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Beijing time last night, at the ATP500 Austria Vienna station continued. In a focus battle in the second round of the men's singles, Britain's Murray failed to withstand the attack of 18-year-old Spanish rising star Alcaraz, losing two consecutive sets 3-6, 4-6 and missing the quarterfinals. Since his comeback this season, Murray has won up to two consecutive games in multiple tournaments and has returned home in the second or third round. Still, the British star remains confident about the future. "I can't always lose in the second or third round, I'm going to get better, improve my performance, the break may come in a week or two or even months, it's going to come, I hope it comes sooner."
Losing without losing confidence, and whether Murray can return to the TOP10 as he hopes, his incomparable love for tennis and his indomitable spirit of repeated defeats are worthy of the thumbs up from all fans. After the race, Murray said he would continue to compete, with the next stop being the ATP250 in Stockholm, Sweden. Hopefully, he'll win three or four games in a row and even win the final title soon!
Spain's rising star Alcaraz, who has achieved sweet revenge against Murray, will face Italian rising star Berrettini in the quarter-finals, who reversed Georgian star Bashirashvili 6-7 (5)/6-2/6-3. In the other first rounds of the day, France's cool Black Monfils defeated Italian youngster Musetti 7-6 (2)/6-4; Schwartzmann, the strongest 170 on the surface, defeated Italian handsome Fergenini 6-2, 7-5; Italian rising star Sinar eliminated American giants Opelka 6-4/6-2; and another Italian rising star Sonego defeated German Copfer 6-4, 6-3.
ATP250 St. Petersburg, Beijing time also alternated between the first and second rounds of singles last night. Debuting seed and homegrown rising star Lubrev played steadily, beating Belarusian Ivaszka 6-4 in two games to advance to the quarter-finals. No. 2 seed Andoulov, Canada's rising star Shapovalov, went back in the back to reverse Spanish veteran Anduhar 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 to face German Struf in the quarter-finals, who defeated Kazakh Bublik 6-4, 6-3.
In the two first-round matches on the day, homegrown Toughman Khachanov defeated Frenchman Manarino 6-3, 6-3 and will face Croatian Star Cilic in the second round, who eliminated Spanish veteran Ramos 6-2, 6-3.
Let's look at the women's arena. Beijing time last night, WTA250 Kumayor station continued. In a match in the second round of the women's singles, the No. 3 seed, Russian Samsova, eliminated qualifier Borsova with two 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals against compatriot Karinskaya, who defeated the No. 6 seed, American Lisk, in three sets despite swallowing the egg in the second set, and the score was 6-3, 0-6, 6-3.
In other games, the 10th seed, Ukrainian Yastremska, narrowly defeated compatriot Kozlova 6-1, 3-6, 7-5, and the 5th seed, Danish rising star Towson, defeated qualifier Monticon 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the quarterfinals. In the women's doubles quarterfinals on the same day, no. 3 seeds Zhang Shuai / Hotaru Jijili played well, sweeping Kalashnikova / Kato Weiwei 6-0, 6-3 to advance to the semi-finals.
WTA250 Cluj-Napoca station, Beijing time also crossed last night for the first and second rounds of singles matches. In a homegrown derby in the first round, top seed Halep made his debut by beating compatriot Ruse 6-1, 6-2. The No. 2 seed, Estonian star Kontawit, continued the winning streak and advanced to the second round with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Serbian Clunic, who broke through from the qualifiers.
In three second-round matches on the day, local wild card player Christian narrowly defeated The No. 5 seed, Australian TomJanovic, 7-5, 7-5; No. 8 seed, Ukrainian Kalinina, beat German Fred Sam 6-2 with two 6-2; and another Ukrainian, Tesolenko, sent the Russian Gassanova 6-2, 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player imitating Johann Strauss Jr. in Vienna's City Park. Without prompting, can you recognize who he is?
Guess last time, the golfer gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the Argentine master brother Del Potro. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)
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