Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Thursday, December 10, 2020, welcome to listen to the news noon news provided by Tennis House.
Yesterday, Beijing time, wta officially announced the selection results of the major awards in 2020. After voting by the international media, the five awards of The Best Player of the Year, the Best Combination, the Most Improved Player, the Best Newcomer and the Best Comeback Player each belonged. The Karen Kranzke Sportsmanship Award, the Pichi Kylmeye Player Service Award and the Coach of the Year Award are also new.
Player of the Year was won by the new Australian Open champion, American girl Kenning, and the fastest improving player of the year award went to the new French Open champion and Polish star Svatek. Her coach, Peter Silzputosky, won the Coach of the Year award.
Belarusian Azarenka, who finished runner-up at the US Open, won the Comeback Player of the Year award; the Newcomer of the Year award was won by the French Open Final Four, Argentine girl Podoloska. The winner of the Best Combination of the Year award is Mladenovic/Babos, who won this year's Australian Open and French Open women's doubles titles.
Czech girl Butzkova won the Karen Kranzyk Sportsmanship Award, while the Pichi Kelmeier Player Service Award, voted by the players, went to all members of the WTA Players' Union. This is the best compliment for their stay at the post during the pandemic and for providing support and service to other players.
Of these winners, Player of the Year is the most competitive. Nominated six people, including Kenning, Swatek, Naomi Osaka, Azarenka, Halep and Sabalenka, have all made new career breakthroughs this season. In the end, Kenning won the award with a record of Australian Open champion and French Open runner-up to beat the other five. This is also the second time that the American player has won the Player of the Year award after Serena Williams in 2015.
Since 2016, German Kerber, Spaniard Muguruza, Romanian Halep and Australian Barty have won the award each.
Let's focus on the Argentine master brother Del Potro. According to foreign media reports, the master brother recently went to a medical institution in Porto Alegre, Brazil, underwent a new type of bone marrow puncture surgery, and transplanted his own healthy bone marrow cells to the injured part of the knee in order to speed up the recovery of the knee joint.
This is the eighth time that the 32-year-old Argentine has undergone surgery. Just when many fans thought that Del Potro, who had become the Glassman, was about to retire, he made this somewhat surprising move. In order to return to the tennis arena he loves so much, the master brother really fought! In addition to admiration, there is also heartache. May he recover soon!
Let's focus on the Big Three. Recently, Spanish war god Nadal said when talking about his career prospects with Federer and Djokovic, "We will still be here for a while and will try to win."
How long is "a period of time"? At least more than a year! This also indirectly shows that the three have no intention of retiring for a short period of time, and the oldest Federer will not retire soon, at least not in 2021.
Finally, guess who he is? The picture above shows a player kneeling on the pitch celebrating a victory. He won a big name at that time and made history. Do you recognize him?
Yesterday's guess, the answer is the Czech beauty Vajdisova who remarried and had a child with Stepanek. Did you guess right? (Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)