Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Monday, April 11, 2022. Tune in to the news afternoon report provided by Tennis House.
Beijing time last night, the ATP1000 Monte Carlo Masters began the men's singles first round competition. In a focus matchup, Espanyol Fudkina played well, beating American player Geelong 7-5 6-3 and making his debut. In the second round, he will play against world number one Djokovic bye in the first round. This will be the third time in Fudkina's career to challenge the Serbian king, and in the previous two meetings, espanyol have lost all of them, and only seven sets have been won in both games. This time, facing the world number one in the long-lost battlefront, how many rounds can he get?
In other games, Bulgarian coach Dimitrov received a retirement salute from Georgian BashiRashvili when he led 6-3, 2-0; Hungary's first brother Vorsovic defeated South African Harris 6-4 6-7 6-1; serbian Rajovic sent his compatriot Krajinovic 6-2 7-6. France's cool little Black Monfils announced his retirement due to a foot injury, and American Cracie became the lucky loser to enter the main game, and will play against Serbian Jerry in the first round.
Let's look at the other races. Beijing time last night, the ATP250 Marrakesh Open ended the men's singles championship battle. Belgian star Goffin came behind, 3-6 6-3 6-3 6-3 reverse Slovakia's big dark horse Molken to win the championship. This is Goffin's second time to win the cup after last year's Montpellier, thus breaking the championship drought after more than a year.
The ATP250 Houston men's singles final also ended this morning Beijing time. In a peak duel with an average height of more than 210cm, the 211cm little giant Opelka laughed to the end, and he defeated the 208cm compatriot Isner 6-3 7-6 (7) to win the championship. It was Opelka's second singles title of the season and the fourth singles title of his career.
Women's arena. Last night, Beijing time, the WTA500 Charleston station came to a wonderful end. In the final women's singles final, Swiss star Bencic defeated Tunisian sister Jabbar 6-1, 5-7 6-4, following last year's Tokyo Olympics. This is the first time in a Swiss girl's career that she has won a clay race. With points earned by the champion, Bencic's world ranking rose to 13th this week, returning to the TOP15.
In the women's doubles final, No. 4 seeds Klepić/Reinet defeated Hradetska/Mirza 6-2, 4-6, 10-7 to lift the championship trophy.
WTA250 Bogota, Beijing time also ended the women's singles championship battle last night. Maria Maria, the world's 237th-ranked German qualifier, defeated another Brazilian qualifier, Pigoshi, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 to win the Tour singles title again after four years.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player practicing his serve on clay. Without prompting, 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 a Korean brother Kwon Chunyu.
(Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)