On the second day of the Australian Open, Zhang Shuai Wang Xinyu broke through the first round

On 18 January, the 2022 Australian Open ended its second regular day of play. On this day, the two Chinese girls Zhang Shuai and Wang Xinyu both ushered in the first round of victories in the No. 7 venue, so that in addition to the Zheng Sai tournament that withdrew from the Australian Open due to injury, the other 5 Chinese girls who participated in the singles competition successfully advanced to the second round.

Zhang Shuai

Veteran Zhang Shuai's opponent this day is Switzerland's Grubich. The two had previously met three times in singles, with Grubic having the upper hand with 2 wins and 1 loss, but the last time the two played each other was in 2019. This time at the Australian Open, Zhang Shuai took the lead in the fourth set of the first set to complete the break, with this advantage to win the first set 6-3. In the second set, Zhang Shuai broke again in the third set, but Grubic immediately returned to color in the fourth set, but Zhang Shuai did not let his opponent score a point in the fifth set, and finally won 6-4 to advance to the second round 2-0. Wang Xinyu, another Chinese girl who came later in the same venue, defeated Ang Lee of the United States 7-6 (5), 6-3 to reach the second round of singles in a Grand Slam tournament for the first time.

In addition, britain's famous British player Murray, who played with a wild card on this day, eliminated the 21st seed Basrashvili in a bitter battle of 5 sets in 3 hours and 52 minutes to advance. In the women's singles, the 20th seed, Czech Kvitova, lost 2-6 to Romanian player Kostia, and the 16th seed Kerber lost to Estonian player Kanepi 4-6, 3-6.

Source Beijing News Sports | Reporter Li Yuanfei

Edited by Li Yuanfei

Process Editor Wu Yue