On January 3, 2022, Beijing time, the Melbourne Summer Series of the WTA250 class was in full swing, the first round of the women's singles qualifier, China's Jinhua Wang Xinyu, Zhu Lin, Zheng Qinwen successively won, and Zhu Lin, who had previously won the championship in Seoul, continued her good competitive state, blasting out two 6-0, quite strong. Unfortunately, Wang Qiang was in a slump, losing 0-2 to local player Ayawa and upsetting.
Last season, China's Jinhua performed poorly in singles, and youngster Wang Xinyu was one of the few highlights. This season, Wang Xinyu continued her excellent competitive form, the first game of the new season, facing local player Smith, Wang Xinyu firmly controlled the situation, and won easily with two 6-2. At present, Wang Xinyu's real-time ranking is 101st, and as long as the stable performance continues, it is only a matter of time before she returns to the top 100.
In the previous Seoul station, Zhu Lin passed the barrier and won the women's singles championship, which was the highest level of singles title she won. The title clearly gave Zhu Lin more confidence, and when she came to Melbourne, Shelin played two 6-0 in the first round of the qualifiers, swept the local player Fick and advanced to the qualifying tiebreaker.
Zheng Qinwen, who then came on, also played well, sweeping Germany's Niemer 6-4, 6-0, and then competing with American player Pera for a ticket to the main match. So far, China Jinhua has won three consecutive victories in the Melbourne Summer Series women's singles qualifiers, and the winning is very easy, after experiencing the downturn of last season, China Jinhua has shown a strong rebound momentum.
However, Wang Qiang was still in a sluggish state. Last season, because she returned to China early to prepare for the Olympic Games and the National Games, Wang Qiang missed many professional competitions. This season, Wang Qiang came to Australia early to start the preparation for the new season. Due to her long absence, the world ranking has fallen sharply, and she is currently only ranked 104th, and the lower level competitions also have to start from the qualifiers.
In the first round of the qualifiers, facing the local wild card player Ayawa, Wang Qiang missed the opportunity to break the first break in the first set, and wasted the inventory in the seven sets, and finally lost to Ayawa, who ranked 316th in the world, 6-7, 4-6. Although the loss is regrettable, it also shows that Wang Qiang still needs more games to find the feel, has not played a professional game for a long time, and fans also need to be patient with Wang Qiang.
Before the Australian Open, China Jinhua had to participate in some local low-level competitions in a row, looking forward to finding a feel and boosting self-confidence through these competitions. For Wang Qiang, she didn't need to be in a hurry, maybe after one or two victories, she could return to strength. I wish China Jinhua, who is fighting overseas, good results!