The ruble rushed to the seventh championship of the 500 tournament, the German 100 championship was stable, Leba entered the final, and the former NO.4 was to retire

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Last night, Beijing time, the ATP 500 Hamburg station ended the singles semifinals. Former tournament champion and Russia's Rublev put in a stellar 6-1 6-4 win over Canada's Aliassime to reach the final of the 500 class for the 11th time in his career and will be aiming for a seventh title in the 500 tournament. In the other match, Italian star Corboli overcame a deficit of dropping the first set and falling behind 1-3 in the second set to defeat Argentine Echeverri 2-6 7-5 6-4 to reach his third career tour final.

ATP 250 Geneva: Serbian star Novak Djokovic and British star Norrie defeated their opponents 6-4 6-7(6) 6-1 in three sets in the singles semi-finals, reaching the final of the tournament for the 143rd time in his career, and will once again challenge for the 100th title.

In the other semi-final, sixth seed and Poland's Hurkacz defeated Austrian qualifier Ofner 6-3 6-4 to reach his second career clay final on clay. Djokovic and Hurkacz have met seven times in the past, on hard, grass and clay, with the Serb winning all of them. Some fans believe that this time Djokovic's 100th championship is stable!

Women's Field: In the WTA 500 Strasbourg singles semi-finals, fourth seed Rybakina of Kazakhstan defeated ninth seed and Brazilian sister Maia 7-6(7) 1-6 6-2 after winning six games in the deciding set to reach the final for the first time in five years. The Kazakhstani star will be in her 20th career final on tour and will face eighth seed and rising Russian star Samsonova, who defeated American Collins 6-4 6-2 to reach the final of her career on clay. In terms of head-to-head record, Rybakina is 4-1 behind Samsonova and this will be the first time the two sides have met on clay.

Doubles: In a semi-final match, Guo Hanyu/Melichar beat fourth seeds Jiang Xinyu/Wu Fangxian 7-5 6-2 to advance to the final. Next, they will face Babos/Stephanie for the final title.

WTA 250 Rabat: Romania's Christian defeated second seed and Colombian sister Osorio 6-7(6) 6-4 6-4 to reach his third career final on tour and will face Australia's Jont, who won the first set 6-4 before receiving a retirement gift from compatriot Tomjanovic.

Let's take a look at the player dynamics. Last night, Beijing time, the former world fourth, 31-year-old French star Garcia posted on his personal social media, saying that he was about to retire, "It's time to say goodbye." After 15 years at the top level and more than 25 years of my life, I feel ready to start the next chapter. ”

In addition, former top 15 player, 35-year-old Belgian Wickmayer, also announced that he will retire after Wimbledon this year. In addition, Swiss star Bencic announced through social media that he has decided to withdraw from this year's French Open due to an unhealed arm injury.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player hiding his face and crying after winning the championship. Can you recognize who he is without prompting?

In the last guess, some golfers gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the women's singles world No. 1 Sabalenka.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)