By Shrivathsa Sridhar MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Last year's runner-up Zheng Qinwen was sent crashing out of the Australian Open ...

MELBOURNE -- Chinese tennis star Zheng Qinwen crashed out of the Australian Open after being knocked out in straight sets by an aggressive Laura Siegemund of Germany in the second round on Wednesday.

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Zheng Qinwen, last year’s beaten Australian Open finalist, became the highest seed to fall so far in this year’s tournament after she was stunned by world No. 97 Laura Siegemund in the second ...

But German veteran Laura Siegemund caused the first major upset at the tournament, stunning No.5 seed Zheng 7-6(3), 6-3 on John Cain Arena, and denying a potential Sabalenka vs. Zheng rematch in this ...

Distracted by a time penalty and unable to counteract No. 97-ranked Laura Siegemund's aggressive approach, Zheng Qinwen's loss in the second round Wednesday fell a long way ...

Last year’s Australian Open finalist has been knocked out by a low-profile tour veteran in the biggest upset of the tournament so far. Siegemund, 36, scored one of the biggest wins of her ...

In the game before the time violation, she managed to break Siegemund's serve. It was a game lasting more than eight minutes, with a couple of close calls going Zheng's way, along with a bit of ...

But she came unstuck against German Laura Siegemund, a 36-year-old better known ... I tried what I can do during this match,” said Zheng. “I feel maybe today is not my day.

World No. 97 Siegemund delivered the final blow on serve and dropped to the floor with her hands covering her face, while Zheng left the court shortly afterwards, looking like she was ready to ...

Zheng Qinwen, last year’s beaten Australian Open finalist, became the highest seed to fall so far in this year’s tournament after she was stunned by world No. 97 Laura Siegemund in the second round.

But her first tournament of the year ended in a 7-6 (3), 6-3 loss on John Cain Arena against 36-year-old Siegemund, who played aggressively from the first point and put Zheng off her game.