Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Thursday, May 5, 2022, welcome to listen to the news noon report provided by Tennis House.
Beijing time last night and this morning, the ATP1000 Madrid Masters ended the second round of the men's singles competition. In a focus showdown, Spain's six-week suspension, Nadal, fluctuated slightly in his comeback debut. Although he easily won 6-1 in the first set, he made more mistakes in the second set, and his physical strength was also tight, and he missed the serve to win the game at one point, and was dragged into the seventh by Serbian Ketsmanovic. Fortunately, at the crucial moment, Nadal improved his form and won 7-4 with a small score of 7-4 with his outstanding performance in the second half of the seventh, and won the first victory after returning from injury. In the next round, he will face Belgian star Goffin, who beat Dutchman Van der Schump 6-4 6-2.
German Zverev Jr., who played that day, suffered a bitter battle, and he lost a set 4-6, 6-4 6-4 in two consecutive sets, a difficult reversal of Croatian star Cilic, will compete with Italian rising star Musetti for the quarter-finals, the latter 6-4 6-3 victory over the American Koda.
In other games, Poland's Hulkac defeated Spanish rising star Fudkina 6-4 4-6 7-6 in the third round against Serbian Rajovic. The latter 7-6 (7) 2-6 6-4 knocked out Norway's Ruud. Briton Evans defeated Spain's Agut 6-3 5-7 7-6 (2) and will face Russian star Rublev in the third round.
Bulgarian coach Dimitrov 6-0 6-3 swept Argentina's strongest 170 Schwartzman on the surface and will compete with Greek star Tsitsipas for a place in the quarterfinals, who beat Frenchman Pouilly 6-3 6-4. Italian rising star Sinar played well, beating Demina, the Australian hare, 6-4 6-1, to win his 100th career victory. In the next round, Sina will play against Canadian rising star Aliassim, who will give up chilean nova Garin 6-3 6-0.
Let's look at the women's arena. Beijing time last night and this morning, WTA1000 Madrid station ended the singles quarterfinals. Romania's Halepu was blocked, losing two consecutive sets 3-6 2-6, losing to Tunisian sister Jabbar and missing the final four. Alessandrova, a Russian who broke through from the qualifiers, defeated American Anisimova 6-4 6-3 and will compete with Abdul-Jabbar for the right to the final.
In the other half, American Pegula swept espanyol Tomo 6-4 6-2 to advance to the final four. In the semi-finals, she will face Swiss Teichmann, who beat Ukrainian Kalinina 6-3 6-4.
Women's Doubles. The cross-border combination of Chinese player Zhang Shuai and Australian Sanders played well, beating Koone/TomJanovic 6-4 6-3 to advance to the final four.
At around 4 p.m. Beijing time today, the ATP1000 Madrid Masters will start the third round of singles competition, and there are many focus battles worth paying attention to. The first to play was Spain's popular youngster Alcaraz against The British brother Nori. At about 6 o'clock, the 37th "Demud Showdown" between world number one Djokovic and British star Murray will be staged. Nadal's showdown with Goffin will take place around 10pm and fans should not miss it!
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player playing fishing with a child. Without prompting, can you recognize who he is?
Guess in the last issue, some golfers gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the Russian rising star Kudmetova.
(Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)