Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Sunday, January 26, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

At noon Beijing time today, the final match of the last day of the 2025 Australian Open tennis season began. The Women's Doubles final will be played at 12 noon, with Hsieh Shuwei/Ostapenko taking on Siniakova/Townsend in the open.

The Men's Singles final will be played at around 4:30 p.m. and will see world No. 1 and defending champion Sinner take on world No. 2 and Germany's Zverev Jr. Although the final match has not yet begun, the president of the Italian Tennis Association, Angelo Binaghi, is already building momentum for Sinner, not only praising his own compatriot star, but also ridiculing Serbian star Novak Djokovic. "Sinner can not play well, but to beat Sinner now, you need two Djokovic. Now he's completely free of weaknesses, always flawless, he has championship-level skills and luck to hit amazing good shots in key moments. Watching him play was a pleasure and boring for his opponents because Sinner was just too strong. ”

Binnagy also ridiculed Djokovic's remarks that he supported German Zverev Jr. to win the championship, "Djokovic's words are digging a hole for himself, in the face of such a good boy as Sinner, the Serb actually supported another player to win the championship!" It makes too little sense to end a career with such irresponsible statements, and it won't earn you word of mouth! I don't know if Sinner is scared under the crazy milk of the president of the National Tennis Association! Will this Mr. Binaji be slapped in the face?

And Djokovic posted a picture of the injury in his left thigh after an MRI examination last night. The Serbian football king said that this is for the so-called "experts" of cyber sports injuries. This is clearly another response to the suspicion that he is cheating. Netizens with medical expertise interpreted this picture and thought that it was a hamstring tear, accompanied by edema and effusion, and the muscle tear in this area was very difficult to heal and could take a long time to recover.

Let's focus on yesterday's battle again. In the women's singles final yesterday afternoon, the 19th seed, who is about to turn 30 years old, played well, defeating defending champion and Belarusian star Sabalenka 6-3 2-6 7-5 to crush the latter's dream of a three-time Australian Open title and lift the first Grand Slam title of his career with a top-two performance in the world. This is also the first time in five years that the women's singles champion Daphne Cup has returned to the arms of the Americans after Kenin in 2020.

In the Men's Doubles final, sixth seeds Helie Ewala/Patten defeated third seeds Boleri/Vavasori 6-7(16) 7-6(5) 6-3 to claim the title.

Let's focus on this week's events. Last night, Beijing time, the ATP 250 Montpellier station announced the draw for the main event, and the top four seeds were Rublev, Aliassime, Koboli and Bublik. China's Buyun Chaokert is seeded No. 8 and will face Germany's Artmeier in the first round.

WTA 250 Singapore: Karinskaya and Mertens lead the line. Chinese players Wang Xiyu and Wang Xinyu played in the singles matches, in which Wang Xiyu faced Anisimova in the first round, and Wang Xinyu faced Marino. Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai, Jiang Xinyu/Zhu Lin, Xu Yifan/Uchijima Moenxia will also play in the doubles match.

WTA 500 Linz doubles draw: Veteran Zhang Shuai and Czech Siniiakova lead the way as top seeds, with Tang Qianhui/Appleton also in action.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player falling 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 Spaniard Badosa.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)