Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Wednesday, January 22, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Tennis House".

This morning, Beijing time, the 2025 Australian Open tennis season began the eleventh day of competition. In the first quarter-final match of the lower half of the Women's Singles, 19th seed and American Keys made a late comeback to defeat 28th seed Ukrainian cabbage Svitolina 3-6 6-3 6-4 to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the third time in her career and the semi-finals of a Grand Slam for the seventh time.

The second match will be played by world No. 2 and Polish star Swiatek against American Navarro. At press time, Swiatek won the first set 6-1.

In a Women's Doubles quarter-final match that ended near noon, Zhang Shuai/Mladenovic lost 1-6 5-7 to top seeds Siniakova/Townsend and missed out on the semi-finals. With the multinational duo of Zhang Shuai and India's Popana losing in yesterday's mixed doubles quarter-finals, Chinese mainland players are all out of the tournament at the Australian Open. Veteran Zhang Shuai became the best player in the Chinese mainland army with two doubles quarterfinals.

Let's take a closer look at the results from yesterday afternoon to evening. In a much-anticipated men's singles quarter-final, seventh seed and 10-time champion Novak Djokovic defeated third seed and Spanish star Alcaraz 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the 12th time and the semi-finals of a Grand Slam for the 50th time.

At 37 years and 249 days, Djokovic became only the third male player in the Open era to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open at the age of 37 or older. The other two are Ken Roswell (37 years old or older who reached the semi-finals three times) and Federer (38 years old and 178 days to reach the semi-finals).

Next, Novak Djokovic will face Germany's Zverev Jr. for a place in the final. The latter was in a standout performance in the other matchup, beating 12th seed American Paul 7-6(1) 7-6(0) 2-6 6-1 to reach the semifinals of the Australian Open for the third time in his career and the semifinals of a Grand Slam for the ninth time. In terms of head-to-head records, Djokovic has an 8-4 advantage.

Women's Singles: Defending champion and top seed Sabalenka defeated 27th seed and Russian star Pavlyuchenkova 6-2 2-6 6-3 in the quarter-finals of the top half of the tournament to reach the semi-finals of a Grand Slam for the 10th time in her career. Next, they will compete with Spaniard Badosa who eliminated American star Gauff for a ticket to the final.

Let's take a closer look at the dynamics of tennis. Last night, Beijing time, the current coach of Kazakhstan's Rybakina, Croatian star Ivanisevic, announced that he will no longer serve as Rybakina's coach, "After the Australian Open probationary period, I wish Elena and her team good luck in the future." It was previously rumored that Rybakina's partnership with Ivanisevic would end if she and former coach Vukov renewed their relationship. Now, the two have really parted ways.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player receiving a massage during a medical timeout. Can you recognize who she is without prompting?

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

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)