Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Sunday, March 13, 2022. Tune in to the news afternoon report provided by Tennis House.
This morning Beijing time, the ATP1000 Indian Wells Masters began the second round of singles competition. In a focus battle that ended in the early morning, Spanish god of war Nadal played a super big reversal, he broke out in the desperate situation of falling behind 2-5 in the decider, broke two consecutive serve wins of American rising star Koda, dragged the game into the seventh, and finally won 6-2 1-6 7-6 (3) thrillingly, with the 16th consecutive victory of the season. In the third round, Natto's opponent was the Englishman Evans, who beat Argentine Coria 6-2 6-0.
After the match, the Spanish god of war thought he had an element of luck in his victory today. "I was very lucky today because I played the worst game of the year. I feel sorry for him because he probably deserves this victory better than I did today, but I have been fighting in the game and finally passed the test and I hope to do better in the next game. The victory was Nadal's 399th career win in the ATP 1000 Masters series and is just one step away from a 400 win.
In another focus battle that ended earlier, Russia's Medvedev, who had just reached the top of the world last week, played a steady role, 6-3 6-2 to beat the 21-year-old Czech teenager Machak, ushering in the first victory as the world number one. Before the game, Mei Zong also received the world's first trophy awarded by the ATP. "It's a great feeling, something I've always dreamed of, but at the same time I want to do better, I want to win more." "The more titles you get, the more points you get, the longer you have a chance to stay in the world number one position, and that's the most important thing for me."
With a 150-point difference with Djokovic and 250 points he has to conserve next week, May must reach the quarter-finals at Indian Wells to ensure he continues to sit on the throne. In the third round, his opponent was France's cool Helmonfils, who dropped Serb Krajinovic in two straight sets.
In other games, Spanish rising star Alcaraz beat McDonald McDonald in two 6-3 wins; Another Spanish star Agut narrowly beat American Wolff in three sets; American giants Operka beat Italian rising star Musetti 6-1 6-4; England's first brother Nori beat Espanyol Martinez 6-3 6-3; Norwegian rising star Rudd beat American Eubanks 7-6 6-2; Frenchman Bonds sent away Italian Sonego 6-3 6-4; Canadian rising star Shapovalov 4-6 6-4 6-2 against Espanyol Fudkina.
Let's turn our attention to the women's arena. This morning Beijing time, the WTA1000 Indian Wells Race continued to play the second round of singles. The No. 2 seed, Belarusian Sabalenka, was weak in his back, and was reversed by Italian Borini 6-2 3-6 3-6, and was eliminated in his debut.
Czech Kvitova lost a set 6-7 (4) first, 6-4 6-4 in two consecutive sets, reversing belarusian Sassnovic and struggling to advance to the third round. In other games, Czech rising star Vandrosova, Kazakh Lebakina, Belgian famous Mertens, Estonian Kantawit, Greek sister Sakkari, Swiss Grobić, Australian Saviles, American Rogers and Spanish stars Bardoza and Tomo have all defeated their opponents and advanced to the third round.
In a second round of competition that ended yesterday afternoon Beijing time, China's Zheng Qinwen missed a 4-1 lead in the decider and lost 2-6 7-5 4-6 to Germany's Kerber, and did not qualify. At this point, there are no Chinese players in the singles arena.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The image below shows a player doing upper limb strength training. Without prompting, can you recognize who she is?
Guess in the last issue, some golfers gave the correct answer. That's right, the kid in the picture is Serbian football king Djokovic. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)