On January 12, Beijing time, the first day of the 2025 Australian Open tennis tournament began, and in a women's singles match at Margaret Court Court, 18th seed Vekic defeated France's Parry 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the second round.

Women's singles silver medallist in Paris, Joekic has had a bad season, suffering three straight defeats in the United Cup and WTA Adelaide. Vekic will face France's Parry in the first round, who defeated Wang Xinyu in the first round last year to reach the third round.

In this game, both sides performed relatively steadily in the opening game, and in the 9th game, Vekic seized the opportunity to complete the key break and took the lead 6-4. In the second set, Vekic was tied on both breaks, but at the critical moment, she played a wave of 8-1 scoring spurts to win the match. Vekic will face the winner between Vondrousova and Fett in the second round.

Vekic made her debut in the women's singles main draw of the Australian Open back in 2013, when she reached the second round and lost to Wozniacki; Her best record at the Australian Open was in the quarterfinals of 2023, where she lost to eventual champion Sabalenka. In addition, Vekic also reached the women's singles round of 16 in 2021.

(Text, editor: Dato, photo: Charlie)