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

Last night, Beijing time, foreign media reported that in response to the recent perverted tracker incident, the WTA allocated five additional security personnel for the British Chinese rising star Raducanu to protect him during the Indian Wells competition to prevent accidents. It is even possible that the five bodyguards will accompany Raducanu as she leaves the venue to her accommodations, while Raducanu and her agency, IMG, are considering hiring personal bodyguards to protect her during the tour.

Previously, a perverted tracker who crossed four countries and frantically stalked and approached Raducanu during multiple events, causing so much psychological damage to the British rising star that he burst into tears.

Let's get back to the field. Last night, Beijing time, the ATP500 Dubai station continued to play the first round of singles. Top seed Dmitry Medvedev of Russia beat Germany's Struf 6-4 7-6(4) to make it five wins in a row against the latter. His compatriot and third seed Rublev was knocked out 3-6 6-4 7-6(5) by Frenchman Aris.

Sixth seed and Bulgarian star Dimitrov, after swallowing eggs 0-6 in the first set, announced his retirement due to physical discomfort, and escorted his opponent O'Connell to advance. Second seed and Australian Hare De Minaur was knocked out 6-2 3-6 6-3 by Croatian veteran Cilic in the first round. Other winners to advance were Canadian Aliassime, Portuguese Bogers, Italian Berrettini and Nardi, Frenchman Ember and Dutchman Grixpoel.

ATP 500 Acapulco: In the first round of singles, third seed and American Tommy Paul defeated Canadian Diallo 6-2 to get off to a flying start. Americans Shelton, Lerner Money, Giron, Czech Mahachi, Belgian veteran Goffin, German Atmaier, Danish rising star Rune and Spaniard Fokina also won and advanced.

ATP 250 San Diego: Argentine Carabery saved three match points to defeat homegrown sensation Jarry 5-7 6-3 7-6 (9) to advance to the round of 16.

Women's Field: Australian qualifier Xavile defeated sixth seed and Ukrainian rising star Kostyuk 6-4 7-6(6) in the WTA 500 Merida singles first-round matchup. Croatian qualifier Martic eliminated American Stephens 6-2 6-3 to claim his first win in four meetings between the two sides.

WTA 250 Austin: Chinese teenager Wei Sijia, who broke through from the qualifying round, was defeated 7-5 3-6 2-6 by Belgian Minérn and missed out on the second round. Two-time Wimbledon champion and Czech star Kvitova lost her debut 6-3 4-6 4-6 in a thrilling three-set battle to defeat Briton Burrech.

In the first round of doubles, both pairs of multinational pairs with Chinese players emerged victorious. Among them, Yuan Yue/Blinkova defeated top seeds Buksha/Miyuki Kato 7-6(5) 6-4; Zhang Shuai/Kessler swept past local duo Mandlik/McNally 6-3 6-0.

Let's take a closer look at the players. Last night, Beijing time, two-time Grand Slam champion and Czech star Krejcikova announced that she would withdraw from the upcoming Indian Wells and Miami tournaments due to a persistent back injury.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player enjoying retirement. 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 none other than the Serbian Mejdovic.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)