On January 11, Beijing time, the first round of the Australian Open qualifiers began to compete. China's Han Xinyun competed against Hayes, the world's 626th-ranked wild card player. Han Xinyun lost 8 consecutive sets after the first set of 5-5, and was swept out by his opponent 0-2, and did not qualify for the second round.
In the first set, Hayves defused the break point in the 3rd set to save the serve, and in the 4th set she broke Han Xinyun's serve to take a 3-1 lead. Han Xinyun quickly completed the breakback in the 5th set, and then she saved the hair to chase 3-3. In the 8th set, Han Xinyun lost the serve again, and Hayes took a 5-3 lead. In the 9th set, Han Xinyun broke the opponent's serve to win the set, and then saved the serve to chase it to 5-5. In the 12th set, Hayfus broke in a set where Han Xinyun had no way out and won the first set 7-5.
In the second set, Hayfus came up to break the belt and took a 2-0 lead. In the 4th set, Hayworth broke Han Xinyun's serve again and led 4-0. In the 5th set, Hayfus defused 2 break points to save her serve, and then she broke again in the 6th set to win the second set 6-0.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 23 minutes, Hayves, ranked 626th in the world, defeated Han Xinyun 7-5, 6-0 to successfully reach the second round of the qualifiers. Han Xinyun regrettably missed the regular match, and then she will partner Adam Sack to play in the Australian Open women's doubles match.