Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Saturday, April 16, 2022. Tune in to the news afternoon report provided by Tennis House.
Beijing time last night and this morning, the ATP1000 Monte Carlo Masters men's singles quarterfinals ended, Spanish rising star Fudgina, Bulgarian coach Dimitrov, German Zverev Jr. and Greek star Tsitsipas have defeated their opponents to get the final four seats. All four games were won and lost until the decider was played, with the shortest time of 2 hours and 25 minutes and the longest time of 3 hours and 7 minutes. The four showdowns were three sets of seven and one set of 7-5, and the battle was fierce.
Of the four who advanced, three others, with the exception of Falkina, have Masters titles. If it weren't for the new Indian Wells Masters champion Fritz dropping the chain in the decider, Monte Carlo would have seen the first time the "masters" won the final four. In the first match, Fritz took the first set 6-2. Fawkina, on the other hand, launched a counterattack from the second set and finally completed the reversal in two consecutive sets 6-4 6-3 to reach the final four of the Masters for the first time. In the second match, Bulgarian coach Dimitrov broke the service win of Poland's Hulkach in the decider and stole the victory 7-2 in the tiebreaker.
German Zverev Jr. was stubbornly resisted by Italian rising star Sinar. After losing a set 5-7, he fought for 3 hours and 7 minutes before narrowly winning 6-3 7-6 (5). The final quarter-finals were fought between defending champion and Greek star Tsitsipas and Argentina's strongest 170, Schwartzman, on the surface. In this matchup, Tsitsipas won 6-2 in the first set and was equalized 7-6 in the second set. In the decider, the Greeks started with breaks, and after a 0-4, they were defeated. However, he then stabilized his position and launched a counterattack, breaking Schwartzman's serve three times in a row, sending an invisible egg to complete the reversal 6-4.
In the semi-finals, the first half of the consecutive victories over Djokovic, Goffin and Fritz's big dark horse Fudjina will play Dimitrov, while in the second half Zverev Jr. will face the Greek Tsitsipas. In the past record, Xiao Ziwei lagged behind Sisi 3-6.
Let's focus on billy Jane-Gold Cup women's tennis team match. In the fourth matchday of the Asian Region group that ended in the early morning of Beijing time. The Chinese team, played by Yuan Yue, Wang Qiang, Yuan Yue and Zhu Lin, won 3-0 against Indonesia, won four consecutive games, and qualified for the world's first group play-off in advance. Tonight, Beijing time, the Chinese team will compete with the Japanese team, which is also a four-game winning team, for the first place in the group.
In addition, the Billy Jane-Gold Cup Women's Tennis Team Tournament Qualifier also started last night Beijing time. New Komy Open champion Radukanu, who represented Britain, performed well in the first clay showdown of his career, scoring a point for The United Kingdom with two 7-5 wins over Czech Martinkova. ST World No. 1 Swatek continued its winning streak, sweeping Romania's Buzanescu 6-1 6-0 to win 18 consecutive singles.
On the first matchday, England drew 1-1 with the Czech Republic; Poland led Romania 2-0; Kazakhstan led Germany 2-0; Italy led France 2-0; the United States led Ukraine 2-0; and Spain led the Netherlands 2-0.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player and a child playing by the sea. He's French, can you recognize who he is?
In the last issue of guessing, there were many golfers who gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the current ball queen Svatek.
(Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)