Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Monday, January 27, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

Last night, Beijing time, the 2025 Australian Open tennis season came to a wonderful end. In the final Men's Singles finale, top seed and defending champion Sinner was in hot form, failing to concede a break point and beating second seed Zverev Jr. in straight sets 6-3 7-6(4) 6-3 to defend his Australian Open title.

It was the third Grand Slam title of the Italian's career, and he was unbeaten in the first three finals of a hard-court Grand Slam, alongside the likes of Federer and Djokovic. Sinner is also the first player since Rafael Nadal to successfully defend his first Grand Slam title. Before the game, the president of the Italian Tennis Association praised Sinsina, and was questioned by fans about slapping his face. And Sinner used his strength to prove that he was immortal, and he was the new king of Melbourne.

Zverev, who has entered the Grand Slam finals three times and served the plate three times, is unwilling, but he is also convinced, "In general, Yannik is better than me now, it's as simple as that." I think I'm better on my serve than he is, but he's better at everything else, he's better on his forehand, better on his backhand, better on his return than me, better on his volleys. So at the end of the day, he deserves to win, he's the best player on hard courts at the moment. ”

Despite not reaching the top, Zverev Jr. was not discouraged and said he would continue to work hard until he won a Grand Slam title, "I worked as hard as I did before, I think I did all the right things off the court. But I lost three sets in a row today and that's true. I don't want to end my career as the best player who is not the best of the Grand Slam titles, I will continue to do my best to win one of them. ”

Since the Open era, a total of seven people have lost the first three Grand Slam finals, and five of them have gone on to win Grand Slam titles, including Lendl, Agassi, Ivanisevic, Murray, and Thiem; The other two are Sanya's Norwegian Ruud and Zverev Jr. Do you think the two of them will eventually lift the Grand Slam trophy?

In the Women's Doubles final, Hsieh/Ostapenko equalised in the second set tie-break, but were beaten 6-2 6-7(4) 6-3 by top seeds Siniakova/Townsend 6-2 6-7(4). Siniakova won the 10th Grand Slam women's doubles title of her career, becoming a legend in the doubles field.

Let's focus on this week's events. Last night, Beijing time, the WTA500 Linz station announced the singles main draw table. Czech star Mukhova, Ukrainian cabbage Svitolina, Greece's first sister Sakari, and Russia's Alexandrova are the top four seeds and enjoy a bye in the first round. Ukrainian Yastremska, Russian players Potapova and Avaniesyan and Danish rising star Taussen will all be in action.

WTA 250 Singapore: Chinese teenager Wei Sijia successfully broke through from the qualifying round to face another qualifier Sa Wangkai in the first round.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player pointing his left index finger on his head after winning. Can you recognize who he is without prompting?

In the last guess, the golfer gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the rising American star Shelton.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)