On January 20, 2022, Beijing time, the Australian Open entered the fourth matchday, and the women's singles field broke out two big cold goals in succession. First, The No. 6 seed Kontawirt lost 2-6, 4-6 to Denmark's 19-year-old rising star Towson, missing the round of 32. Then came Grand Slam champion Muguruza, who lost 3-6 to France's Coney, also missing out on the round of 32, and the women's singles arena was once again in a scuffle.
In the first three match days of the Australian Open, the top eight seeds in the women's singles performed strongly and did not let the super underdog be staged. Entering the fourth matchday, two high-ranking seeded players stopped one after another, which was a big surprise. In the second round of the women's singles, 19-year-old Danish rising star Towson defeated no. 6 seed Kantawirt 6-2, 6-4, beating the world's top ten player for the first time in her career, and Cantawirt became the first top eight seeds in women's singles to be out, and she has not made it to the second week in her last six Grand Slams.
The winning Towson will face 27th seed Collins in the third round, who beat Connaught 6-4, 6-3.
Then, two-time Grand Slam champion and No. 3 seed Muguruza lost 3-6 to France's Coney, missing out to the round of 32, becoming the second top eight seed to go out after Kontavit. Coincidentally, Muguruza and Kontawirt, who were the champions and runners-up winners of last season's WTA year-end finals, are now both missing the Australian Open Round of 32, which is surprising.
France's Cone is back in the Round of 32 of the Australian Open after four years, facing the winner between Zedansek and Watson in the next round.
Women's Singles No. 7 seed Svatek maintained a solid competitive form, and she swept Peterson 6-2 with two to advance to the round of 32. Swataker will face the winner between Reinet and Casakina in the third round. No. 31 seed Vandrosova eliminated Samsova 6-2, 7-5, followed by the winner between Wang Xinyu and Sabalenka.
In the second round of the men's singles, No. 5 seed Rublev fell three straight sets to beat Birankis 6-4, 6-2, 6-0 to reach the third round. In addition, Lindek neck withdrew, and his opponent Evan directly advanced to the third round.
Overall, the high-ranking seeded players in the men's singles arena are in a stable state, while the women's singles arena has begun to give birth to super unpopular players, and the high-ranking seeded players have been greatly impacted, and there may be a bigger unpopular birth next, let's wait and see!