MELBOURNE RESULTS. Immense Zheng too good for Kalinskaya in the 1st round

Saisai Zheng destroys Anna Kalinskaya 6-3 6-2 in the 1^st round in Melbourne on Monday after playing a good match to come up against Naomi Osaka in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The Chinese won the set after she broke the Russian in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 8^th (5-3) game. Kalinskaya tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5^th (3-2) game. Nonetheless, the Chinese didn’t lose the lead before winning the set 6-3.

2^nd set.

Zheng conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Kalinskaya in the 1^st game (1-0). Zheng managed to strengthen her lead after breaking the Russian in the 7^th (5-2) game before managing to win the set (6-2).

Statistics

After this encounter, the head to head between Zheng and Kalinskaya is 1-0 for Saisai.

Highlights Saisai Zheng vs. Anna Kalinskaya Australian Open – Melbourne

Next Match H2H: Saisai Zheng vs. Naomi Osaka – stats

Zheng will play Osaka in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Saisai Zheng and Naomi Osaka face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Osaka won 6-4 7-6³ in the qualifications in Madrid back in 2016.

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (6-4 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Julia GoergesGoerges – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Kaia KanepiKanepi (7-6³ 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Saisai ZhengZheng – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Serena WilliamsWilliams – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Sofia KeninKenin – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Na-Lae HanHan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Caroline WozniackiWozniacki – Kristie AhnAhn (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Petra MarticMartic – Christina MchaleMchale (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Lin ZhuZhu – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (4-6 6-1 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (6-2 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Ann LiLi – Lizette CabreraCabrera (7-6⁴ 7-6¹⁰) – See score progression
• Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Johanna LarssonLarsson (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Cori GauffGauff – Venus WilliamsWilliams (7-6(5) 6-3) – See score progression

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