On January 21, the Australian Open will enter the fifth match day, in a match in the third round of the women's singles, China's Jinhua Wang Qiang will face the American star Keith. Wang Qiang, who has performed well in the first two rounds of competitions, can she continue to make great efforts in the face of the former runner-up winner of the US Open?
Last season, Wang Qiang missed almost half of the season in order to prepare for the Olympic Games and the National Games, which made her world ranking plummet and fell out of the world's top 100. In this season, Wang Qiang re-entered the game, but her start was not ideal, two consecutive tour stops in the first round of qualifying, many people were not optimistic about her Prospects for the Australian Open.
Coming to the Australian Open, Wang Qiang's performance was completely transformed, and in the first round of the match against american rising star Gauff, Wang Qiang lost two straight sets to defeat his opponent. In the second round against Belgian star Uyvanke, Wang Qiang achieved a reversal in the case of losing a set first, and reached the third round of the Grand Slam again after 2 years, just one step away from equalizing his best Australian Open record.
Case started the season well, winning last week's Adelaide, and this week at the Australian Open she first eliminated her compatriot Corning and then beat Christian, reaching the round of 32 in the last six Australian Opens. Case's overall record at the Australian Open is 22-8, and she reached the final four at the 2015 Australian Open.
There have been a total of three encounters between Wang Qiang and Case, all three of which were played in the 2018 season, and Case has won two of them, including a showdown in the first round of the 2018 Australian Open. Wang Qiang's only victory came at the end of the 2018 Zhuhai Minor Year, when Wang Qiang defeated Case in the group stage reversal.
The match will be played at 10:00 Beijing time on January 21, when CCTV Sports Channel will broadcast the match live. Can Wang Qiang continue to work hard and continue to move forward? Fans who support Wang Qiang remember to pay attention to the live broadcast of the third round of the Australian Open on time.