Golden Flower advances to the fourth person! Zhang Shuai swept through the barrier in two sets and entered the second round of the Australian Open after 2 years!

On January 18, Beijing time, the first round of the Australian Open continued, and in a contest in the first round of women's singles, China's Jinhua Zhang Shuai met with the world's 40th-ranked Golubic. The two have met 3 times before, with Golubic having the advantage of 2 wins and 1 loss. Zhang Shuai's performance was even better in today's match, she lost two straight sets to defeat her opponent, ending the previous four consecutive singles losses and becoming the fourth Chinese Jinhua to advance to the second round of the Australian Open.

In the first set, Zhang Shuai took the lead in the first set, Zhang Shuai defused the break point to save the serve in the 3rd set, and in the 4th set she completed the break to take a 3-1 lead. In the 8th set, Golubic defused three end-of-set points in the serve and Zhang Shuai successfully saved the serve in the 9th set to win the set and win the first set 6-3.

In the second set, Zhang Shuai took the lead in the 3rd set, and in the 4th set, Golubić quickly completed the return break, and the two sides fought 2-2 in the first four sets. In the 5th set, Zhang Shuai broke again, and then in the 6th set Zhang Shuai love game held a 4-2 lead. After that, the two sides each saved the set, and Zhang Shuai successfully saved the serve in the 10th set to win the game and win the second set 6-4.

Finally, in a match that took 1 hour and 16 minutes, China Jinhua Zhang Shuai dropped two straight sets and defeated Golubić 6-3, 6-4 to successfully reach the second round of the Australian Open women's singles. This is the second time that Zhang Shuai has reached the second round of the Australian Open after two years, and in the next round, Zhang Shuai's opponent is the 12th seed Lebakina, who defeated his compatriot Díaz in three sets to advance.