Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Thursday, February 6, 2025, and welcome to listen to the afternoon news brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

Last night, Beijing time, foreign media reported that China's first sister Zheng Qinwen will be guided by Albert Costa as an interim coach in the Middle East season in Doha and Dubai. Zheng Qinwen's head coach Perry Riba underwent hip surgery at the beginning of the year and is still recovering and is not expected to recover until March, so he will not be able to accompany his disciples to the Middle East season.

The media also reported that Zheng Qinwen and Costa had arrived in Qatar for final preparations. The 50-year-old is a Spanish tennis legend who won the French Open men's singles title in 2002 and reached a peak of sixth in the world.

Let's get back to the field. This morning, Beijing time, the ATP500 Rotterdam station started the second round of singles competition. Second seed Dmitry Medvedev of Russia was beaten 3-6 7-6(6) 3-6 3-6 by Italy's Bellucci. Bellucci won for the first time in his career beating a top 10 player. In the other match, Poland's Hurkacz received a retirement gift from Czech star Lehecka when he was leading 7-5 2-0 and easily advanced to the quarterfinals.

In the remaining matches of the first round of the men's singles, local Grykspoor, French rising star Fes, German Artmeier, and Hungarian Marousanne all won and advanced. Italy's Vavasori, who took the final train of the main draw, received a retirement gift from Canadian opponent Aliassime before the start of the deciding set.

In the first round of the Men's Doubles, Zhang Zhizhen/Dodiger lost 5-7 5-7 to Gilles/Zielinski. So far, the first brother of China has encountered a round of travel in the singles and doubles events.

ATP 500 Dallas: In the first round of singles, Chinese player Buyun Chaokert was not in good form, losing 5-7 2-6 to Spaniard Munar, suffering a black start; Second seed Ruud of Norway advanced to the second round with a 7-5 4-6 6-2 victory over Australia's Duckworth. Other debut winners were Czech Mahachi, Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, and American Opelka and Mom.

Women's Field: American Kruger defeated third seed Russian Kasatkina 1-6 7-5 6-4 in the second round of the WTA 500 Abu Dhabi singles to reach the quarterfinals of the 500 tournament for the third time this season. She will next face eighth seed and rising Canadian star Fernandes, who swept past New Zealander Lulu Sun 6-0 6-3.

Czech star Northkova defeated second seed and Spain's Badosa 6-4 6-1 to claim her seventh career win against the top 10. Tunisian sister Jabeur beat Japanese qualifier Hachika Sonobe 6-3 6-3 to advance to the quarter-finals against defending champion Rybakina, who defeated qualifier Volinets 2-6 6-4 6-4.

Others: Switzerland's Bencic thrashed Russian rising star Kudermetova 6-0 6-0; Czech star Vondrousova eliminated Kazakhstan's Putintseva 6-2 6-3.

WTA 250 Cluj-Napoca: In the second round of singles, Bulgarian Tomova, Ukrainian Kalinina and Belarusian Sasnovich defeated their respective opponents to advance to the quarterfinals.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player on vacation at the water's edge. 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 handsome Bulgarian guy Dimitrov.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)