Afternoon News丨 The Russian duo received a big gift together, Zheng Qinwen lost to find out a number of reasons, and Wang Zhan combined a round of tours

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Last night, Beijing time, the second round of singles competition ATP1000 Madrid Masters, and the top seed and German Zverev Jr. played steadily, defeating local star Agut 6-2 6-2 to advance to the third round. Next, he will continue to play against homegrown player, 28th seed Fokina. No.3 seed and American No.1 Fritz also put in a strong performance, knocking out Australia's O'Connell 6-1 6-4 to advance to the third round.

The Russian duo of Rublev and Medvedev both received retirement gifts and easily advanced without a fight. Among them, the No. 7 seed Rublev received the retirement gift from the French veteran Monfils; Ninth seed Dmitry Medvedev received a retirement gift from Serbian Djere. New Miami Masters champion and Czech rising star Mensik won his first clay season with a 7-6(4) 6-1 victory over American qualifier Quinn.

Argentina's Cerundolo brothers both won and reached the round of 32 together. Among them, J Cerundoro knocked out 18th seed and last year's runner-up Aliassime 7-6(5) 6-4. Another Argentine, Komesana, also pulled off a minor upset with a 7-6(4) 6-4 win over 13th seed and rising French star Fes. Another upset came from Frenchman Bonzi, who knocked out 27th seed and Polish No. 1 Hurkacz 6-4 7-5.

Norway's Ruud, Italy's Koboli, Americans Shelton, Koda, Brandon-Nakajima, and Kazakhstan's Bubrik also won and advanced.

Women's Field: In a key match in the second round of singles in Madrid, WTA1000, the No. 8 seed and China's No. 1 sister Zheng Qinwen was in poor form, and was defeated by Russian Potapova 6-4 6-4, missing out on the third round, ending her 11-match winning streak on clay across the season.

After the game, Xiao Zheng found out a number of reasons for the loss, "Today's loss is not just one reason, but many reasons and many places are not good, but I don't think it's my injury, the injury doesn't affect me now, and I can play normally now." "The main reason for losing today was that I didn't make some of the choices on the pitch, especially I felt that I needed to be more patient on clay, but when I went up and attacked, I needed to be a little more decisive and I didn't find the balance between attacking and defending today. I did not do well on some of the key points, I didn't get the timing right, I made too many mistakes at the beginning of the game, I didn't play aggressively when I was ahead. I haven't had a good serve in the match, and my serve today was really sluggish. ”

Looking forward to the next tournament, Zheng Qinwen said, "I still need to calm down and practice slowly, and play with more motivation in the next match." "Then let's continue to cheer for Xiao Zheng in Rome and the French Open!

Others: Top seed Sabalenka, No. 3 seed Pegula, No. 6 seed Bolini, No. 10 seed Rybakina, No. 14 seed Kasatina, No. 17 seed Svitolina, No. 24 seed Kostyuk and other seeded players have won and advanced, and there are no big upsets. The two minor surprises were 15th seed American Anisimova losing in three sets to compatriot Stearns, and 26th seed and Tunisian sister Abdul-Jabbar losing 1-2 to Japanese Moe Nae Uchijima.

Doubles: In the first round, China's Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai lost 4-6 2-6 to Maya/Sigmund and missed out on qualifying.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. Here's a picture of a player in tears after winning. 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 Chinese player Wang Xinyu.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)