Sports midday | Vinicius contract renewal with Real Madrid has stagnated, Alcalas wins the Masters championship again

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On August 19, according to ESPN, Real Madrid provided Vinicius with an annual renewal salary of 20 million euros, but Vinicius' team believes that the increase is too small and the renewal negotiations have stalled.

Earlier this morning, the ATP1000 Cincinnati Masters came to an end. No. 2 seed Alcalas won five games in a row and received the withdrawal ceremony from the top seed Sina, and was crowned on this site for the first time. Aka rewrites his match against Sina to 9 wins and 5 losses, and he also ends his opponent's 26-game winning streak. In the

Table Tennis Arena, the WTT Swedish Grand Slam ended the second day of the main competition. The national table tennis women's team added three more wins in the women's singles competition, and all the players advanced. In men's singles, Chinese table tennis young players Chen Yuanyu and Wen Ruibo both passed the first round.

La Liga:

Vinicius' contract renewal with Real Madrid has stalled

On August 19, according to ESPN, Real Madrid provided Vinicius with an annual salary of 20 million euros to renew his contract, but the player team believes that the increase is too small and the contract renewal negotiations have stalled.

Vinicius, 25, has an existing contract expires in June 2027, with net income of approximately 17 million euros per season, including bonuses. The two sides narrowed their differences through talks in May this year. At that time, a source told ESPN that the agreement was close to being reached and that the player team hoped to increase the fixed annual salary to 20 million euros, plus the floating bonus could reach up to 30 million euros.

However, sources revealed that Real Madrid's final offer was only 20 million euros fixed salary, and did not include an additional bonus of 10 million euros. Therefore, the players believed that the increase was too small and could not be a reasonable basis for renewal until 2030.

Vinitius's agents Fred Pena and Tasilo Soares decided to suspend the decision and first observe the progress of the 2025-2026 season and the plan for coach Xavi Alonso to use the players.

Several sources confirmed to ESPN that Alonso considered putting Vinicius on the bench when he played against Paris Saint-Germain in the Club World Cup semi-finals, and planned to use a two-forward formation. Later, Arnold retreated due to injury to the last matchup. In the end, Valverde changed to the right-back, and Vinicius started together with Gonzalo Garcia and Mbappe.

Real Madrid launched Vinicius' contract renewal process as early as February this year, although its contract has two years left. As the Saudi professional league has expressed interest, the club's negotiations started earlier than usual. However, according to ESPN, Saudi interest has gradually faded and the player team has ruled out the possibility of a transfer.

Vinicius performed less than expected last season and was working to win Alonso's trust, who asked offensive players to participate in the defense, and if Vinicius couldn't do that, he could be replaced by Gonzalo.

ATP1000 Cincinnati Masters:

Sina lost five games in a row and withdrew from the game. Aka won the first championship in the early morning of August 19, in the ATP1000 Cincinnati Masters final, the top seed Sina lost five games in the first set, and the 2nd seed Alcalas won the championship in this site. This is the first Cincinnati Masters championship in his career.

Sina and Aka, as the first two seeds of the tournament, have already met in the finals in four consecutive matches they played together. Sina is the defending champion of this game, and has not lost a single set on the road to promotion, while Aka has experienced two three sets.

This is the 14th time in both sides' careers. Aka had the upper hand before 8 wins and 5 losses, but last month's Wimbledon Sina reversed Aka to win the championship, ending his five-game losing streak against his opponent.

In this final, Sina was not in the state at the beginning, lost four points in a row and was broken by the opponent. When he came to Aka's serve, Sina entered the state slightly, but also made continuous unforced mistakes, and Aka protected the serve and took a 2:0 lead. Afterwards, Aka broke Sina's two more games. After five games, Sina had no choice but to withdraw due to physical discomfort. Alcaras was crowned in Cincinnati and won the eighth championship in his career Masters.

At the first time after the game, Aka stepped forward to care about Sina's physical condition, and he also wrote "sorryJannik" on the screen.

wins Alcalas won 17 consecutive games in the Masters, ending Sina's 26-game winning streak in the Hard Field Tour. Alcaras successfully won his sixth title of the season, and is also the 8th Masters champion and the 22nd Tour champion in his career.

In addition, Alcalas rewrites his match record with Sina to 9 wins and 5 losses, and he also ends his opponent's 26-game winning streak.

Premier League:

revealed that Garnacho has reached a personal agreement with Chelsea

On August 19, according to Italian journalist Skira, Chelsea has reached an agreement with Garnacho on personal terms.

Skira wrote: "Garnacho has reached a personal agreement with Chelsea and has rejected multiple offers and chose to wait for Chelsea's invitation."

