Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Saturday, February 8, 2025, and welcome to listen to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

Last night, Beijing time, the WTA 1000 Doha station announced the women's singles main draw table. China's No. 1 sister Zheng Qinwen played as the No. 7 seed with a first-round bye, and the winner of the second round awaits the winner between American Kessler and Tunisian sister Jabbar. It is worth mentioning that Xiao Zheng and the Italian little steel cannon Ballini once again drew the same quarter zone, if nothing else, the two will most likely meet in the quarterfinals. Since last year, Zheng Qinwen and Paulini have faced each other in the quarterfinals of major events many times, and they are not shallow in fate. Also among the top seeds in the same half are Kazakhstan's Rybakina and defending champion Swiatek.

At present, Zheng Qinwen is seizing the time to prepare for the game, and the on-site training map has also revealed that she is wearing a black half-cut sports top, black elbow pads and black shorts and trousers, but she doesn't know what color she will change into when she plays.

The other two Chinese Jinhua played, Wang Xinyu faced Russian Avaniexiang in the first round, and Yuan Yue faced French star Garcia. In doubles, China has seven players in the first round, Zhang Shuai/Muradenovic vs Panova/Stora, Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai vs Mertens/Pérez, Xu Yifan/Yang Zhaoxuan vs Matek/Safarova, Jiang Xinyu/Wu Fangxian vs Bukssha/Kato Miwei, Xie Shuwei/Ostapenko as the No. 2 seeds, with first-round byes.

Let's get back to the field. This morning, Beijing time, the ATP500 Rotterdam station ended the singles quarterfinals. Top seed and Spanish star Carlos Alcaraz continued his hot form by sweeping past compatriot Martinez 6-2 6-1 to reach the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, he will face eighth seed and Poland's Hurkacz, who defeated fourth seed Rublev of Russia 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4.

Italy's Bellucci continued his journey with a 6-4 6-2 upset over sixth seed and Greek No. 1 Tsitsipas to reach the semi-finals of a 500 tournament for the first time in his career. Third seed De Minaur defeated Germany's Artmaier 6-1 6-4 in straight sets to secure a place in the semi-finals.

ATP 500 Dallas: Norway's Ruud and Spaniard's Munar win their quarter-finals to reach the semi-finals. In the second round of singles, Canada's Shapovalov narrowly defeated top seed and American brother Fritz 2-6 6-3 7-6(2) to advance to the quarterfinals against Czech Republic's Makhac.

Women's Field: The WTA 500 Abu Dhabi leg concluded its singles semifinals this morning, Beijing time. 2023 champion and Swiss star Bencic defeated defending champion and top seed Rybakina 3-6 6-3 6-4 to win the top 10 and reach his first tour final for the 19th time in his career.

The other final spot was won by American Kruger, who defeated Czech rising star Noskova 7-6(2) 6-4.

Doubles semi-finals: Fourth seeds Zhang Shuai/Muradenovic beat Gadeki/Nichols 6-1 6-4 to advance to the final where they will face top seeds Ostapenko/Pérez.

WTA 250 Cluj-Napoca: Top seed Potapova defeated qualifier Seidel 6-2 6-3 to advance to the semi-finals against Belarusian Sasnovich, who defeated fourth seed Kalinina 2-6 6-4 7-6(3). The other two semi-final spots were won by fifth seed Siniakova and Italian Bronzetti. Doubles semi-finals: Fourth seeds Tang Qianhui/Appletonke lost 5-7 6-4 6-10 to Kempen/Siskova to reach the semi-finals.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player visiting the racket room. 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 famous Kazakhstani player Rybakina.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)