Today (18 January), the 2024 Australian Open tennis tournament entered its fifth match day. Zhang Zhizhen and Shang Juncheng played in the men's singles round. Zhang Zhizhen lost to No. 21 seed Amber and unfortunately stopped in the second round. Shang Juncheng defeated his opponent Nagar to reach the round of 32 of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career, and also became the first male player in the history of the Chinese Tennis Association to advance to the third round of the Australian Open. In women's singles, Zheng Qinwen and Wang Yafan both successfully advanced to the third round of the Australian Open women's singles, and both achieved the first Australian Open women's singles round of 32 in their careers. In the third round, Zheng Qinwen and Wang Yafan will fight across the net to stage the Chinese Golden Flower Derby.
Shang Juncheng celebrates according to Visual China
Shang Juncheng is a famous Indian general
Reached the round of 32 of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career
Today, China's 19-year-old Shang Juncheng played in the men's singles round against India's Nagar, who broke through from the qualifying round. After four sets, Shang Juncheng defeated his opponent 3-1 (2-6/6-3/7-5/6-4) and reached the round of 32 of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career.
Previously, in the first round, Shang Juncheng, who played in the main draw of the Australian Open for the second time in his career, staged a five-set battle, and finally achieved a reversal after falling behind 1-2 at one point, defeating the American player McDonald, ranked 42nd in the world, to advance.
As a result, Shang Juncheng created a surprise to pass the first round of the Australian Open for two consecutive years, and also became the first male player in the history of the Chinese Tennis Association to advance to the third round of the Australian Open.
In the next round, Shang Juncheng will challenge world No. 2 Alcaraz.
张之臻 图据IC photo
In the other men's singles match, Zhang Zhizhen fought hard in four sets and finally lost 1-3 to the tournament's No. 21 seed Ember. The scores in the four sets were 2-6/7-5/1-6/6-7(3). Successfully advancing to the second round is also the best result of Zhang's career at the Australian Open.
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The next round of the competition
In the second round of the women's singles, Zheng Qinwen faced British player Usain Bolt. In the first set, Zheng Qinwen broke serve at the beginning and took the advantage to take the next set 6-3. In the second set, Zheng Qinwen won four games in a row after falling behind 2-3, and then saved six break points to win the second set of the game 6-3. In the end, Zheng Qinwen defeated British player Usain Bolt with a big score of 2-0, successfully advanced to the third round of the Australian Open women's singles, and achieved the first Australian Open women's singles round of 32 in his career.
Zheng Qinwen celebrates according to Visual China
In the other women's singles match, Wang Yafan took on 2021 US Open champion Raducanu. The two players have not played each other on the tour before. After nearly three hours of fierce battle, Wang Yafan defeated Raducanu 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 and advanced to the third round. This also created Wang Yafan's personal best record in a Grand Slam singles competition.
According to the schedule, Zheng Qinwen and Wang Yafan will face each other in the next match.
Red Star News reporter Pei Han Zhou Yao
Edited by Ou Peng
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