Three minutes a day, know the world about tennis. Hello fans, today is Thursday, January 19, 2023, welcome to listen to the news afternoon provided by "Tennis House".
This morning, Beijing time, the 2023 Australian Open season began its fourth matchday matchday. At press time, the men's singles had finished a match. Englishman Evans beat French veteran Chardy in three sets 6-4 6-4 6-1 to advance to the round of 32. In the women's singles, U.S. qualifier Wellinets knocked out No. 9 seed and Russian rising star Kudmettova 6-4 2-6 6-2; No. 5 seed and Belarusian Sabalenka swept American Rogers 6-3 6-1; Russia's Alexandrova defeated American Townsend 1-6 6-2 6-3. Other games are still ongoing.
Let's look back at yesterday. Beijing time yesterday afternoon, the Australian Open broke out a big upset. Top-seeded and defending champion Nadal suffered a sudden hip injury in the second set, and he persevered to finish the match, losing 4-6 4-6 5-7 to world No. 65-65-American MacDonald, and his journey to defend his title came to an abrupt end.
After the match, Nadal explained why he insisted on finishing. "I don't want to retire as the defending champion and I don't want to leave the pitch by withdrawing. I have nothing to say if I lose the match, I will congratulate my opponent. It's a sport where you'll do everything you can to make it to the end, no matter how many chances you have, and that's the philosophy of the sport and the essence of the sport. Nadal said he will conduct a full examination of the injury to see what went wrong and return to the game after a full recovery.
Other matches: No. 6 seed and rising Canadian star Aliassime defeated Slovak Morkan in five sets 3-6 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-2 to advance to the round of 32. Seventh-seeded Russian Dmitry Medvedev lost to homegrown wildman in straight sets 7-5 6-2 6-2 to face rising American star Kodak in the third round.
Third-seeded Greek star Tsitsipas easily defeated local wildcard Rin Tufang 6-3 6-0 6-2 to advance to the third round. Next, he will play against Dutchman Grikspoole. Other players who advanced to the round of 32 are Poland's brother Hurkacz, Canada's Shapovalov, Britain's Norry, Argentine Serendoro, Russian hero Kachanov, Hungary's Fursowitz, and Japanese Nishioka Yoshihito.
Chinese youngster Shang Juncheng lost 4-6 4-6 1-6 to Hetianfo Jr. and missed the third round. Keep up the good work, boys!
Women's singles: China's Zhu Lin was in hot form, sweeping 32nd-seeded Swiss Teichmann 6-2 to reach the round of 32 for the 14th time in her career Grand Slam main draw. Next, she will take on the No. 6 seed and Greek sister Sakkari.
The other two Chinese players, Wang Xinyu and Zheng Qinwen, lost successively and stopped in the second round. Wang Xinyu lost 3-6 2-6 to No. 10 seed, American Keyes; Zheng Qinwen lost 4-6 4-6 to American left-handed player Pella.
Veteran Zhang Shuai beat Romanian Tigue 6-1 4-6 6-0 in the first round of play-offs to face Croatian veteran Maltić in the second round.
Others: Latvian Ostapenko, Ukrainian Bander, Kalinina, Kostyuk, Czech Krejcikova, Belarusian Azarenka, American Collins and Kazakhstani Rybakina all won the cut.
British rising star Raducanu lost 3-6 6-7 to American rising star Gauff in a youth showdown and missed the round of 32.
Finally, let's take a guess and recognize it. The image below is of a player hugging a junior player on the pitch. Without prompting, can you recognize who he is?
In the last issue, many golfers thought it was Djokovic. Actually, this shadow is a left-handed player. He is Nadal, the Spanish god of war who stopped the second round of the Australian Open.
(Source: Tennis House Author: Maverick)
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