Sinner won and advanced, Roma was upset, Swa lost to defend his title and fell out of the top three, and Ah Yu played

Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Sunday, May 11, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

This morning, Beijing time, the ATP1000 Rome Masters ended the second round of the singles first half of the tournament, and the seeded players played had mixed feelings. Returning world number one Sinner was consistent in his debut, beating Argentine Navone 6-3 6-4 to claim his first clay clay victory. Next, he will face Frenkie de Jong, the lucky loser.

Ruud, the new Madrid Masters champion, defeated Kazakhstan's Bubrik 6-4 4-6 6-3 in three sets to make it seven wins in a row on clay. In the third round, he will face Italy's Berrettini, the No. 29 seed. Fritz, the No.4 seed and American No.1 brother, lost two tie-breaks in a row to lose 6-7(4) 6-7(3) to compatriot Giron in his debut.

Russia's Rublev, the 16th seed, lost in three sets 5-7 6-4 3-6 to Hungarian Marousanne in two consecutive Masters. 15th seed Tiafoe of the United States also failed to win, as Austrian Ofner was knocked out 6-2 6-7(2) 6-3.

Argentine F-Cerundoro, Czech Mensik, Mahachi, Americans Korda, Paulo, Poland's Hurkacz, Australian hare De Minaur, and Spaniard Munar defeated their respective opponents to advance to the third round.

Women's Field: Last night, Beijing time, the third round of singles competition was launched WTA1000 Rome. Three-time champion and No.2 seed Swiatek was in a slump in form, being knocked out 6-1 7-5 by American Collins, defending her title at the Clay 1000 in a row. After losing a lot of points, Swiatek's instant world ranking has dropped to fourth, the first time in three years that the Polish girl has fallen out of the top three, and the number of consecutive top two weeks has been fixed at 165 weeks.

After the game, in response to reporters' questions, Swiatek admitted that he made a lot of mistakes in the game and urgently needs to readjust his mentality and find the feeling of winning. As for the upcoming French Open title defense trip, the Polish girl is cautious and even a little unconfident.

Third seed Pegula of the United States also failed to win, as Belgium's Mertens was beaten 7-5 6-1. Fifth seed and American Keys was beaten 2-6 6-2 7-6(3) by compatriot Stearns. Sixth seed and Italian Cannon Paulini saved face for the big seed by beating Tunisian sister Jabeur 6-4 6-3 to reach the round of 16 for the first time in her career. She will next face 17th seed Ostapenko of Latvia, who received a retirement from the German Sigmund and advanced without a fight.

Ukrainian cabbage Svitolina, Russian rising star Schneider, and former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka defeated their respective opponents and successfully entered the round of 16.

Doubles: The Chinese mainland players who played in the first round of the match on the day lost one after another, and none of them had a chance to advance. Among them, Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai lost 4-6 6-1 7-10 to Zhan Haoqing/Olmos; Xu Yifan/Makoto Ninomiya lost 3-6 2-6 to Fernandes/Putintseva.

Let's focus on one more player dynamic. Yesterday, Beijing time, Chinese player Wu Yixuan arrived in Portugal and will play in the Oerash 100K Challenge. In the announced draw, Ayu's debut opponent was American Boyer. This is Wu Yixuan's clay debut this season, I wish him a victory!

Finally, let's guess and recognize. Here's an image of a player as a child. Can you recognize who he is without prompting?

In the last guess, some golfers gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the Czech rising star Menšik.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)