In the first round of the Australian Open qualifying tournament women's singles, China's Jinhua You Xiaodi lived up to expectations, facing the 32nd seed Russia's Brinkova, Yu Xiaodi won 2-0 (6-2/ 6-3) to advance to the second round of the qualifiers, followed by the United States' Dolehead. Former French women's singles runner-up Italian veteran Elani upset the first round of the qualifiers, facing South Korea's Jang Xiu-jeong unexpectedly out of the 0-2 (4-6, 6-4).
China's Jinhua in Melbourne, Australia, the first Grand Slam tournament in 2022 Australian Open women's singles qualifier first round of competition, the first appearance of Zhu Lin as the No. 3 seed to participate in the competition, but in the case of winning the first set, the second set and then the first to break the good situation was reversed by the French players to turn out, no chance to appear in Melbourne for the sixth consecutive year in the main tournament. You Xiaodi shoulders the heavy responsibility of opening up for Chinese tennis at this year's Australian Open. Russia's 154th-ranked Russian Bolskova is the 32nd seed in this Australian Open qualification tournament, and her strength and international experience are stronger than Yu Xiaodi, but Yu Xiaodi has staged a good play in this game to win with a weak victory.
In the first set of the game You Xiaodi took the lead in serving, her serve was relatively stable, with a goal rate as a guarantee, the attack was also much smoother, smoothly saved the serve to achieve 1-0, and then the opponent Brinkova's serve was violently attacked by You Xiaodi, helplessly the first serve was broken by You Xiaodi, but in the 3rd set Yu Xiaodi made more mistakes and was broken by Brinkova, but then in the 4th set Yu Xiaodi took a 3-1 lead after the second break, In the next two sets, Yu Xiaodi took a huge 5-1 lead with a consecutive break, and although the serve did not succeed in winning the set, he ushered in the fourth break of the game in the 8th set, and finally fixed the score of the first set at 6-2.
In the 2nd set, after Yu Xiaodi's strong serve in the 1st set, in the 2nd set, Brinkova's serve in the 2nd set Although Yu Xiaodi played very strongly, but in a hurry to make a number of unforced mistakes, missed 3 break opportunities, Brinkova thrilling save, after which the two sides successfully protected each other, in the 6th set Yu Xiaodi achieved the first break in the game to take a 4-2 lead, after which Yu Xiaodi lost 2 match points in the 8th set, but saved his own serve in the 9th set to win the game 6-3. You Xiaodi ushered in the first victory of the Australian Open for Chinese tennis, and the next qualifying round faced Dolehead of the United States.
In another game, Elani, who had won the Women's Singles Runner-up of the French Open, broke out of the cold, facing the South Korean player Zhang Xiuzhen, who was ranked 200 in the world ranking, Elani repeatedly missed key sets, and the first set was met with a South Korean opponent who broke twice, and although he achieved a return equalizer at 0-4, he once again lost his own serve at the end of the set and was difficult to win by the opponent 6-4. In the second set, the two sides began to protect each other's serves, but in the 5th and 6th sets, they broke each other's serves, and after the key 9th set, Erlani was broken by the opponent Zhang Xiuzhen, and in the 10th set, Erlani once got 2 break points and was resolved by Zhang Xiuzhen, and finally Erlani failed to stop Zhang Xiuzhen's serve, the score appeared 4-6 again, and Erlani regretted to stop the first round of the qualifiers.