Although the women's singles event of the China Open is a WTA level 1 event, the total prize money has reached more than one million US dollars, and the total prize money of the entire China Open competition is only more than 2.2 million US dollars.

Generally, the big-name stars who come to participate in the China Open are here for the points of the China Open, after all, as an ATP 500 match, the champion of the China Open also has 500 points.

Djokovic has been unlucky since this year's French Open, he has not won a Grand Slam this year, and the number one position in the world has also been taken by Li Cai, and now he has fallen to fourth, if it weren't for Nadal's injury, he did not participate in the US Open Grand Slam, he may have fallen to fifth.

This made Djokovic, who was at his peak, very unwilling.

So I participated in the China Open, and wanted to participate in more competitions to get some points and regain the top of the world, but I didn't expect that Li Cai, who has always been lazy and has the title of "sloth", actually participated.

Li Cai has already won the annual Golden Slam this year, and he still came to participate in such a low-level tennis event, he is not short of money and honors, I really can't figure out why he wants to participate in the competition. ”

Although he couldn't figure it out, Djokovic also knew that this time the China Open and the Magic City Masters were probably going to hang, and it would be difficult to win the championship.

Compared with the Magic City Masters, the prize money and points of Huawang are much less.

Of course, the prize money is not enough to attract the big players in the men's singles, not to mention the ATP1000-level Magic City Masters, which will conflict with the China Open, if you are not the top seed player, it is difficult to be taken care of by the organizers, the total prize money of the Magic City Masters is two or three million US dollars, so the big players are disdainful to participate in the China Open, and those slightly famous players participate in the China Open, all for the 500 points, after all, the world's top players do not participate, and it is relatively easy to get the 500 points.

Djokovic is exactly such a plan, but he didn't expect that Lee would compete, which can only say that Djokovic's unlucky time has not passed.

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In the tennis men's singles competition, the Davis Cup, ATP year-end finals and the four Grand Slam Open tournaments are best-of-five in five sets, while others such as the Masters, Tour, Golden Match, etc., are all best-of-three games, so the game time is shortened a lot, the pace of the game is more compact, the intensity of the game is reduced, and the athletes can also withstand continuous games.

Since the time of the China Open is on the National Day, which happens to be a legal holiday, many tennis fans rushed to the Capital Tennis Center to watch Li Cai's game.

As long as there is Li Cai's match, the location of the Capital Tennis Center is full, and it is difficult to find a ticket.

This also gives a lot of scalpers the opportunity to make money.

Li Cai came with the annual Golden Slam, and he was fighting on his own soil, which can be said to be the right time and place, so it is naturally impossible to have an upset and lose the game.

The opponent in the first round was naturally an unknown player, Li Cai naturally won easily, and in the next few rounds, no one could stop Li Cai's footsteps, and Li Cai's promotion was very easy.

Li Cai's opponent in the second round is Germany's old golden boy Haas, and he is also a tennis player who supports Li Cai to win the annual Golden Slam.

Although Haas is ill-fated, but in this year's tennis event, the comeback performance is very dazzling, and it is also this year that he has gained 500 career wins, and was named the ATP best comeback award, this is the second time Haas has won it, it can be said that if it were not for the impact of injury, Haas would still be very likely to get a Grand Slam.

Although Haas was experienced, without Li Cai's cards, it was naturally impossible to cause trouble for Li Cai, and Li Cai easily entered the third round.

There are only 32 players in the Chinese Open, and the third round is actually the 1/4 finals, Li Cai met Austria's Melzer in the third round, Melzer is already a 31-year-old veteran, and was once ranked eighth in the world that year, and even in the 2010 French Open 1/4 finals, he reversed Djokovic in a way of losing two wins and three to reach the semifinals, but in recent years, with the increase in age and injuries, the state has declined greatly.

After all, not everyone is the king of Federer, and the older you get, the more demonic you become.

In the semifinals, Li Cai met the tennis Ali Tsonga, Tsonga's performance in the second half of the year was mediocre, and even in the US Open not long ago, he was eliminated in the second round, and Tsonga, who had a serious decline, although his ball is still strong, worthy of the "strange ball player", but his movement is much worse, and Li Cai, a player who is good at changing the rhythm of offense and defense, can directly surrender if the rhythm can't keep up.

Li Cai defeated Tsonga 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the final, where he faced old rival Novak Djokovic.

On October 7th, the last day of the National Day, many people had to prepare to go back and prepare to go to work and school.

But on this day, the final of the China Open, which was also the China Open, was played by the top seed Li Cai against the second seed Djokovic, and the Diamond Court at the Capital Tennis Center was as large as the capacity of a Grand Slam court, and it was hard to find a ticket.

In the semi-finals of the previous round of the tournament, Djokovic's opponent Fie Lopez retired midway through the game due to injury, which also gave Djokovic two more days off.

This also made Djokovic think that he was transferred and would not have an accident, but who knows, Djokovic did not finish the first game in the China Open final with Li Cai, and he twisted his ankle and injured his ankle, so he had no choice but to retire.

This made the much-anticipated duel thunderous and rainy, which made many viewers feel dissatisfied, but Li Cai still had to participate in the Magic Capital Masters, and the organizers' idea of letting Li Cai play an exhibition match could only be frustrated.

However, Li was able to win the China Open, which is of great significance to the entire China Open, because it is a local tennis player who wins the championship, and the organizers, sponsors, and spectators all want to see this ending, after all, it will naturally be unpleasant to see athletes from other countries win the championship at home.

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After the end of the China Net, Li Cai announced a blockbuster news in an interview with reporters.

This made the China Open final, which was originally boring and had no content reported, appear in a big news that shocked the global tennis world.

"I will announce my retirement and retirement from tennis after the next Masters of the Magic City. ”