Beijing time, January 19: The 2022 Australian Open tennis tournament began its third matchday at 8:00 a.m. Beijing time, and today is the second round of the men's and women's singles first half and the first round of the men's and women's doubles. Former Spanish champions Nadal, the only former champions in the finished match, defeated Germany's Hanfmann, who qualified for the qualifiers, in straight sets to advance to the third round. Women's singles top seed Barty continued the first round of strong sweeping qualifications by Italian player Bronzetti. Three players from China played in today's singles match Wang Qiang reversed defeating Belgian Fan Ujwank to advance to the third round, and Wang Xiyu and Zheng Qinwen respectively lost to two high-ranked players to stop the second round. Let's take a look at the latest news from the Australian Open.
Today is the third matchday of the Australian Open, with the second match at rodrawall stadium being played by the world number one seed, Australia's Barty, facing Italy's Bronzetti, who qualified for the qualifiers. The match was the first time the two had met in an official match, which began at 9:45 a.m. Beijing time. At the start of the game, Barty showed good competitive form, completely suppressing the opponent at both the offensive and defensive ends and only 52 minutes to wash the opponent 6-1, 6-1 to advance to the third round. In the next round, Barty will face 30th seed Giorgi of Italy, who beat Czech Martinkova in straight sets in today's match.
Today's third and final match at rodrawall stadium is the men's singles second round match in which 2009 champion 20 Grand Slam winner Nadal of Spain faces Germany's Hanfmann, who has qualified for the qualifiers. The match began at 11:00 a.m. Beijing time, and the match was the first meeting between the two, with the 30-year-old Hanfmann qualifying through the qualifiers and the first victory in his career Grand Slam career. After the start of the game, the two were slightly tentative with each other, and Nadal took a certain advantage in the scene, forcing 16 break points throughout the game, but only cashing in on four of them, and Hanfmann defused four match points in the third set. In the end, Nadal won the third round by beating Hanfmann 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 in 2 hours and 42 minutes. In the next round he will face 28th seedEd Russia's Khachanov, who defeated France's Bunch in today's tournament to advance.
Today, three Chinese women will play in the second round of women's singles, the first to play is Wang Qiang, who will reach the fourth round in 2020, and her opponent today is Belgian Fan Ujwank. The two have met twice before, with the most recent being when Wang Qiang won two straight sets in the second round of the 2019 US Open. The match began at 11:30 a.m. Beijing time on The 17th Stadium, after the game began, Wang Qiang took the lead in completing the break to take a 2-1 lead, but then the opponent launched a counter-attack and won the first set 6-2 in five consecutive sets. After entering the second set, the two sides entered the break war, and after completing the mutual break after many times, the battle was 6-6 and needed to be divided by grabbing seven, and in the rush seven, Wang Qiang had a better grasp of the key points to win the seven and take the game into the decider. After entering the decider, Wang Qiang took full control of the game and won the match 6-3 to advance to the round of 32. In the next round, Wang Qiang will face former US Open runner-up Usa's Keith, who swept Romania's Critisian in two straight sets in today's match.
Today's other two Chinese players are scheduled to play at the Margaret Court, with Wang Xiyu, a young player with a wild card, playing first, and her opponent is Czech Klečkova, the No. 4 seed of last year's French Open double championship. This game is the second time the two have met in an official match, and the two have played once in the ITF game in 2018 when Wang Xiyu won the game in three sets. Today's match began at 3:20 p.m. Beijing time, and before the game, all parties were optimistic that Klechkova would win easily. After the game began, Klechkova completely occupied the initiative of the game, Wang Xiyu could only resist on the scene, and finally after 1 hour and 17 minutes of competition, Klechkova defeated Wang Xiyu with a score of 6-2, 6-3 to successfully advance to the next round. In the next round she will compete with 26th seed former French Open champion Ostapenko of Latvia for a ticket to the round of 16.
From qualifying to compete in the senior grand slam for the first time, Zheng Qinwen is her opponent today is the No. 5 seed Sakari of Greece. Today's match was the first time the two had met in an official match, which began at 5:15 p.m. Beijing time, after which Zheng Qinwen saved his first serve and was taken over by Sakkari and soon lost the first set 1-6. During the first set of breaks, Zheng Qinwen applied for a medical suspension because of blisters on the soles of his feet. After the start of the second set, Sakkari started with a break and quickly got a 5-2 lead, at this time Zheng Qinwen did not give up saving three match points to break the opponent's serve to win the game to chase the score to 4-5, in his own inevitable set Zheng Qinwen once got the set point, but she suddenly did not have a consecutive loss of points so that Sakkari completed the break and won the second set 6-4. Zheng Qinwen thus ended his first grand slam journey in the adult group, and won a regular tournament victory in the future. In the next round, Sakkari will compete with 28th seed Russia's Kudmetova for a ticket to the round of 16.
Today's doubles match also began the first round of competition, with two Chinese players playing. 2019 champions Zhang Shuai and Stosur played as No. 4 seeds, and in today's match they defeated the combination of Santa Maria of the United States and Weiwei Kato of Japan in three sets to advance to the next round with a combination of Santa Maria of the United States and Weiwei Kato of Japan in three sets. The 2018 Asian Games champions Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan as the 14th seeded team, they defeated the combination of the United States' Konin and Kazakhstan's Putinseva 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 to advance to the second round.
The Australian Open matches continue, with Zhang Shuai and Wang Xinyu playing in singles and multiple doubles in the fourth matchday. We will continue to pay attention to the coverage of australian open matches.