Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Tuesday, January 28, 2025, and welcome to listen to the afternoon news brought to you by "Tennis Home".

Last night, Beijing time, Australian Open tournament director Craig Terly said in an interview that he intended to erect a statue of the tournament's ten-time champion and Serbian champion Djokovic at Melbourne Park, and thought it was a wise move. At the same time, he believes the Serb can win the Australian Open again. I hope that the statue of Djokovic will be completed soon!

At noon yesterday Beijing time, ATP and WTA successively announced the latest world rankings. In Men's Singles, defending Australian Open champion Sinner of Italy topped the rankings with 11,830 points, followed by German Zverev Junior with 8,135 points, followed by Alcaraz, Fritz, Ruud, Djokovic, Medvedev, De Minaur, Paul and Rublev.

In women's singles, defending Belarusian Sabalenka holds the top spot in the world with 8,956 points, Poland's Swiatek is in second place with 8,770 points, and Gauff, Bolini, Rybakina, Pegula, Case, Zheng Qinwen, Navarro and Badosa are third to tenth.

In terms of Chinese players, in addition to the first sister Zheng Qinwen, there are also Wang Xinyu (35), Yuan Yue (54), Wang Yafan (71) and Wang Xiyu (92) in the TOP100; The first brother Zhang Zhizhen ranked 50th, the teenager Shang Juncheng ranked 54th, and Buyun Chaoket ranked 71st.

Let's take a closer look at the latest developments. ATP 250 Montpellier First Round: Homegrown rising star Cazo defeated wildcard Swiss veteran Wawrinka 6-4 6-3 to advance to the second round; China's Buyun Chaokert beat Germany's Altmaier 7-6(1) 6-3 to get off to a flying start and his first win of the season. German Kopfil and American Kovacevic also won and advanced.

WTA 500 Linz: Romania's Kostya snapped a five-7 6-2 6-3 win over Dutchman Ruth to end an eight-season losing streak. Bulgarian Tomova also qualified with a 7-6 6-4 win over Spaniard Maneiro.

WTA 250 Singapore: In the first round of singles, Chinese teenager Wei Sijia, who broke through from the qualifying round, lost 4-6 6-7(2) to another qualifier, Sa Wangkai.

Top seed and rising Russian star Karinskaya, Spaniard Buksa and Colombian Osorio defeated their respective opponents to advance to the second round. American Anisimova announced her retirement before the match, and as a result, China's Wang Xiyu's first-round opponent became the lucky loser Timofeeva. In the Women's Doubles first round, third seeds Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai defeated Makoto Ninomiya/Cao Jiayi 2-6 6-2 10-4 to advance to the quarter-finals.

In addition, world No. 1 Sinner announced his withdrawal from the 2025 ATP 500 Rotterdam Open, citing the need for a period of physical rest after the Australian Open.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. Here's a picture of a player shouting at the sky after winning. Can you recognize who she is without prompting?

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

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)