On January 20, Beijing time, the second round of the Australian Open women's singles competition began to compete, and China's Jinhua Zhang Shuai competed, and her opponent was the 12th seed Laibakina. The two sides have met twice before, with Lebakina winning the match. Zhang Shuai performed better in today's game, she won the first set of the game, and then took the lead in the second set to complete the break, at this time LaiBakina chose to withdraw, Zhang Shuai advanced to the round of 32.
In the first set, the two sides saved the first 8 sets of the game, and Zhang Shuai completed a key break in the 9th set, leading 5-4 to win the set. In the 10th set, Zhang Shuai easily saved his serve and won the first set 6-4.
In the second set of the game, Laibakina took the lead in serving, Zhang Shuai completed the break in the opponent's first serve, at this time Laibakina chose to retire and sent Zhang Shuai to advance to the Australian Open women's singles round of 32.
In the end, in a game that took only 42 minutes, China's Jinhua Zhang Shuai defeated the 12th seed Laibakina 6-4, 1-0ret, and once again reached the round of 32 at the Australian Open after two years. In the next round, Zhang Shuai will be the 19th seed Mertens, who eliminated Begu in two sets to advance. At this point, China Jinhua's second round of this Australian Open singles tournament is all over, Zhang Shuai and Wang Qiang have advanced to the round of 32, and the three Xiaohua have been eliminated.