Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Saturday, April 23, 2022. Tune in to the news afternoon report provided by Tennis House.
After the All England Lawn Tennis Club announced that Russian and Belarusian players would be banned from playing at this year's Wimbledon, Russian star Rublev, who was competing in Belgrade, answered reporters' questions at the post-match press conference. From the player's point of view, he made a suggestion to Wimbledon that if they were allowed to participate, he would be willing to donate all the game prize money for humanitarian assistance to the families and children who were suffering. In other words, I want to donate all the prize money for Wimbledon in exchange for the right to participate.
Rublev's advice was endorsed by many players and fans. However, there are also many voices of opposition and criticism. The retired Ukrainian player Dolgopolov stood up and angrily criticized Rublev's hypocrisy.
When Facing reporters' questions, The chairman of the Russian Internet Association, Tapishev, expressed his dissatisfaction with Rublev's remarks. "I don't understand what he's nagging about humanitarian aid!" I suspect he himself didn't figure it out either. It's the players themselves, go and ask him! Why should we be attacked on our stomachs and backs? I don't understand what advice he is proposing, who exactly is he standing with? ”
Rublev's proposal from the perspective of the players themselves was just to qualify for Wimbledon, but it did not come to think that they would not fall on both ends. It not only offended the president of the national network association, but also was criticized by Ukrainian players. alas! Heartache rubles! It seems that when it comes to politically sensitive topics, as a tennis player, especially a player on the cusp of the storm, it is better to say less or not to say!
Let's go back to the field. Beijing time last night, after two days of rain, the ATP500 Barcelona Open ushered in a one-day double match, and the men's singles quarterfinals and final four were produced on the same day. In a focus match in the quarter-finals, Spain's popular youngster Alcalas continued the winning streak, defeating the top seed, Greece's Tsitsipas, 6-4 5-7 6-2, to win three consecutive victories against opponents and advance to the final four.
With this victory, 18 years and 11 months old, Alcaraz has decided to enter the top 10 for the first time next week, becoming the 20th player in men's tennis to be among the top 10 players in the men's tennis world since Murray in 2007. In the semi-finals, Alcaraz will face Australian Hare DeMinal, who defeated England's brother Nori 6-3 5-7 6-1. The other two final four seats were won by another Spaniard Busta and Argentina's strongest 170 Schwartzman on the surface. The former 4-6 7-6 6-3 against Norwegian nova Rudd, the latter 3-6 6-2 6-3 against Canadian nova Aliassim.
ATP250 Serbia Open, Beijing time last night ended the last two quarter-finals. Russia's Rublev defeated Japanese qualifier Daniel Taro 6-3 6-3 to advance to the final four. In the semi-finals, he will face Italian coach Fognini, who eliminated German Ott 7-5, 6-4.
Women's arena. Beijing time last night, WTA500 Stuttgart station ended the singles quarterfinals. In a showdown between Grand Slam champions, French Open champion Svatek defeated US Open champion Radukanu 6-4 6-4 to win 21 consecutive singles to advance to the final four and compete with Russian Samsonova for the right to the final, who defeated German Sigmund 7-5 6-3.
The other two semi-final spots were won by Belarusian Sabalenka and Espanyol Bardoza. The former beat Estonian star Kontaveit 6-4 3-6 6-1, while the latter defeated Tunisian sister Jabal 7-6 (9) 1-6 6-3. Bardoza, who reached the final four, confirmed it will be second in the world next week.
WTA250 Istanbul station, Beijing time also ended last night singles quarterfinals. Defending champion Costia beat qualifier Grabcher 7-5 6-1 to compete with Russian rising star Kudmetova for the right to the final. The other two final four seats were won by Russian girl Potapova and Kazakh Pudtinseva.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The image below shows a player leaving the court injured during a match. Without prompting, can you recognize who she is?
In the last issue of guessing, many golfers gave the correct answer. Yes, the person in the picture is the new hope of the Chinese men's tennis industry.
(Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)