"As long as some players who are not in the Maresca plan leave the team, Chelsea is preparing to sign Garnacho from Manchester United."

Previously, according to the BBC, Manchester United was preparing to welcome Chelsea's offer to Garnacho, but they would never let the person go at a low price.

Manchester United executives believe that Garnacho is interested in transferring to Stamford Bridge, which is the main reason why he remains at Old Trafford after coach Amorin asked him to leave the team for nearly three months. Relations between the two sides deteriorated and even someone destroyed photos of Garnacho near Old Trafford on Sunday. Garnacho's way of leaving is crucial for Amorin to reorganize the team.

As a youth training player, selling his income will have a significant impact on Manchester United's profitability and sustainable development. Once the negotiations begin, it will be a major test for Manchester United football negotiating director Matt Hargreaves and recruiting director Christopher Vivier.

Manchester United knows Chelsea will try to lower the price of 21-year-old Garnacho. However, Old Trafford insiders pointed out that the Blues are unwilling to sell unpopular striker Nkunku to Bayern for less than £50m, which should guide Manchester United's valuation of Argentina international Garnacho, as Manchester United believes Garnacho is better than Nkunku.

WTT Swedish Grand Slam:

The national table tennis women's singles added three more wins, and the two men's singles rookies passed the qualifying mark

In the early morning of August 19, the WTT Swedish Grand Slam ended the second day of the main competition. The national table tennis women's singles team added three more wins in the women's singles competition, and all the players advanced. In men's singles, Chinese table tennis young players Chen Yuanyu and Wen Ruibo both passed the first round.

11:4, 11:6, and 11:8, Chen Xingtong defeated Hong Kong player Du Kai-chan in three straight games and successfully advanced to the top 32 women's singles. Chen Xingtong said: "I think I performed normally today, but Adu (Du Kaiyan) played better today than I had before."

Facing German chopper Han Ying, Chen Yi performed well, and won three consecutive games with 11:4, 11:6 and 11:9, successfully advancing to the top 32 women's singles. "I think I handled it better today and was more patient," said Chen Yi.

Against Egyptian player Hannah Gundam, Sun Yingsha lost the first game 3:11, quickly controlled the situation through inter-inning adjustments, and won three consecutive games with 11:7, 11:6 and 11:7, and won the final victory with a big score of 3:1.

Sun Yingsha concluded: "The rhythm and feeling of my first game were actually not very good. After the stalemate was turned, it was still very helpful to the situation." On the second day of the main competition, two young players from the national table tennis men's team were on the stage. Among them, Chen Yuanyu, who ranked 19th in the world, faced the host 16-year-old Adam Wallin who participated in the wild card, and lost 9:11 in the first game. Then, he won three consecutive games with a score of 11:7 and reversed and won.

In another game, the 18-year-old player Wen Ruibo, ranked 35th in the world, won three straight games and defeated qualifying player Yuodie Tanaka with 13:11, 11:8 and 11:8. In the third game, Wen Ruibo once fell behind 0:6, but he scored 6:0 and 5:0, and made a reversal.

US Open Qualification Match:

Wang Xiyu reversed 2:1 and defeated Branstin to advance to the second round of women's singles

On August 19, the first round of the 2025 US Open Women's Singles Qualification Match started. Wang Xiyu won two sets in a row to achieve a reversal after losing one set first, beating Canadian player Branstin 2:1, becoming the first Chinese player to win this year's US Open Qualification Match.

In the first set, Wang Xiyu was broken by Branstin in the 6th game and fell behind his opponent 2:4. In the 9th game, Branstin successfully held his serve in the win-win game, and Wang Xiyu lost the first set 3:6.

In the second set, Wang Xiyu completed a key break in the 8th game and led 5:3 to the serve and win the set. Then in the 9th game, Wang Xiyu saved the break point and held the serve, dragging the game into the final set 6:3.

The decisive set, as soon as the two sides broke the serve, Wang Xiyu led 4:3 after breaking the serve again in the 7th game. In the 9th game, Wang Xiyu broke the serve again in the game where his opponent had no way out of the game and won the final set 6:3.

In the end, in a 2-hour and 17-minute game, Wang Xiyu defeated Branstin with a 3:6, 6:3, and 6:3, and successfully entered the second round of the qualifying round with 20 points. In the next round, Wang Xiyu will face Matic across the net.

Another Chinese player Gao Xinyu, after 56 minutes of resistance, lost to Croatian player and No. 11 seed of the qualifying match, stopped here.

Wei Sijia and Zhang Shuai will make their debut tomorrow morning to play in the first round of the women's singles qualifying round. The US Open singles qualifying match requires three consecutive levels to qualify for the main competition.