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

This morning, Beijing time, the ATP/WTA1000 Indian Wells Open kicked off. Men's Field: China's Buyun Chaoket put in an impressive performance to beat homegrown debutant Barsa Valetti 7-5 6-4 to win the main draw of the ATP1000 Masters Series for the second time after the 2023 Shanghai Masters.

After the match, Buyunchaoket was very excited, "He is a very young Next Gen player, we know each other very well, and we used to practice together a lot in the Challenge, and we both played tennis at a high level. I just try to enjoy the game, forget about everything, and I'm proud of my performance. ”

In the second round, Xiaobu will challenge the No. 5 seed and Russian star Dmitry Medvedev. Mei had a poor record in the first two months of the season, with only 8 wins and 5 losses, but he is still optimistic about his tennis form, believing that his level is improving every week, "Overall, my level has been gradually improving in every tournament this year, so if I can continue to maintain this form, good results will come eventually." ”

Elsewhere, former US Open runner-up Kei Nishikori of Japan battled for nearly three hours to beat Spaniard's Munar 6-2 5-7 7-6(3) to advance to the second round against 18th seed France's Ember. Homegrown qualifier Smith defeated Italy's Corboli 3-6 6-2 6-2 to claim his first Masters main draw victory.

Local wildcard players Boyle, Dutch player Grykspoor, Hungarian Marosanne, Brazilian Wilder, Russian Saverin, Bosnian De Zuch, Belgian Boggs and American Giron also defeated their respective opponents to advance to the second round.

Women's Tournament: In a highlight-reel match in the first round of singles, China's Golden Flower Wang Xinyu defeated Egypt's first sister Sharif 6-4 7-5 to end her recent three-game singles losing streak and advance to the second round. Next up is her face 26th seed Ostapenko of Latvia.

France's Garcia defeated local wildcard Pera 6-3 6-4 to take on defending champion and world No.2 Swiatek in the second round. New Zealand-Chinese Lulu Sun avenged her defeat in Merida with a 6-3 1-6 7-6(2) victory over Slovakia's Slamkova and her second singles win of the season.

Other debut winners were Italian Kocciaretto, Romanian Begu, Americans Baptiste and Dolehyde, Czech Siniakova and Polish Rinette. Two-time Grand Slam winner and Czech star Kvitova suffered two consecutive defeats to Frenchman Gracheva 6-4 3-6 4-6.

Belarusian star Azarenka defeated homegrown qualifier Gunuvi 6-4 7-6 to face China's Zheng Qinwen in the second round. In terms of head-to-head record, Azarenka leads 2-0.

In addition, in the final of the tie-break exhibition match before the main event, Rybakina/Fritz defeated Case/Paul 10-4 to win the championship and received 200,000 US dollars, equivalent to about 1.45 million yuan.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player falling to the ground in celebration of winning the championship. 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 the women's singles world No. 1 Sabalenka.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)