On January 3, Beijing time, the first round of the WTA500 Adelaide station began to compete. In a contest in the women's singles arena, two-time Grand Slam champion Kvitova competed against Han Tianyu, a local player with a wild card. After a fierce battle in three sets, Han Tianyu achieved a reversal in the case of losing one set first, eliminating Kvitova with a 2-1 score, breaking a big upset in this competition.
In the first set, both sides saved their serves in their respective serves in the first 12 sets, and the 6-6 match went into the seventh. Kvitova took the lead in the seventh set to achieve a mini break, and since then she has led the way, winning the first set seven 7-4.
In the first five sets of the second set, both sides managed to save their own serves, and in the sixth set Kvitova took the lead to break and take a 4-2 lead. In the 7th set, Han Tianyu quickly completed the breakback, and then she saved the hair to chase it to 4-4. In the 11th set, Kvitova was broken in the key set, and Han Tianyu successfully saved the serve in the 12th set and won the second set 7-5.
In the decider, Kvitova was broken by her opponent as soon as she came up, and Han Tian took a 2-0 lead after meeting the save. In the third set, Kvitova lost the serve again, and Han Tian took a 4-0 lead after saving the serve. After that, both sides saved the serve, and Han Tianyu successfully saved the serve in the 8th set, winning the decider 6-2.
Finally, in a game that took 2 hours and 19 minutes, Han Tianyu, who is ranked 263rd in the world, defeated the world's 17th place Kvitova with a 6-7 (4)/7-5/6-2 reversal, breaking the biggest upset on the first day of the opening match. Advancing Han Will face the winner between No. 4 seeds Bardoza and Azarenka in the second round.