On January 20th, Beijing time, the fourth round of the 2025 Australian Open women's singles witnessed an incredible match. No. 9 seed Kasatkina saved three match points in the second set, tenaciously dragging the game into a decisive set. However, in the last game of the decisive set, which was also the last game of the entire match, Kasatkina suffered a fatal break, just as it seemed the match would enter a tie-break in the final set, it abruptly ended with No. 8 seed Navarro securing victory in the last game! In the women's singles 4/4 zone, No. 2 seed Swiatek is the top player, while the top 8 seeds in the same zone include American player Navarro. In the previous round, Navarro fought hard for three sets, winning 2-1 against three-time Grand Slam finalist Jabeur. In this round's 16 to 8 competition, Navarro faced Russian star Kasatkina, a strong matchup between the No. 8 and No. 9 seeds. It's worth noting that both players had previously eliminated Chinese players on their way to the quarterfinals, with Navarro defeating Wang Xiyu 2-1 in the second round, and Kasatkina also eliminating Wang Yafan 2-0 in the second round. In the first set, both players engaged in a battle of breaks, with Navarro taking the lead by breaking serve one more time, winning the set 6-4. In the second set, Kasatkina demonstrated her tenacity, saving a total of three match points and winning the set 7-5 to level the score at 1-1. In the decisive set, in the last service game of…

In the second round of the Australian Open, Zheng Qinwen faced off against German veteran Siegemund and ultimately lost with a score of 0:2. After the match, the two penalties given by the umpire are likely to become a hot topic among fans. Both penalties were issued due to Zheng Qinwen's excessive time spent preparing to serve, especially after the second warning in the second set, which caused her to lose control of her emotions and miss a first serve opportunity. It is evident that these two penalties were quite crucial. Of course, there is no "if" in my tennis matches. These two penalties were seen as extremely unfair by many Chinese fans, and even the umpire was criticized by them. But was there really a problem with these penalties? It can be said that they do seem harsh, but their fairness is beyond doubt. After all, following the two warnings from the umpire, the broadcast camera immediately focused on the timer next to the umpire, which is used to calculate the player's serving preparation time. It is clear that the umpire made the decision based entirely on the timer and not on a subjective judgment that Zheng Qinwen's serving time was too long. Zheng Qinwen was indeed 100% over the limit, and according to the rules, she was not wronged at all by the penalty. In fact, the situation where Zheng Qinwen took too long to serve is not the first time it has appeared. During last year's Paris Olympics, in the quarter-finals, Zheng Qinwen eliminated American player Navarro,…

On January 16 (today), in the final day of the second round of the new season's Australian Open women's singles, the events in the lower half of the draw are about to take place with great enthusiasm. The highly anticipated Wang Xiyu, Zhang Shuai, and Wang Yafan will all make their spectacular appearances on the court. According to the accurate information released by the Australian Open officials, the starting times for these three players have all been scheduled for the morning. Among them, Zhang Shuai's intense match against the 24th seed Putinceva is set for 9:30 am, while Wang Yafan's match against the 9th seed Kasatkina also begins at 8:00 am; Wang Xiyu's match against the 8th seed Navarro starts promptly at 8:30 am. It is worth noting that the CCTV5 channel will broadcast this highly anticipated match live at 8:30 am, which is the exciting confrontation between Wang Xiyu and the 8th seed Navarro. This match will be grandly held at Margaret Court Arena. For Wang Xiyu, this Australian Open holds special significance as it marks her fourth participation in the main draw. In 2022, she successfully advanced to the second round, but in the following two years, she faced the challenge of being eliminated in the first round. However, after winning her first-round match this year, she has returned to the second round after three years, a feat that has quickly elevated her real-time ranking to world No. 95. Next, Wang Xiyu undoubtedly faces a true and severe challenge. In the second round, her opponent is the powerful…

A 36-year-old veteran, Zhang Shuai, swept past the world No. 8 to advance to the third round of the China Open, benefiting Zheng Qinwen in the process. Facing the winner between Russian players Potapova and Minnen, Zhang Shuai has the potential to continue her upset streak and reach the round of 16. After a 24-match losing streak in singles, she has finally achieved a long-awaited two consecutive victories. With Zhang Shuai's elimination of Navarro, Zheng Qinwen has become the biggest beneficiary. On the current year-end championship points leaderboard, Navarro is also Zheng Qinwen's fiercest competitor, currently ranked 7th, while Zheng Qinwen is ranked 9th and Collins is 8th. With the early exits of these two players, if Zheng Qinwen performs well at this event, she has a good chance of surpassing them both to secure a spot at the year-end finals. Let's take a look back at the detailed match statistics between Zhang Shuai and Navarro: Zhang Shuai received a wildcard entry for this tournament, ranking 595th in the world, while Navarro is ranked 8th in the world and is the 6th seed for this event. This was their first career meeting, with pre-match odds of 1.06:10.00, indicating that the officials believed Zhang Shuai would suffer a crushing defeat. The match lasted a total of 1 hour and 15 minutes. Zhang Shuai did not have any aces or double faults throughout the match, but had an impressive first serve success rate of 75%, a first serve point win rate of 64%, and a second serve point win rate of 60%.…

