On January 16, Beijing time, the 2025 Australian Open tennis tournament continued the second round of the women's singles, and China's golden flower Wang Xiyu lost 3-6/6-4/4-6 in the focus battle with No. 8 seed Emma Navarro, missing the round of 32.

 Wang Xiyu

In this tournament, Wang Xiyu defeated Grabhel in the first round to advance, while Emma Navarro narrowly defeated compatriot Stearns in a fierce three-set battle. The two sides met in the first round of last year's Australian Open, when Wang Xiyu lost 1-6, 7-6(5), 5-7. In this match, Wang Xiyu broke serve in the opening game, but was unable to complete the hold, and after the first set was tied at 3-3, Emma Navarro won three games in a row to take the next set 6-3. In the second set, Wang Xiyu took the lead to break serve to take a 3-1 lead, and although she was then broken back by her opponent, she finally equalized the score 6-4 with the advantage of one more break game.

  Emma Navarro

In the deciding set, Wang Xiyu took the lead twice, but was stubbornly chased back by Emma Navarro, and finally she lost four games in a row while leading 4-2 and lost 4-6. In this match, Wang Xiyu scored a total of 25 winning points and 39 unforced errors, and with 70 points from the second round of the Australian Open, her world ranking will return to the top 100. Emma Navarro's opponent in the third round is two-time Wimbledon runner-up Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

 Zhang Shuai

The second match on Court 7 was played between China's Jinhua Zhang Shuai and 24th seed Putintseva, who had previously met seven times before, with Zhang Shuai suffering five straight defeats after two straight wins. Zhang failed to find the same form as he was in the first round throughout the match, and only resisted 62 minutes before losing 2-6, 1-6. Putintseva will face ninth seed Kasatkina for a ticket to the round of 16 in the next round.

(Text and editor: Dato)