Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Sunday, September 4, 2022, welcome to listen to the news noon report provided by Tennis House.
Let's focus on the Chinese team at the US Open first. Beijing time this morning, in the third round of a focus showdown in the first half of the women's singles, Chinese rising star Zheng Qinwen and German youngster Niemer fiercely fought in two sets, and finally lost 4-6 6-7 (5) and missed the round of 16.
In another matchup, although Yuan Yue, a young player who broke through from the qualifiers, saved the match point in the second set to win back a city, but he was unwell in the decider, and finally lost to the No. 8 seed, American Pegura, 2-6 7-6 (6) 0-6, and had no chance to go further. So far, in the US Open singles field, Wang Xiyu, Yuan Yue and Zheng Qinwen have lost successively, and only the veteran Zhang Shuai has passed the third round alone.
In a focus battle in the second round of the women's doubles, 11th seed Zhang Shuai/Koschyuk swept Mikhalikova/Sasnovic 6-1 6-2 to advance to the round of 16. In this way, Zhang Shuai, who fought in the third line of the US Open, reached the round of 16 in the three events of women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. Thumbs up!
Let's focus on other sessions. In a focus battle in the third round of the men's singles this morning Beijing time, Spanish god of war Nadal was in excellent shape, defeating The French veteran Gasquette 6-0 6-1 7-5 to give the opponent the 18th consecutive defeat, with a record of 18 wins and 0 losses, and equaled the highest consecutive winning record set by Serbian king Djokovic (18-0 Monfils), tied for the top spot in this data list. In the fourth round, Nadal was played against homegrown rising star Tiaphre, who defeated Argentine dwarf Tiger Schwartzman in straight sets.
Other games: No. 3 seed, Spain's popular teenager Alcaraz played well, beating homegrown rising star Brooksby 6-3 in three games to easily advance to the round of 16. Next, he will compete for a place in the quarter-finals with former US Open champion Croatian Cilic, who eliminated Briton Evans in four sets.
The 9th seed, Russian star Rublev and the 19th seed, Canada's Shapovalov fought fiercely for more than 4 hours, through the decisive set to grab ten battles, 6-4 2-6 6-7 (3) 6-4 7-6 (10-7) thrilling victory, difficult to advance to the round of 16. In the fourth round, he will play against the No. 7 seed, England's first brother Norrie, who defeated Denmark's rising star Lunet 7-5 6-4 6-1. Belarusian Ivaszka also won the round of 16 by beating Italian rising star Josetti in four sets.
In the women's singles field, the top seed, world number one Swatek, defeated the American Davis 6-3 6-4 to advance to the final. Czech Kvitova defeated Spain's Muguruza with a 5-7 6-3 7-6 (12-10) save point to reach the round of 16 of a Grand Slam after two years.
Belarusian Azarenka swept Croatian veteran Martic 6-3 6-0 to compete for a place in the quarter-finals with Czech star Ka Pliskova, who reversed Swiss star Bencic in three sets. Another Belarusian star, Sabarenka, swept France's qualifier Brell 6-0 6-2 and also reached the round of 16 of the US Open.
Tonight Beijing time, the US Open will launch the fourth round of singles competition, and the only remaining Chinese veteran Zhang Shuai will face the local rising star Gao Fu at about 2 a.m. tomorrow. The focus battle between world number one Medvedev and Australian Kyrgios will start around 7am tomorrow morning, and fans should not miss it!
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player hugging his mother in the stands after winning. 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 a Greek sister Sakkari.
(Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)
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