Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Tuesday, February 4, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon news brought to you by "Tennis House".

This morning, Beijing time, the ATP 500 Rotterdam station ended the first day of competition. In a Grand Slam title matchup, second seed Dmitry Medvedev of Russia got off to a flying start with a 6-7(8) 6-4 6-1 win over Switzerland's Wawrinka. In the game, Mr. Mei was dissatisfied with the Egyptian referee's decision, and angrily sprayed the referee for a minute and a half during the break. The cause was that at the end of the first set, Mei was always given a service timeout, but he believed that the caddie did not give the ball in time to cause the delay. "Why are you giving me a service timeout warning? You have a problem. It was the caddie who didn't give me the ball. Don't you see? Open your eyes. You don't have eyes, man, you're terrible. I'm calm, but you're looking for trouble, and you do have some very deep problems. I didn't talk to you, I didn't say anything, and then you behave like this...... You have a problem. Open your eyes and use your brain, I know you're just going to sit there and use your brain! ”

The offended referee remained silent and did not respond. Now I don't know if there will be an additional punishment for Mr. Mei. Other games: Greece's first brother Tsitsipas, qualifier Bellucci, and Poland's Hurkacz all won and advanced.

ATP 500 Dallas Open: In the first-round matchup that ended this morning Beijing time, American Hei Tiafoe Jr. defeated Japan's Taro Daniel 6-1 3-6 6-4 to advance to the second round. Spaniard Fokina, Italian Arnaldi and Australian Rinki Hijikata also won to advance.

In addition, last night, Beijing time, the ATP officially announced the 2026 tour schedule. In the 2026 season, the ATP will host 59 tournaments in 29 countries, with seven of the nine ATP1000 Masters tournaments in addition to the four Grand Slam tournaments in an upgraded 12-day format. Other events have also been adjusted accordingly, please see the attached map for details.

Let's turn to the women's game. Last night, Beijing time, the WTA 500 Abu Dhabi station continued. In the first round of a matchup, China's Yuan Yue was knocked out 6-4 6-3 by the 17-year-old Japanese qualifier Hachika Sonobe, the junior champion of the Australian Open. Players such as Sun Lulu, Volinets, Kruger, and Kudermetova won and advanced.

Doubles First Round: China's Jiang Xinyu/Wu Fangxian were beaten 6-4 3-6 5-10 by Gadeji/Nichols.

WTA 250 Cluj-Napoca: Kalinina, Lamens, Stakuschi, Doleheide, Tomova and others defeated their respective opponents to advance to the second round. In the first round of doubles, fourth seeds Tang Qianhui/Appleton defeated local wildcard duo Bogdan/Halep 7-6(5) 6-1 to advance to the quarterfinals.

Let's take a look at the player dynamics. Last night, Beijing time, Czech star Kvitova recorded a video and announced that she will make a comeback, she will participate in the Austin 250 at the end of February, and is also scheduled to play in Indian Wells and Miami.

In addition, the new Australian Open champion and American star Keys withdrew from the Doha 1000 tournament, so that China's first sister Zheng Qinwen is temporarily seeded No. 7.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player practicing his serve. 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 Belarusian star Sabalenka.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)