On January 19, Beijing time, in the second round of the Australian Open women's singles, the 23rd seed and China's Zhang Shuai faced the world No. 37 Maltić. In the end, Zhang Shuai seized the opportunity and defeated his opponent 6-3/6-3 in straight sets, successfully advancing to the 21st place in the world while instantly standing. Next, Chinese Jinhua will face qualifier Wellinets
The soon-to-be-34-year-old Zhang Shuai's best record at the Australian Open was reaching the quarter-finals in 2016, while the 31-year-old Maltevic's best record was reaching the fourth round of the 2018 Australian Open. Both of them are veterans who have been in the battlefield for a long time.
In the first set, Zhang Shuai was tested in the first serve, after successfully saving serve, Zhang Shuai began to attack his opponent's serve in the fourth game, and broke strongly successfully, withstanding the pressure to resolve the break point to save serve, Zhang Shuai had a good situation in the first set, 5-2 into the opponent's unavoidable serve and missed the set, Zhang Shuai still managed to win the serve and win the first set 6-3.
In the second set, both sides held serve in the first four games, and in the fifth game, Zhang Shuai attacked again and successfully broke serve to take advantage, after which Zhang Shuai brought the score to 4-2. After entering the opponent's unavoidable serve, Zhang Shuai successfully forced out of the match point. In the end, Zhang Shuai did not give his opponent any chance and won 6-3 after breaking serve.
So far, Zhang Shuai has entered the third round of the Australian Open for 2 consecutive years, which is also the fourth time that Zhang Shuai has participated in the third round of the Australian Open in the last 5 times, it can be said that Zhang Shuai, who is about to be 34 years old, this competition is worth looking forward to. So far, Zhang Shuai has received 130 points and 227925 Australian dollars (equivalent to 1.06 million yuan) bonus.