126 minutes in three sets! Zhu Lin fought hard to advance to the semifinals of the grass-court tour for the first time in her career

On June 23, Beijing time, the WTA250 Birmingham 1/4 final was contested, and China's Jinhua Zhu Lin competed, her opponent was Canada's Marino, who was ranked 90th in the world. This is the sixth meeting between the two sides in the past year and a half, after three victories in the previous five meetings. The match played in three sets, and Zhu Lin turned around after losing the first set to eliminate her opponent 2-1.

In the third game of the first set, Zhu Lin broke first, and Marino completed the break in the fourth game, and the two sides fought to a 2-2 draw. In the 10th game, Zhu Lin was broken in the first set without a way back, losing the first set 4-6.

In the first six games of the second set, both sides held serve, and Zhu Lin broke serve first in the seventh game to take a 4-3 lead. In the ninth game, Zhu Lin broke again in the second set of the opponent, dragging the match into the tiebreaker 6-3.

Zhu Lin broke serve in the sixth game to lead Marino 4-2. In the 8th game, Zhu Lin broke serve again in the first game where her opponent had no way back, winning the tiebreaker 6-2.

In a match that lasted 2 hours and 06 minutes, Chinese Jinhua Zhu Lin defeated Marino 4-6, 6-3/6-2 and successfully reached the final four of the tournament. It was the first time in her career that she had reached the semi-finals on grass and in the semi-finals, she would face the winner between top seeds Krejcikova and Frovirtova.