On January 17, Beijing time, the first matchday of the Australian Open began to compete, and in a match in the first round of the women's singles, China's Jinhua Wang Qiang ushered in the challenge of the 18th seed Gao Fu. The two had met twice before, and Gauff had won the final victory. Wang Qiang showed good form in today's match, she dropped two straight sets to eliminate American rising star Gauff and successfully reached the second round of the Australian Open women's singles.
In the first four sets of the first set, the two sides successfully saved their own serves, Wang Qiang took the lead in the 5th set to complete the break, and then in the 6th set Wang Qiang defused the break point to save the serve, to achieve a 4-2 lead. In the 10th set, Wang Qiang ushered in a serve win, she scored 4 consecutive love game to save the game, 6-4 to win the first set.
In the second set, Wang Qiang broke the Gaofu service game as soon as he came up, and Wang Qiang successfully saved the serve in the second set. In the 3rd set, Wang Qiang broke again, and then she saved her serve to take a 4-0 lead. In the 5th set, Wang Qiang completed the break again, leading 5-0 to win the set. In the 6th set, Wang Qiang's serve was broken, and Gauff trailed to 1-5. In the 7th set, Wang Qiang missed 3 final point opportunities, and in the 8th set, Wang Qiang defused 2 break points to save the serve in the winning set, and won the second set 6-2.
Finally, in a match that took 1 hour and 13 minutes, China's Golden Flower King Rose defeated American rising star Gauff 6-4, 6-2 in two straight sets to successfully reach the second round of women's singles. This is the second time that Wang Qiang has won the Australian Open in two years, and it is also the second time she has won a Grand Slam tournament since the first round of the French Open last year. In the next round, Wang Qiang's opponent will be Uyvanko, who eliminated qualifying player Buksha in two straight sets.