The big seed won the semifinals, Mr. Mei was knocked out, Zheng Qinwen slipped and changed shoes to win, and Laiba lost to the eldest sister

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This morning, Beijing time, the two ATP 250 tournaments ended the singles quarterfinals, and each of the semi-finals has its own place. Stuttgart: The top four seeds had a strong performance and swept the semi-finals.

Top seed Zverev defeated American Brandon Nakashima 7-5 6-4; Second seed Fritz beat Hungary qualifier Vsovic 6-3 6-4; Third seed Shelton eliminated Czech rising star Lehecka 6-4 6-4: Fourth seed Aliassime eliminated 17-year-old rising star Engel 7-6(3) 6-3. Semi-final matchups: Zverev vs Shelton, Aliassime vs Fritz.

's-Hertogenbosch: Top seed Dmitry Medvedev was knocked out of the semi-finals by the lucky loser, American cannon Opelka, 7-6(5) 7-6(5). In this matchup, Opelka sent 24 aces in two sets, completely stunning Mr. Mei. The winning American giants will face Belgian Boggs in the semi-finals, who narrowly beat qualifier Dial in a tie-break.

The other two semi-final spots were won by Canadian Diallo and France's Ember, who defeated third seed Khachanov 7-6(6) 6-4; The latter beat Portuguese Burges 6-1 6-4.

Women's Field: In a WTA 500 quarter-final in London, top seed Zheng Qinwen of China overcame a 3-0 deficit in the second set to defeat former US Open champion Raducanu 6-2 6-4 to reach the semi-finals of a grass-court tournament for the first time in her career.

In this matchup, Zheng Qinwen slipped many times with the ball, and once changed her shoes to fight again, but this did not affect her final victory in the game. In the semifinals, she will face eighth seed Anisimova of the United States, who defeated compatriot Navarro 6-3 6-3. Zheng Qinwen has played against Anisimova twice before, and the first sister of China has won both fights.

In the other quarter-final, fourth seed and former Wimbledon champion Rybakina was in a slump and was knocked out 6-4 7-6(4) by German older sister Maria, who is 12 years older and 12 centimeters shorter than herself, and missed out on the semi-finals. The winner will face second seed Keith of the United States, who overcame Russian rising star Schneider 2-6 6-3 6-4.

Doubles semi-finals: Third seeds Zhang Shuai/Pérez lost 3-6 6-2 9-11 to second seeds Danilina/Schneider.

WTA 250 's-Hertogenbosch: In the singles quarterfinals, China's Yuan Yue lost 0-6 4-6 to third seed and Belgian Mertens. The Belgian will face second seed Alexandrova of Russia, who defeated compatriot Kudermetova 5-7 6-4 6-2.

The other two semi-final spots were secured by qualifier Ruse, who beat last year's runner-up Andreescu 6-2 6-4, and Italy's Cocciaretto, who beat homegrown Lamens 6-2 7-6(4).

Let's take a closer look at the players. According to Spanish media reports, Alcaraz, who recently defended the French Open champion, has confirmed his participation in the ATP 500 Queen's Cup grass court tournament that will start next week and arrived in London today. Last year, he lost in the second round to British rising star Draper.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player playing as a child. 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 none other than Russian rising star Mira Andreeva.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)