Aka achieved the fourth person in the men's tennis in his senior year, Xiaogang Cannon was crowned the double champion, and the king bombed the combination in one round

Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Monday, May 19, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by Home of Tennis.

This morning, Beijing time, the ATP1000 Rome Masters came to a wonderful end. In the final singles finale, third seed and Spanish star Alcaraz was in hot form, beating top seed and world No. 1 Sinner 7-6(5) 6-1 to snap a four-game winning streak and end the Italian's 26-match singles winning streak and lift the trophy in Rome for the first time.

It was the Spaniard's 7th Masters title and 19th career singles title. After the defeat of the Rome Masters, Alcaraz also collected the championship trophies of all major tournaments on clay (Monte Carlo, Madrid, Rome Masters + French Open), achieving the big four on clay. You know, only three people have achieved this achievement before: Brazilian star Kurten, clay king Nadal and Serbian star Djokovic, and the young Arca became the fourth person in history. Congratulations!

In the Men's Doubles final, top seeds Pavic/Arévalo saved a match point to beat France's Doumbia/Lebour 6-4 6-7(6) 13-11 to claim their third doubles title of the season.

Women's Field: In the WTA 1000 Rome Open doubles final that ended last night, third seeds and local pair Errani/Paulini defended their title at home with a late 6-4 7-5 win over the Russian and Belgian duo of Kudermetova/Mertens.

The double champion also became the first player to win the singles and doubles title in Rome after American Seles in 1990. Congratulations to the little steel cannon for achieving the double crown queen!

We'll keep an eye on the rest of the action. Last night, Beijing time, the ATP500 Hamburg station started. In the two singles first-round matches that have ended, Italian Dardry and Argentine F-Cerundoro defeated their respective opponents and advanced to the second round.

The WTA 500 Strasbourg also kicked off last night Beijing time. In the first round of singles, Czech star Krejcikova, who returned from injury, was knocked out 6-3 6-3 by Poland's Linette and suffered a first-round defeat. Slovakia's Slamkova, Russia's Samsonova and France's Parry got off to a good start with victories over their opponents.

In the first round of doubles, China's "Wang Bang Pair" Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai did not perform well, losing 2-6 2-6 to top seeds Dabrowski/Lutliff. In addition, Chinese player Buyun Chaokert lost to Kazakhstan's Bubrik 3-6 in the final of the ATP Challenger Turin and missed the championship.

Let's turn to the French Open. Last night, Beijing time, the draw for the singles qualifying tournament for the 2025 French Open tennis season was newly released, and China has a total of six male and female players playing. Among them, Wu Yixuan vs Cilic, Zhang Shuai vs Hunter, Wang Xiyu vs Yanicyevic, Wei Sijia vs Dmitruk, Yao Xinxin vs Andreescu, Shi Han vs Belgraver. Good luck to them!

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player resting during training. Can you recognize who she is without prompting?

In the last guess, some golfers gave the correct answers. That's right, the person in the picture is the American star Case.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)