On January 21, the 2022 Australian Open entered its fifth matchday, and the news about the Chinese players was mixed.
Xu Yipan /Yang Zhaoxuan
Advance to the women's doubles round of 16
China's Golden Flower duo Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan played in the second round of women's doubles, easily sweeping the opponent Fred Sam / Olaroo, and reaching the top 16 of women's doubles at this Australian Open.
In another women's doubles match, the No. 4 seed Zhang Shuai/Stosur suffered a reversal and unfortunately missed the Australian Open women's doubles round of 16. After that, Zhang Shuai will focus on women's singles and mixed doubles events.
In the women's singles, Wang Qiang played against the American star Keyes, and after 141 minutes of fierce fighting, Wang Qiang lost in the tenth stage and lost the game, unable to equal the Australian Open personal best record.
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Xu Yipan's partnership with Yang Zhaoxuan began last season, and the combination not only had the record of reaching the final of the WTA1000 Dubai, but also suffered a tragic exit in the second round of the Australian Open and the French Open.
In the first round of the women's doubles two days ago, the Chinese combination Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan met the transnational combination Kenning / Pudintseva, and after three sets (7-5/ 4-6 / 6-1), the "Xu Yang" combination struggled to advance to the Australian Open women's doubles round of 32.
In today's Second Round of the Australian Open, Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan's opponents are Friedsam (Germany) / Olaru (Romania).
In the first three sets of the game, both sides saved their own serves, and in the fourth set, Xu Yipan/ Yang Zhaoxuan finally broke the opponent's serve and took the lead, and finally 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 the opponent launched a counterattack in the 6th set, but the Chinese combination completed the rebound in the 8th set and regained control of the situation, and the 9th set was saved to win the match and win the second set 6-3. The entire match took 62 minutes, and both Chinese players entered the third round of the Australian Open after a gap of four years.
Unlike the "Xu Yang" combination that swept the opponent and easily advanced, although Wang Qiang entered the state early in the women's singles, the decisive set was extremely difficult. Her opponent, world-ranked 51st Case, continued to break in the fourth set, and the two sides entered a break rhythm. In the third set, Wang Qiang used the starting advantage to continuously save the pressure, but Keith also held the indispensable serve, and the game entered a thrilling grab. Unfortunately, Wang Qiang was in a slump at the most critical stage, losing 2-10 and getting out. After the game, Wang Qiang looked a little lost and upset.
Today is Zhang Shuai's 33rd birthday, but he failed to receive a birthday gift in the women's doubles arena. Her opponent in the women's doubles second round with Stosur was last year's French Open women's doubles semifinals, the Polish/American cross-country duo of Reinet/Pella. Zhang Shuai/Stosur made too many mistakes in the decider, lost the 9th set of the serve, missed 2 innings of the 11th set and was broken, missed two break point opportunities in the 12th set, and won the decider 7-5 after being stubbornly saved by the opponent, and Zhang Shuai / Stosur ended a seven-game winning slam.
Five Star Sports will broadcast the 2022 Australian Open! On January 22 (tomorrow) Beijing time, Five Star Sports will bring the broadcast of the sixth matchday of the 2022 Australian Open from 10:00 a.m., focusing on the third round of the women's singles Zhang Shuai and the 19th seed Mertens.