Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Saturday, February 1, 2025, and welcome to listen to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

Last night, Beijing time, the ATP 250 Montpellier station ended the singles quarterfinals. In a match that was the focus of Chinese fans' attention, teenager Buyun Chaokert was knocked out of the semi-finals by second seed and Canadian star Aliassime in straight sets 6-3 6-4 despite his best efforts.

The top seed and Russian star Rublev led 5-2 in the first set before receiving a retirement gift from Georgian opponent Basilashvili and easily advanced to the semifinals. In the semi-finals, he will face American qualifier Kovacevic, who upset defending champion and Kazakhstan's Bublik 6-3 6-2. The other semi-final spot was secured by Dutchman de Jong, who beat compatriot Grykspoor 7-6(5) 6-4 in two sets.

Women's Field: Top seed and Czech Republic's Mukhova defeated sixth seed and rising Russian star Potapova 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the quarter-finals of the WTA 500 Linz tournament to advance to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, she will face fourth seed Alexandrova, another Russian, who defeated Croatian qualifier Martic 3-6 6-2 6-2.

Eighth seed and rising Danish star Taussen defeated Russia's Blinkova 6-4 6-3 to meet fifth seed Yastremska of Ukraine in the semi-finals.

Doubles: In a quarter-final, top seeds Zhang Shuai/Siniakova defeated Tang Qianhui/Appleton 7-5 6-2 to advance to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, they will face fourth seeds Babos/Stephanie.

WTA 250 Singapore: In the singles quarterfinals, fourth seed Wang Xinyu of China battled hard for 3 hours and 19 minutes, played two sets to tie-break, and finally defeated Swiss Teichmann who broke through from the qualifying round 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-4, and reached the semifinals of the tour after last year's Wuhan Open, which is also the sixth time in Wang Xinyu's career to reach the semifinals of the WTA Tour.

She will next face second seed and Belgian Mertens, who defeated sixth seed Colombian Osorio 6-4 6-2 to secure her final semi-final spot. The other two semi-final spots go to Russian rising star Karinskaya and American Ann Lee.

Let's focus on the Davis Cup. Yesterday, Beijing time, in a play-off match in the Davis Cup World Group 2, the Chinese team led by Zhang Zhizhen won consecutive wins in the first two singles, leading Montenegro 2-0. thereinto

Cui Jie 6-4 7-6 Jovanovic; Zhang Zhizhen 6-4 6-4 Krivokapik. The two teams will continue to play three other matches today, good luck to the Chinese team!

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

In the last guess, Shanghai's "Liu Yang" golfer gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is Chinese player Yuan Yue.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)