Nadal swept the 18-year-old star and easily advanced, China's tennis golden flower lost 1 to 12
On May 6, Beijing time, the Madrid Masters Tennis Tournament continued. In the women's singles quarter-finals, the world's number one Batty beat Kvitova and won 15 consecutive victories on clay courts and once again broke into the semi-finals. The other three semi-finals belonged to Bardoza, Pavlyuchenkova, Sabalenka. In the women's doubles quarter-finals, China's Jinhua Xu Yifan/Zhang Shuai were defeated 1-6, 0-6. In the men's singles arena, Nadal only lost 3 games in his debut, winning quite beautifully.
The focus of this game day is obviously Batty vs. Kvitova, which is a direct dialogue between the top seed and the three-time champion. As a result, Batty was better or better on the field. She defeated No. 9 seed and Grand Slam champion Kvitova 6-1, 3-6, 6-3. She played against the world rankings ten times this season. The top 20 players keep winning. In addition, Batty won 15 consecutive victories on the clay court and reached the fourth quarter of the Women's Singles Tournament for the fourth time this season.
Barty will play against Bardoza in the semifinals. The latter made a wild card appearance, but passed all the way. In the quarter-finals, he defeated No. 8 seed Bencic 6-4 and 7-5, becoming the first in the history of the tournament. The top four Spanish native female players. In other games, Pavlyuchenkova eliminated Mukhova 2-0 and faced Sabalenka in the semifinals. The recently outstanding Sabalenka won the first set 6-1, and received Mertens's retirement gift when he led 4-0 in the second set and directly advanced.
In the women's doubles, No. 7 seed Xu Yifan/Zhang Shuai only resisted for 49 minutes, losing to No. 2 seed Kregickova/Sinjakova 1-6, 0-6. China's Jinhua did not perform well in the women's singles. I hoped that these players could save their face in the women's doubles. However, Xu Yifan/Zhang Shuai lost 1-12. The gap is too big.
In the men’s singles competition, Nadal ushered in his debut, and quickly swept Alcaraz 6-1, 6-2. The latter just celebrated his 18th birthday on the day of the match. Nadal is also his idol. It ended in a disastrous defeat, but this is also a good birthday gift. I believe this young man with potential will make greater progress. Nadal will face the winner between Sina and Poplin in the third round.
In other games, Zverev defeated Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-2. Medvedev lost a set first and defeated Verkina 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in a reversal, and won his first victory on clay court this season. The Australian Open dark horse Karatsev eliminated No. 7 seed Schwartzman 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 and broke into the third round. On the whole, Nadal, Medvedev and other top players maintain a good competitive state, while the Australian Open dark horse Karatsev is getting more stable and may be able to play the dark horse role again in this station!
