Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Saturday, August 14, 2021, welcome to listen to the news noonday news provided by Tennis House.
Beijing time last night and this morning, ATP1000/WTA1000 Rogers Cup began to play in the quarterfinals, and the men's and women's singles semifinals seats were all generated at noon Beijing time today. On the men's side, the top seed in the first game of the night game, Russia's Medvedev and Polish rising star Hulkach fought fiercely in three sets, and finally stubbornly counterattacked in the unfavorable situation of losing one set first 2-6, winning two consecutive sevens at 7-6 (6)/7-6 (5) and struggling to reverse the promotion. This is the first time that May has reached the semi-finals of the Masters this year, and his opponent is American Cannon Isner, who defeated France's cool Black Monfils 7-6 (5)/6-4 in the final quarter-finals.
The two matches of the matinee ended within two sets. In the first matchup, Greek rising star Tsitsipas defeated Norwegian rising star Rudd 6-1, 6-4 to advance to the final four. The second game broke out a small and unpopular. Spain's Agut lost 3-6, 6-7 (1) to American giants Opelka and missed the semifinals. Opelka, on the other hand, is reaching the final four of the Hardcover Masters for the first time, and he will challenge Tsitsipas in the semi-finals.
In the women's side, the top seed, Belarusian Sabalenka, is in hot form, beating his sister Azarenka 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the final four of the tour singles for the fifth time this season. She will compete for the right to the final with no. 4 seed, Czech star Ka Pliskova, who swept Spanish rising star Tomo 6-4, 6-0.
In the first match of the night show, the Italian Giorgi played well, 6-4, 7-6 (2) blocking the way of American rising star Gauff. The final four spots were won by American Pegula, who rebounded strongly after a 1-6 defeat in the first set, sweeping Tunisian sister Abdul-Jabbar 7-6 (4)/6-0. Semi-finals: Sabalenka vs Ka Pliskova, Giorgi vs Pegura.
This morning, Beijing time, the ATP1000/WTA1000 Cincinnati Tournament officially announced the men's and women's singles signing schedule. On the men's side, due to the absence of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic, the top four seeds were taken over by the new generation of players. They were the second Medvedev in the world, the third Tsitsipas, the fifth Zverev and the seventh ruble.
Other big seeds include Italian rising star Berrettini, Spain's Busta, Canada's nova Shapovalov and Norway's nova Rudd. Top eight seed pairs: Top half, Medvedev Busta, Rublev Shapovalov. Lower half, Rudd Zverev Jr.; Beretini Tsitsipas. Britain's Murray, who played with a wild card, was drawn to two-quarters of the top half of the zone, where the first round will be against a qualifier. If promoted, it will be the winner in the second round against Polish rising star Hulkac and Spanish rising star Fudkina.
In the women's side, the world's no. 1 Barty, Japan's Naomi Osaka, Belarus's Sabalenka and Ukrainian cabbage Svitolina were the top four seeds. Top eight seed pairs: Top Half, Barty Muguruzza, Svitolina Swartec. In the lower half, Ka Pliskova Sabalenka; Andreescu-Naomi Osaka.
Let's look at the news about the Laver Cup. Last night Beijing time, the Men's Singles gold medalist of the Tokyo Olympic Games, the German Zverev Jr., confirmed through the social platform that he would participate in the 2021 Laver Cup tennis team tournament. Previously, Italian rising star Berrettini, Canadian nova Shapovalov, Ariasim and the strongest 170 Schwartzman on the surface have confirmed their participation.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player serving the ball. Without prompting, can you recognize who she is?
Guess last time, the golfer gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is djokovic, the world number one who was dizzying at the Tokyo Olympics. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)
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