Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Monday, January 13, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

Last night, Beijing time, the 2025 Australian Open ended the first day of competition. On the Chinese side, three players successfully finished the tournament, but except for the first sister Zheng Qinwen who defeated Romanian qualifier Todoni, the other two Chinese players failed to win and both lost.

Among them, Buyun Chaokert twice dragged the game to a tie-break against Lebanese qualifier Habib, but both fell short at the last minute, and finally lost three sets in a row 6-7(4) 4-6 6-7(6) to miss the first Grand Slam main draw victory. The opponent set a record and became the first Lebanese player to reach the second round of a Grand Slam. Wang Xinyu scored 32 winning points against Spanish star Badosa and lost 3-6 6-7(5) to the Australian Open for the second year in a row, despite scoring 32 winning points, but with as many as 40 unforced errors.

Yuan Yue's match, which was postponed due to rain, will be made up at noon today; The youngster Shang Juncheng will also appear at around 1:30 p.m. this afternoon to face the Spanish star Fokina. Before the game, Xiaoshang said that he would go all out to play the game he wanted and win the final victory. Come on, boy! In addition, the three favourites in men's singles, Sinner, Alcaraz and Djokovic, will all play today.

Let's take a look at the rest of the fixtures. In Men's Singles, Japanese veteran Kei Nishikori came from 2-0 down in the set to face two match points in the third set to win 4-6 6-7(4) 7-5 6-2 6-3 against Brazil's Monteiro to advance to the second round. This is the fifth time in his career that Kei Nishikori has won two and won three, and he has set a new record for the top of the list of active players with a win rate of 81.82% in five sets (at least 20 matches).

Second seed Zverev of Germany advanced to the second round with a 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-4 win over wildcard Frenchman Puuilly. Norway's Ruud made his debut 6-3 1-6 7-5 2-6 6-1 in five sets against Spaniard Munar. Players such as Ember, Fes, Leheka, Mahachi, Opelka, Gaston, Martinez, Aris and others also won and advanced.

In a key match match on the second match day this morning, No.11 seed and Greek No.1 Tsitsipas lost 5-7 3-6 6-2 4-6 to American teenager Mickelson, suffering another round of travel after seven years, and he is also the first seeded player in men's singles to go out of this Australian Open.

Women's Singles: World No.1 and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka defended her title with a 6-3 6-2 victory over American Stephens. Denmark's rising star Towsen defeated Czech rising star Oskova 5-7 6-3 6-4 to advance to the second round. Blinkova, Maneiro, Maria, Vekic, Buxa, Fernandez, Lamens and others also defeated their respective opponents to advance to the second round.

In the second matchday competition this morning, Beijing time, Berech, Samsonova, Danilovich, Schneider, Gauff, Slamkova, Gibson, and Moe Natsu Uchijima won successively to advance.

In addition, Wimbledon champion and Czech star Vondrousova announced today that she has withdrawn from this Australian Open due to injury. I wish her a speedy recovery!

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player on the ball. Can you recognize who she is without prompting?

In the last guess, the golfer gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the Czech star Mukhova.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)