On January 3, Beijing time, the WTA 250 event Melbourne 1 (Melbourne Summer Set 1) with a total prize amount of US$239,477 entered the first competition day in Melbourne, Australia. In the first round of the qualifying round, No. 6 seed Wang Qiang fought hard for 1 hour and 44 minutes. The 6-7 (9), 4-6 defeat was captured by local player Ava and missed the second round; No. 11 seed Zheng Qinwen 6 -4, 6-0 swept Nie Meier and advanced to the final round of the qualifying round.
The 9th seed Wang Qiang’s opponent in the qualifying final round is 21-year-old Australian player Ava, who is currently ranked 316th in the world. In the face of opponents whose strength and experience are not as good as his own, Wang Qian’s performance was very bad. In the first set, both sides blasted an ACE goal. Wang Qian also made a double mistake. In this set, Ava’s serve data is completely red, 69.7% of the first serve scoring rate, 66.7% of the second serve scoring rate are completely dominant. The two sides broke 1 serve in the first 12 games. Wang Qiang also escaped an end-of-game point in the tenth inning of the must-have serve. In the tiebreaker, Wang Qiang himself got 2 end-of-game points. Unable to grasp, Ava fulfilled the fourth point of the game, 11-9 won the tie-breaker, 7-6 first.
In the second set, both sides blasted 2 ACE balls each, and the only double error on the court still came from Wang Qiang. Ava’s second serve scoring rate reached 90%. Without sending any break points, she had five break chances to fulfill the key one, 6-4 and then the next set, a big score 2-0 victory over Wang Qiang.
Zheng Qin’s opponent in the text round was the world-ranked 133rd German player Nie Meier. The two sides met once in 2020, when Nie Meier easily won 2-0. In this game, Zheng Qinwen blasted 5 ACE balls and sent 7 double errors at the same time. Nie Meier’s stats are 2 and 4. Zheng Qinwen’s 73.7% of the first serve scoring rate and 37.9% of the second serve scoring rate both have the advantage to save. After scoring 11 of the 13 break points he faced, Zheng Qinwen had 9 break chances and cashed out 6 times. After winning 7 consecutive rounds, his opponent won 6-4 and 6-0 with revenge.
The top seed of the race in this race is Naomi Osaka, and the second seed is Halep. Zhang Shuai faced French player Blair in the first round, and Zheng Saisai will face a qualifying player in the first round.Return to Sohu to see more
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