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Australia Open 9th day roundup: China's golden flowers are expected to rush to the crown, and the hosts will win the championship in a singles to meet the dawn

The 2022 Australian Open ended its ninth matchday competition, and Zhang Shuai, the only remaining golden flower in China, continued to surprise fans, Zhang Shuai and Pierce defeated the Japanese duo of Shibahara Yingcai/McLakram 2:0 in the mixed doubles quarterfinals to advance to the mixed doubles semifinals, which is also the third time Zhang Shuai/Pierce has reached the final four of Grand Slam mixed doubles. In the first set, Zhang Shuai/Pierce successfully broke in the third set, with this break, Zhang Shuai/Pierce won the first set 6:4, and in the second set Zhang Shuai/Pierce still broke the Japanese combination's serve in the third set, although Zhang Shuai/Pierce missed a match point in the ninth set, they still managed to save in the tenth set, and finally won another set 6:4, with a total score of 2:0 to win the opponent, strongly advancing to the mixed doubles final four. Zhang Shuai will compete with the No. 5 seeded French duo Dodiger/Mladenovic for the right to the final, the latter won 2:0 against Venus/Lutlif, as the No. 2 seed of the tournament, Zhang Shuai/Pierce has a very high probability of reaching the final, and the two are expected to join hands to attack the championship.

Australia Open 9th day roundup: China's golden flowers are expected to rush to the crown, and the hosts will win the championship in a singles to meet the dawn

In the women's singles 1/4 final, the host player, the number one seed of the tournament, now the world's no. 1 Barty to meet the United States "rich second generation" Pegula, Barty is the host to impact the Australian Open singles champion's last hope, in the men's singles field, the local players have all been eliminated, the host hope is all pinned on the women's singles number one seed Barty, whether it is men's singles or women's singles, the Australian Open in the past 40 years has not had the host player to reach the top, Barty has become the hope of the whole of Australia, Barty reached the australian open final four two years ago, but she lost in the semifinals and failed to go any further, and this year barty has the best chance to win the title with a number of high-ranked seeded players out. In the match against Pegura, Barty won very easily, the first set of The Game Barty was in a bursting state, she broke Pergula's serve and took a 2-0 lead, and then Barty broke Pegura's serve again in the seventh set to take a 5:2 lead, after strongly preserving his own serve, Barty won the first set 6:2.

Australia Open 9th day roundup: China's golden flowers are expected to rush to the crown, and the hosts will win the championship in a singles to meet the dawn

In the second set, Barty took the lead in breaking the opponent's serve in the first set, and then successfully saved the serve to take a 2:0 lead, the backward Pegula played a little anxious, Barty then broke the opponent's serve twice, after winning four consecutive sets, Barty swept Pegura 6:0 to win the second set, the total score was 2:0 to sweep the opponent, strong promotion to the women's singles final four, Barty will compete with the American macho Keith for a final spot. Case was also in a state of flux against No. 4 Krejickova, she swept her opponent 2-0 in two straight sets to advance to the semi-finals, judging from the world rankings of Barty and Case, Barty undoubtedly has the advantage, and the hosts' desire for local players to win the Australian Open is expected to be realized this year. Of course, Barty can not be careless, the next opponent is not a lamp of divine oil, Barty wants to win the Australian Open women's singles title, she needs to be prepared for difficulties, but in any case, the dawn of the host player to win the Australian Open singles championship has emerged, it depends on whether Barty can seize the opportunity.

Australia Open 9th day roundup: China's golden flowers are expected to rush to the crown, and the hosts will win the championship in a singles to meet the dawn

In the men's singles field, the 7th seeded Italian Berrettini faced the 17th seed France star Monfils, both of them were in good shape in this game, after reaching the quarterfinals to compete for a place in the final four, the first four sets of the game were tied into 2:2 draws, and in the fifth set, Berrettini broke Monfils's serve all the way, and finally Berrettini won the first set 6:4. In the second set, the two sides fought fiercely in the first half of the game, the first six sets of the two sides each saved a 3:3 draw, the seventh game Monfils was again broken by the opponent in his own serve, Andrettini struggled to save his serve and then took a 6:4 lead in the next set, taking a 2:0 lead. In the third set, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, Berrettini made more mistakes, his own serve was also a bump, and in the sixth set, Berrettini lost in his own serve, and Monfils used this break to chase back a set 6:3.

Australia Open 9th day roundup: China's golden flowers are expected to rush to the crown, and the hosts will win the championship in a singles to meet the dawn
Australia Open 9th day roundup: China's golden flowers are expected to rush to the crown, and the hosts will win the championship in a singles to meet the dawn

In the fourth set, Berrettini was still in poor shape, while Monfils was more and more courageous, and he won another set 6:3 after breaking Perettini's serve twice in the fifth and ninth sets, and the two sides were tied 2:2 in the first four sets. In the fifth set, Berrettini, who lost two consecutive sets, finally calmed down, he broke Monfils's serve in a row as soon as he came up, and successfully saved his two serves, taking a 4:0 lead after winning four consecutive sets, and then both sides saved their own serves in the next two sets, Anderettini won the decider 6:2, defeating the 17th seed Monfils on aggregate 3:2 and advancing to the Australian Open men's singles final four. Berrettini will compete with Nadal for the right to the final, Nadal's way to promotion is the same as Berrettini's, in the match with Canadian youngster Shapovalov, Nadal won the first two sets, the third and fourth sets Shapovalov took advantage of Nadal's mistakes to chase two sets in a row, the decider game Nadal broke the opponent's serve at the beginning of the game and firmly grasped his own serve, and finally won 6:3, the total score was 3:2 victory over Shapovalov, strong promotion to the men's singles final four.

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