Deyo played in Switzerland, the big seeds all won, Zheng Qinwen said that winning depends on stability, and Zhang Shuai is out

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Last night, Beijing time, Serbian king Djokovic officially announced that he accepted a wild card for the ATP 250 in Geneva, Switzerland, and will play this clay tournament from May 18 to 24 to warm up for the upcoming French Open. Previously, Djokovic withdrew from the Rome Masters. At the time, some fans thought he was likely to parachute Roland Garros. Now it seems that the Serb is still hoping to regain his competitive form by playing a dozen games.

Let's get back to the field. This morning, Beijing time, the ATP1000 Rome Masters ended the second round of the singles semi-finals, and the big-seeded players all passed the test and advanced to the third round. Second seed and defending champion Zverev Jr. eased to beat Argentine Carabili 6-2 6-1; Third seed and Spanish star Alcaraz beat qualifier Lajovic 6-3 6-3; Fifth seed and British No. 1 Draper knocked out homegrown player Dardry 6-1 6-4; No.8 seed and homegrown sensation Musetti defeated qualifier Vertanen 6-3 6-2.

Others: No.9 seed and rising Danish star Rune defeated Argentine Komesana 3-6 6-3 6-4; 2023 champion Dmitry Medvedev of Russia beat Great Britain's Norrie 6-4 6-2. Ivan Dimitrov, the No.14 seed and Bulgarian, was knocked out 7-5 6-3 by wildcard local player Pazaro, causing a big upset.

Players such as Khachanov, Poplin, Brandon-Nakajima, Kopliva, Mutai, Djere, Fes, Tsitsipas and Gaubas also won and advanced.

Women's Field: Last night, Beijing time, WTA1000 Rome ended the second round of singles competition. In a high-profile match, eighth seed and China's No. 1 sister Zheng Qinwen played well to beat Serbian Danilovic 6-1 6-4 to claim his first clay clay victory.

After the game, Xiao Zheng believed that the key to his victory was stability, "I think today's performance was okay, before I went on the court, I felt that I needed to play a little more consistently, because in Madrid I lost the game because I had too many unforced mistakes, so today I need to maintain stability before starting to attack, so today I completed my plan." When you have a certain amount of stability, your vision will be broader, if I am too anxious to play the winning point, in fact, I don't know what I should do, now is to stabilize the ball first, use a certain speed and quality to press the opponent first, when I have the opportunity to achieve a breakthrough on that board, plus we have been practicing serve, including today's serve, in fact, I have done better than Madrid. Zheng will next face 26th seed and Poland's Fletcher, who eliminated former world No. 1 Azarenka 7-5 6-4.

Sabalenka, Gauff, Kenin, Linette, Rybakina, Andreescu, Raducanu, Kudermetova, Mila Andreeva, Noskova, Fernandez, Kostyuk, Navarro, Tauson and others also made it through to the third round.

Doubles: Second seeds Zhang Shuai/Siniakova were beaten 6-2 0-6 4-10 by Merichar/Samsonova in the first round. Straits pair Jiang Xinyu/Wu Fangxian also failed to win, losing 3-6 4-6 to third seeds Errani/Paulini.

Let's focus on one more player dynamic. Last night, Beijing time, Russian rising star Schneider revealed that she had ended a brief collaboration with compatriot Safina for less than a month. "Of course, the experience was great, she's a former world No. 1, so she gave me a lot of advice on how to stay focused in the game and not let these negative emotions ruin your game and mental skills. Of course, these are all things I have learned, and I will use them as much as I can so that I can get better every day. ”

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player practicing his serve. 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 the former women's singles world No. 1 Branislav Ivanovic.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)