On January 20, the Australian Open ushered in the fourth matchday of competition, in the women's singles round 2 of a competition, China's 20-year-old Xiaohua Wang Xinyu took the lead in playing a stunning 6-1 start, but in the second set missed the break point was equalized by the opponent 6-4, the decisive set collapsed 2-6 by the opponent Sabalenka counterattack. However, being able to wrestle with the no. 2 seed who won the championship to the decisive set reflects the rapid improvement of the Chinese teenager's recent technology, and despite the defeat, he still gains and strong hands, and the future is more worth looking forward to!
In yesterday's performance, three Chinese players competed in the second round of the Australian Open women's singles, the result was that Jiang was still old and spicy, 30-year-old Wang Qiang continued the fiery feel since the opening of the tournament, 2-1 reversed Uyvank to advance to the women's singles round of 32, but the two small flowers have been 0-2 out, Wang Xinyu and Zheng Qinwen in the big seed, appeared to lack of self-confidence, coupled with the lack of experience, simply unable to control the rhythm of the field. Today's game Wang Xinyu showed the spirit of the newborn calf not being afraid of tigers, facing Sabalenka, who had a high call to win the championship, insisted on the established tactical play after careful study, although he was defeated!
In the first set of the first set, Sabalenka entered the state slowly, and the first to make a mistake in the bottom line attack was always the No. 2 seed, Wang Xinyu returned the ball to make a smooth transition, and quickly took advantage of the opponent's mistake to break the hand, and came up to give Sabalenka a dismount. Then Wang Xinyu served strongly in the 2nd set, insisting on the change of the drop point of the serve did not give Sabalenka the opportunity to rush the serve, and soon won the 2-0 service. In the 3rd set, Sabalenka's serve was trouble again, and wang Xinyu repeatedly grabbed the second serve, and made a series of mistakes under the passive, but was still broken by Wang Xinyu to take a 3-0 lead. In the 4th set, Wang Xinyu's serve went through several twists and turns, and finally the serve continued to be suppressed 4-0. In the 5th set, Sabalenka's third serve was still not saved, Wang Xinyu received the serve and brought out a large angle landing point, forcing Sabalenka to reduce the quality of the ball in the run, and also let China Xiaohua break the opponent's serve for the third time, with a fantastic start of 5-0 to the serve to win the set. Sabalenka seized on Wang Xinyu's eagerness to send egg clearance and took the opportunity to break back a set, but Wang Xinyu once again achieved a return in the 7th set, and won the first set 6-1 very easily.
In the second set, Sabalenka broke Wang Xinyu's serve after the break between sets, improved the state, and then the two sides saved their own serves, Sabalenka came to his own serve to win the set with a score of 5-4, Wang Xinyu had the bottom of the victory in the first set, and the second shot in the 10th set was very fierce, and also forced out the break point, but unfortunately the mentality was anxious to make unforced mistakes, after missing the opportunity to break, it was difficult for Sabalenka to save the serve, Wang Xinyu regretted missing the only opportunity to burst the cold 4-6.
The experience of Sabalenka in the decider prevailed, the pace of the game was deliberately slowed down, trying to play a fast and slow rhythm change during the batting process, finding a break opportunity in the 3rd set and firmly seizing a 2-1 lead, wang Xinyu, who was not willing to show weakness, did not want to show weakness in the 4th set to achieve a break back without letting the opponent open the score. Sabalenka broke Wang Xinyu's serve twice in the 5th and 7th innings, which also made Wang Xinyu completely discouraged, and from 2-2 after losing 4 consecutive sets by the No. 2 seed, Sabalenka had a thrilling entry into the women's singles round of 32.