Sinaaka did not lose a set, Buyun lost the double tie-break and lost to Joswa on the right, and the seeded players were upset

Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Tuesday, May 27, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

This morning, Beijing time, the second match day of the 2025 French Open tennis season ended, and the men's and women's singles fields gave away 6 duck eggs and 17 fritters, and many high-ranked seeded players were upset.

Men's Singles: Top seed Sinner and No.2 seed Alcaraz in the first round of singles got off to a flying start, beating their respective opponents 3-0. Among them, Sinner defeated French player Lindeknech 6-4 6-3 7-5 to make it a 15-game winning streak in a Grand Slam. In the next round, he will continue to face homegrown player and French veteran Gasquet, who eliminated wildcard Atmana 6-2 2-6 6-3 6-0 in four sets.

Alcaraz beat qualifier Zepieri 6-3 6-4 6-2 to face Hungarian Marosang in the second round.

China's Buyun Chokert and Austrian qualifier Misorić battled in four sets, and finally lost three sets in a row after winning the first set 7-5, losing 6-7(3) 6-7(4) 1-6 and missing out on the second round. 15 broke 2 in the whole game, and lost two tie-breaks in a row, which was the main reason for Xiaobu's defeat.

Fourth seed and American No.1 Fritz got off to a big upset when he was knocked out 7-5 3-6 6-3 6-1 by German Altmaier. Former French Open champion and Swiss veteran Wawrinka, who entered the tournament with a wild card, also had a bad start, losing 0-3 to Englishman Fernley and suffering a first-round tour. Argentinian F. Cerendro, the 18th seed, also made his debut after losing 5-7 3-6 4-6 to Canadian Diallo.

Lehecka, Fokina, Munar, Fes, Grykspoor, Ember, Shapovalov, Kecmanovic, Rune, Ruud, Koda, Tabilo, Poplin, Khachanov, Ofner, Gaston and Tsitsipas won and advanced to the second round.

Women's Singles: China's King Xinyu and former US Open champion and British sister Raducanu battled out in three sets to defeat her opponent 5-7 6-4 3-6 in the second round, and the defending champion defeated Slovakia's Slamkova 6-3 6-3 to make her 22nd straight French Open victory.

There was also a big upset in the women's singles on the day, with No.9 seed and rising American star Navarro swept out of the tournament by Spaniard Maneiro 6-0 6-1, becoming the biggest seed to be eliminated in the women's singles tournament.

New Australian Open champion and No.7 seed Keys swept past qualifier Xavier 6-2 6-1. Next, she will face Britin Bolt, who overcame qualifier Monet 6-7(4) 6-1 6-1. Former tournament champion and 21st seed Ostapenko came back to get off to a flying start with a 5-7 6-0 6-2 win over Russia's Junior Kudermetova.

10th seed and Spain's Badosa beat former world number one Naomi Osaka of Japan 6-7(1) 6-1 6-4 to make it through the first round. Krejcikova, Kudermetova, Collins, Tauson, Ruth, Samsonova, Tomjanovic, Starodubtseva, Pera, Rybakina, Dolehide, Christian, Kasatkina, Jean, Ruse, Montgomery, Kocciaretto, Alexandrova and others also won and got off to a good start.

At 5 p.m. Beijing time today, the third match day of the French Open began. Zverev, Novak Djokovic, Gauff and Milla Andreeva will all be in action. Among them, Djokovic with the American McDonald

The game takes place around 9 p.m. The Chinese and new pair of Yuan Yue/Sun Lulu will play in the first round of doubles against Blinkova/Sherif, with kick-off around 5pm. Good luck to Yuan Yue!

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is of a player during a match. 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 Keith.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)