On January 17, Beijing time, the 2022 Australian Open continued to compete on the first day of the main tournament, and Wang Qiang, the first sister of China's Jinhua, faced off against the 17-year-old supernova of the United States and the 16th seed Gao Fu. Wang Qiang swept away the downturn in the first two warm-up qualifiers of this year, swept Gao Fu 2-0 in two consecutive sets to advance to the second round, and won the first career victory over Gao Fu three times, especially once sent an invisible egg in six consecutive sets. Wang Qiang became the second Chinese golden flower to advance to the women's singles round of the Australian Open after Zheng Qinwen, and it was also her first victory this season.
Wang Qiang has just celebrated her 30th birthday, and in the past two years, due to injuries, epidemics and preparations for the Tokyo Olympic Games, Wang Qiang's appearances in the international arena have plummeted. In the previous two tour tournaments, Wang Qiang re-entered the tour after half a year, and the result was that melbourne and Adelaide were both a round of upset qualifications, and lost to the world's 316th and 135th players respectively.
Wang Qiang embarked on the Australian Open with a record of 0 wins in the new season, and she once had the feat of defeating 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams at the Australian Open. Now Wang Qiang ushered in the first round of this year's showdown with american supernova Gauff, 17-year-old Gauff is already one of the representative figures of the new generation, the world ranking is also among the top 20 in the world, and previously advanced to the Adelaide Tournament women's singles final four.
At present, Wang Qiang is only ranked 110th in the world, because her long-term away from the field has caused her to fall out of the top 100. In contrast, Gao Fu's world ranking is 16th, 84 places higher than Wang Qiang's foot. The two have met twice in their past careers on clay, and Wang Qiang was defeated by Gauff on both occasions.
In this game, Wang Qiang ushered in another clash with Gao Fu, and the two sides saved their own serves in the first four sets of the first set to draw 2-2, of which Wang Qiang easily scored four straight points in the fourth set. Wang Qiang completed a key break in the 5th set and continued to hold the serve in the 6th set to take a 4-2 lead. The two sides still saved their own serves in the next four sets, and Wang Qiang again dropped four straight points in the 8th set to win the set and win the first set 6-4.
Entering the second set of the game, Wang Qiang's state continued to rise, she took the lead in the next five consecutive sets to continue to hang to suppress Gao Fu, including 3 times to complete the break, so that from the first set to the second set has won six consecutive sets to send the invisible egg. It wasn't until the 6th inning that Gauff finally completed a break to stop the decline, and then continued to hold serve for two consecutive sets. Wang Qiang won the match in the 8th set, thus winning another set 6-2, and finally swept Gauff 2-0 on aggregate to solve the battle and advance to the women's singles round.
(Text/Drunken Floating Life)