Three minutes a day, know the world about tennis. Hello fans and friends, today is Monday, November 14, 2022, welcome to listen to the afternoon news provided by "Tennis House".
Last night, Beijing time, the 2022 ATP Turin year-end finals kicked off. In the two group games of the Green Group on the first matchday, the side that was not favored before the match won both and the first match was off to a good start.
In the opening match, Nadal's outstanding student and Norwegian Ruud did not send a break point in the whole game, defeating Canadian rising star Aliassime, who was a first-time finalist, 7-6 (4) 6-4, to win three consecutive victories against his opponent. As the principal of Nadal's online school, Spain's new daddy suffered a black start, losing 6-7 (3) 1-6 to American Fritz, swallowing three consecutive defeats on tour again after 13 years.
It is worth mentioning that in these three defeats, Nadal lost to American players in all three games, namely the US Open defeat to Thiafer, the Paris Masters loss to Tommy Paul and the finals loss to Fritz. For Nadal, this is the first time that his career has lost three consecutive games to an American player.
Fritz was very excited after the win, saying, "The ball is fast on the pitch, which is good for my serve and good for my backhand. "On this field, I can quickly hit the ball with my backhand deep into Rafa's forehand, which makes it harder for him to attack. If the speed of the field is slow, he has enough time to organize the attack. ”
Nadal, who lost, also believes that he is inferior to Fritz in terms of batting power, and the speed of the ball is too fast and he does not have much time to organize technical tactics, and the ball is not playing well. In the next round, Ruud and Fritz will face off against each other, and the winner can basically seal a place in the semifinals. Nadal will face Aliassime and the winner will have hope of qualifying from the group, and if they lose, they will miss the semi-finals.
In the doubles matchups of the day, No. 6 seed Graspool/Heriovala won 7-5 7-6 (3) against No. 3 seed Arévalo/Royol to get off to the opener. Lahm/Sarisbury narrowly beat Granolus/Zebalos 6-3 6-7 (8) 10-8 to also win the group stage for the first time.
Let's focus on the women's arena again. Last night, Beijing time, the final round of the 2022 Billy Jean-Gold Cup tennis team competition came to a successful end. In the final title match, the Swiss team led by Bencic swept Tom Janovic's Australia 2-0 to win the final three finals. Among them, Teichmann beat Sanders 6-3 4-6 6-3; Bencic swept Tom Janovic 6-2 6-1. So far, the Swiss national tennis team has collected three major tennis team championships, including the Davis Cup, the Billy Jean Gold Cup and the Hopman Cup.
In the finals, Switzerland's No. 1 main player Bencic played well, playing four times in singles and one doubles, winning all five matches. Especially in the four singles matches, they all won in two sets, which was the first contributor to the Swiss team's victory.
Tonight, Beijing time, the ATP Turin year-end finals will play two matches in the red group. Russia's Dmitry Medvedev will face his compatriot brother Rublev at around 9 p.m. Beijing time tonight. Five-time champion Madeokovic will face Greece's Tsitsipas tomorrow at around 4am. Do you think these two matches in the red group will be upset?
Finally, let's take a guess and recognize it. The image below is of a retired player celebrating his birthday with his children. Without prompting, can you recognize who she is?
In the last issue, some golfers gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the Chinese girl Zhu Lin.
(Source: Tennis House Author: Maverick)
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