Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Tuesday, March 4, 2025, and welcome to listen to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Tennis Home".

Let's start with the Indian Wells Open. This morning, Beijing time, the ATP/WTA1000 Indian Wells station held a draw ceremony, and the men's and women's singles draw tables were released.

Men's singles: World No. 2 Zverev Jr. is the top seed, leading the top half of the bracket with No. 4 seed and Norway's Ruud; Defending champion and Spanish star Alcaraz is seeded No. 2 and is in the bottom half of the bracket with No.3 seed and American No.1 Fritz. The top eight seeds are aligned: Zverev - Tsitsipas, Ruud - Medvedev, Rublev - Fritz, Djokovic - Alcaraz.

Serbian star Novak Djokovic, who is aiming for a 100th career title, has been drawn into the bottom quarters of the quarter-finals and will face Alcaraz in the quarter-finals again after the Australian Open. Judging from the previous rounds of matchups, Djokovic's potential opponents before the quarterfinals Kyrgios, Cerundoro, Fokina, Hurkacz, De Minaur and others are not much of a threat, as long as he does not have problems himself, he should have no worries about advancing to the quarterfinals. As for whether he can reach the semi-finals, it will depend on whether Alcaraz agrees or not.

In terms of Chinese players, Zhang Zhizhen will face a qualifier in the first round; Buyun Chokert takes on American rookie Basa Valedi. If both men make it past the first round, Zhang will face France's rising star Fez and Byun Chokert take on Russia's Dmitry Medvedev.

In Women's Singles: World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka and rising American Gauff lead the top half, while defending champion Swiatek and American Pegula sit in the bottom half. Matchups of the top eight seeds: Sabalenka - Bolini, Gauff - Case, Rybakina - Pegula, Zheng Qinwen - Swiatek.

China's first sister Zheng Qinwen had poor luck and met a strong enemy. Although she had a bye in the first round, from the second round, she will be blocked by potential opponents such as Belarusian star Azarenka, Czech rising star Noskova, Spanish star Badosa, and world No. 2 Swiatek, and it will be very difficult to reach the deeper round.

The other two Chinese golden flowers, Wang Xinyu will face Egypt's first sister Sherif in the first round, and if she wins, she will face Latvian star Ostapenko; Yuan Yue faced Ukrainian Yastremska in the first round, and faced Tunisia's first sister Jabbar in the second round. The opponents are very strong, good luck to the Chinese golden flowers!

We'll keep an eye out for other news. Last night, Beijing time, the Laureus Sports Awards officially announced the list of nominees for the best male and female athletes in 2025. Spanish star Alcaraz and women's singles world No. 1 Sabalenka were nominated for the best athlete respectively.

Since 2000, tennis players have been nominated for the Laureus Sports Awards, and more than 30 of them have been awarded, making tennis the biggest winner of the global sports awards.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player preparing to serve. 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 Russian star Alexandrova.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)