On January 18, Beijing time, the Australian Open entered the second matchday competition. In a women's singles match at john cain stadium, the 20th seed Kvitova met the world's 38th-ranked Costia. The two have met a total of eight times before, with Kvitova having the upper hand with a 5-3 win. Today's match Costia performed even better, she dropped two straight sets to knock out two-time Grand Slam champion Kvitova and make it to the second round of women's singles.
Both sides saved their own serves in the first two sets, with Kvitova taking the lead in the third set and Costia holding a 3-1 lead. In the 7th set, Costia broke again in the opponent's serve and came to win the set 5-2. In the 8th set, Costia managed to save her serve and won the first set 6-2.
In the second set, Costia took the lead in the 3rd set, and in the 4th set she easily saved the serve and took a 3-1 lead. Costia broke again in the 5th inning, and then she saved her serve, bringing the match 5-1 into an inning in which Kvitova had no way out. In the 7th set, Kvitova defused two end-of-match points and stubbornly saved the ball in the 8th set, and In the 8th set, Costia easily saved the set to win the second set 6-2.
Finally, in a match that took 1 hour and 10 minutes, the world's 38-ranked Costia fell into two straight sets and easily defeated the 2019 Australian Open runner-up Kvitova 6-2, 6-2, and successfully reached the second round of women's singles. Kostia's opponent in the next round will be the winner between Misaki Doi and Kukova. Kvitova, who has been hit by an Australian Open round trip for the second time in four years, became the first Grand Slam champion to be eliminated in this tournament.