On January 22, Beijing time, the 2024 Australian Open continued, and today ushered in a key match, Chinese Jinhua Zheng Qinwen hit the women's singles quarterfinals, and after Swiatek's upset in the third round, Zheng Qinwen became the highest-seeded player in the top half of the draw table.
Zheng Qinwen suffered two tough battles in the first three rounds, and in the last round he staged a thrilling tiebreaker with Wang Yafan, Zheng Qinwen narrowly won 10-8, which was the first time Zheng Qinwen reached the round of 16 of the Australian Open, and also entered the fourth round of two consecutive Grand Slams.
Dodin didn't lose a set in the first three rounds, knocking out another Chinese player, Zhu Lin, in the first set, making it her first Grand Slam fourth round. The two players have met three times, all of which have occurred in the Challenger Tournament, with Zheng Qinwen leading 2-1.
Zheng Qinwen won the first set 6-0 in 24 minutes, 11 winning points, 100% first-serve scoring rate, 40% scoring rate, and the first service game in the opening game was tied, thinking it would be difficult to play. Unexpectedly, this Duoding couldn't withstand Zheng Qinwen's bombardment at all.
In the second set, Doding's state warmed up a little, but he still fell behind 1-3, and then broke Zheng Qinwen's serve, but was immediately broken back by Zheng Qinwen, and finally won the game 6-3.
Zheng Qinwen reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open women's singles for the first time in her career, which is also the second time she has reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam after the US Open last year.
Zheng Qinwen said in an interview after the game that Zheng Qinwen talked about Li Na again: "In the last interview, when I met her, I was surprised. Everyone can see it. She was a very elegant, powerful woman. She looked so much prettier than what I had seen on TV as a kid.
At first I felt like a responsibility...... Sometimes it's stress. But now I just want to focus on myself and play day in and day out without thinking too much.
Obviously, I had more experience in the quarter-finals of the second Grand Slam, but I told myself to focus on the moment and not think too much. Li Na also gave me advice, just play and don't think too much. It's simple.
In the mixed doubles of the senior competition, Li Na/Johansen lost 4-6, 4-6 to Hantukova/Haas, but were eliminated in the first round.
Coming from qualifying, Jastremska beat Grand Slam champion and two-time Australian Open champion Azarenka 7-6(6), 6-4 in straight sets to reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career.
In this game, Azarenka missed the set point in the first set, and led 3-0 all the way in the second set, but was reversed and unfortunately out, originally Azarenka was very optimistic about advancing to the final in the first half, especially after the top seed Swiatek was out, there were continuous upsets in the first half, and they also made history in a row, forming a melee, but this is the most beneficial to Zheng Qinwen.