On January 17, Beijing time, the 2022 Australian Open ushered in the first round of the women's singles first half. In today's women's singles competition, there are 3 Chinese Jinhua in the competition, namely Zheng Qinwen, Wang Xiyu and Wang Qiang, of which Zheng Qinwen is the first time to participate in the Grand Slam main tournament, and all three of them have won.
Zheng Qinwen, a youngster who broke through from the qualifiers, overcame a 2-4 deficit in the decider to defeat Sasnovic 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (10-5) to advance to the second round in his first Grand Slam tournament. It is worth noting that in the ten games so far in the new season, Zheng Qinwen has won nine victories. Next, she will challenge No. 5 seed Sakari.
In the first round of the focus battle, Wang Qiang swept the 18th seed Gao Fu 6-4, 6-2, winning the first victory in three meetings between the two sides, and advancing to the second round of the Australian Open again after two years. It was her first Tour-level victory since last year's French Open (excluding the Olympics) and her first TOP20 victory since her victory over Serena Williams at the 2020 Australian Open. Next, Wang Qiang will play against Uit fank.
This game is Wang Qiang's first professional victory in five months, Wang Qiang said: "It's still very happy, five months have not played much, at the beginning of the season in the qualifiers two games have lost, from my own side is actually very unhappy, will doubt themselves, doubt whether they can still do." This victory proved to himself more, and he was OK. ”
Wang Qiang then introduced her training in the United States, "We practiced physical fitness more, met a new physical coach, he taught me muscles that I didn't use before, and I have been practicing this aspect, including the pace on the field, and I have not been in contact with it before." Technically, my serve has changed a lot and there are some little secrets that can't be said. The coach wants me to use my forehand as my weapon, the backslash, no matter which line, is to be able to score points. ”
Wang Qiang finally said to the fans: "Thank you for not abandoning me, you question me." In fact, I also question myself, but I hope that through this ball I can make everyone believe in me, I can still, but still don't hold out too much hope, take your time, one by one. I hope to give you better tennis and hope to achieve better results! ”
Wang Xiyu, a young player with a wild card, overcame a 0-3 deficit in the opening to defeat qualifier Kuzmova 7-5, 6-3 to win the Australian Open debut, which was also the first Grand Slam victory of her career. In addition, Kregitskova won nine consecutive sets and sent eggs in the second set, losing only two sets to sweep germany veteran Petkovic strongly. Kregitskova will compete for a place in the round of 32 with Chinese player Wang Xiyu in the second round.
In today's other matches, No. 5 seed Sakkari fought 6-4, 7-6 (2) after two sets to fight German veteran T. Maria, who relied on protection. Two-time champion and 13th seed Naomi Osaka defeated Colombian youngster Osorio 6-3, 6-3 in two straight sets to keep winning all four games in the new season. Two-time tournament champion and 24th seed Azarenka swept Udvaldi, who played for the first Time Grand Slam regular tournament 6-3, 6-1, to win the Australian Open after six years. After winning 11 straight sets in the opening game, Barty took just 54 minutes to beat qualifier Tesulenko 6-0, 6-1.
China's Zheng Saisai, who was due to play Trevisan in the first round, withdrew (due to a wrist injury) and was replaced by lucky loser Hibi no Naosuke. On January 18, Beijing time, Zhang Shuai and Wang Xinyu played, and Muguruza, Swatek and Sabalenka appeared at the Rod Laver Stadium. Halep, Kontawirt, Pavlyuchenkova, Lebakina, Fernandez and other players will all make their Australian Open debuts this year.