Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Friday, August 12, 2022, welcome to listen to the news noon report provided by Tennis House.
Let's start with the women's arena. In a third-round matchup at the WTA1000 in Toronto, Canada, which ended at 10:07 a.m. Beijing time this morning, Chinese rising star Zheng Qinwen played well, defeating former US Open champion Andreescu who fought on home 7-5 5-7 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals. This is the second time in his career that Xiao Zheng has reached the quarterfinals of the Tour, and the first time he has reached the quarterfinals of the WTA1000 level. Congratulations to her!
In the next round, Zheng Qinwen will compete with the No. 4 seed and Czech famous Ka Pliskova for a ticket to the semi-finals, who defeated Greek sister Sakkari 6-1, 6-7 6-3. The top seed, world number one Swartek, was in poor form, losing 4-6 6-3 5-7 to Brazil's sister Maya and was out of the game. The Polish girl's 23-game winning streak and 20-game hard-court winning streak at the WTA 1000 class this year also came to an end.
Other games: Romanian Halep beat Swiss Teichmann 6-2 7-5 to advance to the quarter-finals against American rising star Gauff, who narrowly defeated Belarusian Sabalenka 7-5 4-6 7-6. American Pegula saved a match point in the decider, reversing defending champion Giorgi, Italian beauty Giorgi, 3-6 6-0 7-5. In the quarter-finals, Pegula will face Kazakh Putinseva, who eliminated American Risk 6-3 7-5.
In the women's doubles, the Chinese duo of Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan lost 4-6 4-6 to No. 5 seed Cliveček / Shuls, missing the quarterfinals; Zhang Shuai/Sanders lost 4-6 4-6 to Merrichar/Perez and missed the semifinals. At this point, there are no Chinese players in the Women's Doubles arena in Toronto.
Let's focus on the men's arena again. Beijing time last night and this morning, the ATP1000 Montreal Masters began the third round of singles competition. Australian Kyrgios, who defeated world number one Medvedev in the last round, continued to soar, sweeping compatriot Deminarl 6-2 6-3 to advance to the quarter-finals against Polish star Hulkac, who narrowly defeated Spain's veteran Ramos 6-7 6-2 7-6.
Norway's Ruud 6-7 7-6 6-4 against Spain's Agut also locked in a place in the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals, he will face homegrown rising star Aliasim, who won 6-3, 6-4 against England's brother Nori in just 1 hour and 12 minutes.
In the second round, the American Tommy Paul, who eliminated the No. 2 seed and Spanish rising star Alcaraz, continued the fiery feel, defeating Croatian star Cilic 6-4 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Masters for the first time in his career. Next, he will compete for a semi-final spot with Briton Evans, who eliminated American Fritz 7-6 1-6 7-5.
Another Briton, Draper, led 6-2 0-2 when opponent France's cool Black Monfils was unexpectedly injured and withdrew, and Draper was able to advance to the quarterfinals, which was his first time to reach the quarterfinals of the Masters. In a focus battle this morning Beijing time, Italian rising star Sinar was in poor shape, losing two consecutive sets 2-6 4-6, losing to Spain's famous Busta and ending his trip to Montreal.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player receiving a serve. Without prompting, can you recognize who he is?
Guess last time, the golfer gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is former French Open champion and Latvian star Ostapenko.
(Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)
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