Beijing time on April 24: The three tennis tournaments held this week this evening Beijing time ended the competition for the final. In the singles final of the WTA500 Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany, the world's number one seed Polish player Sweiatke swept belarusian Sabalenka in two straight sets to win the title. World number one seed Djokovic Djokovic, the world's number one seed, lost to Russian player Rublev in the final of the AtP250 Serbia Open in Belgrade, Serbia, and finished second. Russian player Potapova, who qualified in the final of the WTA250 tournament at the Bnish Bnish tennis championship in Istanbul, Turkey, swept compatriot Kudmetova in two straight sets to win her first career tour title. Let's take a look at the latest news from the tennis arena.
After a week of contention, this week's various tennis tournaments have come to the final day, starting with the final of the WTA 500 Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany. Reaching the final were ST World Series Top Seed Poland player Sviatek and No. 3 seed Belarusian Player Sabalenka. The two have met twice before, with the latest coming in the quarter-finals of this year's Doha 1000, when Sviatek swept through two straight sets and was optimistic that she would be able to win the game. The match began at 7:00 p.m. Beijing time tonight, and after the game began, Sviatek took the lead in the game and won the championship with a 6-2, 6-2 victory in just 1 hour and 21 minutes.
The victory of this match allowed Sweiatke to win a 23-game winning streak after the Australian Open, winning four consecutive tour races. The title is also the seventh Tour singles title of her career and her third at clay racing. The 7 titles she has won so far are all WTA500 and above. With this title, it will continue to be the world number one in the WTA, and the losing side Sabarenka is runner-up in this tournament for two consecutive years, and she lost to Barty, who announced her retirement earlier in the final last year.
After the end of the women's singles final, the women's doubles final of this tournament was reached by the combination of the top seed of the tournament, Mainland China's Zhang Shuai and the United States' Gauff, and the combination of the No. 2 seeded American Kraftchik and the Netherlands' Sculls, and this match is also Zhang Shuai's first time this season to reach the Tour doubles final. In the final, the combination of Zhang Shuai and Gao Fu did not play well, especially the grasp of key points was not good, and the whole game got 15 break opportunities and only cashed in once, and finally after 1 hour and 19 minutes of competition, Zhang Shuai's combination lost 3-6, 4-6 to win the runner-up.
The attP250 tournament in Belgrade, Serbia, this week in the Serbian capital, is the serbian opener, reaching the singles final, the world's number one seed Serbian player Djokovic and the second seed Russian player Rublev, the two have previously met in the group stage of last year's year-end finals when Djokovic fell in two straight sets to win easily. Although Djokovic won the first few rounds of this tournament after playing three sets to get the ticket to the final, everyone was still optimistic that he could win the championship on home before the game. The game began at 8:00 p.m. Beijing time, after the game began, Rublev entered the state and started faster to get a break, and soon won the first set 6-2 to take the lead in the first set, after entering the second set, the two sides were entangled in a fight that needed to be divided by grabbing seven, and Djokovic played better in the seventh to win the game 7-4 to bring the game into the decider. At this point, everyone thinks that Djokovic will stage a one-win-two reversal drama like in previous games. However, in the decisive set, Rublev attacked with full firepower, and Djokovic was completely demoralized Soon Rublev won the decisive set 6-0 and won the championship.
The title was Rublev's third Tour singles title this season and the 11th of his career, and he tied With Nadal as the most won male player of the season. It was also the first time rubleved Djokovic in an official match, and he also completed a victory against all the Big Three players. The losing side, Djokovic, was runners-up, the second time he swallowed an egg in the final after losing to Nadal in the 2020 French Open final. According to the participation plan, Djokovic will play in the Madrid Masters and The Rome Masters as well as the French Open, how his competitive status will be worth observing.
This week in Istanbul, Turkey, a tournament at the WTA250 BNP Paribas Grand Prix, was played by two Russian players who advanced to qualify for the tournament, Potapova and No. 3 seed Kudmetova. The two had a meeting in the quarter-finals of this year's Melbourne 250 tournament when Kudmetova won the game in three sets, and before the game, all parties were more optimistic that Kudmetova could win the game. The match began at 8:00 p.m. Beijing time, after the game began Kudmetova entered the state faster to start the break to get a 3-1 lead, then Potapova began a Jedi counterattack to win the next 12 games of 11 innings, and finally took 1 hour and 23 minutes to sweep Kudmetova to win the first tour singles title of her career, with this title in the new world rankings released tomorrow, Potapova's ranking will return to the top 100.
This week's tennis tournament is basically over, next week the men will compete for the Munich Open and the Estoril Open, and the women will compete for the Madrid Open, and we will continue to pay attention to the coverage of the tournament.