In the early morning of May 1, Beijing time, the ITF Challenge W100 Charleston Women's Singles Semifinals began to compete, and Xiaohua Wang Xiyu competed in the tournament, and her opponent was Gaberira Sai, who was ranked 292nd in the world. After a fierce battle in three sets, Wang Xiyu narrowly defeated his opponent to advance to the final for three consecutive weeks.
In the first set, Wang Xiyu started with consecutive breaks and took a 2-0 lead. In the 4th set, Wang Xiyu's serve was broken, and the two sides fought to a 2-2 draw. In the 6th set, Wang Xiyu lost the serve again, trailing his opponent 2-4. In the 7th set, Wang Xiyu fought hard to complete the break, and then she saved her hair to chase 4 draws. In the 9th set, Wang Xiyu completed the break again, and then she saved her love game and won the first set 6-4.
The two sides broke the serve at the beginning of the second set, Wang Xiyu broke again in the 5th set, and the opponent quickly completed the return break in the 6th set. In the 7th and 8th innings, the two sides broke each other's serves again. In the 11th set, Wang Xiyu missed two break point opportunities, and in the 12th set Wang Xiyu was broken in a set with no way back, and handed over the second set 5-7.
In the decider, Wang Xiyu took the lead in the 5th set, the opponent completed the return break in the 6th set, Wang Xiyu broke the lead again in the 7th set, and Wang Xiyu lost the serve again in the 8th set. In the 9th and 10th innings, the two broke each other's serves again, after which they each saved their serves to grab seven. Wang Xiyu led the way in the seventh set and won 7-4.
In the end, in a match that took 3 hours and 38 minutes, Xiaohua Wang Xiyu narrowly defeated Gaberira Sey 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (4) and successfully reached the final of the tournament. Wang Xiyu has reached at least the final in three consecutive races, and she regrettably finished second in the previous two races. If Wang Xiyu can successfully win the championship this week, she will break into the world's top 100 for the first time in her career.