Noon Report丨Among six Chinese players advancing to the second round, one has already been eliminated; Sinner exits in the first round, Mira reaches the quarterfinals, and Kasatkina suffers a bagel loss.

Three minutes daily to keep up with global tennis news. Hello tennis fans, today is Wednesday, January 14, 2026. Welcome to the noon news report brought to you by "Tennis Home."

Let's start by looking at the 2026 Australian Open singles qualifiers. All first-round matches finished last night Beijing time. The Chinese team recorded five wins and three losses that day. Besides the four who advanced early, Yuan Yue rallied back from 3-6, 1-6, 2-6 to beat Chirico; Guo Hanyu lost 5-7, 1-6 to Salkova; Gao Xinyu was overturned 6-3, 5-7, 3-6 by Tagger. After the first round, six Chinese players progressed, showing a solid overall performance.

This morning Beijing time, the second round of qualifiers began. In one completed match, Chinese player Ma Yexin was defeated 4-6, 2-6 by Kaliyieva, missing out on the final qualifying round.

The other five Chinese players will also complete their second-round matches today. At the time of writing, Wu Yibing leads 6-4 in the first set against Mejia.

Matches between Zhu Lin and Kasintseva, and Huang Zelin versus Ruiz have also started. Bai Zhuoxuan and Yuan Yue will play later. Among these six Chinese players, how many do you think will reach the final qualifying round? Feel free to make your predictions.

Let's turn to other tournament updates. Last night Beijing time, the ATP 250 Adelaide event completed its first round. Local player Tsuchihashi Rinki, Hungarian star Fucsovics, Kazakh player Shevchenko,

and Frenchman Alize all won their matches to advance. However, Greece's top player Tsitsipas was eliminated in the first round by local favorite Wukic in two tiebreak sets, 7-6(3), 7-6(5). This morning Beijing time, in the second round, Frenchman Humbert and Spaniard Munar both secured victories to reach the quarterfinals.

ATP 250 Auckland: This morning Beijing time, the singles second round took place. Top seed American Shelton defeated Argentine Komesana 7-5, 6-4 to earn his first win of the new season and advance to the quarterfinals. Another American, Jiron, beat fellow countryman Mickelson 6-4, 6-4 to also move forward. Italian Darderi and Argentine Baez (ranked 170) each won their matches to reach the quarterfinals.

WTA 500 Adelaide: In the singles second round, 8th seed Canadian rising star Mboko saved two match points to narrowly defeat Russian veteran Kalinskaya 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(6), becoming the first to reach the quarterfinals. Third seed Russian newcomer Mira Andreeva played impressively, sweeping Czech player Buzkova 6-3, 6-1 to secure a quarterfinal spot.

Meanwhile, Czech veteran Vondrousova withdrew before her match due to a shoulder injury. Her opponent Burel advanced to the quarterfinals by default and will face Romanian Cristian, who crushed local player Kasatkina 6-4, 6-0.

WTA 250 Hobart: Matches scheduled for yesterday afternoon were interrupted by rain, causing several to be postponed until today. In the first round, China’s second-ranked player Wang Xinyu defeated local wildcard Gibson 6-2, 6-3 and will compete in the second round this afternoon Beijing time. Her opponent will be the winner between Selekhmetiva and Lynette. Wang will also team up with Zheng Saisai to continue their doubles first-round derby against Xu Yifan/Yang Zhaoxuan. Currently, Wang/Zheng lead 7-5, 1-1.

In completed second-round singles matches, local player Princeton and Italian Cocciaretto both won their matches to advance to the quarterfinals.

Finally, a guessing game. The picture below shows a player on vacation. Without any hints, can you identify who she is?

In the last guessing segment, some fans gave the correct answers. That’s right, the people in the picture are Chinese players Shang Juncheng and Wu Yibing.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Independent Thinker)