On 19 January, the 2022 Australian Open entered its third matchday. Chinese athlete Wang Qiang lost one set 2-6, won the second set 7-6 with difficulty, and reversed 6-3 in the third set. In the end, after 135 minutes of fighting, Wang Qiang defeated Belgian player Van Ujjwank to reach the third round of the Australian Open for the third time in his career. After returning to the round of 32 of a Grand Slam after two years, Wang Qiang will compete with American star Case across the net to compete for a ticket to the round of 16.
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In the first set, Wang Qiang was greatly challenged, and the opponent had the upper hand in both the serve and the bottom line confrontation. In the 4th and 8th innings, Van Ujtfank broke his own serve twice, and Wang Qiang lost 2-6 in the first set.
Entering the second set, Wang Qiang strengthened her offense and return depth in a timely manner, and Wang Qiang successfully broke 3 times in the first six sets, but her state was still not stable, and she could not keep her serve well. At one point, he led 4-2 and was overtaken 5-4 by his opponent. At the critical moment, Wang Qiang withstood the test, successfully saved the hair, and dragged the game into the seventh. In the seven major battles, Wang Qiang won 7-5 thrillingly, and won back a city 7-6 in the second set.
After the thrilling battle of the second set, the momentum of the two sides was diminished, and Wang Qiang, who released the pressure, also played more calmly. In the decider, Wang Qiang strengthened the pressure on Van Ujwank's backhand, and the opponent also made a series of mistakes, relying on the strong attack wave of winning three consecutive sets at the end of the set, and finally won 6-3 and reversed the promotion.
In addition to Wang Qiang, today China Jinhua also has two young players, Wang Xiyu and Zheng Qinwen, who play in the second round of women's singles, and they play against kregitkova, the fourth seed of the tournament, and Sakkari, the fifth seed of the tournament. However, neither was able to create a miracle, Wang Xiyu lost 2-6, 3-6, 0-2 on aggregate, and Zheng Qinwen lost to Sakkari 1-6, 4-6, and both stopped in the second round.
Good news came from the Australian Open women's doubles field, and the 14th seeded Chinese duo Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan eliminated the Kenning / Pudintseva combination 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 on aggregate, advancing to the women's doubles round of 32. The next round of the Xu Yang combination will be against Fred Sam/Olaroo.
As the No. 4 seed of the tournament, China's Jinhua Zhang Shuai partnered with Australian veteran Stosur to advance to the second round with a 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 aggregate victory over the Combination of Kato Weiwei / Santa Maria. The Zhang Shuai/Stosur duo has won the Australian Open for the second time in three years, and since last year's US Open matches, the two have won a wave of seven consecutive grand slam doubles matches.
Five Star Sports will broadcast the 2022 Australian Open! On January 20, Beijing time (tomorrow), Five Star Sports will bring the broadcast of the fourth matchday of the 2022 Australian Open from 8:00 a.m., and will bring the second round of the Australian Open women's singles round of Cornett against Muguraza, Wang Xinyu against Sabalenka and Zhang Shuai against Lebakina.