Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Monday, March 24, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by Home of Tennis.
Last night, Beijing time, the ATP1000 Miami Masters continued. Serbian star Novak Djokovic beat Argentine Calabelli 6-1 7-6(1) in a high-profile singles match in the third round of singles to reach the round of 16. It was Djokovic's 411th career Masters victory, surpassing the Spanish god Nadal's 410 and ranking first in history. He will next face Italy's Musetti for a place in the last eight, who overcame Canada's Aliassime 4-6 6-2 6-3.
Others: No.5 seed Ruud eliminated Chilean Tabilo 6-4 7-6(4); French veteran Monfils narrowly defeated Spaniard's Munar 7-5 5-7 7-6(1) to become the oldest men's player in the tournament's round of 16. American Brandon Nakashima defeated Belgian veteran Goffin 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3. Other winners to advance were Dimitrov and Koda, the former who eliminated Russian Khachanov in three sets; The latter sent away Greek brother Tsitsipas in two sets.
Women's Field: In the singles third-round matchup, second seed Swiatek defeated Belgian Mertens 7-6(2) 6-1 to set up a place in the last eight against Ukrainian cabbage Svitolina, who eliminated Czech Mukhova 6-2 3-6 6-2. American Anisimova snapped her 13-match winning streak with a 7-6(5) 2-6 6-3 win over rising Russian star Mila Andreeva and shattered Mira's dream of winning back-to-back Sunshine Doubles.
The 19-year-old Filipino wildcard Andre Ieira pulled off a 6-4 6-2 upset over new Australian Open champion and American Keys for his biggest career win so far. She will next face Spain's Badosa for a place in the last eight, who eliminated Denmark's rising star Towson 6-3 7-6(3).
Rising British star Raducanu was leading 6-1 3-0 when he received a retirement salute from rival Kessler. Other winners to advance were American Pegula and Ukrainian Kostyuk.
In a second-round doubles matchup, Kruger/Pegula retired from the tournament after leading 3-1 in the first set, and their opponents, China's Jiang Xinyu/Wu Fangxian, advanced to the quarterfinals. No.7 seeds Zhang Shuai/Mertens continued their spurt to seal a place in the last eight, beating Barbos/Stephanie 6-3 6-1.
Let's focus on another dynamic in the tennis world. Last night, Beijing time, the All England Grass Court Club officially announced that starting from Wimbledon this year, all grass court events will adopt an electronic line review system. This means that the manual line review, which has been used for more than 100 years, will be withdrawn from the stage of history this year.
Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player hiding from an unexpected situation with his head covered. Can you recognize who he is without prompting?
In the last guess, no golfer gave the correct answer. In fact, the owner of the bag in the picture is Russian rising star Mila Andreeva.
(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)