Ah Xin got off to a good start, the third brother of the United States played a round of tours, Wang You won the battle against a strong opponent, and the first brother of Ying fell in love with Zheng Qinwen

Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Wednesday, June 18, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

This morning, Beijing time, this week's two ATP 500 grass court tournaments ended the first round of singles competition. London: Top seed and Spanish star Alcaraz saved two set points in the second set to beat lucky loser Walton 6-4 7-6(4) to advance.

Second seed and British No.1 Draper was in red-hot form, beating American Brooksby 6-3 6-1 to win all four of his meetings and advance strongly. He will next face Australia's Poplin, who narrowly defeated compatriot Vukic 6-2 6-7(9) 7-6(3). Fifth seed and Australian Hare De Minaur was out of form and was knocked out 6-4 6-2 by Czech rising star Lehecka.

The first brother Fritz and the third brother Sheldon of the United States, who played on the same day, both suffered Waterloo and were both defeated. Among them, Fritz was reversed 7-6(5) 6-7(7) 5-7 by Frenchman Moutai; Sheldon lost to Frenchman Lindknecht in a tie-break. The others who advanced to the second round were Munar, Opelka, Diallo and Brandon-Nakashima.

Halle: Top seed and defending champion Sinner played solidly, beating qualifier Huffmann 7-5 6-3 to advance. In the second round, he will face Kazakhstan's Bublik after the French Open.

Italy's rising star Corboli battled Brazil's Fonseca in three sets to save a match point and win 5-7 7-6(3) 7-6(8). In the second round, he will face Canada's Shapovalov, who eliminated Frenchman Ember in three sets. Rublev, Mahachi, Aliassime, Mikkelsen, Echeverri, Sonego and others also defeated their respective opponents to advance to the second round.

Women's Field: American Kessler defeated former tournament champion and Brazilian sister Maia 7-5 6-7(3) 7-5 in the WTA 250 Nottingham singles first round match, and will face China's Zhu Lin in the second round. Other debutant winners were Usain Bolt, Qatar, Slamkova, Jones, Buksha, Linette and Xu Mingge.

WTA 500 Berlin: In a highlight-reel match in the first round, China's Wang Xinyu, who had made it out of qualifying, put in an outstanding performance to defeat Russia-turned-Australian star Kasatkina 6-3 6-2 to claim her first top-20 win of the season. Next, she will face new French Open champion and No.2 seed Gauff.

Former Wimbledon champion and Kazakhstan's Rybakina made it past the first round with a 6-3 7-6(3) win over the lucky loser Kruger, who replaced Zheng Qinwen. Next, she will face Czech Siniiakova, who broke through from qualifying. Russia's rising star Schneider got off to a flying start with a 6-2 6-4 win over Croatian Vekic 6-2.

The three hard-court Grand Slam champions who played that day lost one after another and were beaten in the same round. Among them, new Australian Open champion Keys lost 5-7 6-7(6) to former Wimbledon champion Vondrousova; Former US Open champion Andreescu lost 4-6 3-6 to American Anisimova; Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka was beaten 6-3 6-7(3) 4-6 by former champion Samsonova.

Let's focus on the news of the 2025 US Open. Last night, Beijing time, the US Open officially announced the mixed doubles registration list. Since this year's mixed doubles competition will be played before the singles competition, many celebrities have signed up to participate. The specific partners are as follows: Navarro/Sinner, Zheng Qinwen/Draper, Pegula/Paul, Bolini/Musetti, Rybakina/Fritz, Andreeva/Medvedev, Case/Tiafoe, Sabalenka/Dimitrov, Swiatek/Ruud, Badosa/Tsitsipas, Raducanu/Alcaraz, Bencic/Zverev, Daninovic/Djokovic, Townsend/Shelton, Errani/Vavasori, Naomi Osaka/Kyrgios.

Among them, the transnational combination of China's first sister Zheng Qinwen and British brother Draper has attracted the attention of fans. It is reported that Draper took the initiative to throw an olive branch to Zheng Qinwen through the brokerage company, and Xiao Zheng also had this intention, and the two hit it off. This year's US Open mixed doubles tournament will be played on August 19 and 20.

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, only the "Min" golfer from Shanxi gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the French rising star Fez.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)