On January 4, Beijing time, the first round of the WTA500 Adelaide competition began. No. 8 seed Svitolina welcomed the world's 130th-ranked Gassanova. After three fierce sets of matches, Svitolina was reversed by her opponent in the first set, and the first game of the new season was black.
In the first set, Svitolina broke in the 8th set to take a 5-3 lead. In the 9th set, Gasanova completed a comeback and then she saved to make it 5-5. In the 12th set, Svitolina broke in a set that the opponent had to protect and won the first set 7-5.
Svitolina was broken in the second set and Svitolina lost again in the 5th set to give Gassa a 4-1 lead. In the 6th set, Svitolina broke her opponent's serve and chased the set to 2-4. In the 8th set, Svitolina broke again, trailing the set to 4-4. In the 9th set, Kasanova completed a key break, and then she easily saved the set to win the second set 6-4.
In the decider, Gassaova started with a series of breaks to take a 2-0 lead. In the 6th set, Svitolina completed the break to make it 3-3. Svitolina lost again in the 7th set and Gassaova saved the lead at 5-3. Svitolina lost again in the 9th set and Gassaova won the decider 6-3.
Finally, in a game that took 2 hours and 34 minutes, The world's 130th-ranked Gassanova defeated the world-ranked Svitolina 15th place in a 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 reversal to reach the second round of the women's singles, which was the second win of Gasanova's career against the TOP20. No. 8 seed Svitolina was tragically reversed and the new season was unfavorable.