Ying Yige entered the top four and ranked among the TOP5, Mr. Mei's dream of the top four was shattered, and Swa was baptized in blood and said that he was helpless

02/05/2025 13:08:00 PANDATV

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Last night, Beijing time, the ATP1000 Madrid Masters ended the singles quarterfinals, and the semi-final seats belonged to each other. Fifth seed and British No.1 Draper continued his hot streak with a 6-0 6-4 win over Italy's Arnaldi to reach the semi-finals of the clay Masters for the first time in his career. Next week, Draper will be ranked in the top five for the first time in the world, becoming the fourth Briton to do so.

In the semi-finals, he will face 10th seed and Italy's Musetti, who also performed well to beat Canada's lucky loser Diallo 6-4 6-3 to reach the semi-finals of the second consecutive Masters. In terms of head-to-head record, Musetti is 3-0 behind Draper.

In the other highlight, the ninth seed and Russian star Medvedev, who had hit all nine semi-finals of all nine Masters tournaments in his career, was strongly blocked by Norway's Ruud and finally lost in two sets in a row 3-6 5-7. Ruud, on the other hand, won his first win in four meetings with Mr. Mei, returned to the semi-finals of the tournament after four years, and reached the semi-finals of the Masters for the ninth time in his career.

Next, the Norwegian will battle Argentine F-Cerundolo for a place in the final, beating Czech rising star Mensik 3-6 7-6(5) 6-2 to qualify for the semi-finals of the tournament for the first time and reach the semi-finals of the Masters for the second time.

Women's Field: Two-time champion and top seed Sabalenka played a solid WTA1000 in the semi-finals of the singles tournament in Madrid, beating Ukrainian cabbage Svitolina 6-3 7-5 to advance to the tournament for the fourth time in five years. It was also the thirteenth final of the Belarusian career and the sixth of the season, with 30 wins, the highest number of women's players.

In the other highlight-out match, defending champion and No. 2 seed Swiatek was in a slump, with only seven winning points and 28 unforced errors, losing 11 games in a row before being swept 1-6 1-6 by No. 4 seed and rising American star Gauff. Gauff, on the other hand, defeated Swiatek for the first time on clay, and also won three consecutive victories against the latter. It was the American's first and 11th career Tour singles final of the year and his third 1000 final. If she can beat Sabalenka in the final, she will overtake Swiatek in the world rankings and move up to No. 2 in the world.

Swiatek, who reached the semi-finals, has not won a title for 11 months since winning the French Open last year, with her best result being only the semi-finals, not even a final.

After the game, the Polish girl said to herself that she was helpless about the fiasco of eating double fritters, "To be honest, there is nothing to review." Because it was basically the same from the start to the end of the game, I was never able to improve my level. Gauff played well, but I think it was my problem, I didn't move very well, I wasn't ready to fight back hard. With this kind of play, yes, I feel terrible. To be honest, I don't know what I can expect from this game right now. I've not moved very well and I've been in mixed shape for most of the events I've been in lately. So I'm really not sure what I have in my arsenal, and I don't even feel like I have a plan B because nothing worked today....... Some fans believe that Swiatek's current situation is a problem with coach Fisette, and called on the Polish girl to change coaches as soon as possible. Do you think that's the reason?