Sunday, 12 January 2025

AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2025: OLYMPIC CHAMPION ZHENG QINWEN INTO SECOND ROUND AS GRAND SLAM TENNIS, RAIN RETURNS IN MELBOURNE

The fans were sent scurrying for cover inside the first hour when a dramatic thunderstorm swept across the precinct


Olympic champion and China’s Qinwen Zheng in action against Romania’s Anca Todoni in the first round of the Australian Open women’s singles championship in Melbourne on January 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: Getty Images


Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen fought her way into the second round of the Australian Open with a 7-6(3) 6-1 win over Anca Todoni on Sunday as crowds flocked through the gates at Melbourne Park for the first Grand Slam of 2025.

The fans were sent scurrying for cover inside the first hour when a dramatic thunderstorm swept across the precinct but Zheng and Todoni continued their baseline battle under the closed roof of the Rod Laver Arena.

- Reuters 


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