On January 14, Beijing time, the 2025 Australian Open continued the first-round singles competition. Chinese player Wang Xiyu eliminated Grabhel 6-1/7-5, won the Australian Open main draw after three years, and advanced to the women's singles round, becoming the second player of the Chinese team to win in the first round of the Australian Open after Zheng Qinwen.

Wang Xiyu

Wang Xiyu quickly got into the match, breaking serve three times in the first, fifth and seventh games to win the first set 6-1. In the second set, the situation was even more stalemate, although Wang Xiyu once took a 3-0 lead, but then there was a fluctuation in form, and the opponent chased it to a 5-5 draw. Wang Xiyu improved her form at the end of the match and completed a series of breaks, so as to win the next set 7-5 and seal the victory.

Wang Xiyu's women's singles opponent will be between No. 8 seed Navarro and Stearns.

(Text, Editor/Faye Wong)