Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Saturday, April 30, 2022. Tune in to the news afternoon report provided by Tennis House.
Beijing time last night, the ATP1000 Madrid Masters men's singles signing form was freshly released. The top seed, world number one Djokovic, is in the top half with the no. 3 seed, Spain's god of war Nadal, and is expected to meet in the semi-finals. The No. 2 seed and defending champion German Zverev Jr. and the No. 4 seed, Greek star Tsitsipas Town, guarded the lower half. British star Murray and Austrian star Tim, who are competing with wild cards, will meet in the first round.
The top eight big seeds are matched: in the top half, Djokovic Rudd and Nadal Alcaraz; in the bottom half, Tsitsipas Lubrev and Zverev Jr. - Aliassim.
Judging from the signing table, the road to deyo and natto can be described as thorny, and it is difficult to meet the semi-finals. In particular, Nadal, who has returned from injury, is likely to be a potential opponent in the second round of Serbian rising star Kekmanovic, who has improved significantly this season; the third round is likely to meet his compatriot Busta; the quarterfinals are waiting for Nadal, most likely in Indian Wells station to make him pay the price of a cracked rib before the hard to win the popular fried chicken Alcaraz, the road to the promotion can be described as a thrilling step.
Djokovic's potential rivals Canada's nova Shapovalov, Norway's Rudd or Spaniard Fudkina are also difficult to deal with. Without good physical support, it is also a very difficult task for the world number one to reach the final four.
Let's go back to the field. Beijing time last night, ATP250 Estoril station ended the men's singles quarterfinals. American rising star Koda is in hot form, 6-2 6-2 straight two sets to defeat the top seed, Canadian rising star Aliassim, to advance to the final four. Another American, Tiaphur, fought espanyol Fudkina in three sets and won 7-6, 5-7, 7-5 to advance.
The other two final four spots were won by Argentine teenagers Barez and Espanyol Ramos. The former 3-6 6-1 6-4 against France's Gasquet, the latter swept compatriot Vodasco 6-2 6-2.
The ATP250 Munich Men's Singles Semifinals were also produced last night. Dutchman Van der Chanthshup defeated Norwegian Rood 7-5 6-1, and Serbian rising star Kekmanovic 7-6 (5) 6-2 eliminated defending champion Georgian Bashirashvili. Danish teenager Ruhne, who was playing with a wild card, defeated Finland's brother Rusuwori 6-0 6-2 to compete with the homegrown Otter for the right to the final. The latter defeated Chilean Tabilo 6-1 7-6.
Women's arena. Beijing time last night, WTA1000 Madrid station continued the first round of competition. Czech star Kvitova lost 3-6 5-7 to Swiss girl Teichmann, stopping the first round. British rising star Raducannu defeated Czech Martinkova 7-6 6-0 to make his debut.
Japan's Naomi Osaka swept past last week's Istanbul champion, Russian Potapova, 6-3 6-1 to advance to the second round.
Other winners were Ukrainian Kostyuk, Kalinina, Canadian rising stars Fernandez, Andreescu, Czech Syniakova, Kazakh Lebakina, Spaniard Muguruzza, Tomo, Greek sister Sakkari, Russian Kasatkina, American Pegula, Collins and Estonian Canepi.
In the first round of the doubles, Chinese player Han Xinyun teamed up with Russian Panova to win 6-4 4-6 11-9 to advance to the second round.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a retired player participating in a fashion show. Without prompting, can you recognize who she is?
In the last issue, only two golfers, "Lei" and "Energetic KJ", gave the correct answer. That's right, the people in the picture are the Danish sweetheartSWozh and the German Korbel at the farewell exhibition match.
(Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)