On the evening of January 16th, Beijing time, the last match of the second round of the new season's Australian Open women's singles saw the No. 4 seed, Paulini, defeat Zalazuhua with a total score of 2-0, advancing to the next round. With this victory, the top 32 in the women's singles have been finalized, with American players occupying many seats, totaling 5 who have advanced, including Gauff, Pegula, Navarro, Collins, and Keys. However, none of the Chinese players managed to win, resulting in a complete wipeout.
In the first round, Paulini easily eliminated Weisjia with a 2-0 victory. Her opponent in the second round was also ranked outside the top 70 in the world, Zalazuhua. For Paulini, as long as she played normally, she could secure a stable win.
In the first set, Paulini was broken at the start but immediately broke back in the second game, followed by breaks in the fourth and eighth games, winning the set 6-2. In the second set, both players engaged in a break battle, with Paulini breaking serve three times, one more than her opponent, winning the set 6-3 and the match with a total score of 2-0 against Zalazuhua.
With Paulini's advancement, all the top 32 spots in the women's singles have been filled. Today's successful players include Swiatek, Paulini, Rybakina, Navarro, Kasatkina, Collins, Kudermetova, Keys, Raducanu, Maria, Jabeur, Putintseva, Christian, Lis, Svitolina, and Yastremska.
Yesterday's successful players were Sabalenka, Gauff, Pegula, Mira Andreeva, Naomi Osaka, Schneider, Fernandez, Badosa, Vekic, Kostyuk, Pavlyuchenkova, Siegemund, Bencic, Tauson, Danilovic, and Fletcher.
Seeded players who have been eliminated include [5] Zheng Qinwen, [16] Ostapenko, [20] Muchova, [22] Bolt, [21] Azarenka, [26] Alexandrova, [29] Noskova, [31] Sakkari, and [25] Samsonova.
Yesterday, the No. 5 seed, Zheng Qinwen, lost to the world No. 97-ranked Siegemund, becoming the first top-eight seeded player to be eliminated from this year's Australian Open and the only one not to advance to the third round among the top eight seeds. Today, Wang Xiyu, Zhang Shuai, and Wang Yafan were all eliminated, meaning that no Chinese players advanced to the third round.
Since other Chinese players still have doubles matches, they will remain in Melbourne for the time being. However, Zheng Qinwen has left Australia early and posted a farewell on social media, writing, "I hope that when I return next year, it will be for a longer journey."
If everything goes as expected, Zheng Qinwen's next appearance on the court will be at the WTA1000 Doha station starting on February 10th.