The draw for the 2025 Australian Open was held on the morning of January 9th, Beijing time. Zheng Qinwen's first opponent is a qualifier, and looking at the top eight seeded matchups, she faces Sabalenka, which is quite unfortunate as they are like sworn enemies! Last year's Australian Open women's singles and men's singles champions were Sabalenka and Sinner, respectively.
Here are the matchups for the top eight women's seeds:
[1] Sabalenka - [5] Zheng Qinwen
[3] Gauff - [7] Pegula
[6] Rybakina - [4] Boulter
[8] Navarro - [2] Swiatek
Last year, Zheng Qinwen reached the final of the Australian Open but lost to Sabalenka again in the final. Prior to that, she had never beaten Sabalenka! Now, the two may meet again, and it will be very difficult for Zheng Qinwen to break through from her half of the draw.
Here are the first-round matchups for Chinese women's singles players:
Zheng Qinwen vs Qualifier
Wang Xinyu vs Badosa (11th seed)
Yuan Yue vs Pavlyuchenkova (27th seed)
Wang Xiyu vs Grabher
Zhang Shuai vs Kessler
Wang Yafan vs Bondar
Zheng Saisai vs Erika Andreeva
From the perspective of the current draw for Chinese women's singles, it can be considered average overall. It is worth noting that the decisive round of the Australian Open qualifying tournament is also underway. Chinese player Wei Sijia faces Stojanovic. If Wei Sijia wins, China will have another player advancing to the main draw of the Australian Open.
For the men's singles, here are the matchups for the top eight seeds, with Djokovic facing tough challenges:
[1] Sinner v Dimitrov [8]
[4] Fritz v Medvedev [5]
[3] Alcaraz v Djokovic [7]
[2] Zverev v Ruud [6]
Here are the first-round matchups for Chinese men's singles players:
Zhang Zhizhen vs Rune
Shang Juncheng vs Dzumhur
Bu Yunchaokete vs Qualifier