The first round of the women's doubles at the Australian Open, one of the four major tennis tournaments, was held, and the pair of Shuko Aoyama and Eina Shibahara, who finished in the top 4 at the previous tournament, played against the pair of players from Poland and China, and the set count was 2 pairs. We won 1 and advanced to the 2nd round.
At the Australian Open held in Melbourne, Australia, on the 20th, the fifth day of the tournament, the women's doubles first round was held, and Japanese players Aoyama and Shibahara, who entered the top 4 for the first time in the previous tournament, played against each other. The pair entered as the 10th seed this year and faced a pair of players from Poland and China.
In the first set, both players held their serve games, but the pair of Aoyama and Shibahara showed aggressive net play and stable strokes, and succeeded in breaking in the 11th game to take the match 7-5. .
In the 2nd set, they made mistakes at key points and lost 3-6, but in the final, 3rd set, they recovered with their characteristic combinations, and after swinging the opponent left and right with Aoyama's sharp strokes, they reached the net. SHIBAHARA hit powerful shots and accumulated points, winning 4 games in a row from the 2nd game to take the score 6-3.
The pair of Aoyama and Shibahara won the set count 2 to 1 and advanced to the second round.