Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Friday, February 14, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon news brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

This morning, Beijing time, the WTA 1000 Doha station ended the singles quarterfinals, and all the semi-finals were produced. In a head-to-head matchup, No.2 seed and defending champion Swiatek battled it out in two sets with No.5 seed Rybakina of Kazakhstan to win 6-2 7-5 to advance to the semifinals of a 1000 tournament for the 18th time in her career, her 100th career 1000 victory. At the same time, she also tied her head-to-head record with Rybakina at 4-4.

In the semi-finals, the Polish will face Latvian star Ostapenko, who avenged Tunisia's Jabbar 6-2 6-2 to reach the semi-finals of the 1000 tournament for the eighth time in her career. Swiatek and Ostapenko have met four times before, with the Poles having won all four of their matches. Will she be able to defeat her big master this time?

Elsewhere: Russia's Alexandrova came from behind to beat sixth seed Pegula of the United States 4-6 6-1 6-1 to beat two of the world's top 10 winners in a row this week and advance to the semifinals of her third career 1000 tournament with eight straight wins. Next up, she will face American Anisimova, who overcame Ukrainian rising star Kostyuk 4-6 7-5 6-4.

Men's Field: In the second round of the singles at the ATP 250 Marseille station, China's Zhang Zhizhen put in an excellent performance to defeat fourth seed and Poland's Hurkacz 6-4 6-7(1) 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals. He will next face Belgian Boggs, who defeated eighth seed Portugal's Burgesses 6-2 6-7(5) 6-2. With this victory, ZZZ's instant world ranking returned to the top 50.

Top seed Dmitry Medvedev of Russia got off to a flying start with a 6-2 6-4 win over homegrown qualifier Herbert. He will next face Germany's Struff for a place in the semi-finals, who defeated another homegrown player, Grenier, 6-4 5-7 6-4.

ATP 250 Deira Beach: In the second round of singles, American teenager Lerner Qian lost 6-7(4) 6-4 6-7(1) to fourth seed and rising Italian star Arnaldi to miss out on the quarterfinals. The showdown between Chinese teenager Buyun Chaokert and American brother Fritz is underway. At press time, the two men were tied at 5-5 in the first set.

ATP 250 Buenos Aires: 18-year-old Brazilian Fonseca advanced to the quarter-finals with a 2-6 6-4 6-2 win over homegrown F. Coria. He will next face another homegrown player, Navone, who knocked out second seed and Danish rising star Rune 6-1 7-6(2).

Argentine Bantam Schwartzman, who had previously announced that he would retire at this tournament, lost 2-6 2-6 to Spanish player Martinez, ending the last game of his career and officially saying goodbye to the field.

After the game, the Spanish god of war Nadal posted on social platforms for the first time to pay tribute to Schwartzman. "Congratulations on this great journey! You set an example to everyone to work hard and overcome difficulties, and I'm so happy to share so many wonderful memories with you on the Tour, so enjoy the next chapter of your life! Nadal and Schwartzman have played each other 12 times in their careers, with Natto leading 11-1. However, the Bantam can beat Nadal, the king of clay, on the clay courts in Rome, which is enough to brag about for a lifetime.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. Here's an image of a player on his knees celebrating after winning. 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 and American star Case.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)