News from our newspaper (Reporter Su Yahui) The "Jinhua" Zhang Shuai, who has been fighting continuously, has withstood the test. After defeating Martic 6:3, 6:3 and breaking into the top 32 of the Australian Open women's singles for the fifth time in his career, yesterday he again Join hands with Maya 6(5):7, 6:4, 6:3 to reverse Martek/Fernandez and advance to the top 32 women's doubles at the Australian Open.
Affected by the abnormal weather in Melbourne, I waited more than 30 hours for the first round of the game. After passing the customs, I recovered and returned to the hotel late at night after the interview.
After a short break, Zhang Shuai reappeared against Martic.
After winning 2:0, Zhang Shuai broke into the top 32 Australian Open women's singles for the fifth time in his career (2016, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023), and his immediate world ranking rose to 21st, setting a new personal high.
In the next round, Zhang Shuai will face the American "post-00" player Vorenets who broke through the qualifying round. The latter knocked out No. 9 seed Kudermetova 6:4, 2:6, 6:2.
Zhang Shuai/Maya partnered to win the Nottingham 250 championship last year. This season, they tried to cooperate for a long time and played in the Australian Open women's doubles as the No. 7 seed.
After 2 hours and 22 minutes of fierce fighting, Zhang Shuai/Maya staged a shocking reversal at 6(5):7, 0:4, and finally eliminated Martek/Fernandez at 6(5):7, 6:4, 6:3, Ranked among the top 32 women's doubles at the Australian Open.
Zhang Shuai's singles and doubles doubles are all in the draw, and he will also participate in the mixed doubles competition next.
In the third round of women's singles, Chinese player Zhu Lin fought fiercely in three sets, and finally defeated No. 6 seed Sakari 7:6(3), 1:6, 6:4. Advance to the top 16 of the Grand Slam women's singles for the first time.
Zhu Lin's opponent in the fourth round will be Azarenka, the two-time Australian Open champion and former world number one.
Azarenka reversed the No. 10 seed Keith 1:6, 6:2, 6:1, ending the latter's 7-game winning streak at the beginning of the season and breaking into the top 16 of the Australian Open for the 10th time in his career.
In the first round of women's doubles, Yang Zhaoxuan and Chinese Taipei star Zhan Haoqing defeated Stosur/Kone 6:3, 6:4, and Wang Xinyu/Moexia Uchishima defeated the local wild card combination Gibson/Tyandra 6:3, 6:3 Mlia, Han Xinyun/Malozava lost 4:6, 6:1, 3:6 to Sasnovic/Mihalikova, Zhulin/Blinkova lost 3:6, 3:6 Dollerhead/Slinskaya, Wang Xiyu/Linate lost 5:7, 6:3, 3:6 to No. 10 seeds Aoyama Shuko/Shibahara Eina.
In the first round of mixed doubles, Han Xinyun/Zhang Zhizhen lost 2:6, 0:6 to Stefani/Matos, Yang Zhaoxuan/Zelinski lost 2:6, 5:7 to No. 8 seed Dabrowski/Match Poole.
The Czech "post-00" rising star Lechcka 6 (8): 7, 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4 reversed the No. 11 seed Nouri, and entered the top 16 of the Grand Slam men's singles for the first time in his career.
5 hours and 45 minutes of 5-set fierce battle until 4:00 a.m. local time, the 35-year-old Murray reversed the host player Cokina 4:6, 6(4):7, 7:6(5), 6:3, 7:5 Guise, who advanced to the top 32 men's singles, was only 8 minutes away from breaking the record for the longest time at the Australian Open.
("Tianjin Daily" Page 07, January 21, 2023)