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Beijing time last night, the ATP1000 Rome Masters continued to play the first round of singles. In a focus matchup, the 37-year-old Swiss veteran Wawrinka, who participated in the protection ranking, fought back with a 3-6 first set loss, and finally 7-5 6-2 two consecutive sets, reversing the American giant Operka, achieving his first victory since his comeback, ending a five-game losing streak in singles.
This is the Swiss's second victory in the Men's Singles Tournament on the Tour after a year and four months. In the second round, he will face Serb Jerre, who defeated Croatian Ciurić 6-2 6-7 6-2 to give his opponent a five-game losing streak.
Austria's Thiem failed to win, losing 4-6 6-7 to Italian coach Fognini, suffering five straight defeats since his comeback and nine consecutive defeats in singles across seasons. Canadian nova Shapovalov defeated The Italian Sonego 7-6 3-6 6-3.
In this contest, Shapovalov was penalized for crossing the net for the referee's finger print, and the Canadian argued with the referee, causing boos from the audience. The emotionally out-of-control Shapovalov roared "Shut the fuck up" to silence the audience, triggering even louder boos. However, this did not affect his mood, and he successfully won the match in the decider and advanced to the second round. After the game, he apologized to the referee for his lack of calmness.
In other games, Georgian star Bashirashvili defeated Briton Evans 7-6 6-2; Russian toughman Kachanov defeated local player Zepieri 6-3 6-4; Dutchman Van der Schupp beat American rising star Koda 6-4 6-1; Spanish rising star Fukkina defeated Belarusian Ivaszka 6-2 4-6 6-4; American Geelong 3-6-4 6-3 against Kazakh Bublik.
Another American, Paulo, eliminated Spanish veteran Ramos 6-4 6-4; American rising star Brooksby beat homegrown player Kobolli 6-3 6-4; Australian hare Deminarl beat Serbian Rajovic 6-4 6-1; Spain's Busta beat Argentine Del boonis 6-3 6-2.
On the women's side, the first round of the women's singles competition at WTA1000 Roma began last night Beijing time. Chinese veteran Zhang Shuai played well, 6-4 6-2 two straight drops in the local player Trevisan with a wild card to play, successfully advanced. In the second round, she will challenge the No. 3 seed, Belarusian star Sabalenka.
Japan's Naomi Osaka announced her retirement due to a left ankle injury, and her signing was replaced by Spain's lucky loser Diaz. In other games, Belarusian Azarenka swept Switzerland 6-3 6-0 against Switzerland's Kerubic; Romania's Halep lost 6-4 6-4 to Frenchman Kone in two sets; american rising star Gauff defeated Germany's Kerber 6-1 6-4.
Other winners were Russian Kasakina, Croatian Martic, Belarusian Sassanović, Kazakh Putinseva, Swiss bencic, Canadian rising star Fernandez, Ukrainian Kalinina and Australian TomJanovic.
Women's Doubles. In a match in the first round, the cross-border combination of Chinese player Han Xinyun and American Christian defeated Zalamiteze/Malozeva 7-6 (9) 6-3 to advance to the finale.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player as a child. Without prompting, can you recognize who he is?
In the previous issue, because there were few elements to identify, it was a bit difficult, so no golfer gave the correct answer. The person in the picture is Spanish rising star Bardoza who lost to Halep in Madrid.
(Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)