On January 24, the first night court of the Australian Open welcomed Zheng Qinwen in the quarter-finals against Russia's Karinskaya, and the match was played on the center court Rod Laver. Zheng Qinwen and Karinskaya both advanced to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the first time in their careers, and both have strong impact, Zheng Qinwen's past results and rankings are better than their opponents, and after a three-set battle, Zheng Qinwen reversed 2-1 to advance.
In the first game, Karinskaya served, and after 40-40, Zheng Qinwen failed to cash in on the break point, and Karinskaya issued two double faults under pressure, and Zheng Qinwen successfully broke serve, 1-0. In the second game, Karinskaya broke back strongly, 1-1. In the third game, Karinskaya successfully held serve and led 2-1. Zheng Qinwen was unequivocal and quickly held serve in the fourth game, 2-2.
In the fifth game, Karinskaya served, and Zheng Qinwen won two break points at 40-15 and broke lightly, 3-2. In the sixth game, Zheng Qinwen's service game was challenged, and Karinskaya won a break point at 40-15 to complete the break, and the two sides fought to 3-3. In the seventh game, Zheng Qinwen got the break point 40-15, and Karinskaya withstood the pressure to chase 40-40 and successfully held serve, 4-3 again. In the eighth game, Zheng Qinwen scored four straight balls to hold serve, 4-4.
In the ninth game, Karinskaya held serve, 5-4. In the tenth game, Zheng Qinwen had to be guaranteed, Karinskaya put pressure, and after 30-30, Zheng Qinwen scored two points in a row to hold serve, 5-5. The game entered a critical stage, the competition on the court was white-hot, and in the eleventh game, Karinskaya held serve and threw the pressure to Zheng Qinwen, 6-5. It was another indispensable service game, Zheng Qinwen did not panic and won it smoothly, and the two sides fought 6-6, and the game entered a tie-break. In the tie-break, Zheng Qinwen played steadily and steadily, leading 3-1, Karinskaya chased closely, 3-3, the score rose alternately, 4-4, Karinskaya scored two points in a row, 6-4 to the handicap. Karinskaya received Zheng Qinwen's second serve and scored directly, 7-4, Karinskaya won the first set.
In the second set, Zheng Qinwen was under great pressure, Karinskaya pressed step by step, and both sides held serve in the first four games, 2-2. In the fifth game, Zheng Qinwen's service game was under pressure, and after 40-40, he won two consecutive points to hold serve and 3-2. Karinskaya then held serve as well, 3-3. After that, Zheng Qinwen made a strong effort to break the tie and broke 6-3 to win the second set.
In the third set, Karinskaya took the lead in serving, Zheng Qinwen pressed, and after 40-40, Karinskaya withstood the pressure and won, 1-0. In the second game, Zheng Qinwen scored four straight balls to hold serve, 1-1. In the third game, Zheng Qinwen broke serve with five consecutive points, 2-1. After that, Zheng Qinwen's confidence increased significantly, and he dropped four straight goals to hold serve and expand his advantage 3-1. In the fourth game, Kalinskaya served, Zheng Qinwen changed to a new racket to respond, 40-30 to get the break point, under the pressure of Karinskaya hit out of bounds, Zheng Qinwen broke again, 4-1. At this point, Karinskaya called a medical timeout and received massage therapy on the sidelines. After the game restarted, Zheng Qinwen served, several aces in a row took the initiative, Karinskaya chased closely, 40-40, Zheng Qinwen scored two points in a row to hold serve, 5-1 ahead. In the seventh game, Karinskaya served, Zheng Qinwen got the match point 40-30, Karinskaya returned the ball to hang the net, Zheng Qinwen won 6-1, congratulations!
本场比赛，郑钦文扛住了压力，在一发成功率低，失误多的情况下和对手耐心争夺，展现了她的能力和逐渐成熟的心态，场上不管落后还是领先，她都很专注很投入，尤其在丢掉第一盘后没有动摇，非常坚定地执行自己的战术，全力以赴打出自己想要的网球，送转获胜晋级四强，郑钦文太棒了，半决赛继续冲！