On January 10, Beijing time, the first round of women's singles at WTA500 Sydney began to compete. China's Jinhua Zhang Shuai played against the No. 4 seed Contavet. The two have met 3 times before, with Kontawirt winning 2 and losing 1. Today's match Kantavite performed even better, she defeated Zhang Shuai in two straight sets and successfully reached the second round.
In the first set, the two sides each saved their first five sets, and Contavet took the lead in the 6th set to take a 4-2 lead. The two then managed each, with Cantawirt winning the first set 6-3.
Zhang Shuai was broken as soon as he came up in the second set, and Contavit saved a 2-0 lead. In the 9th set, Zhang Shuai lost again in a set with no way back, and After a break, Kontawirt won the second set 6-3.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 29 minutes, world no. 7 Cantawirt defeated China's Jinhua Zhang Shuai 6-3, 6-3 to successfully reach the second round of women's singles. Zhang Shuai suffered four consecutive defeats in the New Year's Eve singles, and the new season has not yet tasted victory.