Cornett
On January 24, Beijing time, the 2022 Australian Open continued the fourth round of the women's singles showdown, and the French player Corbett defeated the former world number one Halep 6-4/ 3-6/ 6-4 in three sets, reaching the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam women's singles for the first time in her career, and her opponent in the quarterfinals will be the American player Collins.
In the heat of Melbourne, the two female players showed a tenacious fighting spirit and dedicated a three-set battle with ups and downs. In the first set of the game, Halep immediately achieved a break in the case of being broken by Cornett twice, but in the final stage of the set, Halep failed to withstand the pressure, and Cornett seized the opportunity to break again and win the first set 6-4. The second set continued the break-break pattern, with Cornett taking a 3-1 lead at one point, and Halep improved his competitive form after that, pulling back a set 6-3 in the next five sets. The game progressed to the decider, the two saved their own serves in the first six sets, Halep wasted a break point in the sixth set, after which the Romanian had a state of mind fluctuation, Cornett broke in the seventh set, took a 5-3 lead after saving the serve, Halep saved two match points in the ninth set and stubbornly saved the set, came to Cornett's serve to win the game, the Frenchman successfully saved the next set 6-4 to win the game.
Pierce (left) and Zhang Shuai (right)
In the second round of mixed doubles, No. 2 seeds Zhang Shuai/Pierce defeated Pella/Kurkhov 7-5, 6-3 to advance to the mixed doubles quarterfinals and will play No. 8 seeds Shibahara Yingcai/McLachlammian.
(Text, Editor/Faye Wong, Photo/Visual China)