Tennis
Denis Shapovalov loses in the semi-finals
(Dubai) The Czech Jiří Veselý, who fell favorite Novak Djokovic in the previous round, beat the Canadian Denis Shapovalov and won his ticket to the final of the Dubai tennis tournament on Friday.
Veselý, a qualifying player, prevailed in three tight sets of 6-7 (7), 7-6 (2) and 7-6 (3) after a match that lasted 3 hours and 12 minutes.
Sixth-seeded Shapovalov served for the match at 5-4 in the third set when Veselý replied with a break, and he pushed the game to the limit. In the decisive tiebreaker, the Czech pushed the Canadian to make three errors.
Veselý, efficient in serving with 19 aces, will cross swords with Russian Andrey Rublev in the final. Rublev defeated Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz in straight sets 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5) in the other semifinal.
PHOTO EBRAHIM NOROOZI, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jiří Vesely
Shapovalov totaled 14 double faults for just seven aces and converted just two of his four break points.
It was the first meeting between the two lefties. The day before, Shapovalov had predicted an “aggressive” game, and that’s what happened.
Veselý caused the upset of the tournament in the quarter-finals by knocking down Novak Djokovic. This defeat of the Serb means that he will lose his number one spot when the next ATP rankings update is released on Monday.
“No war, please”, pleads Rublev
After advancing to the final, Rublev wrote “No war, please” on a camera lens.
Russian troops concentrated their efforts near Ukraine’s capital Kiev on Friday on the second day of the invasion.
Rublev was not asked about this international dispute during his post-match on-court interview.
PHOTO SUHAIB SALEM, REUTERS Andrey Rublev at the Dubai tournament against American Mackenzie McDonald
Thursday at the tournament in Acapulco, Mexico, his compatriot Daniil Medvedev said it had not been easy for him to see his country invade Ukraine.
“As a tennis player, I want to promote peace all over the world,” said the man who will become world number one on Monday.
“We play in many countries. It’s not easy to hear what’s going on. I am always for peace. »
The Canadian Press, with information from The Associated Press
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Tennis
Rybakina and Rublev beat the Vachereau/Schwentek duo in the World Tennis Continental Cup match in China
Elena Rybakina and Andrey Rublev / Photo: © Zhe Ji / Contributor / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
The Russian-Kazakh duo Andrey Rublev/Elena Rybakina beat the representative of Monaco, Valentin Vachereau and Iga Szwiatek from Poland in the World Tennis Continental Cup match, which takes place in Shenzhen (China).
The meeting ended with the victory of Rublev and Rybakina representing the world team – 6:4, 6:4. Team World beats Team Europe 5–4.
In the final match of the tournament, Andrei Rublev will meet with Italian Flavio Cobolli. The game will take place on Sunday, December 28 at 18:45 local time.
The tournament takes place December 26–28. The eight participants are divided into two teams: Team Europe and Team World. Each player will play two singles matches, and two doubles matches will also be played.
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Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva beat the representative of the Philippines Alexandra Eala in the match of the MGM Tennis Masters exhibition tournament, which takes place in Macau.
The meeting ended with Andreeva’s victory with a score of 6:4, 6:2.
The result of the match guaranteed victory for Conchita Martinez’s team, for which the Russian plays, over Li Na’s team. Team Martinez is also represented by Chinese Wu Yibing and Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. The tournament takes place from December 27 to 28.
Andreeva is the winner of three WTA tournaments in singles and two in doubles, Olympic silver medalist in pairs, semi-finalist at Roland Garros 2024. Currently, the athlete ranks ninth in the WTA rankings.
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On December 28, there will be an exhibition match between the world’s first rackets in women’s singles. Arina Sabalenko Finalist at Wimbledon 2022 Nick Kyrgios from Australia.
The so-called “Battle of the Sexes” will take place at the arena in Dubai (UAE) and will start at around 18:00 Kiev time on Sunday.
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The winner will be the person who wins two sets. In the event of a change of game, a tiebreaker of up to 10 points will be determined.
Some changes have been made to the fighting rules. First, each person will only have one attempt to send. Secondly, Sabalenka’s court side will be shortened by 9%.
Broadcast video player will be added later…
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