Jinhua's first Round of 16 was born! Xu Yipan Yang Zhaoxuan swept through the pass and entered the third round of the Australian Open after 4 years
On January 21, Beijing time, the second round of the Australian Open women's doubles competition began, and the No. 14 seeded Chinese Jinhua combination Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan played, and the opponent of the two was the combination of Fred Sam / Olaroo. After two sets of competition, Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan easily swept the opponent and successfully reached the top 16 of the Australian Open women's doubles.
In the first three sets of the first set, both sides saved their own serves, and in the fourth set, Xu Yipan/ Yang Zhaoxuan broke the opponent's serve and took a 3-1 lead. In the 8th set, Xu Yipan/Yang Zhaoxuan broke again in the first set when the opponent had no way back, and won the first set 6-2 easily.
In the 4th set of the second set, the Xu Yipan/Yang Zhaoxuan combination took the lead in completing the break and took a 3-1 lead. In the 6th set, the opponent defused three consecutive break points to save serves, chasing the set to 2-4. In the 7th set, Xu Yipan/Yang Zhaoxuan's serve was broken, and then the two completed the break in the 8th set to take a 5-3 lead. In the 9th set, Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan successfully saved the game and won the second set 6-3.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 2 minutes, China's Jinhua Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan defeated the Fred Sam / Olaroo combination 6-2, 6-3 to successfully reach the Australian Open women's doubles round of 16. This is the second time that Xu Yipan has entered the round of 16 at the Australian Open doubles after 4 years, and Yang Zhaoxuan has also entered the top 16 of the Australian Open for the second time after 4 years. In the next round, Xu Yipan/Yang Zhaoxuan will face the winner between Mertens/Kudmetova and Garcia/Muradnovic.
