Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Saturday, March 15, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon news brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

This morning, Beijing time, the ATP/WTA1000 Indian Wells Open continued. In Men's Singles, where there were only two doubles semi-finals played, top seeds Arévaro/Pavic defeated local wildcards C-Harrison/E-King 6-3 6-4 to face Korda/Thompson, who defeated Jungbury/Smith 3-6 6-3 10-8.

The two singles semi-finals will start at around 4:30 a.m. Beijing time tomorrow, starting with Denmark's Karune against Russia's Dmitry Medvedev. At around 7 o'clock, British No. 1 Draper will battle defending champion Alcaraz for a second ticket to the final.

Women's Singles: In the second semi-final match, the new Australian Open champion and American star Keys was not in good shape, and lost 0-6 1-6 swallowing eggs + eating fritters to the top seed and world No. 1 Sabalenka, and missed the final. Sabalenka, on the other hand, avenged her defeat in this year's Australian Open final, ending her 16-game winning streak and reaching the IW final for the first time in two years, and her 11th career 1000 final, where she will next face Russian rising star Mila Andreeva for the title.

In the opening semi-finals, ninth seed Milla Andreeva was in fine form to defeat second seed Swiatek 7-6(1) 1-6 6-3 in three sets to end Poland's title defence in Dubai.

The 17-year-old became the youngest player to reach the final of the Indian Wells tournament after Belgium's Clijsters in 2001 and the fifth player to reach the final before the age of 18 since the women's event was held in 1989, joining Seles in 1991, Hingis in 1998, Serena Williams in 1999 and Clijsters in 2001.

After the match, looking ahead to the final, Sabalenka joked that it was a battle between two generations, "It's really crazy. I have to say it again, it's crazy and amazing that she can achieve this at such a young age. We've played a couple of times and it's going to be a good game and I'm looking forward to playing against the youngster." I felt like a mom was racing against a child. How many years older am I? Oh my god, I'm 9 years older than her! And Miela said that she should go all out and strive for two consecutive championships in the WTA1000.

Sabalenka have led 4-1 in the last five meetings between the two, with the Belarusians winning both of these meetings this season. However, today's Milla is no longer what it used to be, the overall level of competition has improved by leaps and bounds, and the state is also very hot, and it is really difficult to say who will kill the deer. Who do you think has the better chance of winning?

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The image below shows a player kneeling in celebration of his victory. Can you recognize who he is without prompting?

In the last guess, the golfer gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the Japanese star Naomi Osaka.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)