On January 15, Beijing time, the 2025 Australian Open tennis tournament began the fourth match day of competition, and in the second round of the women's singles, the No. 7 seed Pegula defeated Mertens 6-4/6-2 and advanced to the round of 32.

 Pegula

In the previous three meetings between the players of both sides, Pegula has unexpectedly lost all three of them. In this game, Pegula continued the hot form of the warm-up game, with a total of 24 winning points and only 10 unforced errors. In the end, Pegula broke twice in each set to win her first career win against Mertens 2-0 on aggregate. Next, Pegula will face Danilovich, who eliminated No. 25 seed Samsonova in the second round.

 Bencic

Bencic, who returned to action this year, has won two consecutive Australian Opens. Bencic faced Lamens in the first set, and she only allowed her opponent to win one game to take the lead 6-1. Bencic quickly took a 4-1 lead in the second set, and although Lamens fought back to tie the score, it was Bencic who came out on top in the tie-break to beat his opponent 6-1, 7-6(3) and enter the round of 32. Bencic's previous best record at the Australian Open has been two last-16 appearances: in 2015 she lost to eventual runner-up Maria Sharapova; In 2023, they lost to eventual champion Sabalenka.

 Towson

This season's WTA Auckland women's singles champion Towson continues to soar. Facing the onslaught of German veteran T. Maria, Towson firmly dominated the match throughout the match, and finally it took her only 68 minutes to sweep 6-2, 6-2 to advance, and return to the round of 32 of the Australian Open after three years. In the third round, Towson will face two-time defending champion and world No.1 Sabalenka, who eliminated Bosas 6-3, 7-5 in the second round to make it 16 consecutive Australian Open women's singles wins.

(Text, editor: Dato, photo: Visual China)