Why can't Saba drive a Porsche? Deyo Madrid and Aka, Natto won the Laureus Award

Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Tuesday, April 22, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

Last night, Beijing time, the WTA500 Stuttgart station came to a wonderful end. In the final singles match, Latvia's Ostapenko continued her hot streak, beating top seed and world No.1 Sabalenka 6-4 6-1 to win the first of four meetings between the two sides, and to lift the trophy by beating the world's top two, and driving away the beautiful Porsche sports car in the first final. This is the first championship of the season and the ninth overall championship of his career. The Latvian became the first player to win back-to-back top-two titles on clay since Serena Williams in Madrid 2012, and the first to beat Swiatek and Sabalenka on the same clay. Congratulations!

World No.1 Sabalenka continues her tragic record of reaching the final four times, only to come home without being able to drive the Porsche. The four were 6-3 0-6 3-6 Barty in 2021; 2022 2-6 2-6 Swiatek; 2023 3-6 4-6 Swiatek; 2025 4-6 1-6 Ostapenko.

In this regard, some fans believe that Sabalenka's opponents in these four finals are all French Open champions, and her hard power on clay is stronger than that of Belarusians, which is one of the important reasons why she has never been able to make a breakthrough. After the race, Sabalenka laughed at herself, "Thank God I can afford it (Porsche) and I'll buy one after this race because it's the only way I can get it." ”

Let's focus on this week's events. Last night, Beijing time, the ATP1000 Madrid Masters announced the draw for the main event. Serbian star Novak Djokovic and Spanish star Alcaraz were drawn in the same half and met again in the semi-finals. The top eight seeds in men's singles are as follows: in the top half, Zverev-Rublev, Fritz-Rune; In the bottom half, Draper Djokovic, De Minaur --- Alcaraz. China's Buyun Chokett will face a qualifier in the first round.

Let's focus on the world rankings. At noon Beijing time yesterday, the latest ATP standings were announced, and Italian Sinner continued to top the list. Zverev, a German who won the Munich tournament, overtook Spanish star Alcaraz by a narrow points advantage and returned to second place in the world. Denmark's rising Danish star Rune, who won in Barcelona, returned to the top 10 to move up to ninth.

Let's take a closer look at the Laureus Sports Awards. Beijing time last night, the 2025 Laureus World Sports Awards held an award ceremony, although the tennis project did not win the title of best male athlete and best female athlete this year, but the retired Spanish god of war Nadal was awarded the Laureus Sports Legend Award, becoming the only award won by the tennis project this year.

The ceremony was also attended by many other tennis celebrities, including Novak Djokovic, Alcaraz, Ruud, Tsitsipas, Badosa, Vekic and Bencic. China's first brother Zhang Zhizhen also attended the awards ceremony and walked the red carpet together.

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, some golfers gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the Japanese star Naomi Osaka.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)