Sister Fei Yi easily advanced to the revenge battle of Swa, and in the first round of Osaka, Zheng Qinwen's elbow injury did not have a big impact

Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Wednesday, April 23, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

Last night, Beijing time, the first clay WTA1000 tournament of the year kicked off --- Madrid. On the first matchday, wildcard Filipino sister Ieira played well to beat Bulgaria's Tomova 6-3 6-2 to advance to the second round. Next, she will face defending champion and world No. 2 Swiatek.

The two met once at this year's Miami 1000, when the Filipino youngster won in an upset. This time, Swiatek's chance for revenge has come, can she seize it?

Others: New Zealand-Chinese player Sun Lulu made a late comeback to defeat Frenchman Gracheva 3-6 6-1 6-4 to claim her first WTA clay-court main event. She will next face American Kenin after Hobart at the beginning of the year, when the American came back from behind to win. British's Usain Bolt also came back from behind, knocking out Czech Siniiakova 4-6 6-2 6-1 to claim her first career WTA clay tournament main draw. Next, she will face No.6 seed and Italian Cannon Bolini, who drew 2-2 in head-to-head records.

Former world No. 1 and Japan's Naomi Osaka was knocked out in three sets by Italian Brownzetti 6-4 2-6 6-4. Other winners to advance were Colombian Osorio, American Stearns, Dolehyde, Baptiste, Czech rising star Bouzkova and Spaniard Maneiro.

In addition, WTA1000 Madrid announced the women's doubles draw last night. China have three golden flowers, including Xu Yifan/N-Kichenok in the first round against Panova/Stora; Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai take on Maya/Sigmund.

Let's pay attention to the first sister Zheng Qinwen again. Last night, Beijing time, Xiao Zheng, who arrived in Madrid to prepare for the competition, said in an interview with reporters that the impact of his elbow injury was not very great, and he would go all out to strive for good results. "Because I'm in a high-intensity game, it's hard to say that it's not painful at all, so I do need a brace to help with a little bit of protection, but I want to say that it doesn't affect me that much now because I think in the current situation, I can still continue to serve, continue to play, and it's okay for me." Zheng Qinwen is in the quarter-finals with world No.1 Sabalenka, and the pair are expected to meet again in the quarter-finals.

Let's focus on one more piece of good news. Recently, Greece's first brother Tsitsipas and his girlfriend Badosa, who attended the Laureus Sports Awards ceremony, said in an interview with the media that their wedding date is approaching and they are currently discussing wedding plans.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is the back of a player. He's in the Challenge now, can you recognize who he is?

In the last guess, some golfers gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is New Zealand player Sun Lulu.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)