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Beijing time last night, ATP250 Antwerp station continued to play the first round of singles. In a focus duel for fans, Murray, a British star with a wild card, fought for 3 hours and 45 minutes with hetty Hetiafer Jr. in three sets, saving two match points at one point, and finally advancing 7-6 (2)/6-7(7)/7-6 (8)."
The Grand Slam-like battle was the longest-running three-set best-of-two matchup of the season, surpassing the 3-hour, 38-minute match between Spanish war god Nadal and Greek rising star Tsitsipas in the ATP500 Barcelona final. Murray, who struggled to advance, will face The No. 2 seed, Argentina's strongest 170 Schwartzman, in the second round, which will be another tough battle.
In other matches, the No. 6 seed, Deminarl the Australian Hare, was in a slump and was swept by American junior Brandon Nakajima, who broke through from the qualifiers, to stop the first round with a 6-4, 6-0 delivery. Another qualifier, Swiss La casone, reversed Frenchman Parret with a 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 delivery. Spanish rising star Furkina beat Australian Thompson 6-3 in two rounds against no. 3 seed, Chilean rising star Garin.
Italian rising star Josetti eliminated compatriot McGonagall in a derby. American rising star Brooksby defeated compatriot little giant Opelka 6-4 in two rounds. German Struff, Hungarian brother Vösovitz and South African Harris also defeated their opponents and advanced to the second round.
ATP250 Moscow Kremlin Cup, the day's singles first round of the American Tommy Paul defeated Swede Imel 7-6 (7)/ 7-5 to advance to the second round will be Croatian star Cilic; Spanish rising star Martinez received a retirement gift from Argentine Pera when he led 6-2, and easily advanced. In the second round, he will face the No. 4 seed, Serbian Krajinovic.
In other games, Belarusian Gerasimov defeated Serbian rising star Kekmanovic in three sets; Frenchman Manarino reversed Russian Safrin in three sets; Ukrainian Machenko lost directly to Kazakhstani Bublick in two sets; and French veteran Simon defeated Serbian Jerry 2-1.
Let's look at the women's arena. Beijing time last night, WTA250 Tenerife station continued to compete in the first round of women's singles. In a focus battle for Chinese fans, Zheng Saisai played well, beating local wild card player Masalova 6-4, 6-2 to successfully advance to the second round. It was the first time Zheng Saisai had won in her last four tournaments, after suffering a three-game losing streak in singles. In the second round, Zheng Saisai will face the No. 7 seed and Danish rising star Towson, who will win seven narrows in the decider to win against Briton Watson.
In other games, the No. 3 seed and French rising star Tomo suddenly collapsed when he led 5-1 in the decider, and was reversed by the Russian Grazia in the seventh, making his debut. Dutch player Ruth, Croatian Vekic, Italian Giorgi, Egyptian Maya, Montenegrin Kovinic, Belgian Minenen and Frenchman Cornett also won the promotion. And Cornett will face China's youngster Wang Xinyu in the second round. In the doubles match, Chinese veteran Zhang Shuai partnered with japanese Hoji Illy to defeat the multinational duo Rena/Hawker 6-4, 6-3, making a good start.
WTA500 Moscow Station, Beijing time also continued to play the first round of singles last night. No. 9 seed, Estonian star Kontawirt, who beat Czech Siniakova 6-3 in two draws, will face German Petkovic in the second round, who received a retirement salute from rival Latvian Ostapenko when he led 2-0 in the decider. The 8th seed, Romanian star Halep, played well, beating local player Potapova 6-1, 6-4 to advance to the second round.
Czech players Martinkova, Vandrosova and Russian rising star Kudmetova also defeated their opponents and passed the first round. The No. 5 seed, Tunisian sister Abdul-Jabbar, retired due to injury when he fell behind 1-6, 0-1, to ensure that local player Alexandrova advanced.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player on a boat vacation at sea. Hide her hair, without prompting, can you recognize who she is?
Guess in the last issue, some golfers gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the Italian rising star Sinar. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)
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