Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Friday, March 11, 2022, welcome to listen to the news noon news provided by Tennis House.
Last night, Beijing time, the ATP1000 Monte Carlo Masters officially issued an announcement, saying that it will implement the new crown epidemic prevention and control policy promulgated by the French government and cancel the mandatory regulations for admission to the new crown vaccine. This year's Monte Carlo Masters will take place from April 9 to 17.
This official announcement from Monca means that Djokovic, who has been forced to retire from indian wells and Miami two masters tournaments, will start his second leg of the season in Monte Carlo. Previously, Djokovic had said that he would compete as much as possible without getting a COVID-19 vaccine. This new rule of the French government undoubtedly opened the green light for him to enter Monte Carlo.
Let's go back to the field. This morning Beijing time, the ATP1000 Indian Wells Masters began the men's singles first round competition. Croatia's Croatian star Ciurić, who returned from injury, was weak in the match against Spaniard Fudkina, and was reversed by his opponent 6-7 6-0 7-5 to make his debut.
Of the 6 U.S. players who played that day, 4 won. Youngster Brooksby defeated Espanyol Baena 6-1 6-4, McDonald eliminated Hungarian brother Fusovic 7-5 7-6, Sok swept Argentine youngster Celendoro 6-1 6-1, Eubanks defeated compatriot Queresi 5-7 7-6 6-4, only Giron lost 3-6 5-7 to Italian rising star Musetti.
Other winners were Italian coach Fognini, Serbian Kraginovic, Jerre, Frenchman Bonds, Argentine Coria and Australian Wolf. The Chinese youngster Shang Zhencheng, who has reached the main stage of the Masters for the first time, will make his debut at around 4:30 a.m. Beijing time tomorrow against the world's 99th-ranked Spanish qualifier Munnar. Small business students come on!
Let's focus on the women's arena again. Beijing time this morning, WTA1000 Indian Wells station continued to compete for the first round of singles. In a focus battle for Chinese fans, Zhang Shuai, the champion of the new Corleone station and a veteran of China, lost his form after taking a 3-1 lead at the beginning, and was overturned by Australian qualifier Savile, and finally lost 3-6 2-6, suffering a round trip.
In a showdown between former US Open champions, Japan's Naomi Osaka came behind and reversed the American Stephens 3-6 6-1 6-2 to advance smoothly. In the second round, Naomi Osaka's opponent was Russian rising star Kudmetova.
In other games, former Australian Open champion and American Kenning lost 3-6 5-7 to Brazilian girl Maya, suffering a six-game losing streak in singles. French girl Garcia beat Ukrainian Yastremska 6-4 6-7 (8) 7-5. Other winners were Kazakh Putinseva, Belgian Ujtfank, Ukrainian Kostyk, Italian Borini, Pole Fletcher, Slovenian Yuwan and Australian Sharma.
The first round of the showdown between China's famous Wang Qiang and Czech girl Butzkova is scheduled to take place around 11 a.m. Beijing time today. As of press time, the tournament has not yet started.
Let's focus on other news. Yesterday, Beijing time, Zverev Jr., a German who played in the Indian Wells Masters, apologized again at his misconduct in hitting the referee's chair at the Acapulco station at the pre-match press conference. "This is probably the biggest mistake I've ever made in my tennis career. I apologize for my actions, but I also know that my apologies may not be enough. It's embarrassing for me, even now, and walking in the dressing room and feeling that vibe is not a good experience. Hopefully, people will forgive me and understand that we are under a lot of psychological pressure. ”
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player walking. 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 the Canadian rising star Shapovalov. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)