MELBOURNE: Struggling Sloane Stephens were one first-round casualty at the Australian Open up on Monday, accident in right club to Chinese qualifier Wang Qiang.
Both the 24th seed, who poped onto the picture in learning both the Melbourne Park semi-finals beneath 2013, was no meet for the little-known Wang that remained a happy 6-3, 6-3 winner on Hisense Scene.
Stephens, who also fell around the first obstacle in 2010, came into both the tournament on the side of report him second WTA visit brand at the Auckland Original this month.
However the Western, when ranked 11 out there, then pulled open of the Hobart Foreign citing an unspecified sickness.
Wang, listed 102nd and China's record two behind Zheng Saisai, may next perform Germany's Anna-Lena Friedsam, that floored Spain's Lourdes Dominguez Lino beneath 3 sets.
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