Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Sunday, April 17, 2022. Tune in to the news afternoon report provided by Tennis House.
Beijing time last night and this morning, the ATP1000 Monte Carlo Masters ended the men's singles semifinals. In the second "West Lantern" battle, the defending champion and Greek star Tsitsipas continued to be in a fiery state, 6-4 6-2 to win the No. 2 seed, German Zverev Jr., the seventh successful "lights out", two consecutive seasons to reach the final of The Monca Station, only one victory away from defending the title.
In the first semi-final, which ended earlier, the big dark horse and Spanish rising star Fudkina continued to soar, eliminating Bulgarian coach Dimitrov 6-4 6-7 (2) 6-3 to reach the masters final for the first time in his career. On the way to the promotion, the under-23-year-old Fudkina defeated 20-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic Djokovic, Belgian goffin, who just won the title last week, Fritz, the new Indian Wells Masters champion Fritz and Dimitrov, who also holds the title of Masters. At this point, the first three masters championship battles this year have seen the presence of Spanish players. Will Fudkina follow in the footsteps of his brother Alcaraz and win the first career Masters title? We'll see you tonight.
Let's focus on billy Jane-Gold Cup women's tennis team match. In the final round of competition in the Sub-Region group that ended early this morning Beijing time. The Chinese team lost both singles and doubles, resulting in a 1-2 defeat to Japan, ranking second in the group. However, this did not affect the group qualification, and the Chinese team and the Japanese team joined hands to qualify for the World Group play-offs that will be held from November 11 to 12.
In addition, billy Jane-Gold Cup women's tennis team qualifiers ended the second matchday last night Beijing time. Poland, led by world number one Swatek, defeated Romania 3-0 to advance to the finals. Swatak spent just 47 minutes in the second singles game, sending a double yolk egg to wash Romania's Priscacario 6-0, extending this season's singles streak to 19 games.
The United Kingdom, led by new American Open champion Raducannu, lost 2-3 to the Czech Republic and missed the final round. Radukanu was in a slump in the second singles matchup, losing 1-6 1-6 to Czech rising star Vandrosova.
Other teams that won the final round: Spain beat the Netherlands 3-0, the United States beat Ukraine 3-2, Italy beat France 3-0, Kazakhstan eliminated Germany 3-0 and Canada beat Latvia 3-0.
Let's focus on next week's event. Beijing time last night, ATP250 Belgrade announced the men's singles main match signing table. World no. 1 Djokovic and Russian champion Khachanov lead the top half, while two other Russians, Rublev and Karatsev, guard the lower half.
Austria's Thiem also made a comeback in the tournament, and his opponent in the first round was the Australian Millman. If he wins, he will face the winner in the second round between French veteran Gasquet and Serbian Kekmanovic. If Thiem passes two levels in a row, it will be possible to play Djokovic in the quarterfinals. The world's first first bye will take on the winner between compatriot Jerry and a wild card player.
ATP500 Barcelona, Beijing time also announced the men's singles signing table last night. Top seed Greece Tsitsipas and No. 5 seed Spanish rising star Alcaraz were drawn to the top quarter of the zone, and the two could meet again in the quarterfinals. Top eight big seed pairs: Tsitsipas - Alcaraz, Nori - Agut, Schwartzman - Aliassim, Busta - Rud.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player serving a ball during a match. Without prompting, can you recognize who he is?
In the last issue of guessing, only "Liu Yang" gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the Frenchman Pui.
(Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)