Jódar Reaches First Masters 1000 Semi-Final in Montreal
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Jódar is a tennis player from Spain. He played a match against Fils in Canada. Jódar won the match. He won in two sets.
This win is very special for Jódar. He reached the semi-final of a big tennis tournament for the first time. The tournament is called the Masters 1000 of Canada. It is in a city called Montreal.
Now Jódar will play against Nakashima. This match is the semi-final. The winner will go to the final.
Jódar is playing very well this week. People say he can now enter the Top 10 of the best tennis players in the world.
Vocabulary15 words
- tennis
- a sport where you hit a ball with a racket
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- match
- a game between two players or teams
- sets
- parts of a tennis match
- semi-final
- the match before the final
- tournament
- a big sports event with many matches
- final
- the last match, to find the winner
- Top 10
- the ten best players in the world
- win
- to be the best in a match
- opponent
- the other player you play against
- city
- a big place where many people live
- special
- not usual; very good
- first time
- when something happens for the first time ever
- world
- all the countries together
- today
- this day, now
Quiz
Answer key
1. Fils 2. Two 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Jódar is a _____ player from Spain.
He played a _____ against Fils in Canada.
Jódar won the match in two _____.
He reached the _____ of a big tennis tournament for the first time.
The tournament is called the Masters 1000 of _____.
It is in a city called _____.
Now Jódar will play against _____.
This match is the semi-final.
The winner will go to the _____.
People say he can now enter the _____ of the best players.