Three minutes a day to know about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Thursday, April 7, 2022. Tune in to the news afternoon report provided by Tennis House.
Last night Beijing time, Tsonga, a famous tennis player known as "French Ali", announced in an interview that he would officially hang up the auction after the End of the French Open and bid farewell to his beloved tennis court. "I will retire after the end of this year's French Open, this is my 15th French Open, I hope to stay healthy before the French Open and play my past style." "It was a good, right decision. Everyone wants to see you keep playing on the pitch, but only you know it's time to end it. ”
Born on 17 April 1985, Tsonga is the leading French post-80s player, runner-up of the Australian Open and two ATP1000 Masters champions. His victory over Spanish God of War Nadal in the 2008 Australian Open semi-final was his highlight of tennis and is still talked about by fans today. In another 10 days, Tsonga will be 37 years old. In recent years, he has been plagued by injuries and stopped games. Now that he has made the decision to retire after the End of the French Open, he will start a new life after saying goodbye to 18 years of tennis. Bless him!
Let's go back to the field. Beijing time last night and this morning, WTA500 Charleston station began the second round of women's singles competition. Zheng Qinwen, a Chinese teenager who played on the same day, announced his retirement when he was behind 6-2 5-7 2-5 (0-30), sending opponent Russian Alexandrova to the round of 16.
For Xiao Zheng's withdrawal behavior, some fans expressed dissatisfaction. Obviously only two points away, can't you just stick to the end of the game? Or end the game with two consecutive active mistakes! This embarrassing withdrawal is disrespectful to the opponent! Another Chinese player, veteran Zhang Shuai, fought hard with Chinese American player Liu Jingwen in three sets, and finally lost 5-7 6-2 4-6, also stopping the second round. At this point, all the Chinese players who played in the singles match of this tournament were defeated and out.
In other games, top seed Sabalenka of Belarus defeated local player Risk 6-4 7-6 (3); American Anisimova swept Kazakhstani Putinseva 6-1 6-2; Spain's Badosa defeated Hungarian girl Bundal 6-1 6-4; Czech Ka Pliskova 5-7 7-5 6-4 narrowly defeated Ukrainian Zavacka.
American Keys 6-3 6-1 light qualifier Ekri; Olympic champion Bencic 6-1 7-6 (6) blocked Czech rising star Fluvitova; local star Pegula swept Italian Borinne 6-2 6-1; American derby, van der Wieg 3-6 6-3 6-3 reverse compatriot Davis.
In the men's game, in the second round of the ATP250 Houston men's singles competition, Australian bad boy Kyrgios performed well, losing two sets 6-4 6-2, eliminating local player Tommy Paul, and once again reaching the quarterfinals of clay events after four years. American giants Opelka reversed compatriot Kruger 3-6 6-2 6-4; Dutchman Brovo defeated homegrown player Wolff 6-1 6-1 and also reached the quarterfinals.
Here's the good news. The retired Dutch star Bertens is a mother! She recently gave birth to a son and is now enjoying the happy life of a family of three! Congratulations to her!
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player playing a few years ago. Without prompting, can you recognize who he is?
Guess in the last issue, some golfers gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is Nadal, the Spanish god of war. The full picture is presented.
(Source: House of Tennis Author: Maverick)