Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Tuesday, March 18, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

Last night, Beijing time, the second stop of the 2025 North American Sunshine Double Tournament - ATP1000 Miami Masters announced the draw for the main event. The 37-year-old Serbian star Novak Djokovic, who is seeded fourth, will sit in the bottom half of the bracket and go well, facing Russia's Dmitry Medvedev in the quarter-finals and second seed and Spanish star Alcaraz in the semi-finals.

It was Djokovic's first hard-court Masters since 2019, when he lost to Spaniard Agut in the fourth round. This year, the Serbian ace will continue his 100th career title in Miami and, if successful, he will also surpass American legend Agassi's six-time record to become the tournament's seventh-time champion.

Judging from the draw table, Djokovic's one-eighth zone is only the American star Mickelson, the Canadian star Aliassime and the Italian Musetti, etc., there are not many masters, and there should be no problem in reaching the quarterfinals. As for whether he can go further, it will depend on his competitive state at that time. Alignment of the top eight seeds: Top half, Zverev Draper, Fritz Rublev; In the bottom half, Djokovic - Medvedev, Alcaraz Ruud.

In terms of Chinese players: Wu Yixuan, who played with a wild card, drew the Italian rising star Arnaldi in the first round, and the opponent was not bad, and it was not easy for Ayu to pass the test. The first-round opponent of Buyun Chaokert is the Englishman Norrie, although the latter's recent form has been sluggish, but the hard power is still there, and Xiao Bu must show a high level if he wants to win the game. Another Chinese player, Huang Zelin from Hong Kong, faced German Altmaier in the first round.

Let's focus on the world standings. At noon yesterday Beijing time, ATP and WTA successively announced the latest world rankings. In men's singles, Italy's rising star Sinner, who has been banned for three months, continues to sit firmly in the world No. 1 position, with a score difference of 3,385 points with world No. 2 Zverev Jr. and more than 4,400 points with world No. 3 Alcaraz.

In the women's singles, Belarusian star Sabalenka continued to top the rankings with 9,606 points, widening the gap with world No. 2 Swiatek (7,375 points). Rising Russian star Mila Andreeva, who won the Indian Wells event, moved up to sixth place with 4,710 points, setting a new high in the rankings. China's first sister Zheng Qinwen continues to rank ninth with 3,985 points, less than 130 points ahead of Navarro, an American who is in tenth place.

In the ranking of the finals, Xiao Zheng ranked 56th with 305 points, which is not a small gap from the top ten threshold of 1137 points. Keep it up!

Finally, let's guess and recognize. Here's an image of a player interacting with a spectator after a tough win. Can you recognize who she is without prompting?

In the last guess, the golfer gave the correct answer. That's right, the bag in the picture belongs to the women's singles world No. 1 Sabalenka.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)