On January 9, Beijing time, the first round of the WTA250 Adelaide Qualifying Tournament was launched, and China's Jinhua Wang Qiang met with Sanders, who was fighting on the mainland. The two fought fiercely in three sets in this game, and Sanders, who finally played with a wild card, reversed wang qiang and eliminated wang qiang. Wang Qiang's previous warm-up round of two consecutive tournament qualification rounds will bring two consecutive defeats to the Australian Open next week.
In the first set, Wang Qiang took the lead in the 3rd set to complete the break, and in the 4th set she kept the set to take a 3-1 lead. In the 8th set, Wang Qiang defused 2 break points in the serve and saved the serve, and in the 9th set, Wang Qiang broke the opponent's serve and won the first set 6-3.
In the second set, the two had a break war, Wang Qiang was broken by the opponent in the 3rd set, and then she quickly broke back in the 4th set. In the 7th set, Wang Qiang lost the serve again, and in the 8th set, Wang Qiang broke the Sanders service set to chase 4-4. In the 9th set, Wang Qiang lost again in the key set, and Sanders then saved the 10th set and won the second set 6-4.
In the decider, Wang Qiang started with two consecutive sets of 0-3 trailing by her opponents, after which Wang Qiang completed the break in the 4th set, and then she saved her serve to chase 2-3. In the 9th set, Wang Qiang ushered in a must-save set, and despite defusing the first two match points, Sanders still successfully cashed in on the third match point, winning the decider 6-3.
In the end, after a fierce battle in three sets, Sanders, ranked 132nd in the world, defeated China's JinhuaWang Rose 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 and successfully entered the qualifying round. Wang Qiang has suffered a round of qualifying for two consecutive weeks, and next week she will play in the Australian Open with two consecutive defeats.