Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Friday, February 7, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

This morning, Beijing time, the ATP500 Rotterdam station ended the second round of singles competition, and the quarterfinals were all produced. Top seed and Spanish star Alcaraz was in red-hot form, dropping just three games to beat Italian qualifier Vavasori 6-2 6-1 to comfortably advance to the quarter-finals. He will next face compatriot Martinez, who upset fifth seed and Danish rising star Rune 6-4 6-1. Sixth seed and Greek No. 1 Tsitsipas battled for two hours and 59 minutes and saved a match point in the second set to narrow out a narrow 6-7(5) 7-6(6) 7-5 victory over local sensation Grixpoor.

Germany's lucky loser Atmaier, Russia's Rublev and Australia's Marinar also defeated their respective opponents and advanced to the quarterfinals. Quarterfinals: Top half, Alcaraz vs Martinez, Rublev vs Hurkacz; In the bottom half, Atmaire vs Deminaur and Tsitsipas vs Bellucci.

ATP 500 Dallas: In the second round of singles, the two homegrown seeded players failed to win and both lost. Among them, fourth seed and Australian Open semi-finalist Shelton lost 2-6 6-7(3) to Spaniard Munar; Fifth seed Tiafoe was beaten 6-3 4-6 3-6 by Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka. Norway's Ruud and American Cannon Opelka defeated their respective opponents to advance to the quarterfinals.

Women's Field: The WTA 500 Abu Dhabi station ended the singles quarterfinals this morning Beijing time, and each semi-final seat will belong. Defending champion and top seed Rybakina battled it out in three sets against Tunisian sister Jabeur to advance to the semi-finals 6-2 4-6 7-6(4). Next up is her face former tournament champion Bencic of Switzerland. The other two semi-final spots were won by Czech rising star Noskova and American Black Mark Ruger.

In the quarter-finals of the doubles, fourth seeds Zhang Shuai/Muladenovic defeated Stephanie/Watson 5-7 6-2 10-3 to advance to the semi-finals.

WTA 250 Cluj-Napoca: In the second round of singles, top seed Potapova defeated Swiss Grubic 6-4 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals. Fifth seed Siniakova overcame American Dolehide 2-6 6-1 6-4 to seal her place in the quarter-finals. Quarter-finals: Potapova vs. Seidl, Kalinina vs. Sasnovich, Kocciaretto vs. Branzetti, Siniakova vs. Tomova.

Doubles: Fourth seeds Tang Qianhui/Appleton beat Hvalinska/Detiuk 6-7(3) 6-3 10-8 in a quarter-final match.

Let's take a closer look at the players. Last night, Beijing time, the official announcement of the Doha station in WTA1000 issued a wild card to the former US Open champion and British rising star Raducanu in the singles main draw.

In addition, Czech players Mukhova and Bouzkova both withdrew from the Doha tournament starting next week due to injury. After withdrawing from Doha, the new Australian Open champion and American star Case, announced that he had withdrawn from the WTA1000 Dubai station due to a persistent leg injury. Wishing Keith a speedy recovery!

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player lying in a lounge after losing. 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 women's singles world No. 1 Sabalenka.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)