Three minutes a day, know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Wednesday, October 26, 2022, and welcome to listen to the news noon provided by "Tennis House".
Last night, Beijing time, the two ATP 500 tournaments continued to compete in the first round of singles. In the three focus battles that fans followed, two 35+ and one 29+ "veteran" taught younger opponents a lesson, winning and advancing one after another.
ATP 500 Basel, 35-year-old British veteran Murray was stubbornly blocked by 25-year-old Russian teenager Saffrin in the first round. The two fought hard for 2 hours and 37 minutes, and Murray overcame a 4-1 deficit in the tiebreaker to stage a big comeback to win five straight sets to beat his opponent 6-7 (5) 6-3 6-4 to claim his 26th victory of the season. In the second round, he will face Spain's Agut, who played well against Serbian Jere, advancing in straight sets 6-4 6-1.
In another focus match, the 37-year-old Swiss veteran Wawrinka, ranked 194th in the world, won 6-4 6-4 against 24-year-old No. 2 seed and world third Ruud to advance to the second round. This is the 60th time in Wawrinka's career that he has beaten a Top 10 player, behind Serbian king Djokovic, Spanish god of war Nadal and British star Murray. After the victory, the Swiss veteran burst into tears during an interview at the scene. It can be seen that he is very eager for this victory, and this is the best reward for his unremitting efforts.
The US Open runner-up and Norwegian star Ruud suffered a wave of singles three consecutive defeats, and was eliminated in the first round of two consecutive tournaments. Other matches: Spain's Busta, Slovak Morkan, Swiss Stricker and Serbian Kecmanovic defeated their respective opponents and advanced to the second round. Dutch brother van der Chanschamp defeated French left-handed Mannarino 6-4 4-6 6-4 to face world number one Alcaraz in the second round.
In the first round of the ATP500 Vienna men's singles, the 29-year-old local star and former US Open champion Tim, ranked 107th in the world, staged a magical 2-5 in the tiebreaker, he chased consecutive points to drag the match into the tiebreak, and saved two match points in a row at the small score of 4-6, and finally defeated 25-year-old American Tommy Paul 2-6 7-6 (2) 7-6 (6) to advance to the second round. After the victory, Tim was extremely excited, jumping high to celebrate the victory.
Other matches: Bulgarian coach Dimitrov defeated Brazilian Monteiro 6-3 6-4; Canada's Shapovalov defeated homegrown player Rodionov 6-4 6-4; Poland's Hurkacz eliminated American Thiaf 7-6 3-6 6-3. Other winners were Finland's Crousuvori and Britain's Norrie.
Let's focus on the women's arena again. In a first-round match at WTA 125 Tampico last night Beijing time, the No. 6 seed and Chinese girl Zhu Lin defeated Austria's Grabuchel 6-4 3-6 6-0 to successfully advance. The day before, another Chinese player, You Xiaodi, also defeated his opponent and passed the first round. In addition, in the first round of the ATP Las Vegas Challenge, Chinese teenager Shang Chengcheng defeated Kozbinov 6-4 3-6 6-3 and successfully advanced. After gaining 7 points, the instant ranking of Xiaoshang students returned to the top 200.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player in a game. Some fans say she looks like Chinese, can you recognize who she is?
Guess in the last issue, some golfers gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is Zhang Zhizhen, the first brother of China, ranked 97th in the world.
(Source: Tennis House Author: Maverick)
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