Today (29 June), this week's Tour celebrates the Night of the Champions. There was no suspense in the game, and the players with the best rankings all won.
Among them, Zhang Shuai's first-round opponent at Wimbledon Kasatkina won the grass court championship for the first time; Wang Xiyu's first-round opponent at Wimbledon was defeated by Russia's "Turban Little Fat Dun" Schneider and was runner-up. Despite the physical attrition, Kasatkina's touch and Vekic's ability to fight on grass are stimulated, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for the two Chinese players to make it past the first round of Wimbledon.
In the men's singles field, Chile's little brother Tabilo won the grass court championship for the first time in two straight sets; The American "cannon" Fritz still used the weapon of serving to win the 8th championship of his career, and it is also the third consecutive championship of this tournament!
This week's list of Tour winners
- WTA 500 Eastbourne: Kasatkina
- WTA500 Bad Homburg: Schneider
- ATP250 Eastbourne: Fritz
- ATP 250 Mallorca: Tabillo
Kasatkina 2-0 Fernandes
In the WTA 500 Eastbourne final, No. 6 seed Kasatkina defeated former US Open runner-up Fernandez 6-3, 6-4 to win the trophy for the first time in nearly two years. In addition, it was also the 7th title of her career.
Now it seems that the biggest crisis of Kasatkina in this tournament is that in the matches with Wang Xinyu and Yuan Yue, they are all reversed in three sets. In the upcoming first round of Wimbledon, Kasatkina will face Zhang Shuai, a Chinese veteran who relied on ranking protection to enter the main draw. It can only be said that Zhang Shuai's 21-game losing streak is already on the way.
Fernandes, on the other hand, has a 3-3 record in the finals of the tour, and all three titles are in the 250 class.
Schneider 2-1 Vekic
In the final of the WTA 500 Bad Homburg event, Schneider defeated Croatia's Vekic 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to win the second title of the tour after winning the first title at this year's WTA 250 Hua Hin. This is not only Russia's first grass court title, but also the highest division title to date. In the first round of Wimbledon, her opponent was former world No. 1 Karolina Pliskova.
Vekic has a 4-9 record in 13 finals, and all four titles are at the WTA 250 level. In the first round of Wimbledon, she will play against Chinese player Wang Xiyu, who has previously met once and Wang Xiyu won. However, in this tournament, Vekic was in good form and also defeated No. 6 seed Alexandrova.
Of course, if Wang Xiyu is not stupid, it is not impossible to win. After all, once the output of her nerve knife is stable, it is still full of firepower!
Fritz 2-0 Pushel
6-4, 6-3, ATP 250 Eastbourne final, defending champion and top seed Fritz defeated qualifying dark horse Pushel to win the eighth title of his career, and won the championship for the third time after 2019 and 2022.
It's a pity that Shang Juncheng lost in the 1/4 finals, otherwise, judging from the tonality of well-known players' punch-card participation, it is not impossible for small businessmen to replace Fritz to win the championship!
Tabilo 6-3, 6-4 Overner
In the final of the ATP 250 Mallorca event, Tabilo defeated Overner 6-3, 6-4 to win his first grass title. This is also the second tour title of the Chilean brother's career, and coincidentally, the first championship trophy was also won this year, which was the ATP2024 Auckland at the beginning of the year.
Next Monday, Wimbledon, the third Grand Slam tournament of the season, kicks off. On the first day of the competition, China had 9 players, including Zheng Qinwen, Zhang Zhizhen, Shang Juncheng, Yuan Yue, Wang Xinyu, Wang Xiyu, Wang Yafan, Zhu Lin, Zhang Shuai and Wang Qiang, which was also a completely unwatchable day.
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