Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Monday, May 2, 2022. Tune in to the news afternoon report provided by Tennis House.
Beijing time last night, the Spanish god of war Nadal, who arrived in Madrid, expressed his views on the Wimbledon ban at the pre-match press conference. This is also the first time that Nadal has had the opportunity to talk about this sensitive topic in the media. "I think it's very unfair to them (Russian and Belarusian players) and it's not their fault that the war that's going on right now is not their fault, I feel sorry for them, I hope it's not the end, but at the end of the day we also know it's not something we can decide." Nadal also pointed out that the British government only made a request to the All England Lawn Tennis Club to restrict the participation of Russian and White players, and did not enforce it, but Wimbledon directly made a decision to ban the game, which is regrettable. In the coming period, we will also have to look at the reaction of the players and the development of events.
After Djokovic and Nadal have expressed their support for The Wimbledon ban, only The Swiss king Federer has not publicly expressed his views among the big three. What would he think? Will he be on the same side as Dana?
Let's look at the other arenas. Beijing time last night and this morning, ATP250 Munich ended the men's singles championship battle, the Dutch van der Schum accidentally injured in the first set 4-3 lead, had no choice but to withdraw from the game, to protect his opponent - 19-year-old Danish young player Lune to the top. It was Lune's first career title, and he will top the Top 50 next week in his world rankings.
Although Lu Xiao's victory was somewhat dramatic, his performance in the first few rounds was remarkable, especially in the second round of two sets of clean sheets German Zverev Jr., and the third round of egg delivery defeat to Finland's first brother Rusuvori, which was amazing.
AtP250 Estoril men's singles final also ended last night Beijing time, Argentina's post-00s youngster Baez continued the winning streak, 6-3 6-2 victory over the United States Hettiafo, becoming the sixth player to win the first championship of his career this season. In this tournament, After winning each match, Baas wrote on camera "Why not me?" ", looking forward to finally winning the championship." After holding the cup, Baez wrote "Yes is me" on camera to celebrate his dream come true.
ATP1000 Madrid Masters, Beijing time began last night. In the first round of the men's singles, The British post-00 player Drapper, who played with a wild card, defeated the Italian Sonego 6-4 6-3 and will challenge Russia's Lubrev in the second round. American Cannon Isner and Briton Evans also won successively to advance. The former beat Serbian Kraginovic 7-6 6-4, while the latter defeated Argentine Del Bonis 6-3 6-4.
Women's arena. Beijing time last night, WTA1000 Madrid ended the second round of singles competition. British rising star Radulcanu swept Ukrainian Koschyuk 6-2 6-1 to advance to a strong position and will compete with another Ukrainian, Kalinina, for a place in the quarterfinals. The latter 6-3 6-0 egg-delivery eliminated the Spanish star Muguruza, who was fighting on the mainland.
Japan's Naomi Osaka failed to win, losing 3-6 1-6 to local player Tomo and missing the round of 16.
In other games, Russian Kasatkina 3-6 6-3 6-1 against Greek sister Sakkari; Kazakh Lebakina received Czech Syniakova's retirement ceremony; Swiss left-hander Tehhiman eliminated Canadian star Fernandez 6-4 6-4; American girl Pegula defeated Estonian Canepi who broke through from the qualifiers 6-3; former US Open champion Andreescu swept the American Collins 6-1 6-1.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player serving a ball during a match. Without prompting, can you recognize who she is?
Guess in the last issue, some golfers gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the Swedish star Soderling, who has been retired for many years.
(Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)