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Yesterday, Beijing time, a message came from foreign media, saying that the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced that an independent tribunal ruled that British tennis players Tara Moore and Barbara Gatica tested positive for drugs due to "accidentally eating contaminated meat" during their participation in the Bogotá tournament in April last year, so the previous temporary ban of 19 months was revoked and the player's qualification was reinstated. Tara Moore, one of the two, had just reached the top 100 when she tested positive for drugs and became the first sister of the British Women's Doubles. After being suspended from the tournament, her ranking points were deducted to zero, and even though the ban on her is now revoked, there is no way to go back to what it used to be.
After seeing the news, the fans of Romanian star Halep were excited, and they saw a glimmer of hope for a reversal. Halep was banned for four years for ingesting contaminated nutrients. In February next year, Ha Mei will participate in a hearing after the appeal, which will determine the final fate of her career. Now it seems that with the precedent of the verdict against the English player, Halep's appeal hearing may be in a successful position. If the independent tribunal finds that Halep was indeed misapplied, it is likely to issue the same verdict as the aforementioned English player, which is to lift the Romanian's four-year ban. Of course, the outcome will not be known until after the hearing in February next year.
Let's look at Nadal again. In the past two days, the Spanish god of war continued to train at his online school, and his training partners were Finnish brother Rusuvori and his compatriot Munar. In a few days, Nadal will depart for Brisbane for his first tournament after his comeback.
Recently, Nadal's younger fan, Russian star Rublev, expressed his respect for his idol's return from injury, and said that he would not be surprised if Nadal won another Grand Slam title. "I wouldn't be surprised if Rafa came back and won a Grand Slam. Because I think he and Novak, they're playing now to make their mark in the history of tennis. Now, Novak is still holding on, so Rafa will try his best to hold on until the last minute to compete for a Grand Slam title. I'm sure the same is true of Novak. If Rafa continues to win after his return, then Novak will do his best to hold on until the end. ”
Before, people would always say, 'Now the era of Roger or Rafa or Novak is over,' but the three of them have been proving everyone wrong. So I wouldn't be surprised if Rafa proved it again and won more Grand Slam titles. ”
Let's focus on Zheng Qinwen again. Recently, a Chinese sister set off to fly to Australia to prepare for the upcoming United Cup. This year's United Cup is the first time for the Chinese team to participate, the captain is the former Chinese brother Wu Di, and the team members are Zheng Qinwen, Zhang Zhizhen, Buyun Chaoket, Sun Fajing and You Xiaodi. China are in Group E alongside the Czech Republic and Serbia, which indicates that the mixed doubles pair of Zheng Qinwen and Zhang Zhizhen will face Djokovic Danilovic on the court.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The following photo is copied by a player at an art gallery. Can you recognize who he is without prompting?
In the last guess, some golfers gave the correct answer. That's right, the person on the ** is the Argentine F-Cerundoro.
*: The House of Tennis Author: Maverick).