On January 21, Beijing time, the Australian Open entered the 8th match day of competition. In the fourth round of the Women's Singles, fourth seed Gauff will face Poland's Freich. Gauff continued his excellent form in this match, defeating his opponent in straight sets, winning 9 consecutive victories in the new season and 11 consecutive Grand Slam victories, becoming the first player to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.
Gauff broke her opponent's serve early in the first set, and then she held serve to make it a 2-0 start. In the fifth and seventh games, Gauff broke Freich's serve twice and easily won the first set 6-1.
In the fourth game of the second set, Gauff cashed in on his third break point to take a 3-1 lead. In the eighth game, Gauff broke again in a game where his opponent had no way back and won the second set 6-2.
In a match that lasted 1 hour and 03 minutes, Gauff defeated world No. 69 Fresch 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the next round. This is Gauff's first career Australian Open quarter-finals and his sixth Grand Slam appearance, and Gauff will await the winner between Kostyuk and Timofeeva.