Beijing time, March 13: The BNP Paribas tennis tournament in Indian Wells, USA, early this morning Beijing time, ended a closely watched men's singles second round match 21st Grand Slam champion will be the 4th seed Spanish ball king Nadal in the decider 2-5 behind to continue his unbeaten golden body of the new season. Russian player Medvedev, who has just reached the top of the world, also beat his opponent to win the opening of the tournament, and he also received the world number one trophy. Before the women's singles match, the world's first four-time Grand Slam champion, Japan's Naomi Osaka, swallowed the egg and lost to the Russian player Kudmetova, let's take a look at the latest news from the tennis arena.
Today is the fourth qualifying matchday of the BNP Paribas Tennis Tournament, which is arranged to be played in the second round of the men's singles upper half and the women's singles lower half. The first match played on Court 1 was a men's singles match between St. Nova Scotia World No. 1 seed Anderson of Russia' Medvedev against Czech player Mahać, who had advanced to qualify. The match was the first time in their careers that the two men had played each other, and the match began at 3:00 a.m. Beijing time today. After the game began, Medvedev was in full control of the game and it took only 71 minutes to sweep the opponent 6-3, 6-2 to get the opening score. In the next round he will face 26th seed France veteran Monfils, who beat Serbian player Krajinovic in straight sets in today's match. Before the match, Medvedev received the men's singles world number one trophy, and he was also the first post-90s men's world number one and the third Russian player to achieve this achievement.
Today's second match at The First Stadium has attracted more attention, against the 21st Grand Slam Champions Tournament No. 4 seed Spain Nadal and the United States' Koda. The two had a meeting at the 2020 French Open when Nadal easily passed, and before the game, all parties were optimistic that Nadal would win easily. The match began at 4:40 a.m. Beijing time today, and after the game began, Nadal entered the state and quickly completed several breaks before taking the lead in the first set 6-2 to take the initiative. After entering the second set, Koda adjusted his competitive form, while Nadal had too many unforced mistakes, and Koda pulled back a set 6-1 to bring the game into the decider. Nadal's form didn't improve much after the start of the decider, and after 2-1, Nadal suffered consecutive breaks koda to take a 5-2 lead and win the game. At this time, when all parties thought that Nadal would suffer the first defeat of the season, Nadal began to fight back to break the opponent's serve win twice in a row to play a wave of four consecutive wins to bring the score to 6-5. After Koda completed a save, the two sides were 6-6 and needed to divide the game by grabbing seven. In the seventh, Nadal did not give his opponent another chance to win the tiebreaker 7-3 to win the tiebreaker and win the match. In the next round, Nadal will take on 27th seedEd England's Evans, who today swept Argentine player Coria to advance.
In other men's singles matches, the No. 5 seed Greece defeated the American Player Sok in three sets, the No. 8 seed Norway player Rudd defeated the American player Eubanks who qualified for the qualifiers, the 10th seed Italy youngster Sina swept the Serbian player Jerry, the 11th seed Canadian player Shapovalov reversed and defeated the Spanish player Davidović, the 19th seed Spanish player Alcaraz, the Australian player Kyrgios with a wild card, Spain's veteran Agut and others also defeated their opponents to advance to the next round. Russian Player Khachanov, the 25th seed, missed out on the third round.
A high-profile match was played in the women's singles arena by 21st seeded Russian player Kudmetova against four-time Grand Slam champion Japanese naomi Osaka. The two had a chance to meet in the semi-finals of this year's Melbourne tournament, but Naomi Osaka chose to retire before the match, and today's match became the first time the two had met. The match began at 1 p.m. Beijing time today in The No. 1 Stadium, after the game began, Kudmetova was in full control of the game and played a 6-0 score in the first set, and Naomi Osaka played a 6-4 score despite the adjustment of the state in the second set to take away the victory of the game. During the match, due to the audience's excessive remarks about Naomi Osaka, Naomi Osaka's emotions were once out of control, and she also expressed dissatisfaction after the game. Kudmetova's next round will take on Czech player Buzkova, who reversed today's match against 14th-seeded U.S. player Pegula.
In the other matches of the women's singles, No. 5 seed Spain's Bardoza defeated Czech Martinkova in straight sets to end a three-game losing streak against his opponent. No. 6 seed Greek player Saka beat Czech player Snyakova to beat the game. The 13th seeded Canadian player Fernandez, the 13th seed Azarenka, the 17th seed Lebakina, the 20th seed Mertens, the 27th seed Kvitova, the 30th seed Vándersova, the 31st seed Grubic and the 32nd seed Tomo also beat their opponents to advance. The 2nd seed Belarusian Sabalenka was eliminated by the Italian player Paulini, and the 9th seed Jabour and the 10th seed Ostapenko also lost to their opponents in the next round. So far, 5 of the top ten seeds of the women's singles have been out. In a women's doubles second-round match that ended today, the mainland duo of Xu Yipan and Yang Zhaoxuan defeated Chinese Taipei player Zhan Haoqing and Polish player Linnett in two straight sets to get a ticket to the quarterfinals.
Nadal once again staged a magical 2-5 reversal to show the style of god of war, and the game continues, we will continue to pay attention to bring you relevant reports.