On January 8, Beijing time, the semifinals of the women's singles of the WTA250 Melbourne station were contested, and The Chinese little flower Zheng Qinwen competed, and her opponent was the former world number one Halep. After two sets of competition, Zheng Qinwen failed to make history again, she lost two sets to Halep, and missed the women's singles final of this tournament.
In the first set, Zheng Qinwen took the lead, she was broken by the opponent in the first set, and Halep saved the break point in the second set to take a 2-0 lead. In the 9th set, Zheng Qinwen was again broken in his own unavoidable set, and Halep won the first set 6-3.
In the second set, Zheng Qinwen missed three break point opportunities in his first serve in Halep. In the 4th set, Zheng Qinwen lost the serve and Halep took a 3-1 lead. In the 8th set, Zheng Qinwen ushered in a serve that had no way back for the whole game, and Halep broke again at the critical moment to win the second set 6-2.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 25 minutes, the No. 2 seed Halep swept the Chinese xiaohua Zheng Qinwen 6-3, 6-2 to successfully reach the final of the tournament. Two-time Grand Slam champion Halep will compete with Kudmetova for the title, who accepted Naomi Osaka's retirement gift and advances without a fight.