Halep
On January 9, Beijing time, the WTA250 Melbourne Summer Series decided the final champion. Former world No. 1 and No. 2 seed Halep defeated Kudmetova 6-2, 6-3 to win her 23rd solo title on the Tour, while also ending her 15-month championship drought. Anisimova beat Sasnovic in three sets to win the second leg of the WTA250 Melbourne Summer Series.
In this competition, Halep showed excellent competitive form. On the way to the top, the former world number one only played three sets in the quarter-finals against Golubić, and the other three games were won in a sweeping posture. In this game, Halep quickly won the first set 6-2, and was first broken at the beginning of the second set, but Halep immediately found his form to complete the reversal, and finally won 6-2, 6-3.
Anisimova
In the women's singles final of the second leg of the WTA250 Melbourne Summer Series that ended earlier, former French Open finalist Anisimova rose up to complete the reversal when she was 0-3 behind in the decider, defeating qualifier Sasnovic 7-5, 1-6, 6-4 to win the Tour title again after three years, which was also the second singles title of Anisimova's career tour.
(Text, Editor/Xiang Zhengyang, Photo/Visual China)