The first round of the new season's Australian Open women's singles concluded with many high-seeded players, including Polini, Rybakina, Kasatkina, and Navarro, making their appearances. Additionally, several Chinese players such as Zhang Shuai, Wang Yafan, Zheng Saisai, Wang Xiyu, and Wei Siqi also competed. Navarro and Kasatkina both secured victories in the morning matches, with Kasatkina winning comfortably 6-1, 6-3 against Tomova, while Navarro narrowly avoided an upset. As the No. 8 seed, Navarro faced Sterns, ranked 46th in the world, in a tough three-set match filled with breaks of serve. Navarro lost the first set tiebreak 5-7 but won the second set tiebreak 7-5. In the decisive set, she came back from a 3-5 deficit to win four consecutive games, securing the set 7-5 and the match 2-1, narrowly avoiding becoming the first top-ten seed to be eliminated in the first round at this year's Australian Open. However, No. 26 seed Alexandrova and former US Open champion Raducanu both lost in two tiebreak sets, resulting in a 0-2 elimination, making Alexandrova the fourth seeded player to exit in the first round. Seeded players eliminated in the first round include: [16] Ostapenko, [21] Azarenka, [26] Alexandrova, [29] Noskova. Grand Slam champions who did not advance past the first round are: Ostapenko, Stephens, Azarenka, Kenin. Among the Chinese players who competed in the morning, Wang Yafan, Zheng Saisai, and Wang Xiyu experienced mixed results. Zheng Saisai lost 1-6, 6-7 to D. Andreieva, ending her run in the first round. On the other hand, Wang Xiyu performed well, winning the first set…

On January 14th, Beijing time, the last day of the first round of the 2025 Australian Open women's singles saw the top ten seeds, including Polini, Rybakina, Navarro, and Kasatkina, take to the courts. Among them, the organizing committee only scheduled Navarro to play at Rod Laver Arena, also known as the center court, while Polini and Rybakina competed at Margaret Court Arena, and Kasatkina played at John Cain Arena. According to the schedule, the ninth seed Kasatkina took the court first, easily sweeping Tomova with a score of 6-1, 6-3 to secure her opening victory. Later, the eighth seed Navarro faced Sterns. Navarro is a familiar American player to domestic fans. She once said that Zheng Qinwen plays too cruelly and can't make friends in the locker room. Zheng Qinwen's attitude is that she really doesn't want to make friends in the locker room. The two met in the women's singles round of 16 at last year's Paris Olympics, where Zheng Qinwen made a comeback against Navarro with a 2-1 victory, advancing to the quarterfinals and eventually winning the championship. After the Olympic defeat, Navarro also advanced to the US Open semifinals, but her performance has been increasingly poor since then, falling from a lead of over 500 points to a deficit of over 500 points, watching Zheng Qinwen board the last train to the year-end finals. Now participating in the new season's Australian Open, Navarro encountered trouble in her first-round match. In the first set, Navarro was broken by Sterns in the fifth game, but immediately broke back…

Emma Navarro's 2025 season began with an extremely cruel defeat for her! The Brisbane 500 tournament held on New Year's Day in 2025 contributed a major upset, with world No. 8 Navarro losing 0-2 to local player Burel, ranked 113th in the world, thus contributing another major upset to this year's Brisbane 500 tournament. What's more absurd is that Navarro was the winner of the fastest-improving player award in the women's tennis circuit in 2024. As one of the "opening matches" of the new women's tennis season, the Brisbane 500 tournament has indeed not been short of upsets. Before the highly regarded No. 2 seed Navarro made her debut, big seeds such as Badosa (4), Schneider (5), Kalinskaya (6), and Ostapenko (7) had all embarrassingly lost in the first round. However, even so, before the match between Navarro and Burel began, few would have thought that Navarro would contribute another upset to this event. After all, the local wildcard player Burel is currently ranked only 113th in the world, and the 26-year-old local player defeated a top 10 player for the first and only time in what was quite a "distant" 2019. However, the unexpected really happened, and what made the embarrassed debut of Navarro even more awkward was that the world No. 8 lost two sets with the same score of 5-7, both of which were broken at the critical moment of 5-5. Afterwards, in Burel's serve-winning set and serve-winning match, the 23-year-old American player failed to make any effective resistance, especially facing Burel's serve-winning match, the fastest-improving player…