Makemake ʻo Zhizhen Zhang e hoʻomau i ka hana moʻolelo. ʻO ka Pākē mua i komo i ka 100 kiʻekiʻe o ka pae ATP, i kūpono no ka puni o 1.000 o ka Masters XNUMX a e hana pū no ka quarterfinals. ʻO kāna pahuhopu hou: ʻo ia ka hoa paio mua ma waena o nā ʻehā maikaʻi loa. ʻO ka mea pale e kū nei i mua ona i kēia lā ʻo Aslan Karatsev.
ʻO kēia ka duel kamahaʻo loa i kēia kaʻapuni o ka Mutua Madrid Open, me nā mea pāʻani haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ʻelua o nā quarterfinalists a pau: ʻo ka Kina ka helu 99, a ʻo ka Lūkini, ka helu 121. ʻO ka hakakā wale nō ma waena o lāua i hana ʻia ma ka ka puni mua o ka ATP 500 ma Astana. Ua piʻi ʻo Karatsev i ka duel i nā hoʻonohonoho kokoke loa (4-6, 6-4 a me 6-1).
Hele mai ʻo Zhang i ka pāʻani o kēia lā ma ke ʻano he haku o ka hoʻomaha hoʻopaʻa. I nā pāʻani ʻehā āna i pāʻani ai ma Caja Mágica, ua hōʻea ka Kina i ʻehiku mau tiebreaks, me ke koena koʻikoʻi no ka 6-1. ʻO nā kūlana ma Madrid, e like me Zhang, makemake ʻo ia e hiki ke hōʻea i ka hoʻonohonoho hope ʻoiai e mālama ana i kāna lawelawe: "ʻO ia ke kumu he nui nā pāʻani hoʻopaʻa. ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomaha, hiki iaʻu ke lanakila i nā pāʻani.
ʻO ke aliʻi uhaʻi kaula
ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona hope loa o ka mana o Zhang i ka wā i hiki mai ai ka hopena hope o nā sets i kāna pāʻani 10 puni. E kūʻē iā Taylor Fritz, ua eo ʻo ia i ka hoʻonohonoho mua a loaʻa i kahi hoʻomaha hoʻopaʻapaʻa ma nā ʻelua e hiki mai ana. Lawe ʻo ia i nā mea ʻelua a loaʻa i kāna lanakila mua e kūʻē i kahi 3 kiʻekiʻe (6-7, 6-5 (7) a me 6-8 (XNUMX)).
ʻO Denis Shapovalov lāua ʻo Cameron Norrie ma waena o kāna mau mea i hōʻeha ʻia, ʻelua i waena o nā mea maikaʻi loa he kanakolu o ka honua, kahi i kūʻē iā ia i ʻelua mau pāʻani paʻakikī o ʻekolu sets. ʻOliʻoli ka poʻe pā o Madrid i ka hana a Zhang a i kēia lā e ʻike lākou i kāna hoʻāʻo e hoʻomau i ka hana moʻolelo.
No kāna ʻāpana, ʻo Karatsev ka hōkū i kahi hoʻokūkū kūpono ʻole i manaʻo ʻia. Ua hoʻomaka ka Lūkini i kāna huakaʻi ma Madrid i ka Pōʻakahi ka lā 24, e pāʻani ana i nā pōʻai mua a i kēia lā ke pāʻani nei ʻo ia i ka quarterfinals. Ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻana i ʻelua mau mea pāʻani kiʻekiʻe he 30 i ka pōʻai ʻelua a me ke kolu - ʻo Botic van de Zandschulp lāua ʻo Álex de Miñaur - haʻalele lākou i kā lākou maikaʻi loa no ka puni o 3. I loko o hoʻokahi hola a me ka hapa wale nō, ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i kona hoa aloha ʻo Daniil Medvedev, ka hua lua a me ka helu honua 7 (6-1 (6) a me 4-XNUMX).
ʻO Struff i manaʻo ʻole ʻia, ʻo Tsitsipas ka hoʻokūkū hou
ʻO ka pāʻani e hoʻopau ana i ka hapaha hope o ka huki ʻana o nā kāne e hoʻokomo iā Stefanos Tsitsipas lāua ʻo Jan-Lennard Struff i ka hakakā, ʻo ka lua o ka poʻe Kelemania 'lucky losers' i hiki i kēia puni penultimate. Ma hope o ka hoʻopakele ʻia ʻana ma hope o kona hoʻopau ʻia ʻana ma muli o ka hōʻeha ʻana o Fabio Fognini, ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻo Struff i kāna pae pāʻani a hiki i ka wā i hiki ai iā ia ke komo i loko o kahi pōʻai maʻamau i mālama ʻia no nā hua kiʻekiʻe.
No kāna ʻaoʻao, ʻo Tsitsipas, ka mea maʻa i kēia ʻano pāʻani, ua ʻohi i nā manaʻo i ka holomua ʻana o ka hoʻokūkū. Ma hope o ka hana ʻana i ka hope ma Barcelona, ʻeha ʻo ia iā Dominic Thiem lāua ʻo Sebastián Báez i nā pōʻai mua. Akā, ua lanakila ʻo ia i kekahi o nā hōʻike o ka hoʻokūkū, ʻo ka Spanish Bernabé Zapata, i ka puni o XNUMX.
