Sinner's fritters for duck eggs duel against Aka, the small steel cannon double-line championship, Bu Yunchao ZZZ became the new first brother

Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Saturday, May 17, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

This morning, Beijing time, the ATP1000 Rome Masters ended the singles semifinals. World No. 1 Sinner bounced back from a churros in the first set to defeat 11th seed Tommy Paul 1-6 6-0 6-3 to make it three wins in a row against the latter, making it 26 wins in a row across the season, reaching the final of the Tour for the 25th time and reaching the final of the Masters for the seventh time.

In the first semi-final, third seed and Spanish star Alcaraz played steadily against Italy's Musetti at home, winning two sets 6-3 7-6(4) in a row, winning five straight matches against the latter, reaching the final of the Masters for the 25th time in his career, reaching the final of the Masters for the eighth time, and reaching at least the final at least three clay Masters tournaments in Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome, as well as the French Open.

In the next singles final match, Sinner and Acre will stage their 11th summit match, which will also be the first time the two have met for the title in a major event. In terms of head-to-head records, the Spaniard is slightly ahead of the world No. 1 6-4 and holds three consecutive wins. Who do you think will come out on top this time?

Women's Field: Last night, Beijing time, the WTA1000 Rome station ended two doubles semifinals. Third seeds Errani/Paulini defeated Russia's Mila Andreeva/Schneider 6-4 6-4 to reach the final for the second year in a row and remain one step away from defending their home title. Next, they will face Kudermetova/Mertens for the title, who swept past Hunter/Pérez 6-2 6-2.

Paulini, who has already reached the singles final, will also win the championship on both fronts in this station and strive to become the queen of the double crown. At 11 o'clock Beijing time tonight, she will compete with the world's No. 2 Gauff for the women's singles title, and in the record of the match, Paolini is 1-2 behind Gauff. However, sitting on the advantage of the home field, Xiaogang Cannon has hope to reach the top on home soil.

We'll keep an eye out for other events. Last night, Beijing time, the WTA500 Strasbourg station announced the doubles draw table. China have six golden flowers in the first round: Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai vs Dabrowski/Lutliff, Xu Yifan/Buksa vs Krejcikova/Noskova, Jiang Xinyu/Wu Fangxian vs Kessler/Zarazua, Guo Hanyu/Merichar vs Miyuki Kato/Sugardi.

In addition, the ATP 250 in Geneva, Switzerland, also announced the singles draw table. Serbian star Novak Djokovic, who entered the tournament with a wild card, had a bye in the first round and awaited the winner in the second round between Hungarian Fossowicz and Belgian Boggs.

Let's look at another piece of good news. In the quarterfinals of the ATP Challenger Turin last night Beijing time, No. 7 seed Buyun Chaokert received a retirement gift from his opponent when he reached 5-5 in the first set with local player Pazaro and easily advanced to the semifinals. Next, he will face fifth seed and Argentine Calabili for the right to the final. After reaching the semi-finals, Buyun Chaokert's instant world ranking rose to 70th, surpassing Zhang Zhizhen and Shang Juncheng, who were out of battle, and becoming China's new first brother. Congratulations!

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player and his girlfriend on a tour. 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 Greek sister Sakkari.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)