German tennis rising star Anna-Lena Friedsam defeated world No. 102 Wang Qiang of China to advance to the third round of the 2016 Australian Open tennis tournament on Wednesday.

Wang had a very impressive opening round start at the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events of the year, beating the No. 26 Sloane Stephens of the United States in a very dominating win 6-3, 6-3 on Monday.

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However, the 24-year-old failed to duplicate the amazing game performance as she yielded to Friedsam, who currently ranks as world No. 82, in the second round 6-3, 6-4 on the third day of the prestigious tennis Grand Slam event.

In the post-match interview, Wang told reporters that her victory against Stephens could form the basis of a ground-breaking year on tour, despite the round two lose.

"Yes, I think so," Wang said.

"First match I beat big seed. For me this is very helpful for the rest of the season."

According to Shanghai Daily, Wang said a top 50 finish in the year-end rankings wasn't out of the question.

Wang is one of the three Chinese women who successfully qualified to earn a spot for the Australian-based Slam along with World's No. 132 Shuai Zhang and Ranked No. 139 Yafan Wang.

Friedsam, 21, started tennis at the early age of six. She has won one singles title on the WTA 125K series as well as 11 singles and three doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career.

She reached her career high singles ranking of world No. 73 on July 20, 2015, and world No. 213 in the doubles ranking on November 3, 2014.

She plays Right handed (double handed backhand) and is currently being coached by Sascha Mueller.

It's the first time the young German has made the Round of 32 at a major championship.

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