China's Wang Xiyu, who played with a wild card at the Australian Open in 2022, defeated Kuzmova, who was ranked 43rd, by a 2-0 (7-5, 6-3) score to win the first grand slam tournament of her career and advance to the second round, and Wang Xiyu also became the 17th Chinese mainland player to win the women's singles grand slam.
![2022 Australian Open: Wang Xiyu beat Kuzmova to win the grand slam regular tournament for the first time[fig]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)