Deyo's revenge to celebrate his birthday and win 25 crowns at the French Open needs to win the TOP3 in a row, Zheng Qinwen's signing luck is acceptable, and Zhang Shuai is out

Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans and friends, today is Friday, May 23, 2025, and welcome to listen to the afternoon news brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

Last night, Beijing time, the ATP 500 Hamburg Open ended the singles quarterfinals. Third seed Rublev of Russia beat Italian Dardry 6-1 3-6 6-3 to advance to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, he will face Canadian Aliassime, who narrowly defeated Frenchman A-Muller in three sets. The other two semi-final spots were secured by Italian Corboli and Argentine Echeverri.

ATP 250 Geneva: Second seed and Serbian champion Novak Djokovic avenged his defeat to Madrid 6-4 6-4 to reach the semi-finals on his 38th birthday with a 6-4 defeat to Italy's rising star Inaldi Arnaldi. In the semi-finals, he will face Englishman Norrie, who beat Australia's Poplin 2-0.

Sixth seed and Poland's Hurkacz knocked out top seed and American brother Fritz 6-3 7-6(5) to face qualifier Ofner who knocked out Russia's Khachanov in three sets in the semi-finals.

Women's Field: WTA 500 Strasbourg ended the singles quarterfinals last night Beijing time, and each of the semi-finals has its own place. Fourth seed Rybakina of Kazakhstan defeated Poland's second sister Linette 7-5 6-3 to face ninth seed and Brazil's first sister Maia, who defeated second seed and rising American star Navarro in three sets. The other two semi-final spots were won by Russian Samsonova and American Collins.

The WTA 250 Rabat singles semi-finals were also produced last night Beijing time. Australians Tomjanovic and Jonte, Colombian sister Osorio and Romania's Christian defeated their respective opponents to advance to the semi-finals.

Let's turn to the French Open. Last night, Beijing time, the draw ceremony for the 2025 French Open tennis tournament was held, and the draw table was released. Men's Singles: The top eight seeds are aligned with Sinner-Draper, Zverev-Djokovic in the top half; In the bottom half, Musetti Fritz, Ruud Alcaraz.

Serbian champion Novak Djokovic, who has won 25 Grand Slam titles, will easily advance in the first round against American McDonald. However, if he wants to win the championship, he will most likely need to beat world No. 3 Zverev, world No. 1 Sinner, and world No. 2 Alcaraz. For Djokovic, who has already turned 38 years old, it is very difficult.

China's Buyun Chokett is expected to win if he draws a qualifier or a lucky loser in the first round.

Women's Singles: The top eight seeds are: Sabalenka-Zheng Qinwen, Bolini-Swiatek; In the bottom half, Milla Andreeva Pegula, Keith Gauff.

Although China's first sister Zheng Qinwen will face the former French Open runner-up Pavlyuchenkova in the first round, the Russian's current competitive state fluctuates greatly due to injury, and she no longer has too strong combat power on clay. Therefore, Xiao Zheng's overall luck is okay, as long as he plays his level, he is expected to enter a deeper round. Zheng Qinwen's opponents in the first half of the specific round are: first round: Pavlyuchenkova; Second round: Ieira/Arango; Third round: Stearns/Sun Lulu; Fourth round: Schneider/Samsonova; Quarterfinals: Sabalenka/Anisimova; Semi-finals: Bolini/Swiatek. Good luck to Xiao Zheng!

The other two Chinese golden flowers, Wang Xinyu vs Raducanu and Yuan Yue vs Paulini. In addition, in the second round of the French Open qualifying round, Chinese veteran Zhang Shuai lost 4-6 3-6 to Waltert and missed the main draw. Wang Xiyu defeated Maristani 7-6(8) 6-3 to advance to the deciding round. Come on, Wang Zuo!

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below shows a player trying on a face shield. 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 Zheng Qinwen, the first sister in China.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)