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…

In the final day of the first round of the 2025 Australian Open women's singles, with Polini, Rybakina, Navarro, and Kasatkina all advancing, the top ten seeded players have all progressed to the second round without any upsets. The last of the top ten seeds to appear in the first round was No. 4 seed Polini, facing Weisja, who had qualified for the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time. Ultimately, Polini played normally, easily eliminating Weisja with scores of 6-0, 6-4, and advancing to the next round. In addition to Polini, other top ten seeds appearing today include Rybakina, Navarro, and Kasatkina. Among them, No. 6 seed Rybakina easily swept aside the 16-year-old local wildcard Jones with scores of 6-1, 6-1; No. 8 seed Navarro faced Sterns, ranked 46th in the world, narrowly avoiding an early exit after losing the first set 6-7, then turning things around with scores of 7-6, 7-5 in the following two sets, winning very toughly; No. 9 seed Kasatkina easily swept Tomova with scores of 6-1, 6-3. Performances of other top ten seeds in the previous two match days:‌ 1st seed Sabalenka: 6-3, 6-2 eliminated Stephens 2nd seed Swiatek: 6-3, 6-4 eliminated Siniakova 3rd seed Gauff: 6-3, 6-3 eliminated Kenning 5th seed Zheng Qinwen: 7-6, 6-1 eliminated Todoni 7th seed Pegula: 6-3, 6-0 eliminated Jont 10th seed Collins: 7-6, 6-3 eliminated Snigur Judging from the above scores, Sabalenka, Swiatek, Gauff, Pegula, Rybakina, Polini, and Kasatkina won relatively easily, while Zheng Qinwen, Collins, and Navarro all played tiebreakers. As the defending champion,…

On January 1st, two quarterfinal matches concluded in the 2025 United Cup Tennis Mixed Team Tournament. The Chinese team lost 0-2 to the American team, while Kazakhstan defeated the defending champions, Germany, 2-0. As a result, two of the top four spots have been secured, with Kazakhstan and the United States set to face each other in the semifinals. This year's United Cup saw China fielding a team composed of Zhang Zhizhen, Zhang Shuai, Sun Fajing, Gao Xinwei, and Bai Yan. Due to Zheng Qinwen's withdrawal from the competition, Gao Xinwei stepped in as a replacement. In the group stage, China achieved a 3-0 victory over Brazil before falling 1-2 to the reigning champions, Germany. Despite this setback, China managed to secure one of the best second-place finishes in their group, allowing them to reach the quarterfinals for the second consecutive year. Facing a formidable American team led by Gauff, who had won both of their group stage matches, China made a last-minute change to their lineup, with Zhang Shuai taking on the women's singles. In the first set, Zhang Shuai broke serve three times, only to see Gauff break back each time. The match went into a tiebreak, which Zhang Shuai ultimately lost 4-7. In the second set, Zhang Shuai struggled with multiple breaks of serve, losing 2-6, giving the Americans a 1-0 lead. In the men's singles match, Zhang Zhizhen faced off against Fritz. Zhang Zhizhen lost the first set 4-6 and, despite putting up a valiant fight in the second set, was unable to overcome the deficit,…