On January 10, the third day of the Hobart Championship continued, and the Chinese players broke out, winning 3 wins and 1 loss, and the foreign war was undefeated. In the women's singles match, Zhu Lin reversed the American star Dolehide 2-1, and Yuan Yue 2-0 Wang Xinyu, and the two advanced to the quarterfinals together. In the Women's Doubles, teenagers Guo Hanyu/Jiang Xinyu defeated top seeds Kravchik/Shibahara Eina 2-1 to advance to the semifinals.
In women's singles, Zhu Lin and Yuan Yue broke into the quarterfinals
In this competition, 3 Chinese players participated, Zhu Lin and Wang Xinyu easily won the first round to advance to the second round, and Yuan Yue broke through from the qualifying round to win 3 consecutive wins to advance to the second round, and the state is quite good.
Zhu Lin's opponent in the second round is the American star Dolehide, who is ranked 44th in the world, and his strength is still quite good. The two sides have played each other 3 times before, and Zhu Lin is at a disadvantage with 1 win and 2 losses. In the first set, Zhu Lin saved 2 set points to chase the score to 5-5, but at the end of the set, she did not withstand the pressure and was broken by her opponent, and finally lost the first set 5-7. In the next two sets, Zhu Lin strengthened her serve and attack aggressiveness, winning two sets in a row 6-3 and 6-4, and advanced to the quarterfinals with a big score of 2-1.
Wang Xinyu and Yuan Yue started a derby battle in the second round. Wang Xinyu has made a big breakthrough in 2023, and Yuan Yue has risen strongly at the end of 2023. Wang Xinyu is ranked 34th in the world, Yuan Yue is 73rd, and Wang Xinyu is stronger in terms of strength. There is no record of the two fighting.
In the first set of the game, both sides served well, and each easily held serve in the first 11 games, and the score came to 6-5, with Yuan Yue leading. In the crucial 12th game, Wang Xinyu missed a 30-15 lead, lost 3 points in a row and was broken, and lost a set 5-7. In the second set, Yuan Yue broke serve in the 8th game, and finally won another set 6-3, winning 2-0 and advancing to the quarterfinals.
In the quarterfinals, Zhu Lin will compete with the winner between Kenin and Saville for the semifinals, and Yuan Yue will compete with the winner between Putintseva and Bouzkova for the semifinals. Both matches were tough fights, and we hope that they can bring good news again.
The youngster upset the top seed 2-1
In the Women's Doubles quarter-finals, Chinese teenagers Guo Hanyu/Jiang Xinyu faced top seeds Kravchik/Shibahara Eina. Kravchik/Shibahara are the world's top women's doubles pairs, and this match is not optimistic about the Chinese youngsters.
In the first set, Guo Hanyu/Jiang Xinyu took the lead to break serve and take a 3-1 lead. Kravchik/Eina Shibahara completed the breakback to chase the score to 3-3. In the end, the score of the two sides came to 6-6, and the game entered a tie-break. In the tie-break, Kravchik/Shibahara won 7-5.
In the second set, Guo Hanyu/Jiang Xinyu cooperated tacitly, attacked very fiercely, and equalized the score 6-3. In the tie-break competition, Guo Hanyu/Jiang Xinyu started 0-5, and then they staged a super reversal, winning 10-7 and advancing to the semifinals.