Three minutes a day, know the world about tennis. Hello fans, today is Thursday, August 31, 2023, welcome to the afternoon news provided by Tennis House.
At 11 o'clock Beijing time last night, the second round of singles at the 2023 US Open season began. As of 10:10 a.m. Beijing time today, all four Chinese players have won a good result of four to three. Among them, Zhang Zhizhen played five sets with the previous runner-up and Norway's Ruud, and finally regrouped after swallowing eggs in the fourth set, winning the match 6-2 in the decider, knocking out the No. 5 seed in the tournament and advancing to the third round with his head held high, with a score of 6-4 5-7 6-2 0-6 6-2.
Second sister Zhu Lin is in hot form, defeating two-time Grand Slam champion and Belarusian Azarenka 6-3 to avenge the loss of the Australian Open; Wang Xinyu made a strong move to defeat Spaniard Tomo 5-7 6-3 6-4 and also advanced to the third round.
Wang Xiyu won the first set 6-3 and was countered by the American left-handed Pera, and finally lost two consecutive sets 6-7 2-6 to stop the second round. In the third round, Zhang Zhizhen will face Australian Tufang Rinhui; Zhu Lin will face Switzerland's Bencic across the net; Wang Xinyu's opponent is Slovak Schmidrova.
In the first round of mixed doubles, 8th seeds Yang Zhaoxuan/Kravitz defeated L. Chichennock/Zelinski 2-6 6-1 10-5 to get the opener. In the first round of the women's doubles, the multinational pair Xu Yifan/Mikhalikova lost 4-6 1-6 to the Czech pair Strisova / Wanzhuosova, and suffered a round.
Let's look at the other sessions. Men's singles: No. 2 seed and Serbian king Edjokovic scored a bloodless victory over Espanyol Milares 6-4 6-1 6-1 to advance to the third round.
Seventh-seeded Greek Tsitsipas lost 5-7 7-6(2) 7-6(5) 6-7(6) 3-6 to 128th Swiss teenager Strick to stop the second round. Homegrown Tommy Paul won three consecutive sets 6-2 6-4 6-3 after losing two sets 3-6 2-6 to strongly reverse the Russian Safran.
American teenager Shelton received a retirement gift from Austria's Thiem when he led 7-6 (1) 1-0. Judging from the report, Tim is plagued by gastrointestinal problems.
Other men who advanced to the third round of the men's singles were Frenchman Manarino, Bunzi, Czech Viseli, Menciko, Croatian Gaoyo, Russian Karatsev, Serbian Jere, American Fritz, Tiafu and Spaniard Fokina.
Women's singles: In a highlight match in the second round, defending champion and top-seeded Swiatek beat Australian Savile 6-3 6-4 to advance. In the third round, she will face Slovenian qualifier Juvan, who defeated American Davis 6-7 (3) 6-4 6-3.
Fourth-seeded Kazakhstan's Lebakina received a withdrawal from Australian Tomjanovic and advanced to the third round without a fight, where he will face Romanian Kostya, who eliminated rising Russian star Kalinskaya 6-3 6-4. No. 6 seed and rising American star Gauff beat 16-year-old Russian rising star Mila Andreeva 6-3 6-2 to advance to the third round with a seven-game winning streak.
Other winners were Czech Muchova, American Townsend and Brody, Belgium's Mertens and Latvian Ostapenko.
Tonight, Beijing time, the fourth matchday of the US Open begins. Zheng Qinwen, Wang Yafan, Wu Yixiang and other Chinese mainland players who passed the first round will appear one after another. Good luck to them!
Finally, let's take a guess and recognize it. The image below is of a player in a game. Without prompting, can you recognize who she is?
In the last issue, only golfers from Guangdong "Wave Your Sleeves Kangqiao" gave the correct answer. That's right, the person pictured here is Spain's Muguruza, who is idle at home.
(Source: Tennis House Author: Maverick)