On January 20, 2022, Beijing time, the 2022 Australian Open continued to compete for the second round of women's singles. 2021 US Open champion and 17th seed Raducannu against world number 98 Montenegrin athlete Kovinic. In the first set, Raducannu opened 3-0 after breaking two consecutive serves by Corvinic, but then conceded five more sets in a row and eventually lost the first set 4-6.
The second set continued, Raducannu broke first and then saved 2-0, although the 7th set was chased by Kovinic to a 4-4 draw, but Radukanu first broke Kovinic's serve again in the next two sets of glue, and then thrilled to save his own serve to win the set, thus pulling back a set 6-4.
In the third set, After Corvinic defused three break points in the third set, he immediately broke Radukanu's serve, and then the two sides broke the rhythm of each other's serves, and Kovinic also took the initiative with the advantage of one more break. In the 9th set, although Raducannu stubbornly saved a match point, Covinic relied on a straight line to win the battle, taking the decider 6-3.
In this way, Raducannu's 11-game winning streak in a Grand Slam since last year's US Open qualifiers was brought to an end. Covinic won his fourth career TOP20 victory, reaching the round of 32 for the first time in 18 Major tournaments, while Covinic made history as the first Montenegrin player to reach the third round of Grand Slam singles. The 2022 Australian Open is just the third Grand Slam tour of Raducano's career, and the young British girl will have more opportunities to stand on the big stage in the future.
Estonian veteran Kanepi defeated Czech Republic's Buzkova 6-2, 7-6 (3) to reach the Australian Open round of 32 for the fourth time in his career. Next, she will play against homegrown Wild Card Inglis. The Australian Open is The only Grand Slam in which Canepi has yet to reach the quarterfinals, and his previous best results were in the third round (2009, 2018, 2021).
No. 25 seed Kasakina beat Reinet 6-2, 6-3 to reach the australian open round of 32 after six years. She will face 7th seed Svatek in the next round, and the two sides met once in Eastbourne last year, with the Russian reversing the victory. In another matchup, last year's French Open Semifinals and No. 29 seed Zedansek defeated Watson 7-6 (4) /6-4 to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the second time in his career.
In the final women's singles second round showdown, two-time Grand Slam winner and 14th seed Halep swept Brazilian player Maya 6-2, 6-0, maintaining seven wins in the new season and also achieving a wave of nine consecutive New Year's Eve victories. It was the Romanian's 30th Australian Open regular win of her career, and she reached the round of 32 for the eighth time. Next, she will play against Covinic.
In this way, all the women's singles top 32 were produced, and the two veterans of the Chinese Legion, Wang Qiang and Zhang Shuai, successfully advanced to the third round. After two years, two Chinese mainland players have reached the round of 32 of a Grand Slam at the same time. At the 2020 Australian Open, Wang Qiang defeated Serena Williams to advance to the round of 16, and Zhang Shuai lost to the final champion Kenning in the third round. Next, Wang Qiang will attack the round of 16, zhang Shuai/Stosur, Xu Yipan/Yang Zhaoxuan to play in doubles.
Here are the women's singles round of 32 matches: Barty vs Giorgi, Anisimova vs Naomi Osaka, Parissas Diaz vs. Pegula, Kudmetova vs Sakkari, Kregitcova VS Ostapenko, Azarenka vs Svitolina, Keys vs Wang Qiang, Koschyuk vs Batoza, Towson vs Collins, Mertens VS Zhang Shuai, Halep vs. Kovinich, Zedansek VS Koone, Swatake VS Casakina, Kostiya vs Pavlyuchenkova, Kahnepi VS Inglis, Vandrzova vs Sabalenka.