On January 7, Beijing time, the quarterfinals of the WTA250 Melbourne station began to compete, and the Chinese small flower Zheng Qinwen competed, and her opponent was Connew, who was ranked 67th in the world. After two fierce sets of matches, Zheng Qinwen narrowly defeated his opponent to advance to the final four of the tour for the first time in his career.
In the first four sets of the first set, both sides successfully saved their serves, and in the fifth set, Zheng Qinwen took the lead in completing the break, but then Kang Niu broke back to chase 3-3. After that, both sides saved the serve and the first set was dragged into the grab seven. Zheng Qinwen led the way in the seventh set, and easily won the first set to win the seventh at 7-1.
In the second set, Zheng Qinwen defused 2 consecutive break points in the 5th set to save serves, after which the two did not give their opponents a chance in their respective service sets, and the second set came again to grab the seventh. Zheng Qinwen chased 5-5 after falling behind 1-5 in the seventh set, and then she defused a 5-6 situation to score three consecutive points to win the second set 8-6.
In the end, in a match that took 2 hours and 08 minutes, China's Small Flower Zheng Qinwen lost two straight sets to defeat the world's 67th-ranked Kang Niu 7-6 (1)/7-6 (6). The winning Jeong Chin-moon reached the Tour Final Four for the first time in her career, and she will face the winner between Halep and Grubich in the semi-finals.