MELBOURNE — Fifth seed Zheng Qinwen saved three first set points as she survived a scare to edge past a battling Anca Todoni, 7-6 (7/3), 6-1, in the Australian Open Sunday.
As thunder reverberated around Rod Laver Arena, causing play to be suspended on outside courts, Olympic champion Zheng dug deep under the roof to overcome the world number 110 in almost two hours of play.
