The Big Four reunited with Nadal in tears, sending 6 eggs and 12 fritters on the first day of the French Open, and Zheng Qinwen's opponent changed greatly

Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Monday, May 26, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

Last night, Beijing time, at the Philippe Chartier Stadium on the center court of the French Open, the retirement tribute ceremony of the Spanish god of war Nadal was held as scheduled, and more than 15,000 spectators attended to say goodbye to the king of clay. When Nadal walked onto the pitch, the crowd stood up and cheered for two minutes, like a tsunami.

Federer, Novak Djokovic and Murray were all on hand, and the Big Four reunited at Roland Garros and Nadal burst into tears with multiple tribute sessions. At the last moment, the king of clay looked around the audience with his little bean, thanked all the fans, and said goodbye to the audience, the scene was very touching. A generation of kings of clay said goodbye to Roland Garros.

Let's take a look at the French Open report. At 5 p.m. Beijing time yesterday, the 2025 French Open tennis season kicked off. On the first day of the competition, a total of 6 duck eggs and 12 fritters were given away in the men's and women's singles fields. Men's Singles: No.8 seed and Italy's Musetti got off to a flying start with a 7-5 6-2 6-0 win over Germany's Huffmann. Another Italian, Gigante, beat Germany's Hassan 6-4 6-2 6-0 to advance strongly.

There were four matches on the day that were played in five sets, with Czech's Kobriva, Colombia's Garland, American Sheldon and Portuguese Burges having the last laugh. Other winners to advance were Navone, Mejdovic, Vsovic, Tommy Paulo, Perikad, Opelka, Busta, Dzuch, Tiafo, Cerundoro, Marousanne and Brooksby.

Women's Singles: Debutant No.8 seed Zheng Qinwen of China played steadily, beating former tournament runner-up and Russia's Pavlyuchenkova 6-4 6-3 to advance to the second round of the French Open for the fourth consecutive year.

Xiao Zheng's potential opponents in the second and third rounds lost one after another. Among them, Filipino sister Ieira was defeated 6-0 2-6 6-3 by Colombian Arango and missed out on meeting Zheng Qinwen in the second round. Two potential opponents in the third round, American Stearns and New Zealander Sun Lulu, both failed. Among them, No. 28 seed Stearns lost 0-6 3-6 to German Leith; Sun Lulu was knocked out 6-1 7-6(4) by 18-year-old Canadian Mboko who had broken through the qualifying round.

Another Chinese golden flower, Yuan Yue, suffered a nine-match singles defeat at a Grand Slam tournament with a 1-6 6-4 3-6 defeat to No.4 seed and Italian tinker Paulini.

The rest of the games were uneventful, with Sabalenka, Svitolina, Schneider, Anisimova and other players winning and advancing. Among them, the top seed and Belarusian Sabalenka also sent a 6-1 6-0 breakfast score, and the form was red.

Among the seeded players, in addition to the loss of No. 28 seed Stearns, No. 26 seed Kostyuk, No. 27 seed Fernandez, and No. 29 seed Noskova also lost to their opponents and stopped in the first round.

At 5 p.m. Beijing time today, the second day of the French Open began. Alcaraz, Ruud, Swiatek, Rybakina and other big names will be in the field. China's Golden Flower Wang Xinyu will face British sister Raducanu at 5pm. At around 8:30 p.m., Buyunchaokert will take on Austrian Misorić. Good luck to the Chinese players!

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player walking down an alley. 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 Swiss star Bencic.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)