Aka lost two more sets and will face a hard battle, Zheng Qinwen said that the Internet fever is only a pediatric, and the three golden flowers are out

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This morning, Beijing time, the 2025 French Open tennis season ended the sixth day of competition. In a highlight-hearted match in the third round of the lower half of the Men's Singles, second seed and defending champion Alcaraz was blocked by Bosnian Jouz De Zuch and dropped the third set. However, the Spaniard held his nerve and won 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-4 to advance to the round of 16. Next, he will face American Shelton for a place in the last eight, who beat Italian dark horse Gigant in three sets.

No.10 seed Rune and No.12 seed Paul both battled it out in five sets to win. The former beat homegrown Aris 4-6 6-2 5-7 7-5 6-2 and will next face Italy's Musetti, who overcame Argentine Navone 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-2. The latter narrowly defeated Russia's Khachanov 6-3 3-6 7-6(7) 3-6 6-3 to face Australia's Poplin, who eliminated Portugal's Burges 6-4 7-6(11) 7-6(5). American star Tiafoe and German Altmaier also won to advance.

Women's Field: In a highlight-reel match in the third round of singles, No. 8 seed and China's No. 1 sister Zheng Qinwen played well, defeating Canadian qualifier Mul Boko 6-3 6-4 to reach the round of 16 of the French Open for the first time in three years, equalling her best record in the competition.

After the game, Xiao Zheng said that his progress in emotional management, especially being calmer at critical moments, helped him to achieve victory. At the same time, in response to a question about whether the hot weather at the French Open had an impact on him, Zheng Qinwen said that the heat of the French Open is only pediatric, "I grew up in Wuhan, one of China's furnaces, and the heat of the French Open is too pediatric compared to Wuhan, so I adapted very well." And last year's Olympics were hotter than that, so I enjoyed the weather conditions. ”

Zheng will next face 19th seed Samsonova of Russia, who defeated Ukrainian Yastremska 6-2 6-3, for a place in the last eight. In terms of head-to-head records, Samsonova leads Zheng Qinwen 3-2, but the only time the two meet on clay, it was the Chinese first sister who won.

Elsewhere: Top seed Sabalenka beat Serbian Danilovic 6-2 6-3 to face American Anisimova 7-6(4) 6-4 over Danish rising star Taussen.

Fifth seed Swiatek defeated Romanian Christian 6-2 7-5 to reach the second week of the French Open for seven consecutive years, making it 24 wins in a row. She will next face 12th seed Rybakina of Kazakhstan, who swept past Latvia's Ostapenko 6-2 6-2. Swiatek and Rybakina have met eight times before, with a 4-4 draw.

No.4 seeds, Italian Cannon Paulini and Ukrainian cabbage Svitolina also defeated their respective opponents to meet in the quarterfinals.

Doubles: The three Chinese golden flowers in the second round of the women's doubles on the day were all reversed after winning the first set. Among them, Tang Qianhui/Makoto Ninomiya lost to Garcia/Parry 6-3 4-6 2-6; Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai lost 7-6(6) 1-6 3-6 to Ekri/Eri Hozumi.

At 5 p.m. Beijing time today, the seventh match day of the French Open began. Sinner, Novak Djokovic, Gauff, Keys and Milla Andreeva will all be in action for a place in the round of 16. Jiang Xinyu/Wu Fangxian, Yuan Yue/Sun Lulu, Xie Shuwei/Ostapenko and other Chinese golden flowers will play in the second round of doubles. Good luck to them!

Let's focus on another News Feed. Last night, Beijing time, Greek brother Tsitsipas posted that he would start this year's grass court season and cooperate with Djokovic's former coach and Croatian star Ivanisevic.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The image below is a picture of a player's feet. 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 American brother Fritz.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)