Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Saturday, April 2, 2022. Tune in to the news afternoon report provided by Tennis House.
This morning, Beijing time, the ATP1000 Miami Masters began the men's singles semifinals. In the first matchup, Norwegian rising star Rudd played steadily, beating Argentina's dark horse F. Celentoro 6-4 6-1 to reach the masters singles final for the first time in his career. Ruud thus became the first person in Norwegian tennis history to reach the final of the Masters. After winning, Rudd's points reached 4380 points, which surpassed Russian rising star Rublev in time to rise to 7th place.
And the defeated F-Celendoro also gained a lot. He reached the Masters for the first time from the qualifiers to the main stage of the Masters with the 103rd place in the world, and then defeated four high-ranking players such as the American little giant Opelka, the French cool little Black Monfils, the American Tiavour and the Italian rising star Sinar, all the way to the masters final four. With 360 points earned, F-Cerundoro will soar around 50 spots in the updated World Standings next week, potentially even squeezing Austria's Thiem, who is in 50th place, out of the top 50.
In the second semi-final play this morning Beijing time, the 18-year-old Spanish genius Alcaraz continued to play bravely, and he fought with the defending champion and Polish star Hulkács in two sets to grab seven, and finally eliminated the defending champion 7-6 (5) 7-6 (2), reaching the masters singles final for the first time in his career.
In this match, the young Alcaraz staged a reversal scene again in the first set of seven, and he scored four consecutive points when he was 3-5 behind in small points, and won the first set 7-5, replicating the scene of the previous round against Serbian Kekmanovic. By the second set, the Spanish youngster led the way, sealing the victory 7-2 with a small score.
At this point, this year's Miami Masters will produce a new singles champion. Whether it's Alcaraz or Ruud, whoever wins the title will make history. If Aka wins, he will break Djokovic's record of being the youngest men's singles champion at the Miami Masters at 19 years and 10 months, at age 18 and 11 months. If Ruud wins, he will become the 20th Masters singles champion among active players and the first Masters champion in Norwegian history, becoming Master Lu.
Men's Doubles. In the second semi-final, the two-sided Hulkach teamed up with American Cannon Isner to defeat Australian Open champions Kyrgios/Kokinakis 6-4 6-3 to reach the Masters men's doubles final for the first time. They will compete with No. 6 seeds Kurchhoff/Skupuski for the final title.
Let's focus on the women's arena again. At about 9:30 a.m. Beijing time this morning, the second women's doubles semifinal of WTA1000 Miami began. Chinese player Yang Zhaoxuan is paired with Russian Alexandrova to face Sigmund/Zvonareva. In the first set, Yang Zhaoxuan's combination took the lead 6-3, and the second set was equalized by the opponent 2-6. In the tiebreaker, Yang Zhaoxuan and Alexandrova once led 9-4, and as a result, they lost 11-13 consecutive match points and missed the final. The winning Sigmund/Zvonareva will compete for the title with top seeds Kudmetova/Mertens. The latter defeated No. 4 seeds Gauff/McNally 6-4 3-6 10-2 in the first semi-final.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player with his own child. He's French, can you recognize who he is?
Guess in the last issue, some golfers gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is The Norwegian rising star Rudder, who just reached the miami masters men's singles final.
(Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)