Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Thursday, April 28, 2022. Tune in to the news afternoon report provided by Tennis House.
Last night, Beijing time, foreign media reported that this year's French Open will not follow the example of the All England Lawn Tennis Club to issue a ban, and players from Russia and Belarus can participate as neutral players. Of course, if the players of these two countries eventually win the championship, their national anthem will not be played at the award ceremony. Seeing this news, fans have praised the official inclusion of the French Open, and are also happy for the Russian and Belarusian players.
After more than 20 days of recuperation, The Russian star Medvedev, who underwent hernia surgery, has returned to the training ground to start ball training. If he recovers well, he could be back on the pitch before the French Open. The French Open's "no ban" statement also paved the way for him to go to Roland Garros, and also increased the possibility of him re-sitting on the world's first throne after the French Open.
Let's focus on Federer again. After announcing that they would play in the Basel Indoors in Switzerland in late October this year, Fei Tianwang and his colleagues set off to Malawi, a small African country, for a public welfare event. This is the daily operation of the Federer Foundation.
Since the foundation was established in 2003, Fei Tianwang has organized donations in his free time, and then gathered with the children in African countries to deliver relief supplies to help them improve their education, medical conditions and living environment.
Let's go back to the field. Beijing time last night, ATP250 Estoril station began the second round of men's singles competition. Spain veteran Ramos defeated South Korea's Kwon Chunyu 5-7 6-1 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals. Another Spanish veteran, Vodasco, also played well, beating Uruguayan veteran Cuevas 6-2 6-3 to lock in a place in the quarterfinals. In other games, Hettier Hetiafer jr. defeated Portuguese Boggs 7-6 4-6 6-0, while Spanish rising star Fudkina beat compatriot Milares 6-3 7-6.
ATP250 Munich Station, Beijing time also launched the quarterfinals last night. In a focus showdown that night, the debuting top seed Zverev Jr. was in a slump and was left in a straight set by Denmark's 18-year-old Roone in 6-3 6-2 sets. This is the first time in Roone's career to beat a TOP5 player, who will compete for a place in the final four with Finland's brother Rusuwori, who beat American Clacy 6-3 6-3.
In other games, Serbian rising star Kekmanovic defeated homegrown player Atmel 6-2 6-4, and Georgian Bashirashvili defeated Belarusian Ivaška 3-6-2 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals.
At 5 p.m. Beijing time today, the WTA1000 Madrid station will kick off. On the first match day, Chinese teenager Zheng Qinwen took the lead in challenging the Czech famous Mukhova. Veteran Zhang Shuai will face Romania's Halep around 7:00.
The top seed, World No. 1 Swatek, announced his retirement before the match. "After the fierce fighting and four consecutive titles in recent weeks, it's time to take good care of my arm, it's been tiring since Miami but I haven't had a chance to handle it all the time. I need to take a break from the intense game so that my arm can recover. After Swatek withdrew, Canadian rising star Fernandez replaced her.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player training on clay courts. Without prompting, can you recognize who she is?
In the last issue of guessing, many golfers gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the Canadian rising star Shapovalov.
(Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)