Aka will learn from the younger brother, Zvi will finally reach the final, Saba will drive away the sports car, and Sva will cuckold to lose six in a row

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Last night, Beijing time, the ATP 500 Barcelona Open and Munich Open ended the singles semifinals, and the final list was all produced. Barcelona: Top seed and Spanish star Alcaraz advanced to the final after a 6-2 6-4 victory over seventh seed and rising French star Fess to make it to the final after winning two straight matches.

In the other match, sixth seed and Danish rising star Rune was in hot form, beating Russia's Khachanov 6-3 6-2 to advance to the title match. Acre and Rune were friends who had known and grown up together since they were teenagers, and they were born in the same year, and Rune was only 6 days older than Acre. In terms of head-to-head records, Acre has a slight advantage of 2-1.

Munich: Top seed Zverev defeated Hungarian Marosan 7-6(3) 6-3 to reach the final of the Tour after the Australian Open this season. He will next face second seed and rising American star Shelton, who defeated fifth seed and Argentine F. Cerundoro 2-6 7-6(7) 6-4.

Women's Field: Top seed and Belarusian Sabalenka made her clay debut on clay this year in the quarterfinals of the WTA 500 Stuttgart, beating Belgium's Mertens 6-4 6-1 for the fourth time in her career. After the race, Sabalenka, who made her debut, replied to a question about whether she could drive a champion Porsche sports car this year: "I believe that the previous few times I lost to the world number one, and now I am the world number one, and I hope it can help me." And that Porsche seems to me to be the color of a tiger, so let's think about the bright side, hopefully this year! ”

She will next face No.5 seed and Italian tinball Paolini, who defeated No.4 seed and rising American Gauff 6-4 6-3 to claim her first win in three meetings between the two sides and reach the semi-finals for the first time in her career. In terms of head-to-head record, Sabalenka leads Paulini 4-2.

In the other big game, two-time champion and world No.2 Swiatek was knocked out of the semi-finals by Latvia's Ostapenko 6-3 3-6 6-2. This is the sixth time Swiatek has lost to this tough opponent, and her head-to-head record has changed to 0-6, making her an out-and-out fat high-end maid. Some fans joked that Swiatek wore a green hat during the game, which brought her bad luck.

And after winning Swa, Ao Fat broke into the semi-finals of this tournament for the first time in his career. She will next face Russia's Alexandrova, who defeated third seed American Pegula 6-0 6-4 to reach the semi-finals of the tournament for the first time in her career.

Doubles: In a semi-final, the Russian-Chinese pair of Zhang Shuai/Alexandrova saved match points to beat Merichal/Samsonova 6-4 4-6 13-11 to advance to the final. Next, they will face top seeds Dabrowski/Lutliff for the title. After reaching the final, Zhang Shuai's Women's Doubles World Ranking returned to the top 10.

WTA 250 Rouen: In the singles semi-finals, top seed Svitolina swept past Romania's Ruse 6-0 6-2 to advance to the final without dropping a set, her 22nd career tour final. She will next face third seed Danilovic of Serbia, who defeated Dutchman Lamens 6-4 6-4 to reach the tournament title for the first time this year.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player returning the ball. Can you recognize who she is without prompting?

In the last guess, some golfers gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the Italian star Musetti.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)