles title of his career, both of which came from Monterrey, and Mexico became a blessing for Canada's rising stars.
There was a small episode in the match, in the 12th set of the decider, Serrano scored 6-5, the small score took the lead and won the fifth championship point, the lights on the field suddenly appeared, Fernandez questioned, so the game was suspended for more than 5 minutes. After the lights were restored and the game restarted, Serrano lost all his touch, lost his fifth championship point and then conceded consecutive points, was pulled 6-6 by his opponent, and finally lost the seventh and passed the championship.
In the women's doubles final earlier, the cross-border combination of Chinese player Han Xinyun and Russian Sizkova was weak in the good situation of 6-1 light first set, and was pulled by the American combination Harrison / Santa Maria in two consecutive sets 7-5 10-6, and was reversed and failed to win the championship.
WTA250 Lyon Station, Beijing time last night wonderful end. In the final singles showdown, Chinese veteran Zhang Shuai stubbornly counterattacked in the unfavorable situation of losing 3-6 in the first set and falling behind twice in the decider, and finally won two consecutive sets 6-3 6-4, reversing the Ukrainian Yastremska and lifting the championship trophy.
This is the second time that Zhang Shuai has won the Tour Singles Championship after a gap of four and a half years, thus surpassing Wang Qiang with 2 titles with 3 championships and rising to the third place in the number of Singles Champions of the Chinese Women's Players Tour. The top two are Li Na's 9 crowns and Zheng Jie's 4 crowns. With the points won by the champion, Zhang Shuai returned to the top 50 in the world ranking this week, ranking 41st.
In the women's doubles final, the Sigmund/Zvonareva duo defeated Barnett/Nicholas 7-5 6-1 to win their second tour title since their partnership.
Let's follow this week's event news. Beijing time last night, WTA1000 Indian Wells station officially announced the women's singles qualifier signing table. China has three female players to play, of which Wang Qiang's opponent in the first round is the American wild card player Rabman, the young player Wang Xinyu will play against the Englishman Bolt, and Yuan Yue's opponent is the Australian Sharma. Good luck to the three Chinese golden flowers!
Czech rising star Butzkova, Russian girl Karinskaya, Italian veteran Elani and other players will also appear in the qualifiers to compete for the main stage.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The image below shows a player kneeling to celebrate after winning a game. Without prompting, can you recognize who he is?
Guess in the last issue, some golfers gave the correct answer. Yes, the person on the picture is the new men's singles world number one, Russia's famous Medvedev. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)