On January 20, Beijing time, the 2022 Australian Open will enter the fourth matchday, and the top 32 seats in the lower half of the men's and women's singles will also be settled.
At Rodraver Stadium, Medvedev's focus battle with Kyrjergos is on the verge of erupting, with Muguruza and Halep also appearing here; margaret stadium is dominated by Tsitsipas, Raducano and Sinar; Murray's match with Daniel Taro is arranged as the finale of the Caen Stadium, where Swatek will also reach the round of 32; Stosur's match will once again be lined up at Kia Stadium, and the Australian veteran's opponent will be last year's French Open runner-up Pavlyuchenkova.
In the Chinese legion, Zhang Shuai met the famous Kazakh general Lebakina, known as the "Golden Flower Killer"; Wang Xinyu met the world's second, Belarusian fierce woman Sabalenka. Wang Xinyu also has to take care of the doubles game, she will partner Zheng Saisai to usher in the women's doubles debut, another Chinese player Han Xinyun will also play with the host player Adam Sack.
Zhang Shuai vs Lebakina (Women's Singles Second Round)
Match time: Expected to be around 12:00
Venue: Caen Stadium
The Australian Open is a turning point in Zhang Shuai's career, and she often gives people a feeling of rebirth here. In the first round, the first round of 2-0 elimination of the SLR good Grubich, the Chinese girl swept away the haze of consecutive losses in the season, and the performance was perfect. However, zhang Shuai's next challenge is even more severe, the 12th seed Lebakina is known as the "golden flower killer", kazakhstani fierce women have won 10 consecutive games against Chinese players, including in 2020 Hobart and Strasbourg station twice beat Zhang Shuai, and did not lose a set. Lebakina has won 6 wins and 1 loss so far in the new season, with the only defeat coming from Barty in the final of Adelaide.
I hope that Zhang Shuai can passionately detonate the small universe under the gaze of his mother and bring us surprises again.
Wang Xinyu vs Sabalenka (Women's Singles Second Round)
Match time: Expected to be at 9:30 a.m
Playing venue: Rodrawall Stadium
Wang Xinyu defeated Ang Lee, an American who was nearly 80 places higher than his own ranking, 7-6 (5) /6-3 in the first round, and won the first grand slam match, and the immediate ranking reached 88, setting a new personal high. The 20-year-old China Xiaohua will face No. 2 seed Sabalenka in the second round, the second time in her career against a top 10 player.
Sabalenka reached the final four back-to-back at Wimbledon and the US Open last year, but after contracting the new crown virus in October, his form has fluctuated, with only three wins in his last eight games, and yesterday he also experienced a three-set reversal to beat host wild card player Sanders.
From the perspective of positioning, Wang Xinyu still has a gear gap with Sabalenka, who ranks second in the world, even if the opponent's condition is flat, China Xiaohua can only unload the burden and let go.
Wang Xinyu / Zheng Saisai vs Borsova / Ekri (Women's Doubles Round 1)
Match time: Expected around 12:30
Venue: Court 5
Wang Xinyu and Zheng Saisai began to partner at the Columbus station at the end of September last year, and the two immediately had a chemical reaction, relying on a wave of momentum to win ten consecutive victories, reaching three consecutive finals to win two championships. This year's Australian Open is also the first time that the two Golden Flowers have cooperated in the Grand Slam arena, but Wang Xinyu will be tested in terms of physical fitness due to a one-day doubles match, and Zheng Saisai withdrew from the singles competition due to injury, and it remains to be seen whether he can go all out in the doubles match.
China's Golden Flower's opponent will be the non-seeded pair of Borsova/Ikeri.
Han Xinyun/Adam Sack vs Brungel/Maria
Match time: Expected around 11:30 a.m
Playing field: Stadium 8
Han Xinyun and host player Adam Sark have been partners since 2019, and this is also the first time they have teamed up at a Grand Slam. Although from the ranking point of view, the China-Australia combination is slightly higher than their first-round opponent Brungel/Maria, but the latter is significantly better in singles strength, Han Xinyun and Adam Sack may need to make more fuss about tacit understanding if they want to win.
