Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Thursday, March 10, 2022, welcome to listen to the news noon news provided by Tennis House.
Beijing time this morning, the world's second Djokovic through a personal social platform posted, said that because the US CdC confirmed that it will not change the "no new crown vaccine can not enter the country" rule, so he himself can not enter the United States to participate, had to be forced to withdraw from the ATP1000 Indian Wells Masters and the subsequent Miami Masters. "Although I was automatically included in the regular tournament list for Indian Wells and Miami, I know I'm unlikely to travel right now." "The (U.S.) CDC has confirmed that the rules won't change, so I won't be able to go to the U.S. to play." Good luck to the players who participate in both events! ”
After Djokovic withdrew, he was replaced by Bulgarian coach Dimitrov and enjoyed a first-round bye. Dimitrov's original first-round opponent, American Tommy Paul, will play against a lucky loser.
Let's look at another piece of good news. Beijing time this morning, in the ATP1000 Indian Wells Masters qualifier final round of a focus battle, 17-year-old Chinese youngster Shang Juncheng won the first set 6-3, received a retirement gift from 29-year-old German big player Moran, and successfully qualified for the singles main tournament. As a result, Xiao Shang became the first Chinese mainland player to break through from the qualifiers to the Main Masters, and the first Chinese mainland player to enter the Indian Wells Main Tournament. Congratulations to the small business students! Good luck with the race!
Let's focus on the women's arena again. This morning Beijing time, WTA1000 Indian Wells Station took the lead in starting. In a first-round match that Chinese fans are concerned about, youngster Zheng Qinwen played a heroic role, she saved all nine break points, swept the Russian veteran Zvonareva 6-3 6-2, and after the Melbourne series at the beginning of the year, defeated her opponent for the second time this season and successfully advanced to the second round. It was The first victory Jeong won in the WTA 1000 class, and she will challenge three-time Grand Slam champion and Germany's Kerber in the second round.
In other games, Russian Alexandrova, Estonian veteran Kanepi, AmericanRisk, Liu Jingwen, Australian TomJanovic, Croatian veteran Martic and Japanese Mika Doi have defeated their opponents and advanced to the second round.
Let's keep an eye out for other news. Yesterday afternoon, Beijing time, British celebrity Murray, who is an ambassador for UNICEF, announced through his personal social platform that he will donate all the prize money he won from the remaining competitions of the season to UNICEF to purchase medical equipment and living supplies to help 7.5 million Ukrainian children who are in trouble due to the Russian-Ukrainian military conflict. Murray also called on more people to participate in the rescue of Ukrainian children and help them get through the difficulties.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player with his girlfriend. Without prompting, can you recognize who he is?
Guess last time, the golfer gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is Croatian star Ciurić, who was once known as a talented player. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)