Deyo swept and advanced to the 100th championship, Zheng Qinwen lost six consecutive defeats and was blocked again, and Zhang Shuai regretted defeat

Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Wednesday, March 26, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

Last night and this morning, Beijing time, the ATP1000 Miami Masters continued. In a key match in the fourth round of singles, Serbian king Djokovic was in excellent form, defeating Italian star Musetti 6-2 in two ways to advance to the quarterfinals.

After seeing Djokovic's outstanding performance in this game, many fans think that the Serb has a good time to achieve his goal of 100th career tour title in Miami! In the quarter-finals, he will face rising American star Korda, who defeated French veteran Monfils 6-4 2-6 6-4 in three sets to reach the quarterfinals of the Masters for the fourth time in his career.

Elsewhere: Third seed and local No. 1 Fritz defeated Australia's lucky loser Walton 6-3 7-5 to advance to the quarter-finals where he will face Italy's Berrettini, who defeated Australia's young hare De Minaur 6-3 7-6(7) to reach the quarter-finals of the Masters for the fourth time in his career.

Bulgaria's Dimitrov knocked out homegrown player Brandon Nakashima 6-4 7-5 to secure a place in the quarter-finals. He will next face Argentine F-Cerundolo, who beat fifth seed Ruud of Norway 6-4 6-2. In another Czech derby, due to Mahac's withdrawal due to physical discomfort before the game, he sent his compatriot Mensik to advance to the quarterfinals without a fight. The top seed, German Zverev Jr., took on French rising star Fez and was cancelled due to rain and postponed to tonight.

Women's match: In a match that ended at 10:18 a.m. Beijing time today, China's No. 1 Zheng Qinwen lost to world No. 1 and Belarusian star Sabalenka in two sets, 2-6 5-7, suffering six consecutive defeats against her opponent and missing out on the semi-finals. It seems that if you want to climb the high mountain of Sabalenka, Xiao Zheng still needs to continue to improve and work hard.

Despite failing to get revenge, she reached the quarterfinals back-to-back in the North American Sunshine Doubles, and both defeats were to top 2 players, so Zheng Qinwen's rebounding performance is still worthy of recognition, and it is roughly in line with her current world ranking of eighth. Keep it up!

No.6 seed and Italy's Steelmaker Paolini was in red-hot form, beating Poland's second sister Linette 6-3 6-2 to advance to the semi-finals of the 1000 tournament for the second time in her career. Next, she will face Sabalenka for a place in the final. The other two quarter-finals will be played tomorrow morning and in the morning Beijing time, with world No. 2 Swiatek taking on Filipino teenager Ieira in the first match, and former US Open champion Raducanu taking on homegrown star Pegula in the second.

Doubles: In a quarter-final match, seventh seeds Zhang Shuai/Mertens were beaten 6-4 5-7 8-10 by Miki Kato/Buksha.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player batting the ball during a match. Can you recognize who she is without prompting?

In the last guess, the golfer gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is the Czech star Mukhova.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)