Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Saturday, March 19, 2022. Tune in to the news afternoon report provided by Tennis House.
First, let's focus on a message about Federer, the king of Switzerland. Recently, Fei Tianwang posted on his personal social platform that his foundation will donate $500,000 to Ukraine to help Ukrainian children who have lost their education in the war. "My family and I were shocked to see the photos from Ukraine and heartbroken for innocent people who have been so badly affected. We support peace, and we will provide assistance to Ukrainian children in need. There are now about 6 million children out of school in Ukraine, Federer said, and this is a moment for his foundation to help so that these children can have the opportunity to continue their education.
As we all know, Fei Tianwang's foundation has always insisted on doing charity, raising funds from many sources to help those in need, especially African children. Reaching out to ukrainian children this time is another love that the Swiss have dedicated to charity. Kudos to Fei Tianwang!
We went back to the arena. This morning Beijing time, the WTA1000 Indian Wells station began the singles semifinals. The opening match was played by Romanian star Halep against Polish rising star Svatek. The showdown began at around 9 a.m. Beijing time this morning, and although Swatak was overtaken by Halep in the first set when he led 4-2, he still stubbornly broke the opponent's serve to win the set and dragged the game into the seventh. In the seventh, the Polish girl saved two sets again and won the first set 8-6 with a small score. In the second set, Swatek worked hard at the end of the set, won another set 6-4, won 2-0 in the big score, and advanced to the final.
The semi-final between Spanish star Bardoza and Greek sister Sakkari will follow.
Men's arena. Beijing time this morning, at the ATP1000 Indian Wells Masters began two quarterfinals in the second half of the singles division. Russian rising star Rublev played well, beating Bulgarian coach Dimitrov 7-5 6-2, and while winning 13 consecutive games, he reached the final four of the Masters for the fourth time in his career after last season's Miami, Monte Carlo and Cincinnati.
In the semi-finals, Rublev will play against Fritz, an American, for a ticket to the final. The latter beat Serbian rising star Kecmanovic 7-6 3-6 6-1 in another match to reach the final four in this homegrown tournament for two consecutive years.
At around 6:00 a.m. Beijing time tomorrow, the first semi-final of the men's singles will be played first, with the 35-year-old and 9-month-old Spanish god of war Nadal playing against his compatriot brother Alcaras, who is less than 19 years old. It was the second of their careers with the spaniards, with Nadal winning comfortably 6-1, 6-2 at last season's Madrid Masters. However, after a year of hard work, alcaraz is no longer what it used to be, and its technical and tactical abilities and physical fitness have been significantly improved. This time again against the idol, the young man is also full of motivation. Do you think he can beat the idol and win the final victory?
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The image below is a sketch of a player squatting with a racket out of control during a game. 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 Berrettini. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)