On January 5, Beijing time, the first round of the WTA250 Melbourne station was contested, and The Chinese Golden Flower Zhu Lin played, ushering in the challenge of former Grand Slam champion Stosur. After two fierce sets of matches, Zhu Lin won the seven thrilling victories and successfully reached the women's singles round of 16.
In the first set, Zhu Lin took the lead in the third set to complete the break, and then she maintained a 3-1 lead. In the 8th inning, Stosur broke through Julien's serve to make it 4-4. In the 11th set, Julien completed a key break, but then her serve was broken by Stosur, and the two fought in the first set to grab seven. The competition between the two in the seventh set was still fierce, and Zhu Lin won the first set 7-5 thrillingly.
In the first four sets of the second set, both sides saved the serve, and in the fifth set, Stosur broke Julien's serve to take a 3-2 lead. Zhu Lin withstood the pressure in the 10th set to break the opponent's serve to win the set, after which the two saved their own serves, and the second set was again fought to grab seven. In the seventh set, Zhu Lin won the match point 6-4, Stosur defused the first match point, and Zhu Lin won the second set 7-5.
Finally, in a two-hour match, China Jinhua Zhu Lin defeated the world's 383rd-ranked Stosur 7-6 (5)/7-6 (5) to achieve a wave of 7 consecutive wins and did not lose a set since last year's Seoul station, and strongly advanced to the round of 16 of this tournament. Zhu Lin will face the No. 6 seed Towson next.