On January 21, the 2022 Australian Open Grand Slam women's singles held the third round of competition. Chinese women's tennis star Wang Qiang faced the American player Keith for more than two hours, and finally grabbed ten opponents in the decider and missed the Australian Open round of 16.
At the 2020 Australian Open, Wang Qiang once reached the round of 16, creating her best result in the event. This year, Wang Qiang rose from the trough, eliminating Gauff and Van Ujtfank in the first two rounds of the Australian Open, breaking into the Australian Open women's singles round of 32 for the third time in the past four years, and also Wang Qiang's seventh appearance in the third round of the Grand Slam, after the previous six times the record was 2 wins and 4 losses.
In the third round of the Australian Open, Wang Qiang met The American Keyse, who had advanced to the final four of the 2015 Australian Open. In 2018, Wang Qiang lost two consecutive sets to her opponents in the first round of the Australian Open. In this game, Wang Qiang showed a strong fighting spirit in the first set, and by continuously attacking the opponent's serve, Wang Qiang won the first set 6-4 after achieving a key break. Wang Qiang's serve and forehand attack were excellent in the game. However, the state of the second set of Case has recovered. Although Wang Qiang still took the lead in breaking, Keith stepped up the attack on Wang Qiang's second shot, scoring consecutive points. Keys dragged the match into the decider 6-3.
Faced with the scorching sun and dry hot weather in Australia at noon, the two began a break war in the third set. Both sides maintained a high-quality serve in addition to attacking at full strength. The game ended up in grab ten. Wang Qiang was obviously not physically prepared, from grabbing ten consecutive mistakes, once starting 0-8, and finally losing the decider 2-10, missing the women's singles round of 16.
In the women's doubles match, No. 14 seeds Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan swept the Romanian/German duo of Olaroo / Fred Sam 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the women's doubles round of 16. The Xu Yang duo will face the winner between No. 3 seeds Kudmetova/Mertens and Mladenovic/Garcia in the next round.
Text/Reporter Chu Peng
Source: Beijing Youth Daily