Saba helped Swa keep NO.2, Ruud couldn't wait for three, and the fourth egg Zhang Shuai Osaka entered the final together

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Last night, Beijing time, the WTA1000 Madrid station ended the singles final, and the champions and runners-up have their own belongings. Top seed and world No.1 Sabalenka continued her hot streak by beating fourth seed and rising American Gauff 6-3 7-6(3) to lift the trophy for the third time in Madrid.

It was Sabalenka's third title of the season, her ninth in the 1000 tournament and her 20th career overall. At the same time, Sabalenka won two consecutive 1000 tournaments, becoming only the second player to reach the top of both 1000 tournaments in Miami and Madrid in a single season, after Serena Williams in 2013. Sabalenka also tied Czech star Kvitova for the most titles won by a woman in Madrid.

Belarus, who already has a 31-5 record this year, will continue to lead the WTA player list and will become only the third player in WTA history to score more than 11,000 points next week with 11,118 points, joining Serena Williams (13,615) and Swiatek (11,695).

Sabalenka, who prevented Gauff from winning the title, also indirectly helped Swiatek temporarily hold on to the world No. 2 rankings. However, Swiatek's gap with Gauff has narrowed to 170 points, and if the Pole fails to defend her title in Rome or make it to a deeper round, her world No. 2 chances will be replaced by Gauff before the French Open.

Men's Field: The ATP1000 Madrid Masters was held only in the Men's Doubles final, with 2021 champions and fifth seeds Granoles/Zebaros putting in a stellar performance to beat top seeds Pavic/Arévalo 6-4 6-4 to win the tournament for the second time.

The singles final will be played at midnight Beijing time tonight, with British Draper facing Norway's Ruud. This is the Norwegian's third attempt to win his first Masters title, having failed the first two times, so Ruud is hoping to reach the top this time, "I played much better in Monte Carlo 2024 than I did this year, but I lost that time. This time I will definitely give my all to reach the final of the Masters, and I hope that it will not be enough for three times. ”

Let's keep an eye on the other events. In the singles semifinals of the ATP Challenger 175 Provence last night, Swiss veteran Wawrinka was in hot form, defeating Croatian Goyo 6-4 6-4 to reach his first final since his 40th birthday. Next, he will face another Croatian star Čurić for the final title.

In the Gifu 100K singles semi-finals, Chinese veteran Zhang Shuai defeated Australian Jones 6-3 2-6 6-2 in three sets to advance to the final and will compete with Thailand's first sister Sawangkai for the title.

In the semi-finals of WTA 125 Saint-Malo, former world No. 1 and Japan's Naomi Osaka defeated Frenchman Jean Jean to reach her first career clay court final. Next, she will compete with Slovenian Yuwan for the championship trophy.

In addition, China's first sister Zheng Qinwen has arrived in Rome to prepare for the upcoming WTA1000 Rome tournament. In the past two seasons, Xiao Zheng has successfully reached the quarterfinals, so he has 215 points to secure.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player crying as he takes a medical timeout. 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 Bulgarian Dimitrov.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)