Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Tuesday, February 11, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

Recently, Serbian football king Novak Djokovic said in an exclusive interview with Montenegrin media that he has recovered from a torn muscle and will play in Doha next week to once again challenge for the 100th title of his career. "The tear in my muscles is gone, the injury is almost completely healed, and I'm ready for more wins. The medical team has approved me for training and preparation. Thank God I recovered quickly. I've had more injuries lately than I've had in the first fifteen years of my career. This may come with age, but overall I'm in good shape and I'm still full of enthusiasm and desire. In addition, some British media reported that Djokovic has agreed with Murray that the two will work together until Wimbledon this year.

Let's get back to the field. This morning, Beijing time, the WTA 1000 Doha station ended the second day of competition. Defending champion and second seed Swiatek defeated Greek sister Sakkari 6-3 6-2 to secure a place in the round of 16. Canadian star Fernandes swept past eighth seed American Navarro 6-2 6-2 to advance to the round of 16.

In the remaining matches of the first round, Tunisia's first sister Jabeur was in hot form, sweeping American Kessler 6-2 6-0 to pass the first round strongly. In the second round, she will face Zheng Qinwen, the seventh seed and the first sister of China, and in terms of head-to-head record, Xiao Zheng leads 2-0. At the dinner in Doha, Zheng Qinwen appeared in a black culotte with a beautiful handbag, which became a beautiful scenery at the dinner. From black training clothes to black dinner clothes, Xiao Zheng has a soft spot for black. According to the scheduled schedule, she will appear at around 10 o'clock Beijing time tonight (the second game on Centre Court), good luck to the first sister!

Elsewhere: 10th seed Kasatkina of Russia was in hot form, beating compatriot Polina Kudermetova 6-0 6-0 in just 42 minutes to advance comfortably. Polina Kudermetova's sister Kudermetova also did not win and was beaten 3-6 6-0 6-4 by Poland's Linette to reach the first round. It is worth mentioning that in Abu Dhabi last week, Kudermetova was swept 6-0 6-0 by Swiss star Bencic, and this week her sister also ate double eggs in Doha, this sister is really miserable!

Other debut winners were Ukrainian cabbage Svitolina, Americans Stearns, Kenin, Spaniard Badosa, Czech rising star Noskova, Latvan Ostapenko, Slovak Slamkova and Kazakh Putintseva.

Doubles: The two pairs of Jinhua who played on the day failed to win and both stopped in the first round. Among them, Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai lost 6-7(4) 5-7 to sixth seeds Mertens/Pérez; Zhang Shuai/Mladenovic lost 1-6 4-6 to Panova/Stora.

Men's Field: In the first round of the ATP 250 Marseille tournament, Italy's Sonego defeated Dutchman Van der Shanchop 6-1 3-6 6-3 to advance to the second round. Finn Vitanen upset third seed and rising American star Koda 6-7(3)7-6(4)6-4. In the first round of the ATP 250 Buenos Aires, defending champion Acosta was defeated 6-3 2-6 3-6 by Brazilian Wilder and exited the tournament in the first match. Serbian Djere and Lajovic both won to advance.

ATP 250 Deira Beach: American Mom got off to a flying start with a narrow 7-5 7-6 win over Kazakhstan's Shevchenko. British star Norrie and Serbian Kecmanovic also defeated their respective opponents and advanced to the second round.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. Here's an image of the two players passing by during the break. Can you recognize who they are without prompting?

In the last guess, the golfer gave the correct answer. That's right, the people in the picture are China's first brother Zhang Zhizhen and Russian star Rublev.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)