The big seeds suffered a series of upsets, Deyo ended three consecutive defeats to meet the revenge match, and the grass season was full of big names

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Last night, Beijing time, the ATP 500 Hamburg Open ended the second round of singles, and three of the top 4 seeds were upset and missed the quarterfinals. Top seed Zverev Jr. was beaten 6-3 4-6 7-6(5) by Frenchman A. Muller; Second seed Tiafoe of the United States was knocked out 6-2 6-3 by Spanish veteran Agutte; Fourth seed and Argentine F-Cerundolo lost 5-7 2-6 to Czech rising star Leheka.

Third seed Rublev of Russia advanced to the quarter-finals with a 6-3 7-5 victory over 17-year-old native wildcard Engel. The other four quarter-finals were won by Aliassime, Dardry, Echeverry and Koboly.

ATP 250 Geneva: Second seed and Serbian champion Novak Djokovic played well in a highlight-reel match in the second round of singles, beating Hungarian Vsovic 6-2 6-3 to win all six of his matches, ending a three-game losing streak on tour and claiming his first clay win of the year. In the quarter-finals, he will face a revenge match against Italian Arnaldi, who defeated him at the Madrid Masters. In other matches, Fritz, Hurkacz, Khachanov, Ofner, Poplin and Norrie defeated their respective opponents to advance to the quarter-finals.

Women's Field: In the WTA 500 Strasbourg singles second round, Russian rising star Karinskaya defeated top seed and American Pegula 4-6 6-4 6-2 to win her first match in four meetings and advance to the quarter-finals. Next up is her face against another American, Collins, who defeated British sister Raducanu 4-6 6-1 6-3.

Quarter-finals: Kalinskaya vs Collins, Badosa vs Samsonova, Linette vs Rybakina, Maya vs Navarro.

Doubles: In a quarter-final match, fourth seeds Jiang Xinyu/Wu Fangxian beat Dolehidede/Stora 7-6(5) 6-4 to advance to the semi-finals. Next, they will face Guo Hanyu/Melichar for the right to the final, who swept past Shuko Aoyama/Zhan Haoqing 6-3 6-2.

WTA 250 Rabat: In the second round of singles, Spaniard Manero, Australian Tomjanovic, American Ann Lee, Romanian Christian, Latvian Sevastova, Colombian Osorio and others defeated their respective opponents one after another to advance to the quarterfinals. In the doubles quarter-finals, fourth seeds Tang Qianhui/Lumsden defeated wildcard pair El Oni/El Jadi 6-3 4-6 10-4 to advance to the semi-finals.

Let's focus on the grass season. Last night, Beijing time, the 2025 Wimbledon official announced the list of shortlisted players for the singles main draw. In women's singles, TOP2 Sabalenka and Gauff will lead, and Krejcikova will start her journey to defend her title. China's first sister Zheng Qinwen, second sister Wang Xinyu and Yuan Yue were directly shortlisted, and Zhu Lin will rely on the protection ranking to participate in the competition. In men's singles, the TOP10 all played. China's first gob, Yun Chaoket, Shang Juncheng and Zhang Zhizhen are on the list.

The WTA 500 Berlin has also officially announced the lineup. World No. 1 Sabalenka leads the way, and the defending champion is Pegula; China's first sister Zheng Qinwen signed up for the competition; British sister Raducanu, Japanese star Naomi Osaka and German Leith appeared on wild cards.

Entries for the two ATP 500 tournaments of this year's grass season have also been announced. Halle: Sinner, Zverev, Medvedev, Rublev, Tsitsipas, Ember, Hurkacz on the list; Queen's Cup: Alcaraz, Fritz, Draper, Musetti, Rune, Paulo, Berrettini and other big names play.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The image below is a silhouette of a player during a game. Can you recognize who she is without prompting?

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

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)