Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Sunday, January 19, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

This morning, Beijing time, the eighth day of the 2025 Australian Open tennis season began. In the opening match of the fourth round of the Women's Singles, defending champion and top seed Sabalenka was in hot form, sweeping 14th seed and rising Russian star Mila Andreeva 6-1 6-2 to win 18 consecutive Grand Slam Grand Slam victories and reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the 11th time in her career.

In the other matchup, the world's No. 3 and American rising star Gauff was strongly blocked by the Swiss star Bencic, who came back after giving birth, and lost the first set 5-7. As of press time, the game is still ongoing.

In the Women's Doubles match-up that ended at noon today, Guo Hanyu/Panova lost 5-7 6-4 6-7 (6-10) to Kostyuk/Ruse.

Let's take a closer look at the game from yesterday afternoon to the evening session Beijing time. Men's Singles: The 38-year-old French veteran continued his hot form by knocking out fourth seed American Fritz 3-6 7-5 7-6(1) 6-4 to become only the third person since 1990 to reach the last 16 of a Grand Slam men's singles at the age of 38 and above, the two being Federer and Connors.

World No. 1 and defending champion Sinner progressed with a 6-3 6-4 6-2 victory over American Giron 6-3 6-4 6-2. Rising American star Shelton beat Italy's Musetti 6-3 3-6 6-4 7-6(5) to reach the last 16 of the Australian Open for the first time in his career. Another American player, 19-year-old Lerner Chin, continued his hot run over Russia's Dmitry Medvedev in the previous round to beat Frenchman Mutai 7-6(10) 6-3 6-3 to reach the last 16 of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career and become the youngest player to reach the last 16 of the Australian Open after Spanish god Rafael Nadal.

In the second round of Men's Doubles, Zhang Zhizhen and Mahachi's China-Czech pair defeated Germany's Schneider/Varner 5-7 6-4 6-4 to reach the round of 16.

Women's Singles: Monfils' wife, No.28 seed Svitolina, was greatly encouraged by her husband's win to defeat No.4 seed and Italian tinker Paulini 2-6 6-4 6-0 to defeat the world's top five at a Grand Slam for the second time in her career and reach the round of 16 of the Australian Open for the fifth time. Next, she will face Russia's Kudermetova for a place in the quarterfinals. The black-and-white couple of Monfils and Svitolina also set a tennis record by beating the fourth seed twice at the Australian Open.

Sixth seed Rybakina of Kazakhstan defeated 32nd seed Yastremska of Ukraine 6-3 6-4 to advance to the round of 16. Next, she will face American Keys for a place in the quarterfinals. However, in the match, Rybakina suffered from lower back discomfort early in the game and called a medical timeout, and bent over several times to stretch her lower back muscles during the match. Therefore, it is still unknown whether she will be able to play normally in the next round.

Germany's lucky loser Leith beat Romania's Christian 4-6 6-3 6-3 to break his best Grand Slam record and reach the round of 16 for the first time. Next, she will challenge second seed and Poland's Swiatek.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player changing his jersey during a break. Can you recognize who he is without prompting?

In the last guess, some golfers gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the German veteran Sigmund.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)