First defeat of the new season! China's Jinhua was reversed by the top 8 players in the Grand Slam and missed the main draw of the Australian Open, and collapsed and cried bitterly

In the women's singles round of the 2025 Australian Open Qualifying Tournament that ended on January 8, Beijing time, Gao Xinyu fought hard for 2 hours and 38 minutes and fought 3 sets 1-2 by the No. 16 seed Croatian veteran Martic 1-2 and missed the promotion to the decisive round. Of the four Chinese women who participated in the qualifying round, only Wei Sijia made it to the decisive round.

【World Ranking】

Gao Xinyu is ranked 146th in the world, while Martic is ranked 132nd in the world, and she reached the quarterfinals of the 2019 French Open.

【Confrontation Situation】

The two had never played each other before.

【Contest Review】

In the first set, Gao Xinyu took the lead in the second game to establish a 3-0 lead. After that, neither side broke serve again, and Gao Xinyu won the first set 6-3 after winning the set on serve in the ninth game.

In the second set, the two sides played very fiercely. After holding serve in the first 12 games, the match was forced to go into a tie-break. In the tie-break, Gao Xinyu lost 2 points in a row after 5 draws, losing 5-7, and Martic pulled the total score to a 1-1 draw.

In the deciding set, Gao Xinyu took the lead in the second game to break serve and once led 2-0. However, Martic chased it to 2-all after a quick break in the third game. In the crucial 9th game, Gao Xinyu was broken and fell into a desperate situation of falling behind 4-5. With Martic winning the service game in the 10th game, she also won the third set 6-4, thus reversing Gao Xinyu 2-1 on aggregate to advance to the qualifying final.

In the last game, Gao Xinyu's mentality collapsed a little, and after missing the Australian Open, she was unwilling to shed tears.

Although it is a pity to suffer the first defeat of the new season to end the Australian Open journey, the shining performance of the United Cup at the beginning of the season, the 27-year-old Gao Xinyu's performance this season is still worth the expectation of Chinese fans.