Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Friday, January 17, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

This morning, Beijing time, the 2025 Australian Open tennis season began the sixth day of competition. In a key match in the third round of singles that ended in the morning, German veteran Sigmund, who knocked out China's first sister Zheng Qinwen in the previous round, failed to extend his victory, losing 1-6 2-6 to Russia's Pavlyuchenkova, ending his Australian Open singles journey.

Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka battled it out in two sets against Denmark's rising star Towson to win 7-6 6-4 to reach the last 16 of the Australian Open for the fifth year in a row. Next, she will await the winner between Polish Fletcher and rising Russian star Mila Andreeva.

Let's take a closer look at the results from yesterday afternoon to evening. In the final match of the second round of the Men's Singles, fifth seed and Russian star Dmitry Medvedev wasted serve to win the match for four hours and 48 minutes, and finally lost to the American qualifier Lerner Qian, ranked 121st in the world, 3-6 6-7(4) 7-6(8) 6-1 6-7(7-10) in the deciding set, and stopped the first two rounds of the Australian Open for the first time in seven years.

It is worth mentioning that in this game, Mr. Mei was rarely reported by the line judge for three foot errors, which led to being broken. Three foot mistakes in one game, which is rare in professional tennis, I don't know why Mei always has such a problem.

World No. 1 Sinner was challenged in the second round, beating wildcard Skulket 4-6 6-4 6-1 6-3. Denmark's rising star Rune defeated Italy's Berrettini 7-6(3) 2-6 6-3 7-6(6); Rising American Shelton beat Spaniard Busta 6-3 6-3 6-7(4) 6-4; Italy's Sonego eliminated Brazilian teenager Fonseca 6-7(6) 6-3 6-1 3-6 6-3.

Musetti, Khachanov, De Minaur, Fritz and Monfils also defeated their respective opponents to advance to the third round.

Men's Doubles First Round: Zhang Zhizhen/Mahachi beat Andreozzi/Alibac 7-5 6-4 to advance to the second round. Buyunchokert/Baena lost 1-6 2-6 to Gillette/Zielinski in their first match.

Women's Singles: On matchday five, most of the high-ranked players won and advanced, and there were no big upsets. Sixth seed Rybakina of Kazakhstan defeated wildcard Jovic 6-0 6-3 to claim her 50th Grand Slam victory. Next up, she will face last year's semi-finalist, Ukrainian Yastremska.

Fourth-seeded Italian Cannon Paulini defeated Mexican's Zarazua, 6-2 6-3, to secure a place in the round of 32. She will next face Ukrainian cabbage Svitolina, who made history by beating American Dolehide 6-1 6-4 to win her 100th career Grand Slam main draw match, becoming the first Ukrainian player in the Open era.

Players such as Collins, Case, Kudermetova, Maya, Leis, and Christian also won and advanced.

Women's Doubles first round: Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai eliminated Wang Xiyu/Putintseva 6-2 3-6 7-5 to advance to the round of 32. Xu Yifan/Yang Zhaoxuan defeated Tang Qianhui/Parkes 4-6 6-4 6-3 to face third seeds Hsieh Shuwei/Ostapenko.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player holding his hands on the ground during a match. Can you recognize who he is without prompting?

In the last guess, the golfer gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the Russian Rublev.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)