Muguruzza vs Konei (Women's Singles Second Round)
Match time: no earlier than 8 o'clock
No. 3 seed Muguruza met the French player in the second consecutive round, and after eliminating the youngster Birrell 2-0 in the first round, the Spanish macho will face the 61st-ranked French veteran Coney tomorrow, the two sides have met in four consecutive times, but the last two times it is the French veteran who laughed to the end.
Deminaar vs Maichzak (Men's Singles Second Round)
Match time: Expected around 9:30
The No. 32 seed, The Wallaby De Minar, also scored two crowns last season, though he has yet to prove himself in the big game. Compared with Barty, who has high hopes, Deminault, as an Australian brother, cannot reverse the situation of "yin and yang" in a short period of time, but he should at least go further than the Australian seventh brother Kyrgios, who always steals attention - the latter is the second in the world in this round, and Deminault's opponent is the 103-ranked Polish boy Mechzak.
Medvedev vs Kjergos (Men's Singles Second Round)
Race time: no earlier than 16:00
After The victory, Kecmanovic raised a banner on the field in support of Djokovic, in fact the entire Serbian Legion said that it would fight for the world number one, and ... They probably have another non-staff member – look at the reaction of Kyrgios in the Djokovic visa incident, where the bad boy of Australia almost pulled out his heart to GiveRook. So when it comes to Medvedev, Kyrgios may ignite his fighting spirit. Will he? Wouldn't he? He's Kyyekosye! His ideas are always different, he can always find reasons to look at a person who is upset, and then become nervous and excited on the field. Maybe the head of the bad boy in Australia is thinking at this moment: "Well, Medvedev is the biggest candidate for the championship, Medvedev is the biggest beneficiary of Djokovic's absence, and Medvedev is the mouth cannon master who may tear up with me on the field." Therefore, I want to blow him up in front of my hometown father and elder...."
The two sides have played each other before, and It is Kyrgios who laughed to the end, but that happened before the 2019 US Open of Medvedev's transformation, and the reference value is not large. We all know that Kyrgios is the most dangerous non-seeded player, even if he only ranks 115th, and Medvedev? He does have to meet the most unpredictable opponent on the road to promotion, but there will not be too many people who believe that the world's second will fall, after all, as long as the game is dragged into the war of attrition, Kyrgios, who is training hanger Lang Dang, has almost only a hand to wait in the face of the new "Big Mill King" in the men's tennis world.
Anyway, if you think the first few rounds of a Grand Slam are always a little less exciting, the real drama is coming right away.
Halep vs Maya (Women's Singles Second Round)
Match time: Expected to be around 18:00
After easily passing through the first round, Halep's winning streak for the new season came to six games, including breaking a 16-month-long championship drought in Melbourne. While Muguruza is considered the biggest favourite for this divisional qualification, it clearly underestimates Halep's ability to be in good health. The former world first round will be challenged by Brazilian girl Maya, who is ranked 83rd in the world, and this is also the third consecutive time she has attacked the top 32 seat of the Australian Open, which she has not yet broken through in the four Grand Slams.
The two sides have had only one conversation in the past, with the Romanian star winning two sets in the second round at Wimbledon in 2017. In the second round of the Australian Open, Halep has never missed a mistake in his previous 7 appearances.
Contavet vs Towson (Women's Singles Second Round)
Playing venue: Margaret Stadium
Estonian macho Cantavit reached seven finals last year, taking four titles, leading the WTA in 39 hard courts, and finishing runner-up in the finals – she may be the least willing opponent for anyone after last year's US Open. The 26-year-old Estonian girl is currently in the golden stage of her career, and this year's Australian Open is the no. 6 seed. If she can continue her performance at the end of last season, she also has considerable dark horse potential.
After beating the czech teenager Syniakova 6-2, 6-3 in the first round, Contevitter's second-round opponent was also Danish youngster Towson, who was only 19 years old and was also in the ascendancy of his career, not far from the seed rankings.
Tsitsipas vs Baez (Men's Singles Second Round)
Match time: Expected around 11:00
In addition to his debut season, Tsitsipas has reached at least the third round of the Australian Open in the last three years, including two semi-finals, and although the main discussion of the men's singles title this year has focused on Medvedev and Zverev, if the 19-year finals champion has not been greatly affected by elbow surgery and the temperament of Glass Heart has improved, he is still one of the main candidates for the title.
