On the evening of January 4, Beijing time, in the third round of the women's singles at the WTA500 Brisbane station, Zhu Lin played against Sabalenka, and in the end, Zhu Lin can be said to have lost completely, losing two sets in a row with a score of 0-2 (facing Sabalenka, Zhu Lin has lost 4 consecutive games), in this game, Zhu Lin swallowed eggs 0-6 in the second set, and Zhu Lin also lost 11 games in a row from the first set to the second set, and Sabalenka easily swept to advance.
Zhu Lin is a Chinese star ranked 33rd in the world and made a career breakthrough when she won the singles title on tour last year. In this Brisbane tournament, as the No. 15 seed Zhu Lin, had a bye in the first round, and faced the Australian Open runner-up in the second round, the American star Collins, Zhu Lin completed the reversal with 1-6 in the first set and 3-5 in the deciding set, defeated Collins 2-1 and advanced to the third round strongly.
Sabalenka, ranked No. 2 in the world, won the Australian Open last year and finished runner-up at the US Open, and in the second round, Sabalenka swept Bronzetti 6-3 6-0 to clear her first match of the new year. The two have played each other a total of 3 times before, and Zhu Lin has not tasted victory and lost 0-2, which is an obvious disadvantage. Now that they meet again, can Zhu Lin stage a miracle of a big upset?
In the first set, the two still played back and forth, although Sabalenka saved the break point, Zhu Lin still took the lead to break serve, leading 1-0 and starting well. However, in the subsequent, Sabalenka still adjusted in time, and directly won six games in a row 6-1 and easily reversed and sent an invisible egg, which is enough to reflect the difference in strength between the two.
In the second set, Sabalenka completely entered the state, and came up to break again to take a 3-0 lead. In the fourth game, Zhu Lin won a break point, but Sabalenka still held serve to consolidate the advantage 4-0. In the fifth game, Sabalenka broke again to make it 5-0. In the 6th game, Sabalenka cashed in her serve to win the game, won the egg 6-0, and defeated Zhu Lin 2-0.