On January 11, Beijing time, the first round of the Australian Open qualifiers continued, and Zheng Qinwen, a small flower who had recently performed well, made an appearance, and her opponent was the former Australian Open final four player Van der Wieg. After a fierce battle in three sets, Zheng Qinwen staged a reversal after losing one set first and grabbing seven 1-5 in the second set, and finally defeated his opponent 2-1 to advance to win his first grand slam victory of his career.
Zheng Qinwen was broken at the beginning of the first set, and then Van der Wieg maintained a 2-0 lead. In the 3rd set, Zheng Qinwen lost again in the service set, and in the 4th set, Van der Wegglove game saved the serve, leading 4-0. In the 5th set, Zheng Qinwen saved his first serve, but then Van der Wegg broke again in the 7th set to win the first set 6-1.
In the second set, Zheng Qinwen took the lead in the 3rd set to break, and in the 4th set she successfully maintained her serve to take a 3-1 lead. In the 10th set, Zheng Qinwen was broken in his own serve to win the set, and the two sides fought 5-5. After that, the two each saved the set, and the second set went into the seventh game. Zheng Qinwen fell behind 1-5 at one point in the seventh set, but she scored six consecutive points at a critical moment to win the second set 7-5.
In the decider, Zheng Qinwen took the lead in the 4th set to complete the break and take a 3-1 lead. In the 6th set, Zheng Qinwen broke the opponent's serve again, and came to the serve to win the game 5-1. In the crucial 7th set, Zheng Qinwen successfully saved the serve and won the decider 6-1.
In the end, after a fierce battle in three sets, China's Little Flower Zheng Qinwen defeated the world's 174th-ranked Van der Wieg with a 1-6, 7-6 (5)/6-1 reversal to successfully reach the second round of the qualifiers. In the next round, Zheng Qinwen will be the winner between Britain's Borage and homegrown Mendes.