With a 3-0 win over Sweden's Immel in the first round, Tsitsipas' next opponent will be Argentine boy Baez, who made his first grand slam appearance, who struggled to eliminate Spain's left-hander Ramos in a five-set battle yesterday.
Raducano vs Kovinic (Women's Singles Second Round)
In a rollercoaster-like three-set battle, new US Open champion Raducannu defeated 17-year US Open champion Stephens 6-0, 2-6, 6-1, ending his three-year New Year's Eve losing streak. Whether the 19-year-old Raducannu has come out of the common "Grand Slam syndrome" is not easy to judge, but if it continues to continue such huge ups and downs, it may be that the fairy tale melody she has played since flushing last year may stop abruptly at any time, I believe that it is also a scene that many sponsors under the name of the British rising star do not want to see - in the past few months, Raducannu swept 7 endorsements, and the commercial value chased naomi Osaka and Serena, like the momentum of the future advertising queen.
Tomorrow Raducannu will face Montenegrin's Kovinic, ranked 98th, in a career encounter between the two sides.
Sinar vs Johansen (Men's Singles Second Round)
Match time: Expected around 17:30
As a supernova who is unanimously optimistic, Sinar ranks eighth in the men's singles popularity list this year, and the Italian youngster is extremely talented, he won four championships last year and finished runners-up in Miami. However, the Grand Slam is a very different battlefield, and it may be a more realistic goal for the No. 11 seed to enter the deep round first.
After the first round of victory over the lucky loser, Portugal veteran Sousa, Sina in the second round against another 30+ veteran, the American Johansen, the latter's backhand is mainly based on cutting, but this may not be difficult to the basic Italian guys, the past two encounters also reflect this, Sina is to take away the winning side.
Swartak vs Peterson (Women's Singles Second Round)
The 7th seed, 2020 French Open champion Swatak has reached the third round of all seven Grand Slams in the past, and the Polish rising star of this Australian Open is expected to continue this record, and she will face the Swedish girl Peterson, who is almost 70 places below her ranking, although the latter beat the world's second Sabalenka in the recent warm-up match, but the 21 double mistakes issued by the Belarusian mavericks may be the main reason for the birth of the big cold.
Tomorrow is the first time the two sides have faced each other on the hard court, and last year's French Open Swatec gave the opponent two "fritters".
Fritz vs Tiafo (Men's Singles Second Round)
Match time: Expected to be around 10 o'clock
Although fritz and Tiafford, the appeal of the two players is really limited, this American civil war may be the biggest suspense tomorrow. There are six American players in the top 50, with Fritz in the 22nd place temporarily leading the way, while Tiafo, who is 12 places behind him, also looks like he has a chance to compete for the star-spangled flag brother position. On the record, Fritz temporarily led 2-1.
Murray vs Daniel Taro (Men's Singles Second Round)
Match time: no earlier than 14:30
After nearly four hours of fighting, Murray narrowly defeated the 21st seed, Georgia's Bashirashvili, in five sets to win the first Australian Open victory in five years. The former world no. 1 and 5-time runner-up will then pass qualifier Daniel Taro, who has never broken through the second round of a Grand Slam in his career.
Stosur vs Pavlyuchenkova (Women's Singles Second Round)
Venue: Kia Stadium
Stosur is still not ranked in the home field, and the consideration of the organizing committee is debatable. In yesterday's first round of competition, the Australian veteran struggled to reverse the American Anderson, who also played for wild cards, and finally ended the long singles ten-game losing streak. She will face last year's French Open runner-up and Russia's Pavlyuchenkova, who is the 10th seed in the tournament, but after coming to Australia, she was detected to be infected with the new crown virus, and judging from her performance of only three sets in the first round, her body does not seem to be in serious trouble.
The two sides have fought 9 times in the past, and although Stosur has a 5-4 lead, the last time the two men met was also dating back to 2018. In Stosur's current situation, unless he can play at an extra level, I am afraid that he will press the pause button of his singles career.