With Wang Xinyu eliminating American Ang Lee 2-0 (7-6, 6-3), the five golden flowers competing in the first round of the 2022 Australian Open women's singles tournament bloomed collectively and all advanced to the second round (Zheng Saisai withdrew from the tournament due to a wrist injury). Chinese tennis unexpectedly rebounded strongly in Melbourne after falling into the predicament of zhang shuai, who was only 81st in the world, the highest ranking.
The five made it to the second round of the Grand Slam women's singles tournament, equaling the best record set at the 2016 U.S. Open. In that year, Wang Qiang, Zhang Shuai, Duan Yingying, Zheng Saisai, And Wang Yafan, five young generals, broke out en masse, creating a new glory of the Chinese women's network in the post-Li Na and Zheng Jie era.
Compared with 2016, the achievements of the Chinese women's network in Melbourne at this moment are more valuable. After all, the Chinese women's network has already fallen from the peak brought by Li Na, Wang Qiang and Zhang Shuai are getting worse and worse because of their age, while Wang Xiyu, Wang Xinyu, and Zheng Qinwen are only young generals around 20 years old.
Therefore, after seeing five golden flowers together to reach the Australian Open women's singles round of 64, we have reason to think that the Chinese women's tennis team has bottomed out, and we can be confident in the future of Chinese tennis. Let's review the road to the promotion of China's five golden flowers!
Zheng Qinwen 2-1 Sasnovic
The 19-year-old, who broke through from the qualifiers, made his first Grand Slam appearance in a 2-1 victory over Belarusian star Sassnovic to advance to the second round. Excellent physical fitness, tenacious willpower, make up for its technical roughness, if you continue to sharpen her skills, this Hubei girl is expected to come to the world's top 50 in a relatively short period of time.
Wang Xiyu 2-0 Kuzmova
The 20-year-old Wang Xiyu also won her first career Grand Slam singles tournament, and against Kuzmova, she showed her ability advantage, falling in two straight sets to win.
Wang Qiang 2-0 Gough
Wang Qiang, who fell to 110 outside the world ranking, rebounded strongly in Melbourne, facing the bitter lord and WTA's popular fried chicken Gough, and swept 2-0 to advance. This victory is a shot in the arm for Wang Qiang herself, as well as for Chinese tennis.
Zhang Shuai 2-0 Grubic
Although Zhang Shuai, who suffered four consecutive defeats in the New Year's Eve, is still a domestic sister, she gives people a feeling of being incorruptible and old, and many people are very unoptimistic about her trip to the Australian Open. However, when faced against world number 40 Swiss Grubich, she played at a very high level, winning 6-3, 6-4.
Wang Xinyu 2-0 Ang Lee
Wang Xinyu, also a 20-year-old beauty player, also won her first career Grand Slam singles victory, and in the confrontation with American Ang Lee, she gained a huge advantage in the serve, and finally passed 7-6, 6-3.
In the second round, all five golden flowers will encounter powerful opponents. Among them, Zheng Qinwen will challenge the No. 5 seed Sakari, Wang Qiang will face Uyvank, Wang Xiyu will challenge the No. 4 seed, French Open champions Kretzko, Zhang Shuai will face Lebakina, and Wang Xinyu will challenge the No. 2 seed Sabalenka.
For the three young players, the opponents are all high-ranking seeds, and it is very difficult to win, but it is a precious learning opportunity to play against them, and I hope that they can learn more in such a high-intensity competition.
The opponents of Wang Qiang and Zhang Shuai are relatively easy to deal with, and I hope that they can continue the good state of the first round and continue to rush forward!
——Pay attention to the small fish and feel the temperature of sports!