On January 15, Beijing time, the second round of the women's singles of the 2025 Australian Open continued, and the third seed Gauff eliminated the world No. 173 Burrech 6-3, 7-5 in the night court match on the Rod Laver Stadium, and successfully advanced to the round of 32, where he will face Fernandes in the next round.

Gauff performed well at the Australian Open, easily knocking out former champion Kenin 2-0 in the first round, blasting 12 aces in the whole court, and the first-serve and second-serve scoring percentage was far better than Kenin. In the second round against Burrech, Gauff won the first set 6-3 in only 35 minutes, and although his form declined in the second set, he finally won four games in a row, 7-5, and won 2-0 on aggregate, advancing to the round of 32 with nine consecutive wins across the season.

At present, 12 seats have been produced in the top 32 of women's singles, including SaBarenka, Pegula, Sigmund, Bencic, Tauson, Danilovic, Fletcher, Milla Andreeva, Naomi Osaka, Schneider, Fernandezand other players.

Unfortunately, Zheng Qinwen, the No. 5 seed who played this morning, was upset, losing 6-7, 3-6 to 36-year-old German veteran Sigmund, stopping in the women's singles round and becoming the first top eight seeds in women's singles to be eliminated from this Australian Open. So far, no Chinese Jinhua has advanced to the third round.

However, among the Asian players, Japan's Naomi Osaka performed well. In the second round, she faced world No. 20 Mukhova and advanced 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 to return to the top 32 of the Australian Open women's singles after three years. Naomi Osaka, a previous multiple Grand Slam champion, has shown strength and resilience in this tournament despite currently slipping to No. 51 in the world rankings.

In addition, there was another big upset before the Australian Open, French Open champion Ostapenko lost 0-2 to Bencic, ranked 294th in the world and just made a comeback after giving birth, and was beaten in the first round of the Australian Open. Bencic entered the tournament as a wild card, and despite being ranked lower, she put in a strong performance in the tournament, beating Lamens 6-1, 7-6(3) in the second round to advance to the round of 32.