Han Na-rae (204th place, Incheon City Hall) passed the first round of the women’s singles qualifier at the Australian Open tennis tournament.
In the first round of the women’s singles qualifying round at the 2021 Australian Open tennis tournament held in Dubai on the 10th (Korean time) on the 10th (Korean time), Han Narae won 2-1 (3-6 6-3 6-1) to Yulia Graver (227th place, Austria). ) We won a reverse win
Han Na-rae, who is trying to advance to the Australian Open singles final for the second consecutive year, will face Tsvetana Pilongkova (136th place, Bulgaria) in the second round.
If you win three consecutive victories in the preliminary round, you will be able to compete in the Australian Open final, which will open in Melbourne, Australia this February.
Han Na-rae first gave out the first set, but in both sets 2 and 3, he broke the opponent’s first serve game, grabbed the baseline, and confirmed a reverse victory in 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Han Na-rae’s second round opponent Pilongkova was a player who climbed to the quarterfinals of the US Open last year, and in 2010 also advanced to the quarterfinals of Wimbledon.
Pilongkova did not compete in the tournament after Wimbledon in July 2017, and gave birth to a son in April 2018.
After returning to the court last year, Pilongkova showed his potential to climb to the quarterfinals at the September US Open despite a three-year gap.
Pilongkova defeated Kyoka Okamura (238th place, Japan) 2-0 (6-0 6-1) in the first round of the preliminary round.
Han Na-rae was born in 1992, Pilongkova was born in 1987, and Hannarae ranked 116th in 2019 and Pilongkova ranked 31st in 2010, respectively.
The best singles score in major tournaments was Han Na-rae in the first round of the Australian Open last year, and Pilongkova in the 2010 Wimbledon quarterfinals.
This year’s Australian Open was originally scheduled to open in mid-January, but was postponed to the opening on February 8 due to a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
It is customary to hold the qualifying rounds in Melbourne, Australia just before the start of the finals, but due to Corona 19, this year’s qualifiers for the women’s division will be held in Dubai, UAE, and the boys in Doha, Qatar about a month before the start of the finals.
Kwon Soon-woo (95th place, Dangjin City Hall) in the men’s singles finals at the Australian Open this year, and Nam Ji-seong (Sejong City Hall) and Song Min-gyu (KDB Development Bank) in the men’s doubles finals.
Jeonghyun (163rd place, sponsored by Genesis), who advanced to the 2018 Australian Open men’s singles quarterfinals, was absent from this year’s Australian Open.
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