On January 18, the 2024 Australian Open women's singles had a focus match. Polish star Swiatek, ranked No. 1 in the WTA world, met American player Collins again after the 2022 Australian Open. Swiatek refused to be reversed by his opponent again and staged a huge comeback by winning five games in a row in the third set. Finally, he eliminated Collins 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 and advanced to the third round of the Australian Open. In addition, Zhu Lin/Wu Fangxian will advance to the second round as the seventh seed in the three-set knockout round of the doubles first round.
Swiatek and Collins faced each other in the 2022 Australian Open semi-finals. Swiatek was eliminated by Collins and missed the first Australian Open final in his career. But Swiatek caught up since then, winning 37 games in a row and becoming the world's No. 1 player. However, losing to Collins in the Australian Open semifinals has always been a pain in Swiatek's heart.
Although Collins has only defeated Swiatek once at the 2022 Australian Open, she has established a psychological advantage. In the first set of this game, Collins failed to gain an advantage on the serving end and the return of serve, but in the second set, he seized the opportunity of his opponent's declining serving ability to break serve and equalize the set. In the third set, Swiatek's first-serve success rate continued to decline. Collins boldly attacked the world No. 1's second serve and broke serve consecutively. Swiatek was once behind 1-4, which also gave Collins hope of eliminating his opponent in the Australian Open again. However, the Polish star subsequently adjusted his state and regained his touch through the baseline stalemate. Instead, Collins, who was eager for success, made mistakes one after another. After that, the offensive and defensive momentum was reversed. Swiatek won five consecutive games and finally won 6-4, advancing to the third round in a thrilling manner.
In the Australian Open women's doubles, Zhu Lin and Chinese Taipei player Wu Fangxian faced off against the No. 7 seed combination of Martinez and Perez in the first round. The two defeated their opponents 3-6, 6-3 and 7-6 and advanced with their heads held high. Australian Open women's doubles second round. Today, the Australian Open was affected by heavy rains, and Zheng Qinwen's match against British player Usain Bolt was postponed. In addition, Wang Yafan will play against former US Open champion Radu Kanu, Zhang Zhizhen will play against Ember, and Shang Jincheng will play against Indian player Nagar. Compete for the right to advance to the third round of the Australian Open.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Chu Peng
editor/Wang Fan
