Australian Open big cold? 5 top 8 seeds out! 3 Spells Fulfilled: Zheng Qinwen Trick Deyo Be careful

On January 18, Beijing time, the Australian Open men's and women's singles reached the third round of competition. As of now, there have been 5 top 8 seeds out of the tournament, and this year's Australian Open is indeed a bit "cold".

As China's "first sister", Zheng Qinwen was the first big seed to go out of this Australian Open, and she lost to the 36-year-old German veteran Sigmund in the second round and missed the round of 32. Then in the women's singles, the No. 7 seed Pegula and the No. 4 seed Paulini were eliminated one after another. Pegula lost 0-2 (7-6(3), 6-1) to Danilovic in the round of 16, while Paulini was beaten 1-2 (2-6, 6-4, 6-0) by Svitolina to make it out of the third round.

In the men's singles, Medvedev also suffered a shock 2-3 loss to 19-year-old American qualifier Lena Qian in the second round, while Fritz was reversed 1-3 by 38-year-old veteran Monfils in the third round. This out, 5 people fell into 3 spells each. The first curse was that the No. 4 seeds all stopped in the third round, and Paulini and Fritz were eliminated by the husband and wife pair Svitolina and Monfils, respectively.

The second spell is the No. 5 seed curse, and the No. 5 seeds Medvedev and Zheng Qinwen, the No. 5 seeds in the men's and women's singles who landed at the Australian Open, went home early in the second round respectively.

The third curse is last year's Grand Slam runner-up curse. Last year's Australian Open runner-up Zheng Qinwen, France and Wimbledon runner-up Paulini and US Open runner-up Pegula failed to make it to the second round. In men's singles, last year's Australian Open runner-up Dmitry Medvedev and US Open runner-up Fritz are also out.

Also still in the draw are last year's Wimbledon runner-up Novak Djokovic and French Open runner-up Zverev, with Djokovic facing Czech Republic's Lehečka in the next round, while Zverev will face the formidable Frenchman Amber, and it will be interesting to see if the two can escape the curse.