Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Thursday, August 11, 2022, welcome to listen to the news noon news provided by Tennis House.
Beijing time last night, Spanish god of war Nadal announced through personal social media that he will play in the ATP1000 Cincinnati Masters, which starts next week, to warm up for the upcoming US Open. With abdominal strain still feeling unwell after resuming serve training, Nadal withdrew from this week's Montreal Masters. After a few days of rehabilitation and adjustment, he basically returned to his normal serve, so he decided to travel to Cincinnati to compete and avoid parachuting into the US Open. The last time the Spanish God of War played at the Cincinnati Masters was in the 2017 season, when he lost to Australian Kyrgios in the quarterfinals. The victory came in the distant 2013 season.
Let's go back to the field. Beijing time last night and this morning, the ATP1000 Montreal Masters began the second round of singles competition. In two focus battles on Centre Court, the tournament's top two seeds, Russia's Medvedev and Spanish rising star Alcaraz, both lost in their debuts and were out the same day.
Alcaraz, who came first, fought with American Tommy Paul for 3 hours and 20 minutes, and finally led 7-6 4-1, and in the case of winning the match point in the second set, he was overturned by the Americans, 7-6 6-7 3-6, and did not qualify. The winning Tommy Paul will face Croatian star Cilic in the third round, who beat Russian striker Khachanov 6-3 6-2.
World Number One Medvedev was weak in the duel with Australian Kyrgios, and after winning the first set 7-6, he was reversed by the Australian 6-4 6-2 in two consecutive sets, and the journey to defend his title came to an abrupt end. Due to the debut out, May lost a lot of points, and the world's number one throne has become unstable. The winning Kyrgios will stage an Australian derby in the third round against compatriot Deminar, who eliminated Bulgarian coach Dimitrov 7-6 7-5.
Other games: American derby, Fritz reversed Tiaf 5-7 6-1 6-4; France's cool Black Monfils double-seven victory over Crécy, who played in the American serve-net style; Britain's Brother Norie swept Dutchman Van der Schump 6-1 6-2; Italian rising star Sinar reversed France's left-hand man Manarino 2-6 6-4 6-2.
Spanish star Busta 6-0 6-3 egg delivery light Danish star Lunet; Norway's Ruud eliminated Slovakiar Molkan 7-6 6-3; Homegrown rising star Aliassim defeated the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka 7-6 6-4; Britain's Evans sent the Russian Rublev away in two 6-4.
Let's look at the women's arena. Beijing time last night, WTA1000 Canada Toronto station continued. In a matchup in the second round of singles, China's rising star Zheng Qinwen played well, leading 6-1 2-1, forcing this year's Wimbledon runner-up and Tunisian sister Jabbar to advance to the round of 16. This is the first time in Zheng Qinwen's career that he has beaten a TOP5 player. Veteran Zhang Shuai lost 4-6 2-6 to Romanian star Halep and missed the promotion.
World Number One and Polish star Svatek swept Australian TomJanovic 6-1 6-2 to easily advance to the round of 16. In the next round, she will face Brazil's sister Maya, who defeated homegrown Fernandez 7-6 6-1.
Czech celebrity Ka Pliskova, Greek sister Sakkari, Swiss Teichmann, Kazakh Putinseva, American Risk, Belarusian Sabalenka, American Gauff, Pergula, Italian Giorgi and Spanish star Muguruza also won and advanced to the round of 16.
American Black Pearl Serena lost 2-6 4-6 in a showdown with Swiss star Bencic, saying goodbye to Toronto.
In the first round of the women's doubles, the Chinese duo of Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan defeated Shuko Aoyama / Zhan Haoqing 6-2 2-6 10-7 to advance to the second round. In a match in the second round of the women's doubles, Zhang Shuai/ Sanders defeated Heissen/ Nicolescu 6-3 with two to advance to the quarterfinals.
Let's focus on the Laver Cup again. Beijing time last night, the Laver Cup tennis team tournament officially announced that Greece's Tsitsipas and Norway's Rudd joined the European team led by the "Fernard Mo" big four. At this point, the European team lineup is assembled. The World Team confirmed four people, Fritz, Aliasim, Schwartzman and Sock, and two seats were vacant.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player's back. Without prompting, can you recognize who she is?
Guess last time, the golfer gave the correct answer. Yes, the people in the picture are the British Chinese rising star Raducano and the Italian rising star Musetti.
(Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)
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