On January 18, 2022, the Australian Open entered the second match day, the first round of women's singles broke out consecutively, Romania's Costia eliminated two-time Grand Slam champion Kvitova, Australia's Inglis defeated the US Open runner-up Fernandez, 38-year-old veteran Stosur ended a ten-game losing streak in singles, achieving his first win in the new season, and her and Zhang Shuai's women's doubles were expected by outside fans.
Romania's Costia blasted two 6-2 to beat the 20th seed Czech Kvitova, who won the Wimbledon women's singles title twice, and Australia's Inglis played with a wild card to win the 23rd seed Canada's Fernandez 6-4, 6-2, just last year Fernandez won the us open runner-up, when he lost to Britain's Radulcannu in the final.
The 3rd seed Spain's Muguruzza eliminated France's Brielle 6-3, 6-4, followed by France's Koone, and the 7th seed Poland's Swatek swept England's Dart 6-3, 6-0, losing 11 consecutive sets in the first set 1-3, and the second round against Sweden's sister Peterson, who eliminated Australia's Savile 6-2, 6-3.
The 6th seeded Estonian star Kontawirt played steadily, eliminating the Czech Republic's Sniakova 6-2, 6-3, the 14th seed Romanian sister Halep performed strongly, beating Poland's Fletcher 6-4, 6-3, and the 19th seed Belgian sister Mertens was in good shape, eliminating Russia's Zvonareva 6-4, 7-5, who came to second place in the world ranking.
The 25th seed, Russia's Kasakina, beat Switzerland's Voigler 6-3, 6-1. The 31st seed, Russia's Vandrosova, eliminated Australia's Han Tianyu 6-2, 6-3, and many of the seeds were quick wins in two straight sets, and the opponents in the first round were weaker.
Australian veteran Stosur defeated U.S. Player Anderson 6-7 (5)/6-3/6-3, with Stosur partnering China's Jinhua Zhang Shuai in the women's doubles fourth seed, the two won the US Open last year, Stosur said before the match, this is his last singles match, the second round against the 10th seed Russia's Pavlyutchenkova, the latter swept Hungary's Bondal 6-2, 6-1.
Slovakia's Kukova eliminated Japan's Mika Doi 6-3, 7-5, and Romania's Begu defeated France's Doding 2-6, 7-5, 6-3. American Baptiste defeated France's Garcia 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3, and she eliminated China's Yuan Yue in the qualifying round, and Poland's Reinet eliminated Latvia's Sevastova 6-4, 7-5.