On January 12, Beijing time, the main draw of the 2025 Australian Open tennis tournament kicked off. On the first day, fifth seed and last year's runner-up Zheng Qinwen made her debut in the opening match, where she got off to a flying start with a 7-6(3), 6-1 win over Qualifier Todoni. The other two Chinese players who played in singles on the first day both lost, with Wang Xinyu losing 3-6, 6-7(5) to 11th seed Badosa; Buyun Chokert lost 6-7(4)/4-6/6-7(6) to qualifier Habib. Shang Juncheng's race has been postponed to tomorrow due to rain.

Zheng Qinwen

Due to the need for surgery by Coach Riba, Zheng Qinwen temporarily cooperated with new coach Botini in the off-season and the Australian season, and in order to get more adequate preparation, she chose to withdraw from the United Cup in the first week of the new season and went directly to the Australian Open. In this game, Zheng Qinwen sent a total of 8 aces and 3 double faults, with a success rate of 60%. THE FIRST SERVE WIN RATE IS AS HIGH AS 83%, THE FASTEST SERVE IS 181KM/H, AND THE AVERAGE SERVE IS 169KM/H. Although Zheng wasted a 5-3 lead and three set points in the first set to go to a tie-break, she eventually defeated her opponent 7-6(3)/6-1 and advanced to the next round.

Sabalenka

Reigning Women's Singles champion and world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka is also making her tournament debut, while she is across the net from former US Open champion Stephens. Sabalenka won in straight sets 6-3, 6-2 to win 15 consecutive Australian Open women's singles victories and take the first step in defending her title, where she will face Bosas in the second round.

Wang Xinyu

Wang Xinyu had poor luck in this tournament and drew the 11th seed Badosa in the women's singles in the first round. In this match, Wang Xinyu showed a good touch in the opening game and took the lead in breaking serve, but then Bardosa launched a counterattack. Although Wang Xinyu broke Bardosa's serve in the second set, she still lost 3-6, 6-7(5) and stopped in the first round of the Australian Open women's singles for the second year in a row. In the whole game, Wang Xinyu's second-serve scoring rate was only 43%, and she scored 32 winning points while also making 40 unforced errors.

Buyun Chaoket

Byunchaokert, who qualified for the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time by virtue of his ranking, faced qualifier Habib in the first round. In front of his opponent's strong serve, Buyun Chaokert did not have many options, and his return score rate was only 13% (12/89) throughout the match. In such a passive situation, Buyunchaokert fought back to take the match to a tie-break when he was 2-5 down in the third set, but he missed a set point in the tie-break and lost 6-7(4)/4-6/6-7(6) to miss his first Grand Slam main draw victory.

Ludo

Men's Singles No.6 seed Ruud faced Spain's Munar in the first round, with a 3-1 lead in the previous head-to-head record, but today he was unexpectedly caught in a tough battle. In the end, Ruud battled his opponent in five sets to win 6-3, 1-6, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1, and his second-round opponent will be between Menshik and Baslashvili. Japan's Kei Nishikori made a comeback to save two match points in the third set to beat Monteiro 4-6, 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 to reach the second round.

Results of the first day of the 2025 Australian Open:

2025 Australian Open singles draw table update