Sohu Sports News On January 20, Beijing time, the 2022 Tennis Grand Slam Australian Open continued. In a focus match in the second round of the women’s singles, Chinese teenager Wang Xinyu challenged No. 2 seed Sabalenka. In the game, Wang Xinyu seized the opportunity of the opponent’s continuous double faults to win the first set, but failed to win the final victory. 6-1/4-6/2-6 was reversed. Unfortunately, she stopped in the second round of the Australian Open women’s singles, and still created Best career Grand Slam record.
Chinese teenager Wang Xinyu created a personal Grand Slam history at the Australian Open this year, winning in straight sets against Ang Lee in the first round, winning her first career Grand Slam main match. In the second round, Wang Xinyu encountered No. 2 seed Sabalenka in this tournament. The latter made it to the semi-finals of Wimbledon and the US Open last season, but his recent state was not ideal. Before the Australian Open, he had suffered a three-game losing streak. The Australian Open defeated the wild card player 2-1 in the first round. This is the first time the two have played against each other, and it is also Wang Xinyu’s second match against TOP10 players after the first round of Wimbledon in 2021 against Corning.
In the first set, Sabalenka, who was the first to serve, fell into a double-fault situation again, and sent three double-faults to the break point. After that, although Sabalenka saved the break point in a row, Wang Xinyu took the second serve and scored in a straight line. He got the break point again, and then Sabalenka lost the game after making the sixth double fault in the first game. In the second game, Wang Xinyu resisted the opponent’s impact in the first serving game and completed a 2-0 lead. In the third game, Sabalenka reduced his strength and was attacked by Wang Xinyu to score in a straight line. Then Sabalenka made three consecutive double faults in his impatience and was broken to lead 3-0. In the fourth game, Sabalenka was also in poor condition in receiving and serving. After consecutive mistakes, he smashed the racket angrily. Wang Xinyu was not disturbed by the opponent’s emotions and successfully secured a 4-0 lead.
In the fifth game, Wang Xinyu became more and more confident. After the score came to a 30-30 tie, the backhand attacked the diagonal and scored a break point. Then Sabalenka served the net, and Wang Xinyu made a forehand attack and hit the ball through the ball to break 5-0. lead. Next was Wang Xinyu’s serve to win the game. After a slight fluctuation in his state, he was attacked continuously by his opponent and got a 40-0 consecutive break point. Wang Xinyu saved a break point and then lost the game. Next was Sabalenka’s unavoidable serving game. Wang Xinyu also took stock of the break point. After successfully fulfilling it, he won the first set 6-1, leading 1-0 in total.
In the second set, Sabalenka’s state improved in the opening stage, forcing a break point to complete the break in the first game, and taking advantage of the situation to maintain the score to a 2-0 lead. In the third game, Wang Xinyu’s serving game was attacked by the opponent again, and the opponent’s serve was attacked to get a break point. Wang Xinyu withstood the pressure and finished 1-2 behind. Next, they entered the rhythm of their respective serve protection. Sabalenka had a break advantage of 5-4 and came to serve to win the game. Wang Xinyu received the serve in a fast-paced manner to force a 40-40 tie, and then forced Saba to stalemate with long shots. Lenka made a mistake to get the break point, Sabalenka withstood the pressure and completed the 6-4 guarantee to win the second set, and the total points came to a 1-1 tie.
In the deciding set, Wang Xinyu, who was the first to serve, continued to maintain an excellent serving state, and threw two ACES balls lovegame to secure the first game. Sabalenka improved his serving state and secured the score to 1-1. In the third game, Wang Xinyu’s serving game was impacted. After a 40-40 draw, Sabalenka received the serve and pressed Wang Xinyu to return the ball out of bounds for a break point. Then, in the stalemate, Sabalenka returned the ball and landed in the bounds. Wang Xinyu reacted. Not enough to return the ball out of bounds for a break. In the fourth game, Wang Xinyu quickly launched a counter-offensive, and received the second consecutive serve to score the break point, and then high-quality return and serve pressed the opponent.
In the fifth game, Wang Xinyu’s serve was not in good condition. After two double faults, the frontal shot went out of bounds and sent 0-40 consecutive break points. After Wang Xinyu saved two break points, the second serve was too shallow and was broken again by Sabalenka. In the sixth game, Wang Xinyu failed to seize the opportunity to break serve. Wang Xinyu’s serving state fluctuated again. In the seventh game, Wang Xinyu was hit by the opponent to cross the ball to get 40-0 consecutive break points. After Wang Xinyu saved a break point, he was shorted by the opponent break. 5-2 came to Sabalenka’s serve to win the game. Wang Xinyu failed to get a break point with a 30-0 lead. Sabalenka played consecutive ACES balls to complete the serve, and won the final set 6-2.
In the end, Chinese teenager Wang Xinyu failed to hold on to the opening advantage, and was eliminated 1-2 by No. 2 seed Sabalenka, and still created a personal best record in the second round. The whole game took 1 hour and 55 minutes. During the game, Wang Xinyu completed 5 ACES balls and 7 double faults, while Sabalenka made 5 ACES balls and 19 double faults. Wang Xinyu’s first serve success rate was 52%, slightly ahead. The scoring rate of Wang Xinyu is 71%. Sabalenka led 33-21 on the winning points, Wang Xinyu was 27-43 lower than his opponents due to unforced errors, and both broke serve 5 times with 10 break points.Return to Sohu, see more
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