Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 17, local time on the 16th, the Cincinnati tennis open began the first round of competition, the women's singles four Grand Slam winners were eliminated, of which the Chinese player Zhang Shuai fell in two straight sets to eliminate four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka, and the American famous Williams sisters were also eliminated 0:2.
Zhang Shuai (right) and Naomi Osaka greet after the match on August 16. Xinhua News Agency/Reuters
Zhang Shuai defeated Japanese star Naomi Osaka 6:4 and 7:5 to chase the record of the two sides to a 3:3 draw, and after eight years, he won the singles main event of the station. Naomi Osaka suffered two consecutive "round trips" at the WTA (Women's Tennis Association) 1000 tournament.
(Infographic) American Serena Williams returns the ball during the game. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Zou Zheng)
In a focus battle in the first round, 23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams lost 4-6 and 0-6 to last year's US Open champion and British newcomer Raducano. Serena Williams won the trophy in Cincinnati in 2014 and 2015, while Radulcanu made his solo debut for the tournament.
"We all have to admire Serena (Serena) and her brilliant career. I'm grateful for the opportunity to play against her, and our careers have intersected as a result. All her achievements are so inspiring that it is an honor for me to compete with her. Radukanu said.
Former tournament champion Ka Pliskova defeated seven-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams, who appeared with a wild card, 7-5, 6-1 to give this year's comeback Dawei a three-game losing streak. In an "American derby", former Australian Open champion Kenning lost 2-6 and 1-6 to Rogers, suffering nine consecutive defeats.
(Data photo) Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan in the game. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Zou Zheng)
In women's doubles, the No. 8 seeded Chinese duo of Xu Yipan and Yang Zhaoxuan advanced to the second round with a 4-6, 6-3 and 10-6 victory over Zaramite/Nikulescu.
On the men's side, Spain's Nadal, currently ranked third in the world, withdrew due to injury before the Wimbledon semi-finals in early July, and after six weeks of recuperation, he chose to return to the Cincinnati Open. This is the second time he has participated in the race in five years.
In addition, according to the world points calculation, if Nadal wins the championship in this station and Medvedev fails to advance to the quarterfinals, Nadal will return to the world first.
Nadal returns the ball during the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ying
"It meant a lot to me to have the opportunity to be back in the first place, I didn't expect it to happen again." Nadal said, "But the most important thing is to stay healthy and play the games I want to play. I'm not going to play what I think is outside of my physical capacity. ”
Croatia's Ciurić will challenge second-seeded Nadal in the second round after losing two straight sets to knock out qualifier Musetti. Top seed Medvedev eliminated Van der Zander Shulp 6-4, 7-5 to advance to the round of 16.
The Open is a 1,000 event for the WTA and ATP (Men's Professional Tennis Players Association) with a total prize money of $2527250 and $6280880, respectively.