On January 19, the second round of the 2023 Australian Open women's singles kicked off.

Zhang Shuai, the No. 1 Chinese women's tennis player, faced the Croatian player Martic and finally defeated his opponent 6-3, advancing to the top 32 of the Australian Open for the fifth time in his career.

　　Zhang Shuai is still the most diligent one in this Australian Open.

In the past few days, Zhang Shuai has been affected by the abnormal weather in Melbourne, where the Australian Open is held, and the schedule has been hit hard.

In the past two days, Zhang Shuai has been preparing for the game from morning till night, waiting for more than 30 hours in the first round before coming to the game.

Fortunately, none of these affected Zhang Shuai's touch.

After defeating Teague in the first round, Zhang Shuai advanced to the second round.

　　After passing the first round, Zhang Shuai recovered and returned to the hotel late at night after finishing the interview.

After a short break, Zhang Shuai returned to the game to face Croatian player Martic. The two had played against each other three times before. Zhang Shuai won once in Tokyo last year after losing twice to his opponent.

In the first set, the two sides tested each other's firepower through the bottom line, and came up to protect each other's serve.

In the second game of Martic's serve, Zhang Shuai made a sudden effort. After a successful lob, he successfully broke serve with another repeated landing point.

After that, Zhang Shuai held serve firmly and won the first set 6-3.

In the second set, Zhang Shuai's touch was still on the line. After breaking serve first, she held serve steadily, and finally won the second set 6-3, winning her second victory in this year's Australian Open.

　　So far, Zhang Shuai has advanced to the third round of the Australian Open for the fifth time, and has reached the top 32 of the Australian Open for two consecutive years.

January 21 is Zhang Shuai's 33rd birthday, and her physical fitness and condition are still excellent.

In addition to participating in singles, Zhang Shuai will also partner with Brazil's Maya in the women's doubles and Holland's Haas in the mixed doubles.

We look forward to her making new breakthroughs at this year's Australian Open.

　　women's doubles

　　The New Strait Group won the first battle

　　On January 19, the 2023 Australian Open women's doubles match started.

The New Strait team formed by Yang Zhaoxuan and Chinese Taipei player Zhan Haoqing made a good start by defeating the combination of Australian star Stosur and French player Cornet in two sets in their first Australian Open match.

And Zhang Shuai's former golden partner, the 38-year-old Australian star Stosur, who won four Grand Slam doubles championships, will end her women's doubles career after this Australian Open.

　　Yang Zhaoxuan/Zhan Haoqing ranked No. 11 in the Australian Open, and they faced Stosur and Kornet, who played wild cards in the first round.

Before this game, Stosur has announced that he will officially retire after this year's Australian Open.

Stosur has had a brilliant career, having won one Grand Slam singles title, four women's doubles titles and three mixed doubles titles.

This game also ushered in a large number of Australian fans to cheer.

　　In the women's doubles in the 2022 season, Yang Zhaoxuan's partner Xu Yifan won two championships in Indian Wells and San Jose.

Yang Zhaoxuan is currently ranked tenth in the women's doubles world.

In this game, she and Zhan Haoqing cooperated tacitly, and finally won the game 6-3, 6-4 and advanced to the second round.

　　In another women's doubles match, Chinese player Zhu Lin, who had just advanced to the third round of women's singles, played with Blinkova.

The two faced American player Doheide and Russian player Kalinskaya, and were eliminated 3-6.

　　This Australian Open, in the doubles and mixed doubles front, many Chinese players played.

Among them, Zhang Shuai and Maya won the women's doubles championship in Nottingham before, and they will compete as the No. 8 seeds of the women's doubles in this year's Australian Open.

In addition, Han Xinyun paired with Malozawa, and Wang Xiyu cooperated with Linette.

At the same time, Han Xinyun will also partner Zhang Zhizhen in the mixed doubles, and Zhang Shuai will partner the Dutch player Haas in the mixed doubles.

And Stosur will also cooperate with Eberdon to participate in the mixed doubles event.

This article/Reporter Chu Peng

　　("Beijing Youth Daily", page A09, January 20, 2023)