Afternoon report丨Zvi played heartbeat, Lu Baobao sent eggs and went out, and Leba lost Pegula and was upset

Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Monday, April 28, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

Last night, Beijing time, the third round of singles competition ATP1000 Madrid Masters. In a head-to-head matchup, two-time champion and German Zverev Jr. battled hard in three sets to defeat homegrown star Fokina 2-6 7-6(3) 7-6(0) to reach the round of 16. Next, he will face Argentine F-Cerundolo, who eliminated compatriot Comesana 2-0.

Russia's Dmitry Medvedev, the ninth seed, needed just 63 minutes to beat Argentina's J Cerundoro 6-2 6-2 to qualify. Next up, he will face American Brandon Nakashima, who eliminated Italian Corboli 7-5 6-3.

Seventh seed and defending champion Rublev made his debut after losing to Kazakh Bublik in three sets after sending a duck egg in the second set, 4-6 6-0 4-6. After missing out on the round of 16, Rublev will lose 950 points, and the world ranking has fallen out of the top 10 to 17th. During the competition, Lu Baobao once broke out in anger, but to no avail.

Other matches: Czech star Mensick, American brother Fritz, and Norway's Ruud defeated their respective opponents to advance to the round of 16.

Women's Field: In a highlight-hearted matchup in the third round of singles in Madrid WTA1000, 10th seed Rybakina of Kazakhstan was in poor form and was eliminated 6-3 6-4 by 17th seed Ukrainian cabbage Svitolina 6-3 6-4, and the world ranking will continue to slide. The winner will face Greece's No. 1 sister Sakkari for a place in the last eight, who swept past sixth seed and Italian Tinni Paulini 6-2 6-1.

21st seed Alexandrova of Russia eliminated Australia's Kasatkina 6-3 7-6(3) to secure a place in the round of 16. In the next round, she will face Japan's Moe Natsu Uchijima, who upset third seed Pegula of the United States 6-3 6-2 to claim her first career top-10 victory.

Two-time champion and top seed Sabalenka came up 3-6 6-2 6-1 to win nine straight matches against Belgian Mertens to advance to the round of 16. Next up is her face American Stearns, who swept past Swiss Masarova 6-2 6-0.

Russian Potapova, who knocked out China's Zheng Qinwen in the previous round, saved two match points in the tie-break in the deciding set to defeat 32nd seed Kenin of the United States 3-6 6-4 7-6(6) to reach the last 16 of the clay 1000 tournament for the first time. She will next face Ukraine's Kostyuk, who defeated Russia's Kudermetova 6-0 4-6 6-4.

Doubles: In a matchup in the second round, Chinese and Ukrainian pair Xu Yifan/N-Chichenok lost 1-6 6-7(5) to third seeds Hsieh Shuwei/Ostapenko.

Let's look at another piece of good news. Last night, Beijing time, in the ITF Oelash W100 final, Chinese player Yuan Yue defeated the top seed Minen 4-6 6-4 6-2 to win the clay singles championship for the first time, and the world ranking will return to the top 100.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player backpacking into the parking lot. He's retired, can you recognize who he is?

In the last guess, Shanghai's "Liu Yang" golfer gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the Serbian Danilovich.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)