Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Tuesday, February 8, 2022, welcome to listen to the news noon report provided by Tennis House.
Beijing time last night, the ATP1000 Indian Wells Masters officially announced that the Spanish god of war Nadal will participate in the tournament held in March this year, and Nadal subsequently confirmed the news. "For me, missing last October's game will make this year's return seem even more special, let's see you in tennis paradise Indian Wells."
The ATP 1000 Indian Wells Open is one of the most successful hard-court Masters tournaments of Nadal's career to date, after winning three singles titles and two doubles titles. However, the last time we reached the summit in Indian Wells was in the distant year of 2013. That year, Nadal, who also returned from injury, defeated Argentine master del Potro 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the final to win the cup for the third time. This year, with the Australian Open champion, Nadal returns to Indian Wells, what kind of performance will he show? Let's wait and see.
Let's go back to the field. Last night, Beijing time, the ATP500 Rotterdam Open began its first matchday competition. The American McDonald, who made the first appearance, played well, beating Georgia's Bahirashvili 6-3, 6-2, and made a good start to the show. Belgian goffin suffered a crushing defeat and was swept out 6-0, 6-3 by Australian hare Deminarl. Goffin, who is plagued by injuries, has lost more than he has won less since his comeback, and many events have stopped in the first two rounds. It is becoming more and more difficult to get back to the top.
In other games, Poland's Hulkac defeated French veteran Tsonga 6-4, 7-6, and British brother Norrie beat French rising star Ember 6-2, 6-4.
ATP250 Buenos Aires station, Beijing time also launched the first round of competition in the early morning of this morning. In the five games that have already ended, Serbian Rajovic reversed Frenchman Parret 2-1; Kekmanovic defeated compatriot Jerre in three sets in the Serbian derby; Spain veteran Vodasco eliminated Bolivian Delion 2-1; Argentine Francisco dropped his compatriot Bagnis in two straight sets; and another Argentine, Coria, beat Uruguayan veteran Cuevas 2-1.
In the first round of the ATP250 Dallas showdown, South African Cannon Anderson beat homegrown player Quiray in two sets; American youngster Brandon Nakajima beat Australian Millman 2-0.
Let's focus on the women's arena again. Beijing time last night, WTA500 St. Petersburg station kicked off the curtain. The first local star Alexandrova made her debut by beating Italian beauty Giorgi 6-2, 1-6, 6-2. Belgian Mertens then defeated France's Cone 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the second round.
In other games, Estonian star Kontawirt defeated Swiss girl Teichmann 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, and Tokyo Olympic champion and Swiss Bencic narrowly defeated local rising star Kudmetova 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (5). In a matchup in the first round of the women's doubles, the cross-border combination of Zhang Shuai / Uitfank was reversed by the local wild card combination of Laximova / Sarimova 6-3 in the case of 6-3 first city, and the debut was out.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The image below shows a player changing his clothes during a game break. 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 Frenchman Pui. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)