Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Sunday, February 9, 2025, and welcome to listen to the afternoon news brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

This morning, Beijing time, the ATP500 Rotterdam station ended the singles semifinals, and the final list was produced. Top seed and Spanish star Alcaraz battled out eighth seed and Poland's Hurkacz in three sets to win 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 to make their head-to-head record 4-0 and reach the first indoor hardcourt title for the first time in his career. In the other match, third seed and Australian hare De Minaur was in great form, sweeping past Italian qualifier Bellucci 6-1 6-2 to secure a place in the final.

ATP 500 Dallas Open: Canada's Shapovalov defeated third seed American Paul 7-5 6-3 in the singles semi-finals that ended this morning Beijing time to advance to the final where he will face second seed and Norway's Ruud, who narrowly defeated Spaniard Munar 6-2 2-6 7-6(4).

Let's turn to the women's game. Last night, Beijing time, the WTA500 Abu Dhabi station came to a wonderful end. In the singles final, Swiss star Bencic made a strong comeback and defeated the American big black Mark Ruger 4-6 6-1 6-1 to win the first tour title of his postpartum comeback and the ninth WTA singles title of his career, earning enough money for his child's milk powder. With the points earned from this title, Bencic jumped from 157th to 65th in the instant world rankings.

In the Women's Doubles final, fourth seeds Zhang Shuai/Mladenovic were unable to extend their victory, losing 2-6 1-6 to top seeds Pérez/Ostapenko.

WTA 250 Cluj-Napoca: Top seed Potapova and Italy's Bronzzetti will reach the final of the two singles semi-finals. Among them, the former defeated Belarusian lucky loser Sasnovich 6-3 7-5; The latter, who led 4-0 in the first set, received a retirement gift from fifth seed Siniakova.

Let's focus on News Feed again. Last night, Beijing time, the Cincinnati and Montreal/Toronto 1000 tournaments in Canada officially announced that this year's tournament will be officially upgraded, with the singles main draw expanded from 56 to 96 draws, and the tournament period extended to 12 days.

Let's turn our attention to next week's event. Last night, Beijing time, the three ATP 250 tournaments that will start next week have announced the singles main draw table. Deira Beach: Three Americans, Fritz, Paul, Mikkelsen and Italian rising star Arnaldi, are the top four seeds, with China's Buyun Chokert facing Australian rising star Rinki Hijikata in the first round.

Marseille: Russia's Dmitry Medvedev, Frenchman Ember, Russia's Khachanov and Poland's Hurkacz are the top four seeds. China's first brother Zhang Zhizhen faced local player Aris in the first round.

Buenos Aires: World No. 2 Zverev, Denmark's rising star Rune, Italy's Musetti and Chilean Tabilo are the top four seeds. Former TOP10 and Argentine bantam Schwartzman will usher in his career farewell match at this stop.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player on vacation. 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 new Australian Open champion Keys.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)