Afternoon News丨The defending champion and runner-up were double-killed, and the Masters first appeared in the post-00 finals, and Mila wanted to take revenge on Saba

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This morning, Beijing time, the ATP/WTA1000 Indian Wells Open continued. Men's Singles: In the second Men's Singles semi-final, defending champion and Spanish star Alcaraz saved a serve game in the second set and was unable to salvage the defeat to 13th seed Draper 13 6-0 4-6.

The 23-year-old is reaching the final of the Masters for the first time in his career and will be in the top 10 in the world rankings next week, and at least eighth.

In the opening semi-final, 12th seed Denmark's Karune Rune put in an impressive performance to knock out last year's runner-up Dmitry Medvedev 7-5 6-4, ending the latter's hopes of reaching the final for the third consecutive year and reaching the final of the Masters for the fourth time in his career. It was also the 150th overall win of Rune's career on tour.

After Rune, who was born in April 2003, and Draper, who was born in December 2001, both reached the finals, the ATP1000 Masters series made history for the first time that the finals were played between two post-00 players. Rune and Draper have only met once before, in the quarter-finals of last season's Cincinnati tournament, where Rune won 6-4 6-2. In the rematch, will the Danes win two in a row or will the British brother achieve revenge? The final will be played at around 2 a.m. Beijing time tomorrow, and the answer will be revealed.

At the same time, the Women's Singles final will also be played out, with 17-year-old Russian rising star Mila Andreeva taking on world No.1 Sabalenka. For this final, Mila, who fell behind 1-4 on the head-to-head record and suffered two consecutive defeats this year, bluntly said that she hopes to succeed in revenge.

"We really didn't play each other this year as I would have liked, and I can say that she completely suppressed me, especially in that matchup at the Australian Open." "I'm going to try to get revenge because I still don't have anything to lose and I think it's going to be a good fight, with all kinds of winning points and good rounds...... But no matter what, I'm going to give it my all like every game, work hard for every point, and then we'll see who wins in the end. ”

In the Women's Doubles final, Mohammed/Scholes defeated Mikhalikova/Nichols 6-2 7-6(4) to win the title for the first time in their partnership. It was Scholes' 20th career Tour doubles title and sixth 1000 title. Muhammad, on the other hand, won his 12th doubles title and second in the 1000 tournament. Congratulations!

Let's take a closer look at the players. Last night, Beijing time, Chinese player Wu Yixuan announced his participation plan for the clay season, including ATP 250 Houston, ATP1000 Madrid, Rome Masters and three Challenger tournaments, as well as the French Open qualifiers. From March 31st to May 22nd, I was almost full-time. I wish Ah Yu good results after his comeback!

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player watching a football game with his mom eleven years ago. Now that he's famous, can you recognize who he is?

In the last guess, the golfer gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the Dutch brother Grykspoor.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)