Borini won the championship and made history by taking a photo with the president, and the row was full, and Buyun entered the final Hamburg station and met a strong opponent

Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Sunday, May 18, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by Home of Tennis.

This morning, Beijing time, the singles final of the 2025 season in WTA1000 Rome ended, and the No. 6 seed and local star Paulini played well, defeating the No. 4 seed and American sister Gauff 6-4 6-2 to lift the second WTA1000 women's singles championship trophy in her career.

The 29-year-old also became the first person in 40 years to win the highest WTA tournament on home soil, after Reggie in 1985, setting a new record in Italian tennis history. After the game, Italian President Mattarella and the cup-winning Paulini took a group photo to express warm congratulations! After winning the singles title, Paulini will also partner with Errani to challenge for the doubles title. Will she be the double queen of Rome? Beijing time will be known tonight.

Men's Field: Tonight, Beijing time, the ATP1000 Rome Masters will start the final match. The singles final will kick off at around 11pm Beijing time, with tennis powerhouse Sinner and Alcaraz set to face off for the 11th time. Who will win the championship? You might as well make a prediction.

Let's keep an eye on next week's event. Last night, Beijing time, the ATP 500 Hamburg station announced the draw for the main event. German Zverev Jr., American Tiafoe, Russian Rublev and Argentine F. Cerundolo lead the line-up. Alignment of the top eight seeds: Zverev Aliassime,

Rublev - Brandon Nakashima, Báez - F Cerundolo, Fokina - Tiafoe.

China's new No. 1 Gobo Yun Chaoket will compete in the first round against a strong opponent, No. 2 seed Tiafoe, and it will be difficult to pass. However, Xiaobu has just beaten Argentine Carabelli 6-3 6-2 in the semi-finals of the ATP Challenger Turin to reach the final of the clay Challenger for the first time.

The WTA 500 Strasbourg also announced the singles main draw table. Americans Pegula and Navarro are the top two seeds. There were a number of key matchups in the first round, among which Collins took on Kenin, Raducanu took on Kasatkina, and Krejcikova took on Linette. The only Chinese Golden Flower Wang Xinyu will face a qualifier in the first round, and if she wins, she will face Kazakhstan's Rybakina in the second round.

In addition, the draw for the WTA 250 Rabat was also announced last night. Armenian Avaniesyan, Colombian Osorio, Italian Bronzetti and American Ann Lee are the top four seeds. There are no Chinese players on this site.

Let's take another look at the player dynamics. Last night, Beijing time, Chinese player Zhang Zhizhen officially announced his withdrawal from this year's French Open due to injury. After missing this year's clay season, Zhang's world rankings have dropped dramatically, to around 90. If you can't make a timely comeback in time for the grass court season, you may fall out of the top 100. I hope ZZZ recovers soon!

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player at leisure. 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 handsome Bulgarian guy Dimitrov.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)