Beijing time, January 20: At 8:00 a.m. Beijing time this year, this year's Australian Open began the fourth matchday of competition, in the already concluded game, there were a number of unpopular towns guarding the women's singles 3/4 zone 3 seed Spain's Muguruza and No. 6 seed Estonian good Cantawirt respectively lost to their respective opponents and missed the third round. Two chinese players played in today's match, Wang Xinyu, was reversed by the 2nd seed Belarusian Sabalenka in the first set, and Zhang Shuai received the retirement gift of the opponent 12th seed Lebakina and returned to the third round of the Australian Open after two years. Let's take a look at the latest news at the Australian Open.
At 8:00 a.m. Beijing time this year, the fourth matchday of this year's Australian Open began to compete, and the first match at rodravol Stadium was a women's singles second round contest by the tournament's No. 3 seed two-time Grand Slam champion last year's year-end finals champion Spain's Muguruza to meet France's Koone. The two have met four times before, with the most recent meeting taking place in the quarter-finals of last year's turf tournament in Berlin to win two consecutive wins over Muguruza, but before the match, muguruza was optimistic about Muguruza's easy victory. After the start of the game, Konai was in better shape and completely controlled the initiative of the game, taking the lead in both sets of the game and maintaining the break advantage until the end. In the end, after 1 hour and 27 minutes of competition, Konei defeated Muguruza 6-3, 6-3 to get the ticket to the third round. In the next round, Koné will face Slovenian Seedans, the 29th seed, who defeated Britain's Watson in two sets in today's match.
Today's first match at margaret court was also a women's singles second-round match against Danish youngster Towson, the no. 6 seed Ofte, and this match was the first time the two met in an official match, and before the game, all parties were optimistic that Kontawit could easily win. After the game began, Towson was clearly in better shape and soon won the first set 6-2 to take advantage of the scene, and in the second set, Kontawirt adjusted his form, but Towson still won the second set 6-4 with the advantage of one more break. With Both big seeds in Contavet's out 3/4 zone having been out, the zone is open to competition. In the next round, Towson will compete with 27th seeded U.S. Collins for a ticket to the round of 16, with Collins beating Croatia's Connew to advance to today's tournament.
For today's second match at the Kia Stadium we witnessed the singles closing performance of a legendary player. The match was played between local Stosur, who played with wild cards, and Pavlyutchenkova, the 10th seed of Russia. In today's match, Pavlyuchenkova defeated Stosur by two 6-2 scores in just 69 minutes to advance to the third round, and in the next round she will compete with Romania's Costia for a place in the round of 16. Stosur also completed the last singles match of his career after this match, and accepted the farewell ceremony held by the organizing committee after the game. Stosur will henceforth focus on doubles matches, and the choice of veterans who are about to turn 38 is a good decision. Her singles report card is still very eye-catching, once beat Serena Williams in the US Open to win the championship, the highest singles ranking reached the fourth place, we also send blessings for her singles retirement.
Two Chinese players played in the second round of the women's singles today, with youngster Wang Xinyu challenging No. 2 seed Belarusian Sabarenka at Rodrawall Stadium today. The match began at 10:00 a.m. Beijing time, and after the match began, Sabalenka did not find the state of serving and gave 6 double errors in the first set, and a total of 12 double errors were sent in the whole set, losing the first set 1-6. After entering the second set, Sabalenka found a little bit of serve, and at the beginning of the game, he broke and maintained the advantage of breaking until the end to pull back a set 6-4 to bring the game into the decider. After entering the decider, Wang Xinyu took the lead and lost four consecutive points in the third set to lead 40-15, but was broken by the opponent, although the fourth set achieved a break to chase the set to 2-2. Sabalenka then took over the game and won the match in four consecutive sets to win the game with a 6-2 tiebreaker. In the next round, Sabalenka will face former French Open runner-up Vandrosova, the 31st seed. Vandrosova beat Russia's Samsova in straight sets in today's match.
China's Zhang Shuai ushered in her second round of singles today against the 12th seed of the tournament, Kazakhstan's LaiBakina. The two have won two previous encounters with Lebakina, the most recent meeting occurred in the 2020 Strasbourg quarterfinals when Lebakina fell two straight sets to win the game, and before the game, all parties also expected ThatBakina to win easily. The match began at 1:15 p.m. Beijing time at John Kane Stadium, after the game began, the two of them were relatively solid in their own serves before the first eight sets were 4-4, in the crucial ninth set Zhang Shuai found a break point in the opponent's serve and successfully cashed in, and then saved his own serve to win the first set 6-4. After the game entered the second set, Zhang Shuai took the lead in breaking to get a 1-0 lead, and then Laibakina applied for a medical suspension and was angrily withdrawn by the referee on duty. In this way, Zhang Shuai won the game and entered the third round of the Australian Open again after two years, and in the next round she will face the 19th seed Belgian Mertens.
The Australian Open competition is still going on, and China's Han Xinyun has also won the first round of doubles matches, and we will continue to pay attention to the reports of the Australian Open.