On January 26, Beijing time, the Australian Open entered the 11th matchday of contention. In a contest in the junior men's singles 1/4 final, Chinese teenager Zhou Yi welcomed the meeting of the tournament's top seed Feld Bosch. The match was fought in three sets, with Zhou Yi missing serve to win the match in the second set, but he still withstood the pressure to win 2-1 and reached the semi-finals in his first Grand Slam tournament.
In the first set, Zhou Yi broke the opponent's serve as soon as he came up, and then he held serve to take a 2-0 lead. In the 6th game, Zhou Yi's serve was lost, and the two sides fought to a 3-3 draw. In the 7th game, Zhou Yi missed three break point opportunities, and then in the 8th game he saved the break point to save the serve. In the 11th game, Zhou Yi completed a key break on the opponent's serve, and came to the serve to win the set 6-5. In the 12th game, Zhou Yi easily saved his serve and won the first set 7-5.
In the second set, Zhou Yi broke serve in the third game, and then he held serve to take a 3-1 lead. In the 6th game, Zhou Yi's serve was lost, and the two sides were tied 3-3 after the first 6 games. In the 7th game, Zhou Yi broke serve again to lead the opponent 4-3. In the 10th game, Zhou Yi's serve won the game and the two sides fought to 5 draws. In the 12th game, Zhou Yi lost four consecutive points in a game and was broken, losing the second set 5-7.
The two sides engaged in a break game in the tiebreaker, and Zhou Yi saved the first serve of the set in the sixth game to take a 4-2 lead. In the 10th game, Zhou Yi won the game with his serve, and he easily saved his serve with four consecutive points to win the tiebreaker 6-4.
In a match that lasted 2 hours and 29 minutes, 11th seed Zhou Yi narrowly defeated top seed Feld Bosch 7-5, 5-7, 6-4 to reach the junior men's singles semifinals. In the next semi-final match, Zhou Yi will face the No. 3 seed and Belgian Blocz.