Beijing time, March 20: The BNP Paribas tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California, usa this morning beijing time ended the penultimate matchday competition. In the men's singles semifinals, the 4th seed of the 21st Grand Slam Championship, Spain's Nadal, defeated his compatriot Alcaraz, born in 2003, in 3 hours and 12 minutes to reach the final of the tournament for the fifth time in a 20-game winning streak at the beginning of the season. In the earliest concluded women's doubles final, the continental duo Xu Yipan/ Yang Zhaoxuan defeated a pair of transnational pairs to win the championship. Let's take a look at the latest news from the tennis arena.
Today is the penultimate matchday of the tournament, and according to the schedule, the men's singles semi-finals and the men's and women's doubles finals will be held. Today's first men's singles semi-final was played between 20th seed Fritz of the United States and No. 7 seed Russia's Rublev. The two have met four times before, with the most recent meeting occurring in the second round of last year's Paris Masters when Fritz won two straight sets, although the parties were more optimistic about Fritz winning before the game. The match began at 4:30 a.m. Beijing time today, and after the game began, the two were caught up in a fight 5-5 in the first ten sets, and Fritz seized a break to achieve a break and completed the save and won the first set 7-5 to occupy the initiative of the game. After entering the second set, Fritz continued his good form, ending the 1-hour and 50-minute game with a 6-4 victory over the first time in his career to reach the final of the Masters with a break advantage.
Today's second men's singles semi-final is more attention- The two met once at last year's Madrid Masters when Nadal swept through the barrier, and due to the recent hot state of Alcaraz, the meeting was not very valuable, but everyone was still more optimistic about Nadal winning. The match began at 6:40 a.m. Beijing time this morning, and after the game began, Nadal entered the state faster, and in the second set, he forced out multiple break points in the opponent's serve, but Nadal was not able to grasp it. However, in the later matches, Nadal again found a break in the opponent's serve to complete the break to make the next set 6-4. After entering the second set, the two sides were entangled, the first eight sets of each saved the set, and after more than 20 minutes of fighting in the crucial ninth set, Alcaraz broke and then saved his serve to win the second set 6-4 and dragged the game into the decider. The battle between the two sides remained fierce after the start of the decider, and after the first six sets were 3-3, Nadal played a wave of three consecutive wins to win the decider 6-3 to end the 3-hour and 12-minute match to qualify for the final.
Nadal's victory reached the final of this year's Indian Wells tournament, his fifth time in the final of the tournament, the last time in 2013. Nadal extended his season unbeaten record to 20 games to continue setting a new personal best start. Nadal's final will not be played as early as 6am Beijing time on Monday morning, and he and Fritz have previously met in the final in Acapulco in 2020 when Nadal swept and won. Fritz is also the first American player in nearly 10 years to reach the final of this tournament, and he believes that the final will be a wonderful matchup.
The first match that ended today brought good news to Chinese fans, and this year's women's doubles final was played between the Chinese duo of Xu Yipan/Yang Zhaoxuan and the combination of No. 7 seeded American Player Dodd Heller and Japanese player Shibahara Yingcai. The game began at 2:00 a.m. Beijing time today, and after the game began, the multinational combination entered the state faster and quickly took a 5-2 lead, but the Chinese combination did not give up playing a wave of 5 consecutive wins to complete the counterattack 7-5 to win the first set of the game. After the game entered the second set, the two sides were entangled, and they were solid in their own serves and eventually needed to grab seven to divide the winners. The Chinese duo played better in the grab seven and won the race 7-3 to win the championship. The title was the duo's first WTA Tour doubles title (the duo were gold medalists at the 2018 Asian Games). This title is Xu Yipan's 11th Tour Doubles Title and second Crown Champion, which is Yang Zhaoxuan's fifth Tour Doubles Title and the highest level of tournament title to date. In the men's doubles final that ended today, the American duo of Isner/Sock defeated a pair of transnational pairs to win the title.
This year's BNP Paribas Tournament is nearing its end, and the men's and women's singles finals will be held early Monday morning Beijing time, and we will continue to pay attention to bringing coverage to everyone.