Hello, fans, today is Friday, September 23, 2022. Welcome to listen to the Lunar Newspaper provided by "Tennis House". Yesterday afternoon Beijing time, Spanish God of War Nadal arrived in London and met with the three "Federmu" who arrived in advance. At this point, the European

Three minutes a day to know the world's tennis affairs. Hello, fans, today is Friday, September 23, 2022. Welcome to listen to the Lunar Newspaper provided by "Tennis House".

Beijing time Yesterday afternoon, Spanish God of War Nadal arrived in London and met with the three "Federmu" who arrived in advance. At this point, the European team in this Laval Cup has been assembled. After the "Big Four" gathered in London, they appeared together on the court and conducted doubles training. A large number of fans came to watch, and the scene was full. The four of them greeted the audience shoulder to shoulder. The atmosphere on the scene was very warm and the picture was beautiful.

Then, the four of them also participated in the welcome dinner held by the event organizing committee and took a cruise ship to enjoy the beautiful night view of the Thames River . Federer did not forget to take selfies, leaving behind an unforgettable moment of reunion of four.

Laval Cup first day schedule was also announced yesterday afternoon Beijing time. The opening game will start at 8:00 tonight Beijing time, with the European team's Norwegian player Rude against the world team's American Sok . Then came the European team's Greek star Tsitsipas against the world team's Argentina strongest on the surface 170 Schwarzman .

British star Murray is the first to appear as one of the four giants. He will face the Australian hare Deminal of the world team at around 2 am tomorrow Beijing time. The doubles combination of Federer and Nadal will be finale on the first day, against the World Team's Sok/Tiafer. The kick-off time is around 4 a.m. Beijing time tomorrow. This will be the curtain call of the Swiss king Federer's career. I believe that most Chinese fans will get up early to watch the football!

Let's go back to the tournament. Last night in Beijing time, ATP250 Metz ended the second round of singles matchup. In a focus game, the Swiss strongman Wawrinka , who entered the main competition from the qualifying round, performed well, defeating the fourth-place and Russian star Medvedev 6-4 6-7 (7) 6-3, and advanced to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, he will face Swedish young player Immel, who fell straight to Frenchman Barre in two sets.

Austria Tim was in poor condition, losing two sets in a row 3-6 4-6, losing to the defending champion, Polish star Hulkac . Italian Sonego, Frenchman Lindeknech, Danish Rising Star Rooney, and Kazakhstan Bubrick also defeated their respective opponents and secured the quarterfinals.

Let’s follow the women’s arena again. WTA500 Tokyo Station: The second round of singles competition ended yesterday afternoon Beijing time. The Chinese young player Wang Xinyu lost to Russian star Samsonova 3-6 with 6-7 (5) and missed the quarterfinals.

Another Russian star Kudmetova beat Mexican qualifying player Gomez 6-0 6-1, and advanced to the quarterfinals to fight Brazil's No. 1 sister Maya, who received a withdrawal gift from Japanese star Naomi Osaka before the game.

WTA250 Seoul Station's singles quarterfinals have also been produced. Latvian Ostapenko, Andorra's lucky loser Kasinceva, Swiss Chinese Sun Lulu, British star Ladukanu, Polish Linette, Russian Alexandrova all won and advanced one after another. In the first round of women's doubles, Han Xinyun /Liang Enshuo This multinational combination lost to the local group Zhang Xiuzhen/Han Nalai 3-6, and was eliminated for the first time.

Beijing time at 11 am today, WTA500 Tokyo Station and WTA250 Seoul Station launched a singles quarterfinals. At Tokyo Station, Chinese veteran Zhang Shuai will debut at around 11 noon, facing Croatian Maltic. Young player Zheng Qinwen will play against Chinese American Liu Jingwen at around 5 pm.

Finally, let’s guess and recognize. The picture below is a player holding his head with his hands after losing. Without prompting, can you recognize who she is?

A guess in the last issue, some basketball friends gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the Japanese player Nara Kuruoyu , who is only 155cm tall. She just announced her retirement at the Tokyo 500 Championship.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Mavericks)

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