In a key match in the second round of the Australian Open women's singles that ended on January 16, Beijing time, Chinese player Wang Xiyu lost 1-2 to the No. 8 seed and American star Navarro after three sets and stopped in the second round. With Wang Xiyu out, the 11 Chinese players participating in the main draw also bid farewell to this year's Australian Open singles event.
Previously, the two have played each other 1 time. In the first round of last year's Australian Open, Wang Xiyu lost to his opponent 1-2. After 1 year, the two met again at the Australian Open. In the first set, both sides broke their opponents' serve in the first 4 games to make it 2-2. In the crucial eighth game, Wang Xiyu was broken by her opponent again, and then Navarro won the first set 6-3 on serve in the ninth game.
In the second set, Wang Xiyu took the lead in the fourth game and successfully held serve in the fifth game to establish a 4-1 lead. Although Navarro once broke back in the seventh game to chase down 3-4, Wang Xiyu broke again in the eighth game and won her own serve in the ninth game to win the set 6-3.
In the deciding set, Wang Xiyu broke serve as soon as he came up to take a 2-0 lead, but Navarro broke back in the fourth game to chase down 2 draws. Although Wang Xiyu exceeded 4-2 again, Wang Xiyu then collapsed and lost 4 games in a row and was reversed by Navarro 6-4. As a result, Wang Xiyu lost to the opponent with a total score of 1-2 and stopped in the second round.
Wang Xiyu missed the Australian Open women's singles round of 32 for the first time in her career, and in the next round, Navarro will face Tunisian star and Grand Slam runner-up Jabbar.
Previously, the other two Chinese players Wang Yafan and Zhang Shuai lost to Kasatkina and Putintseva respectively, plus Zheng Qinwen was eliminated by Sigmund yesterday, and the 11 members of the Chinese team have bid farewell to this Australian Open singles event in advance.