Mr. Mei slipped from the top ranks, Zheng Qinwen sat firmly in the TOP8, Zhang Shuai was promoted, and Xiaogang Cannon fried the coach

Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Tuesday, April 1, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

At noon yesterday Beijing time, the ATP and WTA successively updated the world rankings. Men's singles: In the TOP10, only the Russian star Medvedev was squeezed out of the top 10 in the world by the Australian hare De Minaur, falling from the 8th in the world to the 11th in the world, and at the same time gave up the position of the first brother of Russia to his friend Rublev.

In the North American Sunshine Doubles, Mei's performance was not good, although she reached the semifinals in Indian Wells, but she made her debut in Miami and lost a lot of points. Next, May has to come on, if the clay season continues to slump, the ranking may continue to fall, and completely fall out of the top players.

Czech star Mensik, who won the Miami event, soared 30 places in the world rankings to No. 24, a career high.

Women's Singles: There are slight changes in the top 10, with Kazakhstan's Rybakina, who has a poor record in Miami, dropping two places to No. 10 in the world, and it is unknown whether she will be able to hold on to her top 10 position in the clay season. and China's first sister Zheng Qinwen rose one place to 8th. With a score difference of more than 300 points with Badosa and Rybakina behind them, they will be able to secure the top 8 rankings in a short period of time.

Let's get back to the field. Last night, Beijing time, the ATP 250 Romania Bucharest Open kicked off. In the first round, the 38-year-old French veteran Gasquet defeated Dutchman Van der Shanschup 4-6 7-5 6-1 to advance to the second round. Argentine Navone and wildcard player Ganu also won to advance.

ATP 250 Houston Clay Championships: In the first round of singles, homegrown players Brooksby, Mikkelson, Kovacevic and Chile's Garin defeated their respective opponents to advance to the second round. ATP 250 Marrakech: Spaniard Baena, Belgian Corinium and Bolivian Delien win their first match to qualify.

Women's Field: In the WTA 500 Charleston singles first-round match, homegrown players Montgomery, Volinets, Dolehide, Kaserina, Frenchman Gracheva, Russian Kudermetova sisters and Australian Tomjanovic all won their debuts to advance to the second round.

In the first round of doubles, the multinational duo of Chinese veteran Zhang Shuai and Russian Alexandrova defeated Gadeki/Eri Hozumi 3-6 6-2 10-7 to advance to the second round. The Straits pair Xu Yifan/Wu Fangxian lost 4-6 3-6 to Baptiste/McNally.

Let's take a look at the player dynamics. Last night, Beijing time, Italian small steel cannon Paulini announced that she had parted ways with coach Renzo Furlan, who had worked with him for 10 years. Some fans said that the firing of the coach may be related to Paulini's recent poor results, and she is trying to change. In addition, Spanish veteran Sergio Ramos announced that he will end his career this season.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a retired player making a cake. 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 Danish brother Rune.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)