Wang Qiang in the game.
On the 17th, the Australian Open officially launched the first matchday competition, except for Zheng Saisai, who retired due to injury, the Chinese Jinhua who played on the first day won all.
Among them, Wang Qiang's victory was to defeat the seeded player - she defeated the 18th seed Gauff 6-4, 6-2, and successfully advanced to the second round, which will be against Belgian Ujfank.
Wang Qiang, who just celebrated her 30th birthday on Friday, played in the Australian Open women's singles tournament for the eighth consecutive time, after her best time in Melbourne Park was the round of 16 in 2020, but there were also four round trips, including in 2021, when Wang Qiang won the first set and was eliminated by Italian veteran Elani.
The defeat of Gauff was Wang Qiang's first victory after last year's Tokyo Olympics, and her first victory against the TOP20 players after her victory over Serena Williams at the 2020 Australian Open.
Zheng Qinwen.
In another match, Chinese teenager Zheng Qinwen, who broke through from the qualifiers, experienced three hard sets to defeat Sassnovic 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (5) to advance to the second round of the women's singles, which was also her first grand slam win.
In the ten games so far in the new season, Cheng has won nine. In the next round, she will challenge No. 5 seed Sakari.
Wang Xiyu.
In addition, another Chinese female player, Wang Xiyu, who played with a wild card, overcame the unfavorable situation of falling behind 0-3 in the opening and finally defeated qualifier Kuzmova 7-5, 6-3, and won the Australian Open debut, which was also the first Grand Slam victory of her career.
In the men's singles, Nadal took only 1 hour and 49 minutes to sweep the American Geelong 3-0 with a score of 6-1, 6-4, 6-2, and advanced to the second round for the 16th time.