Moved! The 35-year-old Chinese Jinhua won the Australian Open again after 2 years, ending the Grand Slam's 5-game losing streak + winning the 40th victory

In the first round of the Australian Open women's singles that ended on January 14, Beijing time, the 35-year-old Chinese veteran Zhang Shuai, who played with a wild card, defeated American player Kessler 2-0 (6-3 6-4), winning a Grand Slam singles victory after two years, ending a five-game losing streak in a Grand Slam, which was also the 40th victory of her career in the main draw of a Grand Slam.

At this year's Australian Open, Zhang Shuai directly entered the main draw as the Australian Open Asia-Pacific wildcard qualifying champion, and in the first round she met the world No. 47 American star Kessler, who just won the Hobart title last week and is in good form.

The two have played each other once before, and Zhang Shuai defeated his opponent in straight sets at last year's China Open. And this time again, Zhang Shuai still has the upper hand. In the first set, Zhang Shuai broke serve as soon as he came up to establish a 2-0 lead. Although Kessler broke back in the sixth game to tie it at 3, Zhang Shuai then broke twice in a row and won three games in a row to win the first set 6-3.

In the second set, the two sides played very fiercely, holding serve in the first 9 games, and Zhang Shuai, who took the lead in serving, led 5-4. In the crucial 10th game, Zhang Shuai broke the opponent's unavoidable serve game and took another game 6-4, thus eliminating Kessler with a total score of 2-0 and winning two consecutive games.

Zhang Shuai finally ended her five-game losing streak in a Grand Slam and won a Grand Slam victory for the first time in two years, which was also her 40th Grand Slam victory. (Australian Open 16, French Open 8, Wimbledon 6, US Open 10). Zhang Shuai also received a $200,000 prize and rose to 176th in the world rankings. Zhang Shuai's opponent in the next round is the winner between Putintseva and Avaniesyan.