On January 17, 2022, the Australian Open continued, two Chinese Jinhua advanced, Wang Qiang eliminated the American star Gauff, broke out of the big cold, the latter became the first seeded player out of the women's singles, 19-year-old rising star Zheng Qinwen brought a new surprise, narrowly defeated belarusian Sasanovic, but unfortunately Zheng Saisai could not participate in the competition due to injury problems, temporarily announced his withdrawal.
Wang Qiang and Gauff this game, many fans are not optimistic about her, indeed there is a certain gap between the two sides, although Wang Qiang has defeated Serena Williams in the Grand Slam arena, to advance to the women's singles quarterfinals, but in recent years her competitive state has seriously declined, many first round outs, after the start of the new season, Wang Qiang's results are not ideal, the Australian Open and the 18th seed Gauff, the difficulty of promotion is very difficult.
Gauff is 17 years old this year, ranked 19th in the world, has always been known as the American genius girl, very early in the Grand Slam field to get results, last year the US Open Gauff was partnered with McNally to win the US Open women's doubles runner-up, when in the final lost to Zhang Shuai / Stosur combination, recently her state is very stable, Wang Qiang is now slipping to 112th, which is why many people before the game are not optimistic about her.
In the first set, Wang Qiang entered the state very quickly, the two sides fell into a fierce battle, each won two sets to play a draw, the fifth set Wang Qiang scored 2 consecutive points, took the lead to complete the break, took the lead, Gao Fu chased after it, and then the two also kept their own serves, Wang Qiang took the lead 6-4 first, the two sides met three times in their careers, this was the first set won by Wang Qiang in the hands of Gao Fu, playing the peak level.
In the second set, Wang Qiang broke through the warranty belt, won two consecutive sets to continue to suppress Gao Fu, in the third set Wang Qiang completed the break again, 3-0 lead, Gao Fu completely collapsed, Wang Qiang took advantage of the chase, blasted out 6-2 to end the game, and finally Wang Qiang swept the American star Gao Fu 2-0, advanced to the second round of the Australian Open, becoming the second Chinese player to reach the top 64 after Zheng Qinwen, which was also the first time she defeated Gao Fu in her career.
Several other seeds advanced, with no. 5 seeded Greek sister Sakkari beating Maria 6-4, 7-6 (2), No. 13 seed Naomi Osaka of Japan sweeping Osorio twice, No. 15 seed Svitolina of Ukraine eliminating Ferro 6-1, 7-6 (4) and No. 22 seed Swiss sister Bencic beating Mladenovic 6-4, 6-6.
The 24th seed Belarusian Azarenka swept Udvaldi 6-3, 6-1, the 32nd seed Spain's Tomo beat PhilipPins 6-4, 6-1, and the 19-year-old star Zheng Qinwen made his Australian Open debut, narrowly winning the tenth battle to eliminate Sassnovic 6-3/1-6/7-6 (5), and the two Chinese Golden Flowers advanced, and the overall results have surpassed last year's Australian Open.