On the first day of the grass season, many people were upset, Yuan Yue ended his nine-game losing streak, and all the hardware flowers lost

Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Tuesday, June 10, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

Last night, Beijing time, the curtain of the 2025 grass court season opened, and the four tour events started at the same time. ATP 250 Stuttgart: The top eight seeds are Zverev, Fritz, Sheldon, Aliassime, Shapovalov, Brandon Nakajima, Mikkelsen and Lehecka.

Sixth seed Brandon Nakashima, the No.6 seed on the opening day, defeated Briton Fainley 4-6 7-6(4) 6-1 to advance to the second round. No. 8 seed and Czech rising star Lehecka defeated Frenchman Bond 6-4 to advance; France's rising star Perikad narrowly defeated Russia's Safrin 7-6(10) 3-6 7-5 to advance to the second round. Italy's rising star Arnaldi was eliminated by the wild card German veteran Struve with two 6-4 defeats.

ATP 250 's-Hertogenbosch: The top eight seeds are Medvedev, Ember, Khachanov, Poplin, Hurkacz, Thompson, Berges and Dardry.

No.8 seed and rising Italian star Dardry was beaten by Chilean Jarry 5-7 6-4 7-6(3) to miss a first-round tour. No.6 seed Australian Thompson beat American Kovacevic 6-4 6-4 to advance. Portugal's Burges and Canada's Diallo also beat their respective opponents to advance to the second round.

Women's Field: In a highlight-court match in the first round of the WTA 500 Queen's Cup on grass in London, two-time Wimbledon champion and Czech star Kvitova was defeated 2-6 6-4 6-4 by Brazilian sister Maya.

Former US Open runner-up and Canadian star Fernandes was eliminated 7-6(4) 6-2 by German qualifier Maria, suffering a wave of four straight defeats; Australian-born Kasatkina also failed to win, losing 1-6 6-3 3-6 to British wildcard Qatar; Croatian star Vekic lost to Russian qualifier Zakharova 3-6 twice, and also suffered a round trip; American Anisimova defeated Briton Burrich 4-6 6-3 6-4 to qualify.

Doubles First Round: The two Chinese Golden Flower pairs who played on the day both lost and missed the second round. Among them, Jiang Xinyu/Wu Fangxian lost to Usain Bolt/Raducanu 4-6 2-6; Xu Yifan/Yang Zhaoxuan lost 2-6 3-6 to Muhammad/Scholes.

WTA 250 's-Hertogenbosch: In the first round of singles, China's Yuan Yue, who played as the lucky loser, defeated the recently returned Latvian star Sevastova 6-3 6-3, ending her nine-game losing streak in the main draw of the tour and advancing to the second round. Players such as Sun Lulu, Koccialetto, Mertens, Kudermetova and Blinkova also won and advanced.

Doubles: In a first-round matchup, the Chinese-Japanese pair Tang Qianhui/Makoto Ninomiya lost 2-6 2-6 to No.2 Kromachava/Stora to stop the first round.

Let's take a look at the latest standings. After the end of the French Open, the latest edition of the standings was also released. Men's Singles: Sinner continues to top the rankings with 10,880 points, followed by Alcaraz with 8,850 points. However, the difference between the two widened by 500 points. Zverev continues to be in third place with 6,385 points. In 4-10 places are Draper, Djokovic, Musetti, Fritz, Paul, Rune and De Minaur.

Women's Singles: Sabalenka continues to lead the list with 11,553 points. Gauff, who won the French Open, is in second place with 8,083 points, closing the gap on Sabalenka. The 3-10 rankings have changed little, with China's No. 1 Zheng Qinwen rising two places to fifth in the world, while Swiatek, who missed the title defense, slipped to seventh.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player playing with his daughter. Without prompting, can you recognize by your child who her dad is?

In the last guess, some golfers gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is a Kazakh goblik.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)