Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Tuesday, November 2, 2021, welcome to listen to the news noon report provided by Tennis House.
Yesterday, Beijing time, Spanish war god Nadal said in an interview with the media that he plans to return to the field in the middle of next month and then go to Australia to start the Australian season. "My plan is to play in the Abu Dhabi Exhibition In December, then another race and then the Australian Open, which is my goal and I have been training hard for that goal."
Nadal revealed that his left foot injury is currently recovering well, but he still needs further recovery, and he can currently guarantee an hour and a half of training every day, and he has gradually returned to the right track and feels better and better. I wish Natto all the best on their way back!
Let's go back to the field. Beijing time last night, the ATP1000 Paris Masters kicked off. In a focus showdown in the first round of men's singles, former world number one, British star Murray and the lucky loser who replaced the American rising star Brooksby (pre-match retirement), the German Copfil fiercely fought in three sets, once won seven match points, but were tenaciously resolved by the opponent, but was successfully cashed in by the opponent in the first match point, and finally lost 4-6/7-5/6-7 (9), encountered a round of travel, and ended the trip to Paris.
Hungary's first brother Fösovic and Italian handsome Fognini also fought until the decider to win seven, and finally the Hungarian won 6-1, 6-7 (6)/7-6 (5) and will challenge world number one Djokovic in the second round. In other games, Indian Wells Masters champion and Briton Nori continued his strong performance in the Masters, losing to Argentine Delbonis in two straight sets 6-2, 6-1 and successfully advancing.
American rising star Koda and Russian Karatsev, who had just entered the top 20, also played the decisive set to grab seven, and finally won 6-2, 6-7 (9)/ 7-6 (5) to advance. Also making their debuts were Serbian Rajovic, Belarusian Ivaszka, Kazakh Bublik, Frenchman Manarino, Gaston, Italian rising star Josetti and Spain's Busta.
Djokovic, who played in the first round of the doubles on the same day, teamed up with compatriot Krajinovic to defeat the Australian duo of Deminar/Savelle 4-6, 6-4, 10-7 to advance to the second round.
Let's look at the women's arena. Last night, Beijing time, the billy Jane-Gold Cup women's tennis team tournament finale, renamed from the Confederations Cup, kicked off in Prague, Czech Republic. On the first matchday, France, led by junior Firo and veteran Cornett, unexpectedly lost 1-2 to Canada in Group A. The Belgian team in Group B, led by Mertens, defeated the Belarusian team led by Sassnovic 2-1 and won the opening.
The Spanish team in Group C defeated Slovakia 2-1 through the combined efforts of Tomo and Navarro. Germany in Group D, although Kerber reversed the leader of the host Czech republic, Kregitkova, but due to the doubles and second singles defeats, it still lost 1-2 in a big score, missing the first win of the group stage.
Let's focus on Barty again. This week, Australian star Barty celebrated his 100th week in total on the world number one throne, ranking eighth in women's tennis history. Barty first reached the summit on June 24, 2019, after which he was briefly "usurped" by the Japanese Naomi Osaka. Subsequently, she returned to the throne on September 9, 2019 and has remained so far.
So far, there are only eight players who have stayed on the women's singles world number one throne for 100 weeks or more, the top seven being German Graf's 377 weeks, American Navratinova's 332 weeks, Serena Williams' 319 weeks, Evert's 260 weeks, Swiss Princess Singis's 209 weeks, American Celeste's 178 weeks and Belgium's Henin's 117 weeks. Barty's current points are 7701, which is 1551 points more than the second-place Belarusian Sabalenka, so it is likely to lock in the year-end world first. If there are no major swings at the Australian Open next year, Barty is expected to hit or even surpass Henin's 117 weeks.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player as a child. He's a SLR player, can you recognize who he is?
In the last issue of guessing, four golfers gave the correct answer. That's right, the child in the picture is now the world's eighth, Norwegian rising star Rudd. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)
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