Sinner keeps winning, Rublev continues to lose, Noskova stops Americans from sweeping the top two spots, Wuhan Open draw released

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Yesterday afternoon and evening Beijing time, the ATP1000 Shanghai Masters proceeded with the singles second round matches. The two Chinese players who played had one loss and one win, which didn’t let Chinese fans down much. Among them,Top Chinese player Bu Yunchaokete lost 4-6, 4-6 to the 26th seed, Italian Darderi, failing to reach the round of 32.

Meanwhile, wildcard entrant young talent Shang Juncheng performed excellently, defeating 9th seed Russian powerhouse Kachanov 7-6(3), 6-3, marking his first career victory over a top 10 player and reaching the Masters round of 32 for the first time. In the third round, he will face Portuguese player Borges.

Second seed and world number two Sinner showed steady form in his debut match, winning comfortably 6-3, 6-3 against Germany’s Altmaier, extending his winning streak at the event to seven matches and starting his title defense smoothly. Next, he will face 27th seed and Dutch top player Griekspoor.

Third seed, German Zverev defeated qualifier Frenchman Rouyer 6-4, 6-4 to claim his first victory against him and advance smoothly. He will next face another French player, Linderknech. Twelfth seed, Canadian star Auger-Aliassime beat qualifier Tabillo 6-3, 6-3, becoming the third player born after 2000 to reach 250 wins.

As for the Russian starRublev, he ran out of steam in the latter stages, losing 6-2, 1-6, 4-6 to Japan’s Nishikori, marking his first-round exit in all three Chinese tournaments this season and entering a prolonged slump.

Other winners advancing includeLernah-Chien,Norrie,Fokina,Medvedev,Majchrzak,Deminal,Shapovalov,Lehecka,De Jong,and Musetti.

Now let’s turn to the women’s tournament. Last night Beijing time, the WTA1000 China Open singles semifinals concluded. Czech rising star and 26th seed Noskova saved three match points in the final setand ultimately upset American star Pegula 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(6), reaching her first 1000-level final and preventing Americans from taking both top spots. Thanks to her excellent performance at this China Open, Noskova’s world ranking will enter the top 20 for the first time next week, and she will become the new Czech number one.

In the earlier semifinal, American Anisimova was in great form, sweeping defending champion and compatriot Gauff 6-1, 6-2 to reach her fifth final this year and third 1000-level final in her career.

Next, let’s focus on the Wuhan Open. Yesterday afternoon Beijing time, the WTA1000 Wuhan Open main draw was announced.The top eight seeds in the women’s singles are matched as follows: in the top half,Sabalenka vs. Rybakina,Anisimova vs. Pegula; in the bottom half,Gauff vs. Mira Andreeva,Svitolina vs. Barty. Regarding Chinese players:Zhang Shuai vs. Navarro,Zhu Lin vs. Jonté, Wang Xinyu and Yuan Yue vs. qualifiers.

Doubles draw:Andrescu/Yuan Yue vs. Tang Qianhui/Wang Xiyu,Zhang Shuai/Muradnovic vs. Aoyama/Shuko Buksha,Xu Yifan/Aikeri vs. Sakkari/Vekic,Guo Hanyu/Panova vs. Danilovic/Kostyuk,Jiang Xinyu/Zhan Haoqing vs. Hozumi/Eri Wu Fangxian.

Additionally, in the Wuhan Open women’s singles qualifying, Chinese star Wang Xiyu came from behind to defeat Spain’s Buksha 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, advancing to the final qualifying round where she will face Japan’s Naejima Honoka, who eliminated Philippine top player Iela.Wang Yafan beat Turkey’s Sönmez 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to reach the final qualifying round and will play Czech player Siniakova.

Finally, let’s play a guessing game. The picture below shows a player during a match. Without any hints, can you recognize who she is?

Last time’s guess was correctly answered by tennis fans. Yes, the person showing her feet in the picture is Bulgarian star Dimitrov.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Independent Thinker)