On January 20, Beijing time, the second round of the Australian Open women's singles competition continued, and the No. 17 seed Radukanu played, and her opponent was The world no. 98 Kovinic. The two sides fought in three sets in the match, with Covinic knocking Out Radukanu 2-1, ending the latter's 11-game winning streak.
In the first set, Raducannu broke the belt to take a 2-0 lead. Raducannu broke again in the 3rd set and then Kovinic broke back to make it 1-3. Raducannu's serve was again lost in the 6th inning and Kovinic trailed 3-3. In the 8th inning, Kovinic broke Radukanu's serve again to give a 5-3 lead. Raducano broke his opponent's serve in the 9th set to win the set, but then Kovinic broke again in a set where Raducano had no way back, winning the first set 6-4.
Raducannu broke down successfully in the second set and she took a 2-0 lead in the second set. In the 8th inning, Kovinic broke Radukanu's serve to make it 4-4. Raducannu broke again in the 9th set to win the set 5-4. In the 10th set, Raducannu deflected two break points to save serve and win the second set 6-4.
In the third set of the decider, Kovinic defused three break points to save her serve, and in the fourth set she broke Radukanu's serve to take a 3-1 lead. Raducannu quickly completed a comeback in the 5th set and Kovinic broke again in the 6th set to take a 4-2 lead. In the 7th set, Kovinic love game saved, and in the 8th set Raducannu withstood the pressure to hold the set and chase the set to 3-5. In the 9th set, Kovinic managed to save and won the decider 6-3.
In a 2-hour and 38-minute match, world-ranked 98th-placed Kovinic defeated US Open champion Raducannu 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to advance to the round of 32 of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career. Kovinic's opponent in the next match will be the winner between 14th seed Halep and Maya. Radukanu was sadly out of the game, ending her 11-game Grand Slam winning streak, the first time in her career that she had lost a Grand Slam in a hard court event.