On January 10, Beijing time, the first round of the Australian Open qualifiers began to compete, and The Chinese Golden Flower Zhu Lin played, and her opponent in the first round was Adrian Gafiterimo, who was ranked 189th in the world. After a fierce battle of three sets, Zhu Lin was reversed in the case of winning the first set, becoming the first Chinese golden flower to end this year's Australian Open trip.
In the first set, Zhu Lin broke through the first set and took a 2-0 lead. In the 7th set, Julien's serve was broken, and she quickly broke back to take a 5-3 lead. In the 9th set, Zhu Lin successfully saved the serve and won the first set 6-3.
In the second set, Zhu Lin broke the opponent's serve at the beginning of the game, and then she took a 2-0 lead. In the 4th set, Zhu Lin's serve was broken, and the two sides fought to a 2-2 draw. After that, both sides saved the serve and the second set was dragged into the seventh set. The competition between the two sides in the seventh set was still fierce, and after 5 draws, Zhu Lin lost 2 consecutive points, and the opponent won the second set 7-5 to grab the seventh.
In the decider, Zhu Lin was broken by her opponent in the 3rd set, and she completed the break back in the 4th set to chase it 2-2. In the 7th set, Zhu Lin lost a key set, and then in the 8th set, the opponent defused 2 break points to save the serve. In the 9th set, Julien was again broken in a non-guaranteed set, and Adrian Gafiterimo won the decider 6-3.
In the end, in a match that took 2 hours and 34 minutes, Adrian Gafiterimo defeated China's Jinhua ZhuLin with a 3-6, 7-6 (5) / 6-3 reversal to successfully reach the second round of the qualifiers. Zhu Lin regretted being out and ending her trip to this year's Australian Open.