In the women's singles field of the 2025 Australian Open, last year's champion Sabalenka is likely to meet China's last year's runner-up Zheng Qinwen again in the quarterfinals, and a last year's women's singles final has to be staged early. Regarding the possibility of encountering nemesis Sabalenka in advance, Zheng Qinwen said at a press conference a few days ago: "Isn't this normal? I don't care, if I want to win the title, I need to beat all the opponents, so I hope to meet her and beat her. ”

Zheng Qinwen: If you want to win the championship, you have to beat all your opponents

Having said that, although Zheng Qinwen, who exploded last season, won the Australian Open, the women's singles gold medal at the Paris Olympics and the runner-up in the year-end finals, she has lost five consecutive games against Sabalenka, and is at a disadvantage against the top seed of Belarus.

In the first round of this year's Australian Open, Zheng Qinwen's opponent was the qualifier and the Romanian teenager Tony, who is ranked 110th in the world. If she advances to the third round, her most likely opponent will be another nemesis, 27th seed Pavlyuchenkova. According to British media "Tennis Mind", Zheng Qinwen is competing at the Australian Open without any warm-up, she knows her body better than anyone else and wants to stay in good shape in the Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne. Zheng finished the 2024 season with spectacular results and is predicted to achieve even more in 2025, with winning a Grand Slam and WTA 1000 tournament as her next big goal.

The world's first sister Sabalenka

World No. 1 Sabalenka faced former US Open champion Stephens in the first round, who has been in poor form lately, and she has suffered eight consecutive defeats since Wimbledon last year.