Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Saturday, March 1, 2025, and welcome to listen to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

This morning, Beijing time, the ATP 500 Dubai Open ended the singles semifinals. In the second match, fourth seed and Greek No.1 Tsitsipas played brilliantly to beat Dutch No.1 Grykspur 6-4 6-4 to reach the final of the tournament for the third time in his career. It was Tsitsipas' 12th ATP 500 final, having failed to reach the top of the table in the previous 11 times, winning 11 plates in a row. This time, he will continue his quest for the division's first title, and the final will be against Canada's Aliassime, who defeated French rising star Aris 5-7 6-4 6-3 in his opening matchup to reach his third tour final of the season.

Judging from the previous record between Tsitsipas and Aliassime, the Greek brother has a 6-3 advantage and is expected to rewrite the embarrassing record of 0-11 in the final of the 500 tournament.

ATP 500 Acapulco: In the quarterfinals of the singles, Spain's Fekina swept past local teenager Mendes 6-2 6-2 to advance to the semi-finals. In the other match, the recently resurgent Canadian star Shapovalov defeated American Giron 4-6 6-3 6-2 to win eight straight singles matches and reach the semi-finals of two consecutive 500 tournaments. In the first semi-final that ended this morning, Czech Mahach defeated American Nakajima Brandon 6-4 1-6 6-4 to advance to the final.

ATP 250 Santiago: Top seed and Argentine F. Cerundolo defeated fifth seed and compatriot Echeverri 3-6 6-3 7-5 to reach the semi-finals of a tournament for the seventh time in his career. In the semi-finals, he will face Serbian Jerre, who defeated Portugal's Faria 7-6(5) 4-6 6-4. In the other match, Argentine Báez defeated Bosnia-Black Dezouh 6-4 6-4 to advance to the semi-finals.

Women's Field: WTA 500 Merida will start the singles quarterfinals this morning Beijing time. In the matches that have ended, Armenian Avaniesyan defeated Australian qualifier Jont 4-6 6-2 6-0 to advance to the semi-finals; Colombian qualifier Arango defeated Slovak Slamkova 5-7 6-3 6-0 to reach the semi-finals of her first career tour.

The Spanish star Badosa retired due to injury when he was leading in the first set, escorting Australian Xavier to advance to the semifinals. After Badosa withdrew, China's first sister Zheng Qinwen temporarily retained the world's eighth ranking with a slight lead of 34 points.

Doubles: In a quarter-final match, Tang Qianhui/Santa Maria were defeated 6-2 4-6 8-10 by second seeds Panova/Pérez.

WTA 250 Austin: Top seed Pegula advanced 6-2 6-2 over Russian Blinkova in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, she will face Australia's Tomjanovic, who narrowly defeated Japan's Eina Shibahara 7-5 3-6 7-6(8).

In the doubles semi-finals, the Chinese and Russian pair of Yuan Yue/Blinkova defeated Bolsova/Kavalle Reimers 2-6 6-1 11-9 to advance to the final. This is the second time in Yuan Yue's career that she has reached the doubles final of a tournament. In a doubles quarter-final yesterday, Zhang Shuai/Kessler beat fourth seeds Lumsden/Watson 6-3 5-7 10-8 to advance to the semi-finals.

Let's take a closer look at the players. Yesterday, Beijing time, the world's third and Spanish star Alcaraz flew from Spain to Puerto Rico, the Free State of the United States, where he will play an exhibition match called "Legends Battle" against the American little black Tiafoe, which will be held on March 2 local time.

In addition, Russian star Pavlyuchenkova announced through her personal social media that she decided to withdraw from the upcoming Indian Wells Open due to a viral infection.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player during a match. 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 none other than Russian rising star Mira Andreeva.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)