Zheng Qinwen's first tournament of the year ended in a 7-6 (3), 6-3 loss to Laura Siegemund in the second round of the Australian Open. Zheng, who reached the final last year, struggled with distractions and Siegemund's aggressive play.
ZHENG QINWEN’S first tournament of the year ends in a 7-6 , 6-3 loss to 36-year-old Laura Siegemund of Germany.
But her first tournament of the year ended in a 7-6 , 6-3 loss on John Cain Arena against 36-year-old Siegemund, who attacked from the first point and put Zheng off her game. Of a weak serve that bounced before the net, Zheng said the time warning from the umpire “obviously that one really distracted me from the match.”Both of last year’s women’s finalists were playing at the same time on nearby courts.
Osaka lost in the first round here last year to Caroline Garcia in her comeback from maternity leave but avenged that with a first-round victory over Garcia this week.“She crushed me in the U.S. Open when I had my best outfit ever,” Osaka joked in a post-match interview. “I was so disappointed. I was so mad. This was my little revenge.”
The scoreline in Sabalenka’s match didn’t reflect the difficulty, with Bouzas Maneiro taking huge swipes at the ball in her Australian Open debut and dictating some of the points against the world No. 1-ranked player. Her serve let her down, with Sabalenka able to relieve some pressure on her own serve with five breaks.
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