Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Saturday, January 18, 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 seventh day of competition. In a key match in the third round of the women's singles, facing the world No. 2 and Polish star Swiatek, former US Open champion and British rising star Raducanu only won one game in the first set, and then lost 11 games in a row, losing 1-6 0-6 eating fritters + duck eggs.

Throughout the match, Raducanu was an all-round underdog in all aspects and could not pose any threat to Swiatek at all, which can be described as a heavy defeat. The Polish girl is in a burst of state, how to fight, how to fight, bloody opponents, and strong into the top 16. Next, she will await the winner between Leith and Christian.

In the other match, American Navarro defeated Tunisian sister Jabbar 6-4 3-6 6-4 to reach the round of 16 of the Australian Open for the first time in his career. Russia's Kasatkina defeated 24th seed Putintseva 7-5 6-1 to reach the last 16 of the Australian Open for the first time.

In a highlight-hearted Men's Singles match, Russia's Khachanov was unable to fend off a strong attack from rising American star Mickelson, dropping three sets in a row 3-6 6-7 2-6 to miss out on progression. At this point, the Russian men's singles players have been wiped out. Previously, Russian players Safrin and Rublev were eliminated in the first round, and Medvedev was stopped in the second round. Moreover, the Russian troika of Mr. Mei, Ruble, and Kacha all lost to the new generation of players under the age of 20.

In the second round of the Women's Doubles, ninth seeds Zhang Shuai/Muradenovic defeated Stearns/Stevenie 6-2 6-2 to advance to the round of 16.

Let's take a closer look at the game from yesterday afternoon to the evening session Beijing time. Men's Singles: Serbian star Novak Djokovic beat Czech Mahać 6-1 6-4 6-4 to advance to the round of 16. Next, he will face another Czech player, Lehecka, who eliminated Frenchman Bond in three sets. Despite winning 3-0 in the third round, Djokovic bent over his knees and gasped for breath on several occasions during the game, and sat in his chair on several occasions to pant during breaks. Some netizens are worried that Djokovic will show fatigue after three games, and he will be surrounded by strong opponents, can his physical fitness keep up?

Elsewhere, Spanish star Alcaraz was challenged to defeat Portuguese Sergio Burges 6-2 6-4 6-7(3) 6-2 to advance to the round of 16. Next, he will face rising British star Draper, who battled hard in five sets and narrowly defeated homegrown player Vukic in the deciding set. Germany's Zverev defeated British rising star Fernley 6-3 6-4 6-4 in straight sets to advance to the round of 16. American Paulo, Spaniard Fokina and Frenchman Ember also won and advanced.

Women's Singles: In a key match in the third round, third seed and rising American star Gauff defeated Canadian Fernandez 6-4 6-2 to win 10 consecutive games and advance to the round of 16. She will next battle Switzerland's Bencic for a place in the last eight, who led the first set before receiving a retirement gift from Japan's Naomi Osaka.

Russian rising star Mila Andreeva defeated Poland's Fletcher 6-2 1-6 6-2 to meet world No. 1 Sabalenka in the next round. Spaniard Badosa and Serbian Danilovic also won to advance.

Doubles: In the second round of Women's Doubles, 12th seeds Guo Hanyu/Panova defeated Pera/Santa Maria 5-7 7-6(1) 7-5 to advance to the round of 16. Xu Yifan/Yang Zhaoxuan lost 4-6 4-6 to third seeds Xie Shuwei/Ostapenko. Yuan Yue/Alexandrova lost 3-6 4-6 to Babos/Merichar and did not have the chance to go any further.

In the first round of the Mixed Doubles, Zhang Zhizhen/Siniakova lost 3-6 6-7(2) to eighth seeds Mohammed/Morteni. Zhang Shuai/Bopana beat Muladenovic/Dodiger 6-4 6-4 to make it through the first round.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player falling to the ground in celebration after winning. 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 veteran Wawrinka.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)