Aka lost the plate and Rude ate eggs, the Chinese army won two wins and four losses, and Zheng Qinwen said that it was OK if he had a serve

Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Thursday, May 29, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

At 5 p.m. Beijing time yesterday, the second round of singles matches of the 2025 French Open tennis tournament began. The day's games were exciting, with upsets, egg deliveries, and reversals. Men's Singles: No.2 seed and Spanish star Alcaraz defeated Hungarian Marosan 6-1 4-6 6-1 6-2 in four sets to advance to the third round. In the next round, he will face Bosnian Dzuhy, who eliminated homegrown rising star Perikad in four sets.

Eighth seed and Italy's Musetti was in red-hot form, beating Colombia's Garland 6-4 6-0 6-4 to qualify. Denmark's Karune Grune beat wildcard Nava 6-3 7-6(5) 6-3 to make it two wins in a row. The biggest upset of the day came from Norway's Ruud. After winning the first set 6-2, Master Lu was strongly countered by Portuguese Burges, coupled with injuries, and finally lost three sets in a row 4-6 1-6 0-6 after winning the first set 6-2.

20th seed and Greek No. 1 Tsitsipas was also knocked out by Italian qualifier Gigante 6-4 5-7 6-2 6-4. The day's two five-set matchups ended with victories over Russia's Khachanov and American Tommy Paul, who beat Austria's Ofner 7-5 3-6 7-5 4-6 6-2. The latter narrowly defeated Hungarian Vsovic 4-6 2-6 6-3 7-5 6-4, with the winner set to meet in the third round.

Navone, Aris, Tiafoe, Koda, Mejdovic, Altmaier and Poplin also defeated their respective opponents to advance to the third round. The lucky winner of the day was 13th seed and rising American Shelton, who received a retirement gift from Frenchman Gaston before the tournament and advanced without a fight.

Men's Doubles first round: The Chinese-Arab pair Buyun Chokert/Carabelli lost 2-6 1-6 to the multinational pair of Balaji/Reyes.

Women's Singles: No.8 seed and China's No.1 sister Zheng Qinwen played steadily, beating Colombia's Arango 6-2 6-3 to advance. She will next meet 18-year-old Canadian rising star Mboko, who knocked out Germany's Liss 6-4 6-4 to advance to the round of 32 in her first Grand Slam appearance.

For this opponent, Zheng Qinwen said that he will stay focused, fight with all his might, and there will be no problem if he serves well. "The opponent in the next round is very young, so we don't have a lot of information about her. But when it comes to the third round, she is definitely in good shape at the moment. No matter who the opponent is, I will stay focused in the game and fight until the last moment. "I think if I can get my serve done well on the day, reduce my mistakes, play where I need to play the attacking ball, and know what to do every point. Then even if I don't know the opponent very well, it's OK. ”

Elsewhere: Top seed Sabalenka defeated Swiss Teichmann 6-3 6-1 to face Serbian Danilovic in the third round, who eliminated American Collins 6-4 3-6 6-4. Fifth seed Swiatek swept past British sister Raducanu 6-1 6-2 to make it 23 wins in a row at the French Open. Next, the defending champions will face Romanian Christian, who overcame Czech Republican Bellek 1-6 6-3 6-3.

Bolini, Rybakina, Ostapenko, Yastremska, Samsonova, Svitolina, Pera, Anisimova, Starodubtseva and Taussen also won and advanced.

Women's Doubles: The Chinese Jinhua pair, who played in the first round on the same day, achieved a record of one win and three losses. Among them, Zhang Shuai/Gadeki lost 2-6 6-7(2) to top seeds Siniakova/Townsend; Xu Yifan/Kalinina suffered a 0-6 1-6 defeat to Babos/Stephanie; Guo Hanyu/Shibahara lost 7-6(5), 5-7 3-6 to Burage/Qatar. 10th seeds Jiang Xinyu/Wu Fangxian beat Osorio/Parkes 6-4 6-1 to advance to the second round.

At 5 p.m. Beijing time today, the fifth match day of the French Open began. Sinner, Novak Djokovic, Zverev Jr., Gauff, Pegula, Case, Milla Andreeva and Badosa will all feature in action. Chinese players: Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai vs Kromachva/Stora; Tang Qianhui/Makoto Ninomiya VS Leshemia/Harmony Tan; Zhang Shuai/Arévalo vs Belgrave/Sanchez. Good luck to the goldenrods!

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is the back of a player. 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 Italian rising star Corboli.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)