On the morning of January 20, Beijing time, the fourth matchday of the Australian Open just exploded 2 games in a row, all from the women's singles field, no. 6 seed Kontaveit and No. 3 seed Muguruza were swept 0-2, only 10 minutes apart, the Australian Open 2 top eight seeds out, both stopped in the second round.
In this round of 64-32, Kontawirt took on 19-year-old Danish rising star Towson. In the first set, Kontawirt lost 2-6. In the second set, 19-year-old rising star Towson is still brave, the key break, 6-4, the next city. Cantawirt was swept 0-2 and became the first top eight seeded player to be out of the Australian Open so far. 19-year-old Danish rising star Towson made history, winning his first career win against the TOP10 and the first time in his career to reach the round of 32 of a Grand Slam!
10 minutes later, the Australian Open broke out again! Women's Singles No. 3 seed Muguruza lost two sets in a row and was swept 0-2 by France's 32-year-old Veteran Coney. In the first set, Muguruza lost 3-6. In the second set, Konai became more and more courageous, achieved a key break, won another set 6-3 in the game, and swept the No. 3 seed of the Australian Open 2-0 to advance, breaking the biggest cold goal of this Australian Open so far!
The 32-year-old veteran Kone also made history: playing in the Grand Slam regular tournament for the 60th consecutive time (third in WTA history, behind Ai Sugiyama with 62 consecutive times and Schiavone with 61 consecutive times), beating the world's top ten after last year's Wimbledon (the fourth time in his career to play in the top ten of the Grand Slam KO world), and returning to the Australian Open round of 32 after four years. Next, the duel between Rodrawall Stadium, Wang Xinyu and Sabalenka begins, cheering for The Little Beauty of China!