China Li Na, the No.6 seed of the Australian Open women's singles/KLOC-0, was in a state of ups and downs in the third round of the women's singles on the 23rd. Fortunately, she finally eliminated her opponent Hantuhova at 7: 5, 3: 6 and 6: 2, and successfully entered the Australian Open women's singles 16 after teammate Zheng Jie.
So far, China has occupied two seats in the women's singles 16 of this Australian Open. This is the first time in the history of four Grand Slams that two players from China have advanced to 16 singles at the same time.
Li Na and Hantuhova have met three times before, and the Slovak beauty has the upper hand with 2 wins/kloc-0 losses. However, each time they played three sets, the competition was fierce.
In the first set, both sides launched an attack at the baseline. In the fifth game, Li Na took the lead in breaking, and then she kept her serve, leading 4-2. After Hantuhova broke in the eighth game, the two sides tied 4-4. 1 1, Li Na broke again and took the lead at 6: 5. In the 12 match, Hantuhova was finally frustrated for the fourth time after stubbornly saving three counts.
In the second set, Li Na made too many active mistakes and was caught by her opponent, so she easily pulled it back at 6: 3. In the deciding set, Li Na's state rebounded. She broke twice in the fourth and eighth innings and finally got what she wanted.
After winning, Li Na was in a good mood and threw the towel marked Australian Open that she had used in the competition into the audience stand.