Due to the prolonged pause for national team matches, the world of football has been quiet in recent days. But in men’s tennis, where in recent years Russia has become a superpower and the leader of everything in the world (at the ATP Final Tournament, two of the eight best players of the season represent our country, and one more was listed as a reserve and was almost called yesterday to replace the injured Gurkach ) the night from Thursday to Friday, the first two semi-finalists of the Final were determined. Well, that is, they really decided a little earlier: when Alexander Zverev won his second victory – just over Gurkach, who was clearly uncomfortable. After that, at Zverev (he plays under the flag of Germany, if anyone has forgotten) and Daniil Medvedevthere were already two victories on the account, and both of them guaranteed themselves a place in the semifinals. But guarantees are guarantees, and Daniel had a match with Italian Annik Sinner on schedule . Obviously, Medvedev did not really want to play him, and he tried to make this meeting memorable for everyone – first he crushed the opponent, and then suddenly he began to create all kinds of game, fool around and, in general, behave as if it was not Medvedev of 2021, who wins tournaments, on the court. “Grand Slam” and chasing Djokovic in the overall rating, and young and a little stupid Danya, who finds it difficult to stay focused for more than two minutes in a row. In general, it was fun, you can read the details here.
Meanwhile, overseas at night our hockey players were lighting up again. Kirill Kaprizov picked up the pace – he, according to his strange habit, had a weak start in the season, but eventually played out, and last night he played his most productive match in his career. “Minnesota”, for which Whims plays, received “Dallas”, and the Russian not only scored, but also gave three assists, gaining in the end 4 (1 + 3) points. One of Kaprizov’s assists was so beautiful that it hit all the reviews:
That Kaprizov pass? pic.twitter.com/NaOgdolzhW— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) November 19, 2021
“Minnesota” exploits Kaprizov helped defeat “Dallas” with an obscene score 7: 2, and Kirill himself already has 15 (4 + 11) points in 16 games this season.
True, in Canada, Kaprizov’s achievement was not truly appreciated – here the country was covered with a wave of enthusiasm for the exploits of Connor McDavid . The 24-year-old Edmonton striker, together with our Alexander Ovechkin, have turned the current regular season into a competition to break old records. Ovechkin is chasing records for the total number of goals in his career, while McDavid is hitting one hit after another in scoring speed. He has already scored 600 points in 421 career matches, becoming the sixth in history on this indicator, and this season already scored points in 16 starting matches in a row, beating the achievement of Jaromir Jagr . Well, most of all the spectators admired his night goal against Winnipeg – the Canadian pulled the puck through two zones, beating the entire opposing team.
CONNOR. MCDAVID.
HE DID IT AGAIN. ??? pic.twitter.com/9GC4d48XZx— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) November 19, 2021
And a little not quite sporty. US President George Biden has officially confirmed that his administration is considering a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics. This means that athletes from the United States will come to the competition, but officials will not. This seems to be considered a way to punish China for its human rights violations. Representatives of countries from which more officials than athletes go to the Games look at the Americans with bewilderment.
The IOC has released a document that describes a new concept of “non-discrimination based on gender identity”, which in our country everyone calls just the rules for transgender people. Yesterday all day it was discussed by all and sundry, and for the most part our coaches were indignant: what is it, they say, the IOC has come up with! Few people read the text, as usual, but it says that new rules will be introduced by federations. And not now, but later. Details are here .
A film about Richard Williams , the father of tennis players Serena and Venus Williams, was released in Russia . In general, then another event – sugar biographies about how the main character denies himself everything, but in the end achieves his goal (in this case, makes his girls become champions) are published several times a year. This one has only one feature – the main character in this film is an extremely unpleasant type who became famous for assault, rudeness, scandals and the fact that, in a place and in a wrong place, he constantly mentioned racists, using this topic as a means to blackmail everyone around. In general, the real Richard Williams was not at all like the charm played by Will Smith.… So, if you are going to watch a movie, also read our text about this interesting person – he will set it up correctly.
Other top news in short:
– Oleg Shatov suspended his career
– Promes in the Netherlands is charged with attempted murder, Spartak is calm
– Cherevchenko returns to Khimki , from where he was fired just three weeks ago
– Journalist Kazakov launched a rumor that Zobnin asked to reduce his salary. Everyone made fun of him
– One of the most famous players of the “bronze” squad of “Wings of the Soviets” has died.
What to watch November 19:
– FIGURE SKATING . Stage of the Grand Prix in Grenoble. Competitions in the short program for girls start at 15:00.
– FOOTBALL . The 15th round of the Russian Premier League begins. Today Kerzhakov arrives in St. Petersburg: the local Zenit takes him to Nizhny Novgorod.
– TENNIS . The Final Tournament will feature Novak Djokovic – Cameron Norrie and Andrei Rublev – Casper Ruud. Djokovic has already secured an access to the semifinals (and he will play there with Zverev), but Rublev and Ruud must determine which of them wants to play more with Daniil Medvedev in the semifinals.
– FORMULA-1. Qatar Grand Prix kicks off, two free practice sessions today. There are only three stages left until the end of the championship, and the two leaders – Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton – are separated by only 14 points (quite a bit, because they give 25 for winning the race). A battle is expected.
