Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Thursday, October 21, 2021, welcome to listen to the news noon report provided by Tennis House.
Yesterday, Beijing time, a report issued by Australia's Sydney Morning Herald attracted widespread attention from fans. In the article, Australia's immigration minister Alex Hawke said all players planning to compete in next January's Australian Open must complete a full covid-19 vaccination. "The Australian government has made it clear in its open borders policy that you need to complete two doses of COVID-19 vaccination to visit Australia, and this is a policy that is common to everyone, not just tennis players."
Rumors that the Australian Open may force players to be vaccinated against COVID-19 have a long history, and have been reported many times in the media of various countries, and are now confirmed by australian government officials. At present, the two major international tennis organizations, ATP and WTA, have not specifically responded to australia's regulations. Previously, the two international organizations had said that they would only recommend or guide players to get the new crown vaccine, but not mandatory. If the Australian immigration minister's claims are eventually strictly enforced, more than a third of the players in the ATP and WTA will not be able to travel to Australia to compete.
With 85 days to go until next year's Australian Open, if an unvaccinated player wants to play, he must complete two doses of vaccination in just over two months or he will not be able to set foot on Australian soil.
Seeing this news, the first thing that many fans think of is the Australian Open men's singles defending champion, the world's first Djokovic and the world's third, Greek rising star Tsitsipas. Both men had previously expressed opposition or refusal to force players to be vaccinated against COVID-19. However, Tsitsipas made a statement last month, saying that he could be vaccinated if needed.
Djokovic's attitude is unclear at the moment, and he even refused to talk about the new crown vaccine in an interview with the media. But now, he probably can't get around it, and if he wants to go to Australia to defend his title, he will have to complete the full vaccination of the new crown vaccine in the next two months or so.
Let's go back to the field. Beijing time last night, the ATP250 Moscow Kremlin Cup Open Tournament continued. In a focus match in the second round, Croatian Cilic played well, defeating American Tommy Paul 7-5, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals. In an earlier showdown, Australian Millman defeated Ukrainian Machenko 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 to advance to the quarter-finals. In the final match of the day, Russian toughster Khachanov strongly reversed Australian Duckworth 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, and also locked in a place in the quarterfinals.
ATP250 Antwerp Open, Beijing time also launched the second round last night. In an Italian derby, the 20-year-old Sinar defeated his 19-year-old compatriot Musetti 7-5, 6-2 to win the youth showdown and advance to the quarterfinals. Frenchman Lindknage, American rising star Brooksby and Spanish rising star Virginia defeated their opponents and got tickets to the quarterfinals.
Let's look at the women's arena. Beijing time last night, WTA500 Moscow station began the second round of singles competition. No. 2 seed, Spain's Muguruza, defeated Czech girl Martinkova 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals. Top seed, Belarusian Sabalenka beat Australian TomJanovic 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-1 to seal a place in the quarter-finals. Russians Pavlyukchenkova and Alexandrova also defeated their opponents to advance to the quarterfinals.
WTA250 Tenerife, in the second round of a focus battle, the first round of two sets to win the compatriot Zhang Shuai's Chinese youngster Wang Xinyu in the first round of the first round of the 1-6, 7-6 (5)/1-4 due to leg cramps, unfortunately missed the quarterfinals. Slovak Schmidlova beat Romanian Christian 6-2, 7-5, and American teenager Ann Lee beat Russian Grazeva 6-4, 6-2 to win the quarterfinals.
In a make-up match in the first round, the top seed, Ukrainian cabbage Svitolina, was reversed by Colombian youngster Serrano 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 with a set of advantages. After the debut, the little cabbage's desire to enter the year-end finals was basically disappointed.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The black-and-white image below shows a player serving a ball during a match. Without prompting, can you recognize who he is?
Guess last time, the golfer gave the correct answer. Yes, the person in the picture is the famous Japanese player Naomi Osaka. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)
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