Acre will meet Musetti, Zheng Qinwen gave himself a low score in his first win over Saba, and Akhon won consecutive victories to enter the quarterfinals

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Last night, Beijing time, the ATP1000 Rome Masters started the quarterfinals of the singles semi-finals. No.3 seed and Spanish star Alcaraz played steadily, beating fifth seed and British No.1 Draper 6-4 6-4 to reach the semi-finals of the Masters for the 11th time in his career.

Second seed Zverev of Germany was knocked out of the semi-finals by Italy's Musetti 7-6(1) 6-4. In a replay match in the fourth round, Norway's Ruud defeated Spaniard Munar 6-3 6-4 to win nine straight matches and reach the quarterfinals of the Masters for the 14th time in his career. Next, he will face world No. 1 Sinner for a place in the semifinals.

Women's Field: This morning, Beijing time, the WTA 1000 Rome Open ended the singles quarterfinals, and each of the semi-finals has its own place. In a match that was the focus of Chinese fans' attention, the first sister Zheng Qinwen played well, beating world No. 1 and Belarusian star Sabalenka 6-4 6-3, winning the first of seven meetings between the two sides and the second against the world No. 1.

This is the first time that Chinese Jinhua has reached the semifinals in Rome and the third time in her career that she has reached the semifinals of the 1000 tournament. She will next face world No. 2 and American No. 1 Gauff for the final, who defeated rising Russian star Milla Andreeva 6-4 7-6(5) in the opening bout to win all four of her matches and advance to the semi-finals in two consecutive matches.

After the game, Xiao Zheng gave himself a score of 7.5, and replied that he did not shout come on in the audience, "Give yourself a score of 7.5, it's still good." Because I tried to scream when I was in Miami, and her shouting in the first few fights against her affected me a little bit, so I wanted to level it out with shouting. Today I want to stay calm, because being calm is the way to see the situation on the pitch better. And I was in the lead today, and she didn't push me to the point where it was really hard to accept, so I didn't feel like I wanted to shout. 7.5 is pretty good, very happy. ”

As for this score, many fans think that it is low, "In two sets, I resolved all 5 break points and broke the opponent 3 times, kept all the service games, and won in straight sets, such a good performance, how can I play 9 points." "How much do you think Zheng Qinwen's whole performance is worth?

We'll keep an eye out for other news. Last night, Beijing time, in the second round of the singles of the ATP Challenger Oerash, Chinese player Wu Yixuan defeated Spaniard Tavene 3-6 6-2 6-0 and advanced to the quarterfinals. Next, he will play against American player Kruger. Good luck! Elsewhere, China's Buyun Chaokert beat a homegrown player 7-6 6-4 in the first round of the ATP Challenger Turin to qualify.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player slipping during a game. 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 Serbian football king Novak Djokovic.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)