"I knew I just had to play more than my best tennis," said Siegemund, who earned her first top 10 win since 2022. "I had nothing to lose so I told myself to swing free. She's an amazing player ...

“I tried not to do too many fancy things, but really stick with my clear plan,” is how Laura Siegemund explained her second-round upset of Zheng Qinwen, the second-place finisher at last year ...

"I knew I just had to play more than my best tennis. I had nothing to lose. I just told myself to swing free," Siegemund said. Zheng is "an amazing player. One of the best players right now ...

Siegemund had no trouble moving through the second set, ousting the Chinese No.1 and reaching the Australian Open third round for the second time in her career. Playing some of her most aggressive ...

But she came unstuck against German Laura Siegemund, a 36-year-old better known ... “She played incredible tennis, especially in the second set. I’m really happy I was able to turn around ...

Siegemund, 36, scored one of the biggest wins ... “We are labelled ‘mums’ of course, but I think when you go on the tennis court, you just think of yourself as a tennis player.

China's Zheng Qinwen speaks at a press conference after her women's singles match against Germany's Laura Siegemund at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, on Jan 15, 2025.