Afternoon News丨Ziwei sent the first brother of the United States to the top, the big dark horse won the championship and served the plate, and the German aunt cut the championship

Three minutes a day, knowing about tennis in the world. Hello fans, today is Monday, June 16, 2025, and welcome to the afternoon newsletter brought to you by "Home of Tennis".

Last night, Beijing time, the ATP250 Stuttgart station came to a wonderful end. In the final of the Men's Singles, top seed Zverev of Germany was beaten 6-3 7-6(0) by second seed and American brother Fritz to reach his first victory on grass in the final of the third time, while Fritz won his fourth grass court title and ninth overall career title. This week, he will return to world No. 4 with the crown.

It was the fifth consecutive defeat for Zverev Jr., making him the fourth player after Nadal, Tsitsipas and Medvedev to win five straight matches against the German, changing the head-to-head record to 8-5.

ATP 250 's-Hertogenbosch: The singles final was played between two unseeded players, with Canadian underdog Diallo beating Belgian Boggs 7-5 7-6(8) to win his first career Tour singles title and become the seventh player to win his first title this season. Congratulations! However, some fans ridiculed that the championship trophy of this race was unfortunately a plate, and no matter how you look at it, it looks like Diallo won a runner-up.

Women's Field: In the WTA 500 London singles final, the 37-year-old and 10-month-old German veteran Maria defeated the No. 8 seed and American star Anisimova 6-3 6-4 to win seven consecutive matches from the qualifying round, defeating four top 15 players in a row and winning the singles championship at the highest level of her career. It was also her second grass-court title and she holds the record of winning all four finals.

Maria also became the oldest WTA 500 champion ever and the oldest WTA Tour winner after Serena Williams (38) in Auckland in 2020. This week, she will jump from 86th to 43rd in the world rankings, becoming Germany's first sister.

WTA 250 's-Hertogenbosch: In the final singles final, the No. 3 seed and Belgian Mertens, who saved 11 match points in the semi-finals, continued his hot hand since the start of the tournament and defeated the big dark horse and Romanian qualifier Ruse 6-3 7-6(4) to win the second title of the season, the first victory on grass court and the tenth overall title of his career.

So far, the Belgian has achieved the feat of winning titles on three different surfaces: hard, clay and grass.

Let's focus on this week's events. Last night, Beijing time, the WTA 500 Berlin station ended the singles qualifying round of the decisive round, and Chinese player Wang Xinyu defeated Tunisia's first sister Jabbar 6-1 3-6 6-0 to successfully advance to the main draw. She will face Australia's Kasatkina in the first round, and if she can advance, she will face second seed and new French Open champion Gauff in the second round.

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is the back of a player. 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 women's singles world No. 1, Belarusian Sabalenka.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)